US tech giant Google announced on Tuesday that it will build a new data center in Pine Island, Minnesota.
The new facility will be powered by 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy from wind and solar, coupled with a 300-megawatt battery, claimed…
Category: Engineering
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A foam sensor gives robotic fingers both thermal and tactile perception
A flexible foam sensor built from silver selenide detects temperature and pressure simultaneously, enabling a robotic gripper to identify nine different materials with 96% accuracy.
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Modular reconfigurable robots: Toward on-demand multifunctional applications
Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 111, February 2026.
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Collision-tolerant deformable quadrotor arms
Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 111, February 2026.
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Would you give four stars to a restaurant entirely staffed by robots?
Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 111, February 2026.
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US e‑waste becomes stable source of critical minerals
E‑waste in the United States may soon be more than a growing environmental problem.
Researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new supply‑chain model that could make recycling electronics into critical minerals profitable,…
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Reachy Mini – ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
History
Pollen Robotics began in 2016 in Bordeaux, France, when Matthieu Lapeyre and Pierre Rouanet, both former developmental robotics researchers at INRIA’s Flowers Project team, left academia to found a company focused on practical, open…
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Rice grains inspire new robots that adapt to speed and impact
Rice could soon be more than just a staple food. Researchers have discovered that packed rice grains change their strength depending on how fast they are compressed.
This property is being used to design new metamaterials—engineered…
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Chinese dronemaker DJI files US court appeal against FCC drone ban
Chinese dronemaker DJI has filed a legal challenge against the US Federal Communications Commission, escalating a growing battle over national security and access to the American drone market.
The Shenzhen-based company petitioned the US…
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CERN chills LHC magnets to -456°F in major step toward 10× more data
Scientists in Switzerland have begun the cooldown of a 312-foot-long test stand for the HiLumi upgrade of the world’s largest and most powerful particle collider, the LHC, to ensure the upgraded magnet systems work properly.
The European…
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