Tech News - AI, Robotics, Humanoids & Automation - Page 14

HardwareEVsIntelTeslaMay 31

MediaTek Likely to Partner with Tesla's TERAFAB Chip Factory, First Shipments in 2028

MediaTek leads as top candidate to supply custom chips for Tesla's TERAFAB factory using Intel 14A process by 2028.

HardwareEVsSpaceNVIDIABYDMay 31

BYD Launches Xuanji A3, Calls It China’s First 4nm Smart Driving Chip

BYD launches Xuanji A3, China's first 4nm autonomous driving chip, now in mass production with over 2,100 TOPS compute.

HardwareSoftwareSpaceMay 30

CATL Launches World’s Largest Energy Storage Testing Facility in Xiamen

CATL launches the world's largest energy storage testbed in Xiamen, a $440M open platform for full-system validation.

SpaceSpaceXMay 30

FAA Orders SpaceX to Investigate Starship V3 Booster Failure

FAA orders SpaceX to investigate the first Starship V3 booster failure, grounding the vehicle and delaying the deep-space program.

CryptoBig TechGoogleMay 30

FBI Charges Google Engineer with Insider Trading for $1.2M Polymarket Bet on Search Rankings

FBI charges Google engineer with insider trading for using confidential search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket.

SpaceCryptoSpaceXBlue OriginMay 30

Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Destroyed in Pad Explosion, Grounding Vehicle Indefinitely

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on pad, destroying its only orbital launch facility and grounding the vehicle indefinitely.

EVsTeslaWaymoMay 30

Waymo Dominates Autonomous Vehicle Registrations in Texas as Tesla Trails Behind

Texas released the first hard numbers on self-driving vehicle registrations under a new state law, revealing Waymo holds a commanding lead over Tesla and oth…

SpaceBig TechSpaceXMay 30

SpaceX Awarded $6.45 Billion in Space Force Contracts Ahead of IPO

SpaceX secures $6.45B in Space Force contracts as IPO approaches, strengthening its government revenue base.

AISoftwarePerplexityMay 30

CNN Sues Perplexity Over ‘Verbatim’ Copycat Articles and Paywall Bypass

CNN sues Perplexity over verbatim copies of articles and paywall bypass, testing AI copyright limits.

RoboticsCryptoMay 30

Startup Offers Free NYC Home Cleaning — But Only If It Can Film Everything for Robot Training

A German startup called MicroAGI is offering New Yorkers free professional home cleaning in exchange for recording the entire process. Cleaners wearing head-…

RoboticsAIEVsSpaceGoogleWaymoMay 30

Waymo Launches Ojai Minivan for Autonomous Ride-Hailing, Built in China by Zeekr

Waymo launches the Ojai minivan, a purpose-built self-driving vehicle from Chinese partner Zeekr, now accepting riders.

SoftwareEVsWaymoMay 30

Self-Driving Taxi Sector Faces Profitability Reality Check as Regulatory Hurdles Persist

TechCrunch Mobility's sector assessment reveals autonomous ride-hailing faces profitability doubts and regulatory hurdles across Waymo, Cruise and Zoox.

HardwareBig TechAppleMay 30

Huawei Confirms Kirin Chip With Logic Folding for Mate 90 Series This Autumn

Huawei confirms Kirin chip with logic folding for Mate 90 series this autumn, aiming to compete with iPhone 18.

RoboticsSoftwareEVsWaymoMay 24

Why Nuro Bets Being a Robotaxi 'Second Mover' Is a Strategic Advantage

Waymo operates over 3,000 driverless cars across 10+ U.S. cities and dominates the robotaxi narrative. But Nuro — best known for its low-speed delivery bots …

RoboticsAIMay 24

Sortera Uses Physical AI to Double Capacity in a Tennessee Sorting Facility — A Physical AI ROI Case Study

Sortera Technologies has doubled its AI-powered metal sorting capacity to 240 million pounds per year with a new Tennessee facility.

AIHardwareSoftwareSpaceBig TechAnthropicNVIDIASpaceXMay 24

AI Just Hit Its COVID Shutdown Moment

SpaceX IPO filing, Anthropic's $4.5B revenue, and Nvidia's earnings mark a turning point where AI must prove profits, not just hype.

RoboticsAISoftwareMay 22

New Framework Bridges Natural Language and Robotic Manipulation – How It Works

A robotics framework maps natural language to 3D robot actions, raising first-attempt task success from 61.7% to 89.3% in benchmark tests.

RoboticsSoftwareMay 22

Learning Invariant Rewards From Five Demonstrations: Zero-Shot Generalization for Real-World Robotics

A framework learns reusable robot rewards from five demonstrations, generalizing across new positions, objects, and viewpoints without retraining.

RoboticsMay 22

CoRMA Gives Robots a Sense of Touch for Precision Assembly Tasks

CoRMA helps robots adapt to force-based assembly in real time, improving peg insertion, gear meshing, and nut threading under noisy conditions.

RoboticsHardwareSoftwareMay 22

TacO Benchmark: Which Tactile Sensor Is Best for Your Robot Manipulation Task?

TacO benchmark tests four tactile sensor modalities across manipulation tasks — find out which sensor wins for pick-and-place, reorientation, and insertion.