• Video Friday: NASA PROMISEs a New Moon Rover

    Video Friday: NASA PROMISEs a New Moon Rover
    Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids 2026: 6–9 December 2026, SANTA CLARA, CAEnjoy today’s videos! NASA will send a nuclear-powered rover called PROMISE (Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping, and In-Situ Exploration, depicted in the rendering) to the Moon’s South Pole as a fou
  • Tiny flaws in diamonds could unlock a quantum computing revolution

    Tiny flaws in diamonds could unlock a quantum computing revolution
    Scientists have discovered a faster way to identify diamond-based materials that could power quantum computers and sensors at room temperature. The breakthrough has already revealed promising new quantum building blocks that could help unlock computing capabilities far beyond those of today's supercomputers.