Deployment is the theme today: Boston Dynamics puts Atlas to work on Hyundai's factory floor, while Elroy Air and Matternet chase the leap from pilot programs to production-scale delivery. Elsewhere, safety and infrastructure get their due, from NVIDIA agent guardrails to warehouse Wi-Fi sensors and a stubborn robotic arm on the ISS.

In today’s roundup

• Boston Dynamics eyes 25,000 Atlas rollout as it begins robot testing at Hyundai plant — Interesting Engineering
  The viral parkour stunts and backflips are officially over. Boston Dynamics is putting its famous...
• Gecko Robotics works with NVIDIA to add AI agent security and control — The Robot Report
  As autonomous agents take control of critical systems, Gecko's use of NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform underscores that industrial AI now needs guardrails as much as capability.
• Elroy Air secures fresh funding to scale Chaparral drone production — DroneDJ
  Fresh capital gives Elroy Air the runway to turn its autonomous Chaparral cargo drone from prototype into a production aircraft — the hard part of any drone dream.
• Matternet unveils new M3 drone with 11-pound payload and 10-mile range — DroneDJ
  Matternet's new M3, with an 11-pound payload and 10-mile range, is aimed squarely at the scaling problem that has kept drone delivery stuck in pilot mode.
• Raise Robotics to discuss scaling field robots at RoboBusiness — The Robot Report
  Raise Robotics promises a decision rule for allocating engineering capacity and a vocabulary for two hidden failure modes — practical wisdom for anyone deploying robots in the field.
• 7SIGNAL offers client-side Wi-Fi sensors for warehouse uptime — Automated Warehouse
  Unglamorous but essential: 7SIGNAL's client-side sensors continuously watch warehouse Wi-Fi, because automated fleets are only as reliable as the network keeping them connected.
• $75M US grant converts EV battery line into drone cell factory with 12M yearly capacity — Interesting Engineering
  A $75M grant repurposes an EV battery line for drone cells with 12 million yearly capacity, signaling how seriously the US is treating domestic drone supply chains.
• NASA, for the time being, is unable to move the space station's large robotic arm — Ars Technica
  The ISS's large robotic arm has stopped moving and NASA is staying tight-lipped, a reminder that even flagship space robotics can quietly seize up.

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