Sunday's lineup runs from the practical to the geopolitical, with a motor-selection primer sitting a few clicks away from drones hitting fuel depots. We've also got cities drawing lines around robotaxis, a fresh ADI take on physical AI, and a maple-seed-inspired robot that falls then sails.

In today’s roundup

• How to choose a BLDC motor for robotic arms and mobile robots — The Robot Report
  A grounded guide to picking BLDC motors, weighing sensors, safety, and whether you're building an arm or a mobile platform, because the actuator choice shapes everything downstream.
• Cities want to put the boot on robotaxis — The Verge
  As self-driving cars scale up, cities are pushing back with new laws and road rules, a reminder that autonomy's biggest hurdle may be local policy rather than code.
• Ukrainian drones strike fuel depots and tech hubs near Russia’s St. Petersburg: Reports — Interesting Engineering
  Ukrainian drone strikes on fuel depots and tech hubs near St. Petersburg show how far uncrewed systems now reach into strategic infrastructure.
• ADI explains the race to make AI physical — The Robot Report
  A new ADI whitepaper tackles the hard part of embodied AI: getting it out of the lab and into production machinery that actually runs.
• Bioinspired robot airdrops into remote waters via morphing wing-sail — New Atlas Robotics
  This bioinspired platform airdrops into remote waters by falling like a maple seed and sailing via a morphing wing-sail, a clever answer to fast, long-term ocean deployment.
• Video Friday: When Two Robots Become One — IEEE Spectrum Robotics
  This week's video roundup spotlights reconfigurable machines where two robots merge into one, plus the usual calendar of upcoming robotics events.

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