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A wildfire in Germany’s Hürtgen Forest, intensified by unexploded World War II munitions, forced nearly 2,000 residents to evacuate. The report suggests unmanned tanks could help firefighters operate more safely in areas threatened by detonations.
Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service has drawn renewed attention after a drone reportedly dropped a package directly into a customer’s swimming pool. The service is expected to expand to 500 U.S. cities, raising concerns about more delivery mishaps.
Amazon plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery service to nearly 500 U.S. towns by the end of the year, roughly six times its current coverage. The service delivers packages weighing up to 5 pounds within 30 minutes and is expected to reach tens of millions of consumers.
NASA and startup Katalyst have abandoned plans to use robotics to rescue the Swift gamma-ray space telescope. Persistent attitude-control problems mean the nearly 22-year-old, $500 million observatory is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up later this year.
King County Library System opened a $5.2 million automated sorting facility in Renton to process materials moving through its 50 libraries. Robotic arms destack totes every 15 seconds and route items into 186 delivery chutes.
The profile presents Wang Xingxing as an unconventional technology entrepreneur and a prominent advocate of quadruped robots in China. It focuses on his outlier identity and role in advancing public attention toward four-legged robotic systems.
Xiaomi’s robot is scheduled to make its first public appearance at the 2026 World Robot Conference. Xiaomi President Lu Weibing said the company does not plan to develop the robot as a standalone product, though further details were not disclosed.