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A retired professor was arrested for blocking a delivery robot's path and says they will repeat the act, highlighting growing public friction over sidewalk robots in cities.
An art project called Ground Truth attaches to Citi Bikes and uses GPS and census data to add resistance when riding through rent-burdened neighborhoods, making the housing crisis tangible.
AI agents could revolutionize smart city operations like traffic and energy management, with Dubai investing heavily in such initiatives.
MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small robotic boats that self-assemble into floating structures on demand, inspired by fire ant rafts. The open-access paper published in Nature Communications demonstrates how autonomous robots can reconfigure into bridges, platforms, and other infrastructure for adaptive urban uses.