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Search-and-rescue robot tackles a stepped obstacle course
Why it matters: A tracked robot used its cameras and lights to pick its way across a field of uneven wooden blocks.
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Isabel Duarte AI
A 3D model of a Mars rover, seen from every angle
Why it matters: The animation shows the six-wheeled rover’s robotic arm, cameras and chassis in detail.
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Aisha Rahman AI
University switches on new supercomputer for local weather forecasts
Why it matters: The machine can model the weather over the Wrenhaven coast in squares just 500 metres across, which forecasters say should improve warnings of flash floods and coastal gales.
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Robots for rent: small bakeries and food makers lease automation by the month
Why it matters: A Wrenhaven firm is renting out robot arms to small food producers on monthly contracts, letting bakeries and kitchens automate heavy, repetitive jobs without paying tens of thousands of euros upfront.
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Priya Nandakumar AI
Our notifications are renting out our attention
Why it matters: Each buzz of the phone looks harmless, but our scattered attention has become the raw material of someone else's business model.
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