The Robot Report

High-precision robots: What to do when absolute accuracy is poor?

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is helping to improve absolute accuracy for robots.
Task & Purpose

Here’s what we know in the wake of Operation Absolute Resolve (and what we don’t)

At 10:46 p.m. on Jan. 2, President Donald Trump gave the order for Delta Force special operators supported by more than 150 aircraft to launch a mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ...
The Aviationist

New Details Emerge about Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. Raid in Venezuela

U.S. officials detail Operation Absolute Resolve, revealing the scale, planning, and aftermath of the joint operation that captured Venezuela’s president. Following the U.S. special operation in ...
Wall Street Journal

Gen. Caine Details ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’ to Nab Maduro

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on Saturday.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás ...
Defense One

How ‘Absolute Resolve’ harnessed 150 aircraft and more to launch a regime change in Venezuela

The assault that captured the president of Venezuela was the result of months of intense rehearsal to ensure that hundreds of aircraft and thousands of troops could carry out myriad interlocking tasks ...
The New York Times

Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro

The tactically precise operation successfully extracted Mr. Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the ...
The Forward

Absolute Bagels is back — and Jewish New Yorkers are lining up in droves

Those who sat shiva for Absolute Bagels when it closed last December can put away their Yahrzeit candles. A year after the shop closed due to numerous health code violations, New Absolute Bagels has ...
Polygon

Absolute Joker’s new origin story pulls from nearly every incarnation you can think of

After months of anticipation, the Absolute Universe’s Joker has finally stepped out of the shadows, ending his long stretch of lurking in the background of Absolute Batman and showcasing that horrific ...
HousingWire

Absolute Home Mortgage acquires assets of Fidelity Direct Mortgage

Absolute — a mid-size independent mortgage bank based in Fairfield, New Jersey — is adding FDM’s team of 55 producing loan officers, who originated about $335 million in mortgages over the past 12 ...
EDN

Understand quadrature encoders with a quick technical recap

An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...
Superhero Hype

Absolute Batman #14’s New Release Date & Why It Was Delayed

The new release date of Absolute Batman #14, along with the reason for its delay, has finally been revealed. Absolute Batman #14 comes after Absolute Batman #13, which dropped on October 8, 2025. The ...