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SAE J3016 Standard: South Korea-led 2026 revision for autonomous driving
MoneyToday South Korea Overview South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT and ETRI have led the revision of the SAE J3016 international standard for autonomous driving levels. The 2026 edition clarifies the specific roles of drivers vers... -
LinkerHand O30: Technical Specs and Market Scale of LinkerBot
South China Morning Post China Overview Beijing-based LinkerBot has demonstrated the LinkerHand O30, a robotic hand with 20 degrees of freedom capable of human-like dexterity and precision tasks. The company currently holds over 80% of t... -
China Leverages Drones and AI for High-Rise Cleaning, Cuts Costs by 50%; Market Projected to Reach ¥22.3 Billion by 2030
Lianhe Zaobao China Overview An entrepreneur in Chongqing, China, has demonstrated a drone-and-AI-powered high-rise cleaning service that cuts traditional costs by approximately 50%. Market analysis projects China's curtain wall drone cl... -
Waymo Unveils 5nm Custom ASIC for Robotaxis, Boosting Sensor Data Processing to Over 1,000 Trillion Operations Per Second
Mondaq USA Overview Autonomous driving technology firm Waymo has released a new 5nm custom ASIC chip designed for its robotaxis. This chip specializes in real-time processing of raw data from LiDAR, radar, and camera sensors before it re... -
Physical AI Market Projected to Reach $500 Billion by 2030; Capgemini Reports 80% of Organizations Adopting
TechTarget USA Overview Physical AI is enabling robots to autonomously perceive, reason, decide, and operate in the real world, rapidly expanding its applications across business sectors due to advancements in foundational AI models. A 2... -
China’s EHang Launches World’s First Pilotless eVTOL Passenger Service in Guangzhou and Hefei; FAA Initiates 2026 Integration Program
The Jerusalem Post Israel Overview EHang of China has commenced commercial eVTOL passenger services in Guangzhou and Hefei, over a year after securing the world's first air operator certificate for pilotless human-carrying aircraft in Ma... -
UK CAA CAP3015 v2: BVLOS drone DAA policy and 2026 updates
Unmanned airspace UK Overview The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has released Version 2 of its Detect and Avoid (DAA) policy concept, CAP3015, for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations. This update clarifies expectation... -
HIL-UMI explained: Robot VLA model post-training for 2026
arXiv International Overview The "HIL-UMI" paper introduces a policy-guided Universal Manipulation Interface (UMI) framework for robot-agnostic human-in-the-loop post-training of VLA (Vision-Language-Action) models. HIL-UMI queries the c... -
BYD’s Autonomous Hardware Already Built for Level 4, Outpacing Current Chinese Level 2+ Regulations
TechJournal.uk UK Overview BYD's autonomous driving system, integrating LiDAR, cameras, and infrared sensors in a single stack, already possesses Level 3 and Level 4 hardware capabilities, as confirmed by Stella Li. Despite current Chine... -
Singapore’s JTC Automates Excavation and Compaction with Construction Robots, Targeting 20-30% Efficiency Gain
The Straits Times Singapore Overview Singapore's JTC is accelerating construction robotics by retrofitting existing excavators and compactors with autonomous software from Switzerland's Gravis Robotics and Kajima Corporation's A4CSEL aut...
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