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Shell Secures First FAA Self-Authorization for Offshore BVLOS Drone Operations in U.S. Gulf, Revolutionizing Inspection Efficiency with “Drone-in-a-Box”
JPT USA Overview Shell has become the first energy company to receive FAA approval allowing it to self-authorize Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations at all its owned and operated offshore facilities in the U.S. Gulf. Thi... -
JAL and Donecle Pioneer Fully Autonomous Drone Aircraft Inspection in Japan, Significantly Improving Maintenance Time and Safety
Aviation Wire Japan Overview Japan Airlines (JAL) and French drone manufacturer Donecle have conducted Japan's first verification of aircraft exterior inspection using a fully autonomous drone officially recognized by aircraft maintenanc... -
U.S. Transportation Secretary Launches Federal eVTOL Pilot Program in Texas, Featuring Joby and BETA Aircraft Demonstrations
FAA USA Overview U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the launch of a federal eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) pilot program in Texas. This program aims to create real-world testing environments for eVTOLs, ... -
China Unveils Lunar Intelligent Robot Technology Development Roadmap: Tracing Evolution from Weak to General Intelligence
EurekAlert! (China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology) China Overview A research team led by Wang Xiaowei from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has systematically elucidated the development requirements and progress of lu... -
University of Delaware Develops Medical Micro-Robots for Precise Drug Delivery and In-Vivo Tracking
College of Education & Human Development (University of Delaware) USA Overview The Das Lab at the University of Delaware has developed medical micro-robots capable of navigating biological environments and precisely delivering therapies ... -
FAA’s New Mosaic Rule Streamlines Certification for Recreational eVTOLs, Opening Doors for Personal Air Mobility
Aviation Week USA Overview The FAA's new Light Sport Aircraft rule, 'Mosaic' (Part 22), is revolutionizing the certification process for recreational electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The Airplane Farm, founded by v... -
NEURA Robotics and SECO Forge Strategic Partnership to Industrialize Physical AI for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Quantilus Innovation Germany Overview German NEURA Robotics and Italian SECO have announced a strategic partnership to industrialize and scale Physical AI across Europe. This collaboration aims to build a broad European Physical AI ecosy... -
Bedrock Robotics Achieves Large-Scale Supervised Autonomous Excavation with Aftermarket LiDAR, GPS, and Camera Package
Progressive Policy Institute USA Overview Bedrock Robotics successfully completed the industry's largest-scale supervised autonomous excavation using its "Bedrock Operator" package, which retrofits excavators and bulldozers with LiDAR, G... -
Kinova White Paper Defines Dual-Arm Robotics and Haptic Telepresence as Foundation for Physical AI
Kinova Canada Overview Kinova has published a white paper asserting that dual-arm robotics is fundamental to the future of Physical AI. The paper highlights haptic-feedback-enabled telepresence as the most reliable method for generating ... -
Unitree Robotics Unveils 6-Billion-Parameter UnifoLM-WLA-1.0 Foundation Model for Next-Gen Humanoid Robots
Unitree Robotics (GitHub) China Overview Unitree Robotics has released UnifoLM-WLA-1.0, a 6-billion-parameter foundation model for humanoid robots, on GitHub, significantly advancing spatial perception and understanding. Trained on appro...
