Sitegeist, a Munich-based construction robotics startup, has raised €4 million in a pre-seed funding round. The funding will enable Sitegeist to rapidly expand its team, hiring and scale the deployment of its automated, AI-enabled robots on…
Category: Engineering
-

Sitegeist Robotics raises €4 million pre-seed funding to commercialize its construction robots
-

Electricity generated from compression using flexible nylon-film device
Researchers have become successful in generating electricity from compression using a flexible nylon-film device. RMIT University researchers’ device keeps working even after being run over by a car multiple times.
This achievement opens the…
Continue Reading
-

Ghost Robotics: Innovating for safety
In Episode 232 of The Robot Report Podcast, Gavin Kenneally, co-founder and CEO of Ghost Robotics, discusses the journey of his company, from its inception to becoming a leader in legged robotics.
Kevin Kenneally, CEO and cofounder, Ghost…
Continue Reading
-

ATLAS combat robot clears advanced autonomy battlefield trials
BAE Systems has completed a new round of trials for its Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System, or ATLAS, uncrewed ground vehicle.
The company says the platform now operates as a fully functional prototype demonstrator.
Engineers launched…
Continue Reading
-

Supercomputers expose how spinning red giants remix their cores
Supercomputer simulations have helped astronomers solve a decades-old mystery about red giant stars.
Researchers say stellar rotation is the missing link explaining how chemical elements from deep inside these stars reach their surfaces as…
Continue Reading
-

Discord age checks spark concern after vendor code appears online
A newly uncovered flaw in Discord’s age verification rollout has added fresh pressure to the company’s 2026 compliance plans.
Security researchers recently found that frontend components tied to identity vendor Persona were accessible on…
Continue Reading
-

Multimaterial 3D printer builds working motor from scratch in hours
MIT researchers have built a 3D-printing platform that can fabricate fully functional electric machines in a single process, potentially allowing factories to produce replacement motors on-site within hours.
The system uses multimaterial…
Continue Reading
-

New superconductor could cut energy use in quantum computers
Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology believe they may have observed a long-sought form of superconductivity that could make quantum computers more stable and dramatically more energy efficient.
The team, led by…
Continue Reading
-

‘World’s most powerful’ subsea trencher undergoing final preparations
A new subsea trencher, the NKT T3600, has arrived at the UK’s Port of Blyth for fit-out and commissioning.
Designed and built by UK original equipment supplier Osbit, the machine will be put to use by Danish power cable manufacturer and…
Continue Reading
-

Supreme Court Ends Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs in 6-3 Decision
In a 6-3 decision issued Feb. 20, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs in 2025, ruling that the statute does not authorize the…
Continue Reading
