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Firefighting Drones Are Being Tested Across the US Before Wildfires Get Out of Hand
California and Alaska trials show small autonomous drones can douse fires in minutes. They cannot replace big airtankers, but they may stop a spark from becoming an inferno.

The Robot That Already Has a Job: Agility Robotics Opens a Training Facility Next Door to Tesla
While Tesla talks up its Optimus robot, a smaller company called Agility Robotics is quietly earning money from humanoid robots today, and just opened a new 60,000-square-foot training site in Tesla's California backyard.

Babies Learn Faster Than the World's Most Powerful AI. Scientists Want to Know Why.
A new test pits cutting-edge AI models against toddler-level perception, and the toddlers win. Researchers say studying infant brains could make AI cheaper, greener, and smarter.

A Robot Named JOY Is Heading to the Space Station in 2027. Here Is Who Is Paying for Its Batteries.
Startup Icarus Robotics has picked KULR Technology Group to supply the power systems for its free-flying robot. The deal is small but the numbers behind it reveal just how expensive, and how promising, robotic labor in space could become.

Ondas pays $875.8 million for drone maker DZYNE, betting big on AI-guided military systems
The deal bundles long-range spy drones, drone-killing interceptors, and AI cargo gliders into a single defence platform the company is calling Ondas Sentinel.

Chinese Robotics Firm AI² Robotics Raises $735 Million at a $2.8 Billion Valuation
The Shenzhen company bets that wheeled robots, not walking ones, will win the race to put AI-driven machines on factory floors.