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Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year

John Thornton — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000

If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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CT Group to export of 5,000 UAVs and 100 million semiconductor chips to South Korea

James McLoughlin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:39:12 +0000

Vietnam-based technology and innovation corporation CT Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an emerging South Korean drone technology company for the export of 5,000 unmanned cargo aircraft. [...]

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NASA robots measure polar ice shelf melt from below

Michelle Mooney — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:17:42 +0000

NASA has announced that it is developing autonomous robots that can attach themselves to the underside of polar ice and measure the rate of ice shelf melt. The IceNode project [...]

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Rocket Lab to receive millions from US government for aerospace tech

James McLoughlin — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:47:13 +0000

Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer based in Alberqerque, New Mexico, has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the US Department of Commerce in a deal that could [...]

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Gitai’s autonomous robotic arm tested for use on International Space Station

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:52:37 +0000

With the aim of advancing robotic technology in space, California-based startup Gitai has announced it will be testing its new autonomous robotic arm system, S2, on the exterior of the [...]

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Surgeons operate via remote miniature robot on the International Space Station

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:30:17 +0000

Doctors stationed on Earth have managed to perform a remotely controlled robotic surgery on-board the International Space Station (ISS). The surgery, conducted on rubber bands, was reportedly the first remotely controlled [...]

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NASA completes test drive of lunar rover prototype

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:08:46 +0000

Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center NASA has announced the completion of software tests for its moon rover prototype. The rover is part of VIPER mission and is managed by NASA’s Ames [...]

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Satellite Applications Catapult uses VR to remotely operate robot

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:44:17 +0000

The Satellite Applications Catapult, which aims to drive the take-up of space technologies, has introduced the Advanced Mechanics Assistance System (AMAS) virtual reality (VR) teleoperation solution to remotely operate a [...]

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French space agency to increase use of AI and digital technologies

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:39:21 +0000

France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) has renewed a six-year contract for the procurement of engineering and space computing services, which will see it increase its use of digital [...]

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NASA rover experiment produces oxygen on Mars for first time

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:50:26 +0000

A device fitted to NASA’s Perseverance Rover has successfully produced enough oxygen on Mars to sustain an astronaut for a few hours in a world first. The rover landed on [...]

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