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Robotics combines hardware, software, and AI in physical systems. This page tracks humanoid robots, industrial automation, drone developments, and the research pushing embodied intelligence forward.

HN discussions often focus on feasibility, cost curves, and the gap between demos and production deployments.

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Kyiv blows up biggest Wildberries hub in drone attack

independent.co.uk · 23 points · 14 comments

Wikipedia: List of predictions for autonomous Tesla vehicles by Elon Musk

5 points · 0 comments

Ukrainian drones wipe out US tank brigade in live war game

arstechnica.com · 5 points · 0 comments

US loses one-fourth of drone fleet as Iran war drains its arsenal

indiatoday.in · 43 points · 15 comments

U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine's Drones Won

wsj.com · 8 points · 2 comments

AI Broke Code Review and It's Breaking Your Team

ref.tools · 19 points · 6 comments

European scientists developed a tactile sensor capable of 100 μm resolution

spectrum.ieee.org · 16 points · 0 comments

DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio

dronexl.co · 41 points · 23 comments

Spy cameras on Royal Navy drones sent data to China

telegraph.co.uk · 5 points · 0 comments

Misaligned AIs could use killer robots to take over

lesswrong.com · 7 points · 4 comments

Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China

theregister.com · 7 points · 0 comments

I vibecoded a heavy lift drone

lukeiseman.substack.com · 20 points · 5 comments

Spy cameras on Navy drones sent data to China

telegraph.co.uk · 8 points · 1 comments

Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots

cactuscompute.com · 9 points · 1 comments

FlyPath: QGIS plugin for planning drone mapping missions

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Robot Videos: Heavy Lift Cargo Drones, Grippers, More

spectrum.ieee.org · 5 points · 0 comments

A Drone 'Hellscape' Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

nytimes.com · 6 points · 2 comments

AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack

abc.net.au · 76 points · 60 comments

How a Drone 'Hellscape' Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

nytimes.com · 6 points · 2 comments

FCC moves to ban Lidar-equipped foreign drones from US

tomshardware.com · 97 points · 79 comments

Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyone

techcrunch.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Rodeo – a robot that earns its own electricity

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Drone carrying explosive device causes disruption at major German airport

cnn.com · 39 points · 14 comments

Helios: Decentralized Autonomous Collision Avoidance for Megaconstellations

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Robotic Evals

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Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor

bbc.co.uk · 7 points · 1 comments

Driving an 80s robot with a 90s OS at VCF West 2026

jfloren.net · 4 points · 0 comments

The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE's DNA grab

technologyreview.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Nvidia Alpamayo 2 Super, the Frontier Open Model for Autonomous Vehicles

blogs.nvidia.com · 5 points · 1 comments

Learning to fly FPV drones with AI flight coach

blog.divyendusingh.com · 18 points · 8 comments