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Waymo announced it will launch its self-driving ride service in Dallas in 2026. Riders will be able to hail a Waymo through the app to travel across downtown and the wider metro area.
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4AG Robotics has closed a $40 million CAD Series B financing round to scale its autonomous mushroom harvesting technology. The funding was led by Astanor and Cibus Capital, with participation from Voyager Capital
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HomeBase USA has begun a pilot program of Simbe Robotics’ Store Intelligence platform, featuring the autonomous shelf-scanning robot Tally, at two of its retail locations. The test includes one site in Texas and another in Wyoming—the latter marking Tally’s first use in that state.
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Scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have built a wearable haptic system that allows people to feel gestures like handshakes, squeezes, and pats while interacting in virtual reality
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Meta has identified a 20–40 minute “Goldilocks” session length as the optimal range for VR content on Quest. According to Meta, this range is long enough to feel worthwhile but short enough to avoid physical strain and issues like limited battery life.
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Four new simulators are now in place at Prairie Aviation Training Centre (PATC), part of an effort by MAF Canada to improve pilot training. Built domestically by Canada Training Solutions Inc., each unit combines virtual and augmented reality, offering
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Swift Navigation has raised $50 million in Series E financing to scale its Skylark Precise Positioning Service, a cloud-based platform that improves satellite navigation accuracy to the centimeter level.
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White Castle has launched its first autonomous delivery service using Coco Robotics. The pilot is live in Chicago and connects Coco’s small delivery bots to Uber Eats. The goal is to speed up service, reduce parking lot traffic, and keep kitchen teams focused on food prep.
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AEye has rolled out OPTIS, a new system that merges its Apollo lidar sensor with NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin to deliver fast, real-time responses based on 3D views of the world around it.
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Unitree has announced the launch of the R1, a humanoid robot starting at $5,900. Designed to accelerate the agent era, the R1 weighs around 25 kilograms and integrates a large multimodal model for visual and voice interaction.
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Lyft will integrate HOLON autonomous shuttles into its platform starting in 2026 through a new partnership with BENTELER Mobility.
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Pudu Robotics has unveiled its T600 Series, a new generation of industrial delivery robots designed for heavy-payload tasks. Building on the mid-load capabilities of the earlier T300, the T600 models handle up to 600kg and are aimed at automating transport in complex factory and warehouse settings.