The Stop Function Is Certified. Everything Feeding It Is Not.
A delivery robot read an advert as a green light and nine passengers fell. Its stop function worked as designed; the problem is the inputs are not verified.
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Perseverance record and Autoware research center
Perseverance passes Opportunity's driving record using AutoNav, TIER IV and TUM open an Autoware research center, and SafeWorld funds robot safety simulation.
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Nemotron edge models and Digit 5 charging
NVIDIA ships open vision models sized for robot hardware, Agility names the battery supplier behind Digit 5, and Stryker invests in surgical robotics.
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Frontier models fail humanoid control benchmark
Vals AI's Robo-bench scores frontier models under 2 out of 100 on humanoid control, Hitachi and FANUC partner on physical AI, and ABB ships new robots.
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Gemini 4 Argon and Pi API beta
Google's Gemini 4 Argon claims 87 percent on embodied reasoning, Physical Intelligence opens a robot model API, and BMW evaluates dexterous factory robots.
Siemens closes a solver, robots go local
Siemens closes OpenRadioss, Teradyne bets on AI factory robotics, and a CMU spinout raises $12M to validate generative AI robot safety.
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Mobile robot safety rules, open hand
A3 closes the user-side AMR safety standard, an open 15-DOF hand ships a ROS 2 driver, Tesla explains Robotaxi night limits, and benchmark means hide failures.
Five million robots, and no refusal layer
The IFR counts five million industrial robots, frontier agent policies follow harmful commands, ANYmal learns to pass doors, and a Jetson runs targeting.