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Discover the incredible journey of Boston Dynamics as we explore their rise from MIT research labs to becoming leaders in ...

Gravis Robotics raised $23M to expand its retrofit autonomy system for excavators and loaders, boosting productivity and ...

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Wireless power beaming has quietly crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction, with a U.S. space-focused solar firm now transmitting more energy through the air than any previous system ...

DARPA just announced a prize pool of $6.5M to award to teams with the highest-payload drone design. Battery technology is on ...

Olympic barbell weights will be used as the drone’s payload for the DARPA Lift Challenge flyoff competition in mid-2026. Credit: DARPA Pentagon neglect played a key role in China gaining global ...

The Pentagon's technology incubator has launched a competition seeking novel designs for uncrewed cargo aircraft capable of ...

DARPA's Lift Challenge aims to develop small uncrewed aircraft systems (drones) capable of carrying up to four times their own weight, a substantial leap from the typical 1:1 payload-to-weight ratio.

At the ATEC2025 Real-World Extreme Challenge, held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), competing robots faced a ...