Robotics

Engineering the future from the Negev

Sapir Academic College’s Faculty of Technology is creating a new model of higher education that blends academic excellence, applied research, and close industry collaboration to drive innovation

Dr. Gail Gilboa Freedman, Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Sapir Academic College.
(Illustrative) A doctor uses AI for a medical screening.

Can virtual reality teach the 'feel' of medicine? New Israeli study says not yet

A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026

Ukraine's defense AI chief predicts 'new paradigm' of warfare

Taiwanese soldiers leave Qingtian Hall, an underground military tunnel built inside Taiwu Mountain in the 1960s, after attending a performance commemorating the Battle of Guningtou, in Kinmen, Taiwan, October 18, 2025

Robot patrol dogs could be coming to Taiwan's South China Sea islands


How can Israel create an economy fit for an aging population?

As societal aging and workplace automation threaten economies worldwide, Israel seeks to take initiative

Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Japanese-Israeli partnership launches 'job agency for robots'

The joint venture of the companies, MusashiAI, will enable businesses to hire fully-autonomous AI robots to work alongside humans in industrial workplaces, according to their needs.

MusashiAI's artificial intelligence-controlled visual inspection robot.

Robotemi names Lior Suchard as new CBO

"I am excited to join ths groundbreaking venture in the field of personal robots," Suchard wrote in a statement.

Yossi Wolf, CEO Robotemi (left) and Lior Suchard, CBO Robotemi (right)

Israeli robots will accompany soldiers into battle in future wars

General Robotics makes the DOGO tactical robot and Pitbull, a remote weapon that can be put on an unmanned vehicle, such as Gahat’s unmanned ground vehicles

The Gahat booth shows unmanned vehicles and robots such as General Robotics Pitbull gun system

Tel Aviv company to supply robots to New Zealand Defense Force

Roboteam will supply a family of robots that operate on a wireless mesh network, a communications network based on radio nodes controlled from a single control unit.

Three of Roboteam's robotic solutions

OurCrowd announces 2019 Investor Summit theme: Making a global impact

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, assets under management defined as impact now tally $114 billion.

Thousands of people attended the 2018 OurCrowd summit in Jerusalem

Eye on the spine

In 2000, Shoham approached the Technion’s incubator and started a company, today known as Mazor Robotics.

 An animated version of Mazor Robotics' Mazor X system

Israeli youth flex their innovation muscles in Houston

The competition is supported by the NASA Space Agency and is attended by hundreds of outstanding high school groups from around the world.

Hadassah Neurim Youth Village students show off their robot

Smart robots: a look at the future

"The brain – the most complex part of the machine – that will be Israeli. Israel will contribute to making robots smart."

A Lynx robot with Amazon Alexa integration on display in Las Vegas.

Could Israeli night sensor tech saved life of driverless Uber crash victim?

“Imagine that you are driving in the dark, at night, and you see nothing in front of you,” said BrightWay Vision CEO Ofer David.

A still frame taken from video released March 21, 2018 shows the exterior view of the self-driving Uber vehicle leading up to the fatal collision in Tempe, Arizona, U.S. on March 18, 2018.