Robot tutor Musio makes its retail debut in Japan

 A cute, robotic language tutor called Musio, has made it from crowdfunding campaign to full-fledged product…

Luminar reveals sensors that could make self-driving cars safer than human

 Cameras help autonomous vehicles read street signs and the color of traffic lights. But LiDARs, aka…

Marble and Yelp Eat24 start robot food delivery in San Francisco

 Rules governing the use of food delivery robots remain to be seen across the US. But…

Full Harvest raises $2 million to stop farmers from tossing ‘ugly’ fruit and veggies

 Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding to reduce food…

Why Flybrix skipped crowdfunding to launch its LEGO drone kits

 Flybrix first dreamed up a drone that kids could build with LEGO bricks in 2015. At…

Bext360 is using robots and the blockchain to pay coffee farmers fairly

 Coffee is the world’s second-most-traded commodity, after petroleum. Some 125 million people make a living growing…

A $150 million fund, The Engine, will back startups others find ‘too hard’

 A fund and accelerator for advanced technology startups, The Engine, closed its debut fund at a…

SkyX drones are half-helicopter, half-plane and built to fly long distances

 A Markham, Ontario startup called SkyX Ltd. emerged from stealth today to share details about its…