Robots
Pentagon Plans Autonomous Warfare Command by 2027
The Department of War plans to establish a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command by Oct. 1, 2027, aiming to accelerate how the U.S. military buys, tests and fields unmanned and autonomous...Read More
GeoAI Is Becoming the Nervous System for Robots, Panel Says at Geo Gov Summit 2026
Robots continue to multiply across factories, campuses and disaster zones. But the machines are only as smart as the maps and models feeding them. That was one of the key...Read More
The MAVLink-M Integration Hackathon: Why Interoperability Is Becoming the Warfighter’s Competitive Advantage
At the MAVLink-Military Integration Hackathon, sponsored by Auterion and the DroneCode Foundation, teams from smaller companies and specialized builders integrated autonomous systems that would ordinarily take months to coordinate. Across...Read More
Drones, Robotics and the Future of Construction
The construction industry has never been short on innovation. From GPS-guided equipment to building information modeling (BIM), each technological advance has changed how companies plan and build projects. Today, in...Read More
When the Machine Decides: Inside the Legal Battle Over AI in Autonomous Systems
The gap between what artificial intelligence (AI) can do and what the law says it should do keeps widening. An expert “Minds and Machines” panel at Law-Tech Connect explored that...Read More
Energy Sector Robotics Reaches Inflection Point: Scale or Stall
At the 10th Annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit (EDRS), a panel of senior asset owners from Chevron, Shell, Devon Energy, Imperial Oil, and Dow Chemical, led by Suzanne Lemieux,...Read More
Unlocking a Frozen Force: Why Autonomy Is the UK’s Only Way Forward
The current debate around delivery of the long-delayed UK’s Defence Investment Plan has been framed in overly simplistic terms. Ships versus drones. Steel versus software. Tradition versus innovation. Defence debates...Read More
AI Governance in Robotics: Smart Organizations Scale Autonomous Systems Without Scaling Liability
The accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in robotics delivers extraordinary operational advantages. It also introduces legal and reputational risks that organizations can no longer afford to underestimate. As AI...Read More
Defense Tech at the Crossroads: The Convergence of Drones, Airspace Safety and Grand Strategy
Three urgent questions define American defense in 2026: Can the United States build and field autonomous systems fast enough to matter? Can the nation’s airspace absorb the platforms it is...Read More
From Rigs To Refineries: The New Energy Ops Stack For Offshore And Petrochemical Assets
Energy operators have entered a new world as AI, long-range cargo drones, and task‑specific robots now do the work once reserved for helicopters, scaffold, and people in harnesses. In the...Read More