Engineering News The Engineering category at The Robotics Media covers the technical side of robotics and AI: actuators, sensors, control systems, embedded software, simulation tools, and hardware design. Readers find reporting on new research from labs and universities, component and platform releases, and breakdowns of how robots are built and tested. Coverage spans industrial arms, humanoids, mobile robots, and the AI models that drive them.
DIU And Honeywell Aerospace Flight-Test MagNav Quantum Navigation Over Pacific — Sep 9, 2026 — The Defense Innovation Unit and Honeywell Aerospace flew a magnetic-navigation quantum sensor on an Embraer 170 for more than four hours without GPS,...HyImpulse Bags €50M Series A Extension To Fly Europe's Hybrid-Propulsion Rockets — Sep 2, 2026 — JOIN Capital and Ace Capital Partners co-lead a €50M+ extension into HyImpulse, pushing the German launcher's total funding past €125M ahead of a seco...EHang EH216-S Completes First Public Pilotless Flight In Hong Kong Cyberport — Sep 1, 2026 — EHang's EH216-S became the first pilotless passenger eVTOL to fly publicly in Hong Kong, taking off from the Cyberport waterfront vertiport on August...TSMC 2027 Capex Seen Reaching $85 Billion As AI Capacity Strain Deepens — Aug 31, 2026 — Wall Street's most bullish TSMC 2027 capex model now points to $85 billion, up from Goldman Sachs' $78B forecast, as leading-edge AI capacity stays co...Electra, Helsinki, Haaga-Helia Sign MOU On EL9 Air Service To Tallinn — Aug 31, 2026 — Electra, the City of Helsinki and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences signed an August 27, 2026 memorandum to study EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-elec...MIT Wins $18M NSF Materials Research Center for Imaging, Metals and Chips — Aug 29, 2026 — MIT will lead a new $18 million NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, uniting 16 research groups across four institutions to tackle X...ESA Awards €544M European Launcher Challenge Contracts to Isar, RFA and PLD Space — Aug 29, 2026 — The European Space Agency signed inaugural European Launcher Challenge contracts on 27 August 2026 worth €543.6 million with Isar Aerospace, Rocket Fa...Tropical Depression Narra Grounds China's Chang'e-7 Moon Launch, CNSA Warns Slip Could Reach 2027 — Aug 24, 2026 — China's ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission was postponed after Tropical Depression Narra closed the Wenchang launch window, with Xinhua warn...Brookhaven, Stony Brook Open First U.S. Free-Space Quantum Link — Aug 23, 2026 — DOE Under Secretary Darío Gil cut the ribbon on a 13-mile free-space optical quantum link between Brookhaven National Lab and Stony Brook University,...IBM Links First Modular Cryogenic Systems On Path To Starling In 2029 — Aug 22, 2026 — IBM has cooled and connected two of its new modular quantum cryogenic systems below 15 millikelvin, an engineering milestone on the roadmap to the Sta...Rice University Adds A Temperature Dial To Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulators — Aug 17, 2026 — Rice University physicists engineered independently tunable thermal reservoirs for trapped-ion quantum simulators, unlocking finite-temperature simula...Bristol And NC State Charge Up Liquid-Metal Droplets To Boost Soft Robot Muscles — Aug 17, 2026 — University of Bristol and North Carolina State University engineers have shown that a small electrical charge applied to a liquid-metal droplet can dr...Arianespace Sets Aug 27 for Ariane 6's First Geostationary Mission — Aug 16, 2026 — Ariane 62 will loft the MTG-I2 weather satellite for EUMETSAT and ESA on August 27, 2026 — Ariane 6's first flight to geostationary transfer orbit.Applied Materials Hits Record $9.12B Q3 As AI Fab Spend Surges — Aug 14, 2026 — Applied Materials posted record fiscal Q3 revenue of $9.12B, guided Q4 to $10.25B, and said it aims to double semi-systems output by 2028 as AI drives...SMIC Lifts Chip Prices As AI Demand Pushes Fabs To 93.7% Utilization — Aug 14, 2026 — China's SMIC posts first-ever $3B quarter, triples profit to $479M, and raises Q3 wafer prices as AI-fuelled demand keeps its factories running near c...South Korea Rolls Out $3.5B Chip Fund To Back Materials, Fabless Firms — Aug 11, 2026 — Seoul will launch a 5 trillion won ($3.52B) fund targeting chip materials, parts, equipment and fabless companies, plus 5 trillion won in trade financ...TSMC July Revenue Jumps 44.7% To $14.5B As AI Chip Demand Roars — Aug 11, 2026 — Taiwan Semiconductor disclosed July 2026 revenue of NT$467.58 billion ($14.5B), up 44.7% year-on-year, sending TSMC ahead of its own 40% full-year gro...Commerce Signs $874M CHIPS R&D Letters With Seven AI-Compute Startups — Aug 8, 2026 — The Department of Commerce lined up up to $874M in CHIPS R&D incentives for GlobalFoundries, Kepler, Multibeam, Extropic, Thintronics, OBSIDIA and Ael...Eve Air Mobility Completes First Partial Transition eVTOL Flight — Aug 7, 2026 — Eve's engineering prototype fired up its rear pusher propeller in flight for the first time, hitting 30 knots ground speed and closing in on wing-born...Greenjets Raises $40M Series A For UK's Next Aerospace Prime And LCADE Drone Interceptor — Aug 2, 2026 — British aerospace startup Greenjets has raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital and backed by the NATO Innovation Fund to scale...