T4 Space & Mobility
by main topic: 70
Issues 18
Industry & Supply Chains 9
- IssueAgenda 2: Securing space sovereignty and building a space-technology convergence industry3 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAutomotive: technology-agnostic strategies replace all-electric targets1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBiological fibres as a space-debris answer1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueExpanding the sphere of human activity in the space-economy era0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIn physical systems small error rates cascade into waste, defects and safety incidents1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMobility: software capability decides who survives1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMultipurpose Wheels1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMultivendor robot fleets with proprietary protocols create an interoperability hazard1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScaling physical AI is blocked by interlocking technical, operational and regulatory problems1 trends · 1 signals
Labor & Future of Work 2
- IssuePhysical AI is argued entirely from productivity, with warehouses standing in for the whole domain1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe next generation of US space startups is concentrated in one company's alumni network1 trends · 1 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 2
- IssueOrbital data centres move from concept to funded programmes1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSpace debris re-entry and launches as a new ozone risk1 trends · 0 signals
Geopolitics & Security 1
- IssueKey point: space becomes the arena for defence and security technology1 trends · 0 signals
Democracy & Governance 2
- IssueBuilding legal, regulatory, funding and knowledge foundations for extreme R&D under responsible innovation0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePunitive responses to failure hold back Korea's extreme R&D in space, deep sea and polar regions0 trends · 0 signals
Cities & Housing 1
- IssueMobility innovation and the evolution of cities0 trends · 1 signals
AI & Computing 1
- IssueA persistent simulation-to-reality gap limits what trained robots can do in the world1 trends · 0 signals
Trends 5
- TrendPhysical AI turns robots from preprogrammed machines into adaptive learning systems14 signals
- TrendSpace rises in economic and security value while Korea's autonomous capability lags0 signals
- TrendTrend 11: falling launch costs and private scale reshape space markets11 signals
- TrendTrend 6: AI leaves the screen and acts on the physical world2 signals
- TrendUrban air mobility with eVTOL taxis, drones and vertiports2 signals
Signals 47
Macroeconomy & Finance 3
Industry & Supply Chains 11
- SignalA Spanish utility uses inspection drones and expects robots in field operations in three to four years
- SignalAI autonomous driving market projected to grow about 36 percent a year, robotaxis faster
- SignalActive satellites quadruple to 13,000 with one operator holding 80%
- SignalBMW moves finished cars from the assembly line to the finishing area without drivers
- SignalBesxar Flies Suborbital Semiconductor Manufacturing Demo
- SignalElveo Mobile selects Apex Space to manufacture its 320-satellite D2D constellation
- SignalLandSpace Becomes First Commercial Chinese Company to Land an Orbital-Class Booster
- SignalLoft Orbital, Marlan Space to Build 50-Satellite AI-Enabled Imaging Constellation with $1B from Royal Group of Abu Dhabi
- SignalMentions of world models on earnings calls rise as autonomous vehicles and robotics lead commercialisation
- SignalSpaceX listing and quantum chips mark the commercial turn of space and quantum technologies
- SignalWaymo passed 10 million paid rides and Aurora began scheduled driverless freight runs
Labor & Future of Work 2
Trade & Economic Security 1
Climate Change & Adaptation 1
Resources, Food & Water 2
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 2
Geopolitics & Security 5
- SignalChinese crewed lunar mission planned for 2030
- SignalFirefly Aerospace Signs Contract with SSC Space for Two Alpha Launches from Esrange Space Center
- SignalSix Asian states listed as having put satellites in orbit
- SignalThe United States leads orbital launches in 2025, with Asia second
- SignalUK Unveils £7.8bn Space Strategy, with Satellite Connectivity Central to Reducing Reliance on Starlink
Cities & Housing 1
AI & Computing 1
Energy & Climate Tech 2
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 3
Other 13
- SignalEclipse Space Unveils Three Satellite Platforms for Constellations
- SignalFarthest 'Black Hole Star' Ever Found Could Solve JWST's Little Red Dot Mystery
- SignalFirst commercial vertiport under construction in Dubai (late 2024) and air taxi trials in Europe and Spain
- SignalKazakhstan to Expand Satellite Constellation
- SignalMIT delivers electrospray thrusters to NASA for world's first air-breathing satellite propulsion system
- SignalMusk's 10,000-Satellite-a-Year Plan Fuels Orbital Traffic Fears
- SignalNASA Holds Final Briefings for International Crew-13 Space Station Mission
- SignalNew Satellite Control Technology Reaches Commercialisation
- SignalPrivate German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
- SignalSES completes O3b mPOWER medium-earth-orbit constellation with final three-satellite launch
- SignalSpaceX 50th Mission of 2026 — Commercial Space at Industrial Scale
- SignalStarship Reaches Orbit for the First Time, Deploys 26 Starlink V3 Satellites Despite Engine Loss
- SignalXENONnT Sets World-Leading Limits on Axion-Like Particles Near the 'Neutrino Fog' Threshold
Objects with this as a secondary topic 83
Industry & Supply Chains 15
- SignalA humanoid maker's founder predicts a market twice the size of the auto industry in 25 years
- IssueA new maritime economy, Arctic route readiness and growth hubs in fishing villages1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendAutomotive: EV adoption rises while margins lag on battery cost and Chinese competition2 signals
- IssueCatalytic conversion for retiring aircraft fleets1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalChina Unveils Roadmap for AI, New Energy Vehicle Industrial Upgrading
- SignalHumanoid material costs are projected to fall from US$35,000 to US$13,000-17,000 within a decade
- SignalJapan built a 3D-printed train station in under six hours
- IssueLeadership in next strategic technologies through the NEXT project, space and IP strategy1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalPhysical AI robots stay more expensive than industrial robots even as component costs fall
