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Construction Economics for March 16, 2026
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The Rise of Frameless Motors in Collaborative Robots: Enhancing Dexterity and Safety
Discover how frameless motors enhance dexterity, efficiency, and safety in collaborative robots, revolutionizing industrial automation and robotics innovation!
Introduction
The robotics industry is experiencing a transformative shift…
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Robbyant open-sources LingBot-VLA model as a ‘universal brain’ for robots
Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Alibaba affiliate Ant Group, has announced the open-source release of LingBot-VLA, a vision-language-action (VLA) model designed to serve as a “universal brain” for real-world robotics, which “helps…
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10 of the largest strategic bombers ever built
Strategic bombers have long been among the largest and most powerful aircraft ever built, designed to carry heavy payloads across vast distances and deliver decisive airpower.
From propeller-driven giants of World War II to stealthy…
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HighRes and Opentrons showcase ‘industry’s first’ AI agent-to-agent lab automation workflow
HighRes, a laboratory automation and orchestration software provider, and Opentrons Labworks, a laboratory robotics company building the physical infrastructure for AI-driven autonomous science, have agreed a strategic partnership to co-develop…
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MIPS and Inova partner to create new robotics reference platform for physical AI systems
MIPS, a developer of compute technologies for autonomous edge platforms, has partnered with German semiconductor company Inova Semiconductors to create a new robotics control reference platform aimed at accelerating the development of humanoid…
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US launches hunt for WWII prisoners lost on Japanese ‘hell ship’
The Pentagon has launched one of its largest-ever underwater recovery missions to retrieve American remains from the Oryoku Maru, sunk in Subic Bay in 1944.
They survived the fall of Bataan, endured years of Japanese captivity, and were…
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Cyngn on track to sell more robots in this quarter than in all of 2025
Cyngn says it is continuing to see “commercial momentum” for its autonomous vehicle solutions, driven by expanding customer deployments, increased utilization across existing sites, and accelerating sales activity entering 2026. According to…
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US quietly resumes railgun tests, reviving hypersonic weapon ambitions
The United States Navy has quietly resumed live-fire testing of a prototype electromagnetic railgun.
Tests conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico signal renewed interest in the high-velocity weapon after earlier development…
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7 Board Questions on AI Risk for Robotics Firms
Robotics companies are scaling AI faster than most boards are scaling oversight. Autonomous systems now make real-time decisions in physical environments where errors can cause injury, regulatory scrutiny, and shareholder claims. Directors who…
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