Robotics and Autonomous Systems refers to artificial intelligence operating in physical environments through machines such as mobile robots and self-driving vehicles. Truncated covers hardware developments, software updates, safety regulations, and commercial deployments.
AI-generated summary TIER IV and the Technical University of Munich announced that their Autoware research center will support development of an autonomous-driving system for a full-size city bus in Munich. The project forms part of a consortium effort intended to lay the groundwork for autonomous buses and shuttles to enter regular public-transport operation.
AI-generated summary TIER IV detailed five open-source AI models for autonomous driving spanning camera-only systems and configurations adding LiDAR, radar, and high-definition maps. The lineup includes NVIDIA Alpamayo 2 Edge, AutoE2E, METEOR, OnePlanner, and LatentDrive for Autoware 2.0.
AI-generated summary NVIDIA discusses how artificial intelligence and robotics are being used by innovators to improve waste sorting and resource recovery. Josh Parker, head of sustainability at NVIDIA, says artificial intelligence can help understand waste streams and automate the sorting work.
AI-generated summary The Aspen Fire Protection District tested a new generation of fire-extinguishing drones developed by the California company Seneca. The drones use an artificial intelligence supported sensor suite to calculate distance and wind speed while hovering over a fire.
AI-generated summary Infrastructure builder MasTec will deploy Gritt artificial intelligence robotic attachments on utility-scale solar projects across several US states. The deployment follows testing on live sites where the robotic systems helped install megawatts of panels.
AI-generated summary Dynamic Creatures said it partnered with Sixth Wall Studio to integrate character authoring with interactive robots for entertainment venues. Dynamic Creatures stated that the collaboration will combine its mobile robots and SnowJay platform with the CharacterOS platform.
AI-generated summary AutoDNA is a self-driving molecular biology laboratory built from the ground up for artificial intelligence by a team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. The system uses artificial intelligence agents to operate robotic arms and lab equipment, while humans occasionally step in to empty trash and replenish supplies.
AI-generated summary NVIDIA introduces Alpamayo 2 Edge, an adaptive reasoning vision-language-action model designed for real-time operation on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor. NVIDIA says the model improves closed-loop driving performance by 48.9% through reinforcement learning in NVIDIA AlpaGym.
AI-generated summary The platform has introduced Memories Upload as a capture network that converts first-person video of everyday work into training data for robots. The company states that the network adds new footage every month to provide robotics labs with a growing supply of real-world data.
AI-generated summary Intel Corp. and Altera Corp. announced that they are jointly developing flexible, real-time, sensor-bridge reference systems for edge and physical AI applications including robotics. The companies state that their collaboration combines Intel compute, connectivity, and software with Altera field-programmable gate arrays or FPGAs to help manufacturers simplify sensor integration.
AI-generated summary Ant Group embodied AI company Robbyant has open-sourced LingBot-Touch, a tactile foundation model designed to give robots advanced touch perception using a dataset of nearly 5,000 hours of real-world tactile data. Robbyant says the model supports magnetic tactile, visual tactile, and piezoresistive sensing, which could improve fine manipulation tasks such as turning pages, unscrewing bottle caps, and identifying Mahjong tiles.
AI-generated summary Researchers used artificial intelligence systems in smartphone cameras to help 116 TH-618 drones autonomously execute formations and maneuvers in a pool. The August 2026 test conducted by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Xi'an Tianhe Maritime Technologies set a record for the largest swarm of underwater drones.
AI-generated summary Google DeepMind reports that Gemini 4 Argon robotics research capabilities acted as a simulation engine to accelerate the development of Gemini Robotics 2.5. Google DeepMind says Argon generates simulated practice runs from camera scenes and builds digital twins to help robots generalize to new objects.
AI-generated summary Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed EgoThumb, a wearable robotic thumb controlled by an artificial intelligence algorithm trained to plan movements using camera images. In laboratory experiments, the system helped wearers complete tasks such as unscrewing a bottle cap using only one hand.
AI-generated summary Memories.ai is paying gig workers to supply first-person video data to help train robots to perform everyday human tasks. The startup uses Nvidia technology to process and label the video footage for robotics developers and artificial intelligence labs.
AI-generated summary Shield AI reports that its Hivemind autonomy software enabled two U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft to fly in formation and perform coordinated beyond-visual-range air combat maneuvers. The demonstration took place on October 26 at the Nevada Test and Training Range, where the uncrewed aircraft used the software to execute coordinated maneuvers against a virtual airborne threat.
AI-generated summary Tesla says that when they offer unsupervised Full Self Driving to private owners, the only way it will work is to put their private car into the Tesla robotaxi fleet. A legal flaw in how self-driving regulations have been written may explain why Tesla is restricting the feature to robotaxi service areas.
AI-generated summary Figure AI is hiring a night-shift coordinator in Santa Clara to oversee its humanoid robots alongside human operators. The robotics startup lists the hourly pay between forty dollars and forty-five dollars for the contract-to-hire position.
AI-generated summary Waymo announced the launch of the Waymo Accessibility Network UK to collaborate with British disability advocates and charities as it prepares its autonomous vehicle rollout in London. Chris Ludwick says the network will help the company refine and test solutions to ensure the autonomous technology deployment aligns with local needs.
AI-generated summary ListEasier Inc. announced the deployment of its physical artificial intelligence manufacturing robotics operations to automate product listings. Josh van der Meulen says the initiative targets a forty five billion dollar market by bridging physical handling with digital catalog creation.
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