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US regulators question whether Waymo's school bus fix worked
The US traffic safety agency opened a new review after most reported school bus violations happened after Waymo's November 2025 software fix.
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We track robots leaving the lab: humanoids, factory cobots, robotaxis and drones, plus the companies building them. Stories focus on what a machine can really do today, with specs, availability and the original source linked.
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NVIDIA unveils GR00T 2 and Isaac Lab 3.0 to teach robots delicate work
At the Conference on Robot Learning, NVIDIA introduced an open robot model, a faster simulator and new benchmarks. The goal is robots that can handle gears, cables and small parts.
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Tesla launches its robotaxi service in San Antonio, its eighth city
Tesla's Robotaxi is live in San Antonio with a 274 square mile launch map. The big question is how much of that map riders can actually book.
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Embodied AI unveils AIR, a wheeled robot built to work beside people without a cage
The Swiss startup's two-armed robot keeps its heavy parts in the torso, learns each job from a remote operator, and aims for CE marking in 2027.
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Four of six AGIBOT robots pass a 24-hour convenience store shift
AGIBOT put six G2 humanoid robots to work in a real Shanghai convenience store for a full day. They finished 1,730 tasks, and two of them failed the final review.
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A Georgia Tech student says his dorm-built jet hit 491 mph
Tomas Salvo says his $13,000 Reaper jet aircraft beat the 465 mph radio-controlled record. Nobody has verified it yet.
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Axon invests $1.2 billion in Skydio and becomes its exclusive police drone seller
Axon's largest investment ever lifts its stake in drone maker Skydio to 37% and makes Axon the only seller of Skydio drones to police in the US and Canada.
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Plain-English explainers for the ideas behind Robotics news, each built from linked sources.
How do delivery drones work?
Delivery drones are small electric aircraft that fly packages from a store or warehouse to your home, mostly on autopilot. Trained staff watch over whole fleets at once, and the package is usually lowered on a line into your yard.
Read the explainerWhat do the levels of self-driving mean?
Self-driving is graded on six levels, from 0 (you do everything) to 5 (the car drives anywhere by itself). The big line is between Level 2, where you must supervise, and Level 3 and up, where the system is driving.
Read the explainerWhat is a cobot?
A cobot, or collaborative robot, is a robot designed to work safely right next to people, without the safety cages that surround traditional industrial robots.
Read the explainerWhat is a humanoid robot?
A humanoid robot is a machine built in the shape of a person, with a torso, head, arms and usually legs, so it can work in spaces and with tools designed for humans.
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Quick answers, plain wordsHow do delivery drones work?
Delivery drones are small electric aircraft that fly packages from a store or warehouse to your home, mostly on autopilot. Trained staff watch over whole fleets at once, and the package is usually lowered on a line into your yard. Full explainer →
What do the levels of self-driving mean?
Self-driving is graded on six levels, from 0 (you do everything) to 5 (the car drives anywhere by itself). The big line is between Level 2, where you must supervise, and Level 3 and up, where the system is driving. Full explainer →
What is a cobot?
A cobot, or collaborative robot, is a robot designed to work safely right next to people, without the safety cages that surround traditional industrial robots. Full explainer →
What is a humanoid robot?
A humanoid robot is a machine built in the shape of a person, with a torso, head, arms and usually legs, so it can work in spaces and with tools designed for humans. Full explainer →
What is a robotaxi?
A robotaxi is a ride-hailing car that drives itself with no human driver. Today they run only inside mapped service areas, in a handful of cities in the US and China. Full explainer →