AURA Foresight received the XPRIZE Wildfire Track B Third Place Award in New York, 2026-09-23. (Photo: XPRIZE) AURA Foresight has been named a Third Place Awardee in the XPRIZE Wildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response competition (Track B), receiving a US$500,000 award. As part of this international consortium, Robotics Cats is proud…

Singapore gave me two very different reminders of why I am doing this work. One was at AT ONE IMPACT WEEK 2026, among people discussing capital, institutions and systems change. The other was on Canning Walk, in the same hotel building where I had sat with a coffee two years…

Figure 1: Printcom is the AXIS Communications Solution Partner of the Year 2024 Indonesia is no stranger to fire. Every dry season, forests, peatlands, plantations and agricultural areas become increasingly vulnerable. Under drought conditions, a small ignition can quickly become a destructive wildfire—threatening communities, livelihoods, biodiversity and the atmosphere we all…

Figure 1: Kai Kung Leng wildfire, January 2025 The world is entering a new era of extreme heat, and with it, escalating wildfire risk. For many communities, wildfires are no longer rare events. They are recurring threats to lives, assets, and the environment.Recently, our team at RoboticsCats had the opportunity…

Figure 1: The Schwab Foundation - Shenzhen Learning Journey 2026 Team Last weekend I joined the Schwab Foundation for Social Enterpreneurship – Shenzhen Learning Journey 2026, a three‑day immersion for social innovators hosted alongside the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of New Champions 2026. Shenzhen, China’s fast‑moving innovation hub, offered…

Figure 1: AXIS Q6225-LE equipped with LookOut Wildfire Detection The 2025 fire season was the worst on record for the European Union, with 1,079,538 hectares ravaged across several EU countries.Greece's 2025 wildfire season scorched the nation like never before. Climate change intensified extreme weather by 22% over prior years, marking…

Figure 1: Andre Cheung, CEO of RoboticsCats, pitched in the Energy Tech Challengers 2026 Finals In solar energy, even small operational risks—a stray ignition source in a nearby field, overgrown weeds, or bird activity—can lead to costly disruption. At the Energy Tech Summit 2026 in Bilbao, RoboticsCats introduced a solution…

Figure 1： CORE General Assembly 2026 (source Tokio Marine) We were honored to join Fire Foresight at Tokio Marine's CORE General Assembly in Tokyo (February 25, 2026). An inspirational start to our 2026 international travel.Our business trip to Japan (February 23–March 1) reminded us why collaboration drives climate resilience. We…

Figure 1: AI wildfire and bear detection at wildland-urban interface (AI simulated image) In recent years, Japan has faced a daunting "dual-threat" profile: the increasing risk of large-scale wildfires and a surge in dangerous bear-human encounters.According to recent Ministry of the Environment data, the 2025 fiscal year has already seen…

Figure 1: An AXIS Q6215-LE at Big Tree Animal Sanctuary and Adoption Centre Imagine a world where wildfires no longer catch us off guard—where AI sentinels stand watch over fragile wildlands, whispering warnings before flames devour homes and habitats. This isn't distant sci-fi; it's the reality RoboticsCats is forging today…