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IKEA will be among Kodiak's first driverless freight customers

The company will launch service in 2026 after logging more than 750,000 miles with a safety driver.

Kill the signal, kill the drone? Not anymore

Frequency hopping, multi-band radios and 802.11be are closing the gap on battlefield jamming. Ukraine is the proof of concept.

Momentus, NASA complete orbital rendezvous demo

The demo was designed to validate commercial technologies for in-space transportation, service and logistics.

AI data centers: The grid wasn't built for this

“When you turn off or on a 100 MW load, it isn’t as simple as a light bulb.”

Living muscle gives a paper-thin robot a powerful new lease on life

MIT engineers developed a 2D robot, made of a hydrogel skeleton and bio-engineered muscle cells, that propel the device forward when exposed to light.

Q&A: Life after Intel is good, says Altera

One year after Intel sold off its majority stake, Altera’s Mike Fitton says independence has meant faster decisions, more focus and room to work with everyone.

Cobots — Bridging the gap between man and machine

As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, cobots, short for collaborative robots, are changing the rules of robot-human separation.

Blakcro’s paraglider takes covert missions to new heights

Blakcro’s glider was designed primarily for military use and can be transported in a rucksack-sized case and assembled in under eight minutes.

Geely's EV charger touts a 97% charge in 9 minutes

The Chinese automotive technology vendor calls it the fastest charging performance to date.

Bye Aerospace successfully conducts first all-electric plane flight

The plane is designed for flight training market.

China’s new humanoid robot packs 93% accuracy into crop pollination

The GEAIR (Genome Editing combined with AI-based Robotics) 2.0 can operate in complex crop environments without constant human control to autonomously perform tasks associated with hybrid pollination.

There are now 150 million LoRaWAN devices deployed globally

The LoRa Alliance reports a CAGR of 25% for the wireless IoT networks.

Tektronix expands 8-channel oscilloscope portfolio

The testing tool gives added flexibility for RF, sensing and other high-speed digital applications.

ECIA: Electronic components moderation continues in August

And September will continue that trend.

Why foldable phones are the next smartphone battleground

With the release of the Apple iPhone Duo, other vendors in the sector will likely be forced to reassess strategies.

Flexible semiconductors move toward practical use

New materials and manufacturing methods are enabling semiconductors that can bend, with applications in wearables, portable electronics and industrial sensors.

From fragile eggs to heavy bottles: Gripper handles all

To develop a material capable of such tasks, the KAIST team used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a recipe for making 3D-printed products as stretchable as rubber without clogging printers.