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Waymo Launches Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Miami
Waymo has officially launched its autonomous ride-hailing service to the public in Miami. Initial access will be rolling out to nearly 10,000 residents who signed up in advance.
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Lynx R2 Launches as Open, Enterprise-Ready Mixed Reality Platform
Lynx has unveiled the R2, its next-generation mixed reality headset built for professional environments, including healthcare, industry, and research. The device combines open hardware access with privacy protections designed to meet institutional standards.
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Boston Dynamics Expands Spot Robot with New Cam 2 and Multimodal Inspection Tools
Boston Dynamics has introduced Spot Cam 2, a new camera system for its mobile robot, Spot. The upgraded system includes a 4K pan-tilt-zoom camera with 25x optical zoom, a radiometric thermal camera, and a wide-angle spherical lens.
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World Labs Launches API for On-Demand 3D World Generation
World Labs has launched the World API, a tool for generating explorable 3D environments from text, images, panoramas, and video. Powered by Marble, the company’s multimodal world model
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NBA Launchpad Reveals 2026 Tech Cohort Focused on Cognitive, Spatial, and Fan Engagement Tools
The NBA has announced the latest group in its Launchpad program, which finds and tests new technologies that could shape the future of basketball. For its fifth year, the league picked five companies from a pool of over 200 applicants.
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Microsoft Unveils Rho-alpha to Bridge Language, Vision, and Touch in Robotics
Microsoft has introduced Rho-alpha, a vision-language-action model that lets robots follow spoken or written instructions like “Insert the plug” or “Turn the knob to position 5.” It combines visual input with a sense of touch to guide actions
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Serve Robotics to Buy Diligent Robotics to Expand Autonomy Platform Into Hospitals
Serve Robotics will acquire Diligent Robotics in a $29 million stock deal, with an additional earn-out of up to $5.3 million. Serve Robotics develops autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, while Diligent Robotics builds AI-powered assistant robots for hospitals.
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Sharpa’s New VTLA Model Targets the Hardest Problem in Robotics
Sharpa has introduced CraftNet, a control system for fine robotic manipulation that combines vision, tactile sensing, language, and action, what the company calls VTLA.
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Rokid Ai Glasses Style Now Shipping Globally Through Web and Amazon
Rokid’s Ai Glasses Style is now available worldwide. Users can order directly from the company’s website, with Amazon listings live in the U.S. and Germany following the product’s CES 2026 debut.
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SPIE and UNC Charlotte Launch $1M Doctoral Scholarship Fund in Optical Science
SPIE and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced a $1 million endowed fund to support doctoral research in optics and photonics. The SPIE Emerging Innovators in Optical Science and Engineering Scholarship
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Baidu and AutoGo Launch Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Abu Dhabi
Apollo Go and AutoGo have launched a fully driverless ride-hailing service in Abu Dhabi. The service is open to the public on Yas Island, where users can book rides through the AutoGo app in vehicles with no human driver.
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Cellid Debuts HJ1 AI Smart Glasses Prototype with Foxconn Partners
Cellid used CES 2026 to showcase its HJ1 AI Smart Glasses, a working prototype built with Foxconn partners Jorjin Technologies and GIS. The company says the collaboration is helping accelerate the shift from the “experimental stage” to the “real-world adoption phase” for AR eyewear.