Nicolas Halftermeyer 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦

Ukraine’s now-famous interceptor drones, explained ⬇️ 🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukraine…

One operator can fly thousands of our KIWI drones with one small ground station. We started in drone light shows.. Flying large numbers of drones is what we do best. #droneswarm #dronewarfare #cuas #dronedominance

The humanoid robotics race is already uneven. In 2025, Chinese companies accounted for nearly 90% of global shipments. Unitree and AgiBot alone delivered over 10,000 robots combined, while U.S. players like Tesla, Figure, and Agility Robotics each shipped only around 150 units. That gap tells a clear story. This market isn’t defined by prototypes anymore. It’s defined by manufacturing, scaling, and deployment. The question is no longer who can build a humanoid robot. It’s who can produce and deploy them at volume. #Robotics #AI #Manufacturing #Innovation #Humanoids Source 🙏 @VisualCap

France’s Nuclear-Powered France Libre Aircraft Carrier Signals Stealth Drone Operations

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#europeandeeptechweek in Paris, Yana Hulak, Head of projects at Ukrainian startup fund, describes how innovation in 🇺🇦 went from survival to acceleration. Support by @Brave1 (defense tech, drones ecosystem) for "structured test in #Ukraine real battlefield”

#europeandeeptechweek critical to build a European #Quantum ecosystem: Quantum computing companies need demanding partners and buyers who stress test quantum technologies with real information and data, says @Quandela_off COO Valerian Giesz #deeptech #bpifrance #frenchfab

[ 🇫🇷 FRANCE | 🌐 OTAN | 🇫🇮 FINLANDE ] 🔸 Le fabricant français Parrot annonce une première commande de l’OTAN pour ses microdrones de surveillance ANAFI UKR. Les livraisons ont débuté au premier trimestre 2026 et devraient atteindre plusieurs milliers d’unités. Une partie est destinée à l’armée finlandaise, le second client n’étant pas nommé. Le montant total de cette commande n’a pas été précisé.

On this day in 2012: Amazon acquired robot maker Kiva. A year later, it had 1,000 robots. Today, it has more than 1 million.

The Robotics team from Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania, built the robot Miss Daisy XXIV that picks up balls and shoots them into a container.

Just visited Estonia and got an eye-opening look at their booming defense industry, especially the drone sector leading the charge. Estonian defense firms are projected to hit $842 million in sales revenue in 2025 - a massive 347% growth since 2021. Small nation, huge impact in high-tech defense. Photo credit/copyright: Jonas Olsson

Zelenskyy: War has no distance anymore. Drones already fly 3,000–5,000 km, soon up to 10,000. Ukraine faces 350–500 drone attacks daily. No country could withstand that. There are no safe continents — distance is now a matter of months, not decades. 1/

First, we are capable of producing at least 2,000 effective and combat-proven interceptors every day. We can produce more – it depends on investment. We need about 1,000 interceptors a day, and we can supply at least another 1,000 a day to our allies. Second, we know how to build radar and acoustic coverage to respond to how “shaheds” and other drones approach. Third, we have software that allows radars to keep working even under electronic warfare jamming. In real time, we analyze enemy frequencies and respond to them. And because of this system, we understand how effective our defense is against almost every attack drone, and we can move our positions and air defense to get better results. This iPad gives full control of the situation because we have a system for using our defense tools. If a “shahed” needs to be stopped in the Emirates – we can do it. If it needs to be stopped in Europe or the United Kingdom – we can do it. It is a matter of technology, investment, and cooperation. And the fact that we got through this winter – which Russia tried to make deadly for all our families – shows that our solutions work. From my address to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (4/7)

"Drone with Claws" — that was the challenge for presented by Brave1 to 33 Ukrainian student teams this weekend in Kyiv. The mission: create mechanical attachments that allow FPV drones to land, secure themselves at height without consuming energy, and resume flight.

@Capucine_Cousin 😭😱

Et entre autres « économies », il va fermer son siège emblématique à Issy les Moulineaux. Harsh.

It's no Nadal but this tennis-playing robot could change the future of the game techradar.com/computing/its-…

This is what operators need to train for. You don’t understand the speed, scale, or pressure until you see it in the field. That’s why realistic swarm training matters. #DroneSwarms #DefenseTech #MilitaryTraining #dronedominance #CUAS #swarmdefense

"Les robots ne saignent pas": pour la première fois, des robots humanoïdes américains vont être déployés sur le front ukrainien l.bfmtv.com/MtiV

Incident Report: Employee: Robot. Infraction: Unauthorized dancing and smashed dishes. Staff required to contain: Several. Reason given: He just wants to dance. The robot has no regrets.

J'ai demandé à Claude (l'IA la plus puissante du moment) de projeter la trajectoire de la France sans réforme majeure. Le résultat est sobre et factuel. Et il est terrifiant. Le plus ironique: c'est le modèle social "protecteur" qui va s'auto-détruire. Les retraites par répartition, la sécu en déficit chronique de 24 milliards, 5.7 millions de fonctionnaires, tout ça tenait avec des taux à zéro. C'est fini. Bernard et Chantal doivent profiter des croisières pendant que c'est encore possible ! Costa croisière doit penser a son avenir après 2030. Ce qu'on devrait faire en dessous 👇