🇯🇵 Japan unveils ARCHAX, a 4.5-meter humanoid built for extreme environments

Tsubame Industries has introduced ARCHAX, one of the world’s first truly heavy-duty humanoid robots designed to step into places where humans can’t safely go. The pilot sits inside a protected cockpit with a full 360° panoramic view generated from nine external cameras and controls the robot’s arms through a precise haptic-feedback system.

Standing at 4.5 meters with 26 degrees of freedom, ARCHAX is engineered to lift massive loads, tear down unstable structures, search for survivors under debris, operate inside nuclear facilities, support dismantling operations, and even assist with lunar base testing. Japan’s bet is clear: the future of hazardous-zone labor may be piloted, robotic, and towering.

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🇨🇳 China's Hangzhou International Airport is now using China’s first track-guided bird-dispersion robot, giving the runways round-the-clock protection with smart patrols, HD cameras, and a greener way to keep birds away.

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A robotic hand mimicking real hand gestures using EMG muscle signals

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Japanese engineers solved a bullet train problem with a simple idea

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France just beat the world record for nuclear fusion! They ran for 22 minutes!

It maintained astonishing 90 million degrees Fahrenheit (50 million °C) for 1,337 seconds—more than 22 minutes.

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A clock that uses a Fibonacci spiral to tell time.

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🇯🇵 JAPAN Reveals Warship Test With Game-Changing Laser Weapon as it faces CHINA'S growing military

A Japanese defense agency confirmed that a high-energy laser system capable of shooting down drones is being installed on a ship for future at-sea trials!!

JAPAN's development of a shipborne laser and other game-changing weapons comes as it faces China's growing military strength, demonstrated in a September parade, while ties between the two nations have recently escalated sharply following Tokyo's remarks about a possible military intervention in the event of a Chinese blockade of Taiwan

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This concept called necrobotics turns spiders into tiny robotic grippers

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Engineer made a window that converts into a balcony

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Unsupervised Tesla Robotaxis are driving on the streets of Austin, TX!

There is no safety monitor inside the vehicle. Tesla has solved self-driving.

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MIT researchers developed a new robotic gripping method that lets robots lift heavy yet fragile objects without crushing or slipping.

Traditional grippers must choose between being soft enough to avoid damage or stiff enough to hold weight, which usually causes failure at one stage. MIT’s solution, called loop closure grasping, avoids this tradeoff by starting as a flexible open loop that can snake around clutter, then locking into a closed loop around the object.

Once closed, the load is carried mainly by tension rather than pressure, like a sling, allowing the gripper to stay very soft while still holding strongly. A prototype using inflatable “vine” beams, a clamp, and a winch successfully performed difficult tasks such as lifting a 6.8 kg kettlebell and retrieving objects from three meters away.

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Industrial robots performing a mechanical dance

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A Chinese college student built a bionic butterfly that flutters like the real thing.

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Mercury devours gold on contact, forming a soft alloy called an amalgam. It ruins jewellery, fascinates scientists, and is banned in many places for its toxicity.

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'Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world' - Elon Musk

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Glad someone was paying attention in physics class!

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⚡️ A modular robot from chinese company limx dynamics.

Regardless of whether this concept prevails, it clearly demonstrates the creativity of Chinese developers.

Similarly, the limitations of AI chips have forced AI developers to find new ways to make their models as efficient as possible.

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Holographic fans that display 3D images

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Japanese scientists created a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, no microplastics left behind. Made from plant-based CMC with salt-sensitive bonds, it breaks into harmless nutrients.

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Dubai Loop will be built by The Boring Company

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Back in 2013, one engineer was already thinking far ahead of his time.

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