30 May 2026
The year of cosmic shock We’re living through a new Copernican Revolution
President Trump jokingly posts a doctored photo of himself leading an alien in chains out of Area 51, while, on a more serious register, his administration releases a huge tranche of previously undisclosed photos and information about UFOs. Elon Musk muses about human beings becoming an interplanetary species. Bryan Johnson preaches immortality through medicine. Markets panic when Claude’s Mythos…
29 May 2026
Can a Robot Have too Many Legs? Can Atlas Learn Soccer's Rabona Kick?
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
29 May 2026
Danish pension fund rejects SpaceX IPO over valuation and governance concerns
A Danish pension fund that previously attracted attention for selling US Treasuries and exiting Tesla has said it will not invest in SpaceX, citing concerns over both valuation and corporate governance.
28 May 2026
Student commencement boos are a sign of wider AI woes
As companies race to weave AI into nearly every industry, some college students are responding with open hostility. At at least three college commencement ceremonies this month, graduates loudly booed invited speakers who praised AI.
28 May 2026
Humanoid robots strut their stuff as trade show comes to Japan
TechnologyHonda, others exhibit new tech in industry expected to grow rapidlyGMO AI & Robotics' G1 robot at the Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)RYOKO SHIMONOYAMay 29, 2026 07:04...
28 May 2026
How to Watch Apple's WWDC 2026 Keynote: What to Expect from iOS 27
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on June 8 at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. It's Apple's big annual software event that is geared toward developers, but still gives us an idea of new hardware and software to come.
28 May 2026
Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of ‘Mythos-Class Models’
On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens).
28 May 2026
Hypersonic Startup Nabs Contract For High-Speed Drone Testing
Venture capital-backed aircraft startup Hermeus announced May 28 its Quarterhorse unmanned aircraft will conduct a series of flight tests with the Defense Innovation Unit over the next few years.
28 May 2026
NVIDIA validates sim-trained robots in real-world environments
Robots trained entirely in simulation are beginning to perform more reliably in the real world, according to a series of new robotics research papers presented by NVIDIA at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
