Aerospace & Spaceflight LandSpace’s Reusable Rocket Test Marks China’s Bid to Challenge SpaceX David WhitakerDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 “They have incorporated elements of Starship, like the use of stainless steel and methalox propellants, into a Falcon 9-based architecture…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Humanoids and Fusion: Decades of Breakthroughs, Still Decades Away Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 “The timelines of humanoid robots have gotten to be so long that they’re always living on fusion energy rhetoric—never arriving…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Humanoid Robots Are Hitting the Wall Before They Hit the Market Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 But at the Humanoids Summit in Mountain View, California, the mood among industry greats was anything but the upbeat tone…
Mechanical Design & Robotics World’s Smallest Autonomous Robots Redefine Microscale Engineering Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 “At sizes where gravity doesn’t matter and viscosity takes over, the team of University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan…
Mechanical Design & Robotics LG CLOiD Robot Revealed at CES 2026 with Human-Like Dexterity Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 In a market already choc-a-bloc with wheeled assistive robots and voice-controlled smart hubs, the coming gadget by LG will be…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Humanoid Robotics 2025: From Sporting Glory to Emotional Intelligence Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 The year 2025 has become the testing ground for human-like robots, where the lines between mechanical refinement, athleticism, and human-like…
Automotive Engineering EV Market Stalls in U.S. as China Accelerates Global Lead Robert McKinneyDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 It was a roller coaster year for electric vehicles in America, culminating in a paradox: a reduction in consumer sales…
Automotive Engineering Tesla’s $150 Robotaxi Mess Fee Shakes Up Austin’s AV Scene Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 A night out in Austin might have consequences beyond merely having a headache when arriving home in a Tesla Robotaxi,…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Neuromorphic E?Skin With Reflexive Spiking Circuits and Modular Repair Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 The human nervous system is noisy, redundant, and supremely capable. Now, robotics engineers are emulating these flaws not in an…