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Sketchy Realms has shipped the face tracking it promised for VR Realms, extending support to HTC's face tracker and to a Quest Pro over more PC links. The studio noted the feature is new and that it has not been able to test it on those headsets itself.

Scan Computers has partnered with Sheffield-based OLO Robotics, combining Scan's robotics hardware, AI infrastructure and technical expertise with OLO's browser-based platform and specialist robotics engineering to make advanced robotics easier to access and deploy. OLO's platform brings teleoperation, simulation and autonomous navigation together in the browser.

Food technology platform Wonder says it is saving about 5% on energy expenses by using stationary plug-in batteries, according to Utility Dive. A senior VP said the company's No. 1 goal was to reduce utility bills and shave peaks off its utility usage.

A CleanTechnica commentary argues Europe is building a hydrogen-refuelling network before a large hydrogen-truck market exists to support it, and says Europe should learn from South Korea's hydrogen station failure. Under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, hydrogen stations are supposed to be available along major motorway corridors at intervals of no more than 200 kilometres by 2030, with additional coverage at designated urban nodes.

Karlsruhe-based public transport specialist INIT is acquiring a majority stake in Norwegian technology company Applied Autonomy, entering the autonomous fleet management market. Its xFlow platform does not develop autonomous driving itself but organises the monitoring, remote support, and control of autonomous vehicles, and the software is already in use in Stavanger.

Symbotic, a specialist in AI-enabled robotics technology for the supply chain, has announced the acquisition of cellumation, a Bremen, Germany-based automation company and creator of the patented, software-driven celluveyor sortation technology. The celluveyor consists of hundreds of independently controlled omnidirectional cells, each able to move an item in any direction.

A NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) document, TB 26-08, examines complex modes in lightly damped structural systems from a two-mode interaction perspective. A PDF version is available for download, with Joel W. Sills of Langley Research Center listed as the contact; the supplied context provides few further details.

Hello Games is bringing the full No Man's Sky to iPhone and iPad, including ten years of updates, in a download of under 4GB that the studio says runs on hardware as far back as an iPhone 11. Multiplayer is not part of the mobile version.

Researchers have developed a technology that lets a user move a small beetle-inspired soft robot by bending and straightening a finger. According to the report, the robot can walk, grip and move objects while sending back images and contact information for the user to check; no research team or development stage is specified.

Promise Robotics has signed a multi-year partnership with D.R. Horton, described as America's largest homebuilder by volume, to bring physical AI to homebuilding construction. The Robot Report's coverage does not provide further deployment details.

A commercial lander from Voyager Technologies has passed a series of critical tests at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, simulating extreme temperatures, vacuum, and intense shaking. The lander is intended to support NASA's efforts to establish a Moon base, described as humanity's first lunar outpost.

MIT researchers say there is no link between renewable portfolio standards or utility-scale wind and solar and higher US residential power prices, but rooftop solar correlates with higher rates and distribution costs.

Chinese robotics manufacturer Leapting has introduced an autonomous tracked forklift for transporting solar module pallets weighing up to 3,000 kg. The battery-powered machine offers a 3 m maximum lifting height, 30-degree climbing capability, and navigation combining GNSS-RTK, laser SLAM and computer vision.

French manufacturer Exide has introduced a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery for commercial and industrial applications, featuring an integrated 125 kW power conversion system, 261 kWh of storage capacity and a nominal round-trip efficiency of 86%.

Per an OpenAI-sourced report, Higgsfield extends AI video from 1 minute to over 10 minutes using GPT-6 Astra, offers more precise visuals with GPT-Image-2.5, and points toward voice filmmaking with GPT-Live.

Chinese researchers developed high-entropy molecular contacts that enabled inverted perovskite solar cells to achieve a certified steady-state efficiency of 27.31%, while the headline cites 27.5%. The approach also improves thermal stability by preventing degradation of the molecular contacts.

A PV Magazine article argues batteries are indispensable to a future energy system dominated by solar PV, but are often viewed as a bottleneck tied to raw material supply, which sodium-ion batteries could resolve. It says batteries go beyond stationary storage, with prospects in vehicle-to-grid and smart charging of electric vehicles within a broad flexibility technology portfolio.