The Innovation Report
Meet Figure AI: The Company Behind The Humanoid Robot Hosted By Melania Trump
The White House hosted its “first humanoid robot guest” on Wednesday, with first lady Melania Trump appearing alongside a robot from robotics upstart Figure AI. The robot, identified as Figure 3, accompanied the first lady during the second day of the Fostering the...
Canada Cancels Its 1st Moon Rover: ‘It’s Hopefully Not A Lost Cause’
Canada will cancel its first rover mission to the moon's south pole as the Canadian government shifts its spending to other projects. The water-seeking moon rover project, first announced by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in 2021, is terminated in the...
Tennessee Automakers Pivot From EVs To Power Data Centers
Tennessee’s once‑booming electric vehicle battery industry is pivoting away from cars and toward data centers’ rapidly rising demand for power. After consumer EV tax credits ended in late 2025, already soft demand for EVs became even softer and automakers turned their...
Australia: New Engineering Innovation Building Nears Completion At Macquarie University
Macquarie University’s new Engineering Innovation Building is substantially complete, with final equipment and finishing touches underway. When it opens, the building will be home to the university’s physics, astronomy and engineering studies. Designed by Woods...
Containerized Autonomous Kitchen Expands Army Food Modernization To The Field
Building on the success of its autonomous dining facility, Market 19, the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command is now testing a mobile version of the system that extends access to fresh, hot meals for Soldiers operating beyond the garrison environment. The Sustained...
Uber To Invest $1.25 Billion In Rivian For 50,000 Robotaxis
Uber Technologies said it plans to invest $1.25 billion into Rivian Automotive to launch 50,000 autonomous robotaxis around the world, the company announced. Uber or its fleet partners will buy 10,000 autonomous versions of the Rivian R2 electric vehicle with the...
Elon Musk Startup Selects Three Cities For Underground Tunnels
The Boring Company announced that Baltimore, Dallas and New Orleans have won its Tunnel Vision Challenge and will each receive a privately funded one‑mile underground tunnel, while the firm also details its existing projects and future plans. Three major U.S. cities...
Michigan Wants ‘Slice’ Of Air Mobility Industry, State Official Says
Justine Johnson has spent a lot of her career focusing on transportation and the future of mobility. That has meant working in New York on expanding taxi access beyond the central business district and with Ford Motor Co. on a team looking at mobility opportunities —...
The Future of Automotive Ethernet is Here
10BASE-T1S TRAINING FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS This course offers an introduction to Ethernet basics, focusing on 10BASE-T1S. It covers the physical layer, Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA), line encoding and burst mode. It also includes a hands-on...
AI Robots Could Cost $13,000 By 2035: Here’s What That Means For CFOs
Deloitte’s new CFO Guide to Tech Trends 2026 explores how finance leaders can think strategically about emerging technologies and embrace what’s possible, which in turn elevates their function’s value and helps shape what’s next for their entire organization. One tech...
