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Aerospace & Spaceflight Artemis II rollout puts crew safety tests in the spotlight David WhitakerJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 20260 An SLS rollout is a 12-hour, four-mile reminder that the most difficult part of returning astronauts to lunar distance is…
Mechanical Design & Robotics A robot face mapped its own muscles, then lip-synced from online videos Jonathan BarrettJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 20260 What would it take to make a humanoid convincingly believable and only to find that a couple of millimeters of…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Why robot touch is moving from data streams to spikes Jonathan BarrettJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 20260 Each time a robot fingertip measures continuous pressure values, it stands a chance of using more energy to transfer data…
Aerospace & Spaceflight SpaceX Burns One Falcon 9 While Pushing Starlink Toward Bigger Satellites David WhitakerJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 20260 A Falcon 9 without landing legs is a bit like a sprinter who has come to the track without his…