Robotics News: 10 August 2025 - 17 August 2025

AI Maintenance Is Quietly Saving Trillions: Guide to Predictive & Prescriptive Maintenance – What It Is, Who’s Winning, and How to Start
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AI Maintenance Is Quietly Saving Trillions: Guide to Predictive & Prescriptive Maintenance – What It Is, Who’s Winning, and How to Start

1) What we mean by “AI‑based maintenance” Predictive maintenance (PdM) forecasts failure risk from condition signals (vibration, temperature, acoustic, current). Prescriptive maintenance goes further by recommending actions, parts, and timing to optimize cost, uptime, and risk. In 2025, the stack typically combines:
August 17, 2025
The New Gold Rush: How Asteroid Mining Could Create Trillionaires and Change Earth’s Future (2025 Update)
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The New Gold Rush: How Asteroid Mining Could Create Trillionaires and Change Earth’s Future (2025 Update)

OSIRIS-REx arrived Bennu in 2018 and returned about 250 grams of asteroid dust in September 2023, revealing water-bearing clays and organic molecules. NASA’s DART mission in September 2022 impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, changing its orbital period by 32 minutes and demonstrating a
August 14, 2025
Inside the Industry 4.0 Revolution: How Smart Production Lines Are Transforming Manufacturing
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Inside the Industry 4.0 Revolution: How Smart Production Lines Are Transforming Manufacturing

86% of manufacturing executives believe smart factory technologies will be the primary driver of competitiveness in the next five years. Analysts project Industry 4.0’s value potential to reach $3.7 trillion by 2025. Xiaomi’s Changping “Dark Factory” runs 11 fully automated production lines
August 10, 2025

Technology News

  • Lenovo Unveils Qira, a Cross-Device AI Assistant That Can Act on Your Behalf
    January 7, 2026, 2:40 AM EST. Lenovo unveiled Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant designed to live across Lenovo laptops and Motorola phones. Debuting at CES, it signals Lenovo's boldest AI push yet by weaving intelligence into everyday devices. The plan blends on-device models with cloud infrastructure via Azure and OpenAI, while also incorporating Stability AI's diffusion tech and app partnerships like Notion and Perplexity. Lenovo emphasizes an modular approach rather than a single flagship model, to balance performance, quality, and cost. The effort comes from a centralized AI group, designed to work across the company's hardware lineup and avoid exclusive partnerships. With Moto AI and other experiments in its rearview, Qira aims to be a built-in, cross-device assistant that can act on your behalf throughout the day.