- SignalQuantum Systems raises $1.2B Series D for drone manufacturing (Germany)
- SignalReport forecasts 80 percent of warehouses using robotics or automation by 2028
- SignalReport forecasts half of the top 10 AI vendors selling physical AI products by 2028
- SignalSamsung Launches Humanoid Robot Division With Robot-Brain AI Already Tested in Factories
- TrendTechnology convergence speeds development and pushes emerging technologies into industrialization7 signals
- SignalUBS projects 2 million workplace humanoids by 2035 and 300 million by 2050
Labor & Future of Work 1
- IssueWorkers accept rule-based robots but not adaptive ones, with displacement the stated worry1 trends · 0 signals
Trade & Economic Security 1
Climate Change & Adaptation 3
Resources, Food & Water 2
Geopolitics & Security 14
- IssueA leadership vacuum over global public goods0 trends · 0 signals
- SignalAt least 20 countries hold military satellites with attribution difficult
- SignalDARPA Seeks Next-Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile for Affordable Mass Production
- IssueDefence AI companies are expected to move into space systems next1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalDrone incidents rise from 6,000 to 51,000 between 2020 and 2024
- SignalNon-state drone use spreading across Latin America and Yemen
- SignalNon-state groups conducting drone attacks rise from 6 to 91
- IssueSatellites are treated as exploitable computers and quantum threatens current encryption1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalTaiwan foreign ministry signs UAV cooperation MOU with European security center
- SignalThe EU raises private space investment to reduce reliance on US capability
- TrendThe drone age: violence gets cheap enough for everyone7 signals
- SignalUkraine launches one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse
- SignalUkraine produces over 4.5 million drones in 2025 as UAVs drive most casualties
- SignalUkrainian Naval Drones Sink Rosatom-Owned Cargo Ship Yanina in Black Sea
Tech·Digital Policy 5
- SignalDC Council Weighs Robotaxi Regulation and Public Interest
- IssueOrbital governance built for a world that no longer exists1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRobots leaving controlled sites face overlapping and contradictory jurisdictional rules1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalUNECE regulations and ISO/SAE standards are named as the automotive compliance drivers
- IssueUrban air mobility awaits specific regulation and faces noise, airspace and cyber challenges1 trends · 0 signals
Cities & Housing 11
- Signal15-Minute City Goes Mainstream — Obel Award 2026 / Canadian Cities Policy Adoption
- SignalCincinnati inspects bridges and roads with autonomous drones, compressing months into minutes
- SignalDetroit ran three wheelchair-accessible autonomous shuttles over 110 stops from 2024
- IssueDiversifying and multi-layered land use under concentration and depopulation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFive poles and three special zones: super-regional mega-regions with integrated transport1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLife-In-A-Box1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLinking regional hubs with surrounding small cities through wide-area transport and services0 trends · 1 signals
- SignalNairobi's Matatu System and the Future of African Transit — Urban Research
- SignalOptimal Scheduling of Road Maintenance Jobs Considering Impact on Traffic Flows
- SignalStuck in Traffic: Urban Mobility Dream vs Reality — Cars Still 70% of Miles
- SignalUN projects that more than 68 percent of the world's population will live in cities by 2050
AI & Computing 14
- SignalA global OEM simulates over-the-air releases against a software twin before shipping them
- IssueAgentic AI becoming the brain of robots is posed as the next decade's convergence1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalAn Agentic Approach for Active Data Collection, Travel Behavior Modeling, and Weather-Sensitive Demand Prediction
- SignalBATON: Transition-Aware Memory for Long-Horizon Robot Manipulation
- IssueBio-hybrid and quantum robotics remain laboratory-stage with no dated path to deployment1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalDrone and robot hiveminds: patenting swarm intelligence at the EPO
- SignalFour converging capabilities are named as the precondition for mainstream physical AI
- SignalHumanTracker: Towards Comprehensive and Human-Aligned Motion Tracking Benchmark
- SignalNVIDIA's Cosmos, launched 2025, was trained on 20 million hours of physical-world data
- SignalReport's list of emerging applications, some still at research level
- SignalResearchers generate quantum entanglement directly from sunlight
- TrendTechnology 9: AI that learns physical dynamics from multimodal sensory data3 signals
- SignalThe Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture, introduced in 2022, is named as the enabling insight
- TrendTrend 13: world models let AI learn physics and predict what happens next4 signals
Bio & Health Tech 1
Energy & Climate Tech 7
- TrendElectrification becomes the largest driver of additional electricity demand2 signals
- TrendForesight sources point to advanced nuclear, quantum and private space as deep-tech frontiers6 signals
- SignalKorea's 11th Basic Plan adds 63TWh of electrification demand above trend by 2038
- SignalMXene Conductivity 160x Improvement + Solid-State Battery Supramolecular Electrolyte
- TrendStagnating Korean transport energy demand under population ageing and weaker freight1 signals
- SignalTransport electricity demand has been underestimated as electrification outpaced forecasts
- SignalVehicle to grid pilots in France, the United States and Japan; first explorations in Spain
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 6
- IssueAI spreading into grids, water and transport turns cyber compromise into cascading physical failure2 trends · 0 signals
- SignalApplications needing 10-millisecond responses are placed outside the cloud by definition
- IssueConnected robot fleets open attack surfaces where a breach becomes a physical hazard1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendConvergence of 6G and satellite communications from space to ground3 signals
- TrendForesight sources flag AI infrastructure, physical AI and next-generation security0 signals
- IssueThe Network of Networks1 trends · 0 signals
Values & Lifestyles 3
- IssueBehavioural overtrust becomes irreversible once AI applies physical force1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalDrone-dispersed ashes with published etiquette and prospective GPS tracing
- TrendTrend E: Changes in life and space0 signals