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Tech Xplore reports a new benchmark that tests AI memory for household robots. It notes that in-home assistive robots could clean and organize a home while the owner is away, but without enhanced memory they could cause problems, such as moving items like wallets and keys without being able to tell the owner where they were placed.

The headline reports that a continuous artificial muscle unlocks dexterous soft-robot motion. The supplied context only describes the challenge: an octopus can bend one part of an arm around an obstacle while another reaches into a small crevice to grab an object, and reproducing such local control in a soft robot requires multiple actuators plus mounting hardware and connections. No specific results are given.

According to an executive at tax-credit consulting firm Alliant, facility operators are using 48E investment tax credits to make energy projects financially viable, most commonly by installing battery storage systems that can leverage lower-cost electricity rates.

A new AI framework aims to help machines understand 3D spaces in finer detail, such as distinguishing whether furniture is a chair, table, or bookcase and whether an opening is a door or a window. Such distinctions can affect how a service robot plans routes, avoids obstacles, and decides what it can safely interact with.

NaviGate, an Italian space technology company spun out of Sapienza University of Rome, says it has completed the in-orbit demonstration (IoD) of NaviCode Caravel, its autonomous onboard precise orbit determination system, aboard D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier.

A team of researchers has developed a new system that makes humanoid robots move and react far more reliably, which they worked out on a group of soccer-playing robots. The work targets one of the biggest drawbacks of current robotics — struggling with real-world movement — and is reported as a major step forward for coordination.

Aaron Ames, the Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair and director of Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST) and a leader in robotic safety, says that while humanoid robot demonstrations are dazzling, safety is crucially missing before humanoids can play a larger role in our lives and society.

Quantum Space, a company developing next-generation advanced maneuverable spacecraft, has executed a launch processing agreement with All Points Logistics for its Prime mission. The report, dated September 30, 2026, does not disclose further terms of the agreement.

European Space Agency published this update. Read the original source for full details, conditions and limitations.

European Space Agency published this update. Read the original source for full details, conditions and limitations.

Nature Medicine published this update. Read the original source for full details, conditions and limitations.

According to a Nature-sourced item, research covers watermarking AI-generated proteins in a way that preserves their function. Further details were not provided beyond the headline.

NASA has opened its 2027 Human Lander Challenge, seeking ideas from college and university students to address reliable communications, described as one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration. As NASA prepares for long-term human presence on the Moon through the Artemis and Moon Base programs, communications systems will be as important as spacecraft.

NASA published this update. Read the original source for full details, conditions and limitations.

NASA published this update. Read the original source for full details, conditions and limitations.

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for its SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, with streams available on multiple platforms. Launch is scheduled for 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1, from Space Launch Complex 40.

NVIDIA Technical Blog published this update. Read the original source for full details, conditions and limitations.