New propulsion system could make tiny satellites both fast and fuel-efficient

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU), and several partner institutions have created an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of mapping disease-related changes throughout an entire mouse body at cellular-level detail. Using the new platform, known as MouseMapper, the team discovered widespread inflammation and previously unknown nerve damage linked to obesity. The study…

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Jul 16, 2026 Humanoid and mobile robots are driving a shift in precision gearing design, according to a discussion at the Automate 2026 trade show in Chicago. Engineers are now tasked with balancing factors such as accurate positioning, rigidity, torque density, efficiency, and weight within increasingly compact joints. In an interview from the event, Nidec…

SK Telecom proposal for robot data factory adopted by ITU-T SK Telecom’s (SKT) proposal for international standardisation of systems used to produce and exchange data for robot AI training has been adopted as a new work item by the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). The work item, titled “Signalling Requirements and Architecture for…

Sereact, a provider of physical AI for warehouse robotics, today announced that Zalando, Europe’s leading technology platform for fashion and lifestyle, has joined its ongoing Series B round as a strategic investor. The total Series B funding grows to $116 million. The Series B financing round was originally led by Headline in April 2026, with…

RoboLab is NVIDIA’s simulation benchmarking platform. | Source: NVIDIA Robotics foundation models have made remarkable progress, according to NVIDIA. Today’s best systems can follow natural language instructions to pick, place, sort, and manipulate a wide variety of objects. But as these models grow more capable, evaluating them rigorously has become one of the field’s hardest…