Multi-floor SLAM and a blocked robot deal
StrataSLAM keeps one map per floor in ROS 2, China blocks SoftBank's ABB Robotics purchase, and Meituan releases a 15,060 hour desktop VLA model.
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Robot ID cards, weight space and drone noise
China drafts a lifetime ID code for every robot it builds, ros2_control ships Lyrical Luth breaking changes, and drone noise reaches the zoning board.
China blocks SoftBank's ABB robotics deal
Beijing stops SoftBank's 5.4 billion dollar ABB Robotics purchase, Agility closes its first trading day, and ROS 2 removes topic statistics.
Robot imports become a security question
Washington opens trade talks on imported robots, Agility starts trading as AGLT, and two open-weight models rebuild manipulation data from force and gloves.
Section 232, Starship fault, BMW policies
Washington opens robot import negotiations, a Starship robot misreads a Tallinn signal, and BMW builds a humanoid data pipeline.