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Human-shaped robot practises on a computer, then lands seven throws in a row (video)
Apollo is a robot with a human-shaped body. In a Google test, it learned to throw bean bags through a hole in a wooden board, using a person’s throw as a starting point.
This Meta glasses model sees what you see — and responds to tiny finger movements (video)
AI answers in front of your eye, on-screen translation and control through small finger movements. Here is how Meta Ray-Ban Display and its wristband work.
This Dutch radar spots drones while driving down the road (video)
Spotting a drone from a moving off-road vehicle is exactly what Robin Radar developed IRIS for. A compact rooftop radar scans all around, measures the height of objects and helps identify whether a bird or a drone is flying nearby.
Atlas lifts 30 kilograms and sees all around: what Boston Dynamics’ robot can do (video)
Strong arms, endlessly rotating joints and hands that sense contact: Atlas is full of clever engineering. Here is how Boston Dynamics wants its humanoid to work.
Chinese inventor flies a home-built hoverboard over a river (video)
Chinese maker Ayu shows an electric flying board with ten motors. According to the accompanying text, two smartphones and an AI coach help him learn to fly. What makes this experiment interesting for defence?
Will Nvidia become the Android of robots and self-driving cars? (video)
Nvidia supplies chips, AI models and software for robots and self-driving cars. Does that make it the Android of the physical world?
This Exeed SUV spins on the spot: more than a party trick? (video)
Chery has an Exeed SUV turning on the spot. This is how the Feiyu chassis works, and why experiments like this deserve more than a laugh.
This van hunts air pollution with a green laser (video)
A green laser shoots from a moving van into the night sky. With mobile lidar, China maps particles in the air, including high above the street. This is how it works.
Nvidia aims to make driverless trucks smarter (video)
Einride will test Nvidia AI in self-driving trucks. The software will first observe, without steering or braking.
This building seems to melt: how is that possible? (video)
A tower appears to ripple like liquid metal. Shadows and movement make the illusion convincing, but how these images were made remains unconfirmed.
This Anduril submarine is designed to lay mines and launch drones without a crew (video)
Australia is testing new roles for Ghost Shark: laying sea mines, carrying aerial drones and delivering supplies underwater.
These robot ducks learn to move in a digital practice world with Nvidia (video)
Nvidia shows small robots that practise digitally first. The company wants to help developers teach real machines new movements.
This ship full of AI fighter aircraft shows where Shield AI is heading (video)
Shield AI shows a ship packed with X-BAT aircraft. The design aims to enable fighters to operate without long runways, changing the thinking behind the flight deck.
Your next delivery driver flies: Uber and Zipline target a million deliveries a day (video)
Uber and Zipline aim to make a million drone deliveries a day in 2029. Amazon is expanding Prime Air. Flying deliveries are becoming a real service.
Unitree robot smashes a car: robots keep getting stronger, but is that what we want? (video)
Unitree shows a humanoid robot leaping onto cars, landing heavy blows and performing rescues. The technology is increasingly impressive, but how safe do we want such powerful robots to be?
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Defence Reliable Robotics is making existing aircraft increasingly autonomous (video)
A cargo plane that taxis out, takes off and lands by itself: Reliable Robotics is working on much more than an ordinary autopilot. It fits the technology into existing aircraft, giving the familiar Cessna a very different role.
Defence The Netherlands wants anti-ship missiles for the Caribbean (video)
Flying low over the waves and recognising a ship: modern anti-ship missiles pack in plenty of technology. The Netherlands wants such weapons for the Caribbean.
Defence X-BAT is meant to take off like a rocket and then fly like a jet fighter (video)
Shield AI is building an AI-piloted combat aircraft designed to fly without a runway. The X-BAT combines a jet engine with a vectoring exhaust nozzle and autonomous flight control.
Defence In Shenzhen, police drones simply live on top of the traffic lights (video)
Shenzhen has installed fifty drone stations on traffic-light and camera poles in Futian district. The drones fly out during rush hour and return on their own.
AI This Dutch Founder Is Teaching AI Through Gaming—and His Company Is Worth $6.2 Billion
Pim de Witte’s General Intuition trains AI on gameplay footage and player actions. The company is valued at $6.2 billion. Here’s why the approach matters.
Defence China tests autonomous air taxis: EHang leads the way in pilotless transport (video)
China is betting on autonomous air taxis. EHang leads the way with the EH216-S, a pilotless electric aircraft for two passengers. How far has the technology come?