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Tuya Smart Partners with Zeroth to Develop Robot-Driven Smart Living Experiences, Bringing Physical AI into the Home

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The collaboration integrates Tuya’s AI+IoT capabilities with Zeroth’s embodied intelligence expertise, transforming home robots from standalone task executors into intelligent, context-aware household companions.

GUANGZHOU, China, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global AI cloud platform service provider, today announced a partnership with Zeroth, focusing on consumer-grade embodied intelligence. The two companies will combine Tuya’s AI+IoT ecosystem with Zeroth’s robotics expertise to co-develop robot-driven smart living scenarios, enabling home service robots to evolve from simple task executors into intelligent, adaptive household companions.

As robots gain the ability to perceive environments, collaborate proactively, and continuously learn, they are poised to become true household members that work in concert with smart devices—expanding the possibilities of smart living.

However, home service robots have long operated as isolated tools, unable to communicate with the broader smart home ecosystem. This lack of integration has been a key bottleneck in the development of the next generation of smart living experiences. The partnership between Tuya Smart and Zeroth is designed to address this challenge head-on, enabling robots to fully integrate into the connected home and serve as a “super mobile terminal” and “proactive household manager.”

Deep Integration Across the Smart Home Ecosystem

As a brand focusing on consumer-grade embodied intelligence, Zeroth is dedicated to the research, development, and application of robotics and artificial intelligence, with products spanning family companionship, multi-scenario interaction, and complex environment exploration.

Powered by Tuya’s proprietary Physical AI Engine (PAE) architecture, Zeroth’s robots will be deeply integrated with AI+IoT devices throughout the home. Rather than operating in isolation, the robot will function as a household intelligence hub—orchestrating lighting, climate control, curtains, security, and energy management systems to collaboratively execute complex household tasks.

For example, when a user wakes up in the morning, the robot can coordinate with connected smart devices to adjust lighting to a soft, warm tone, play gentle morning music, and provide a briefing on the day’s weather and schedule.

Zeroth’s robots are equipped with onboard vision, audio, and other embodied sensors. Through integration with Tuya’s whole-home sensor matrix—including air quality, human presence, and ambient light sensors—the partnership achieves real-time, high-fidelity sensor fusion. This effectively gives the smart home both “mobility” and “extended reach,” enabling a leap from localized sensing to comprehensive whole-home awareness.

For robots to become truly adaptive companions, they require robust cognitive and memory capabilities. Zeroth’s “embodied brain” integrates Tuya’s OmniMem long-term memory engine, enabling the robot to proactively adjust its behavior based on past interactions. For instance, it can remember a child’s favorite games or an elderly family member’s daily routine, delivering an experience that becomes more personalized over time.

Bridging Cloud Intelligence and Physical Execution

The collaboration addresses a longstanding industry challenge: the disconnect between cloud-based AI and physical hardware. By bridging this gap, the partnership enables robots to be deeply deployed across real-world household scenarios—including elderly care, children’s companionship, and pet monitoring—delivering accessible, intuitive, and empathetic smart services to families worldwide.

Going forward, the two companies plan to deepen the synergy between local edge computing and cloud-based AI, ensuring that robots can orchestrate whole-home devices with sub-second response times even in offline or low-connectivity environments. Additionally, both parties will collaborate to build an open embodied intelligence ecosystem, empowering global developers to bring innovative ideas to life and jointly shaping a future of smart living that is perceptive, collaborative, and human-centered.

About Tuya Smart

Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a global leader in AI cloud platform services, dedicated to applying AI to everyday life. Through its AI Agent development platform and TuyaOpen open-source framework, Tuya integrates multimodal AI capabilities, lowers development barriers, and accelerates AI’s integration with the physical world. Tuya provides innovative Physical AI solutions for smart devices, commercial applications, and industry developers, fostering an open and neutral global ecosystem. As of March 31, 2026, the Tuya AI Developer Platform had over 1,970,000 registered AI developers from more than 200 countries and regions.

About Zeroth

Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Suzhou, China. The company’s embodied intelligence brand, Zeroth, leverages proprietary core components, motion control systems, and embodied AI foundation models to build full-stack intelligent robot systems for real-world applications. Zeroth’s product portfolio spans family companionship, multi-scenario interaction, and complex environment exploration, with a focus on delivering natural, reliable, and empathetic human-robot experiences.

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TIMEX DECLARES TODAY ANALOG LIFE DAY

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A National Invitation to Get Off the Clock and Into Life

An unexpected opening in your calendar? Don’t fill it. Live it.

SHELTON, Conn., Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Timex, the Official Timekeeper of Analog Life, is declaring today, Friday, November 13, Analog Life Day, and giving everyone a reason to do something increasingly refreshing: spend time actually living it. 

In a world that never stops scrolling, refreshing or asking for more of our attention, Timex is inviting people to take some of it back.

Take the long lunch. Call the friend you keep meaning to see. Leave your headphones behind. Wander somewhere without a plan. Say yes to something spontaneous. Make a memory that doesn’t need to be posted to count.  No productivity hacks. No screen time challenge. No perfectly planned itinerary.  Just a reminder that the best moments in life rarely happen between notifications. 

For more than 170 years, Timex has helped people keep time. Today, we’re reminding everyone what it’s for.

No registration. No download. No algorithm.

Just one day. Your time. Your way.

Make Time Yours.

Civic PR for Timex – timex@civic-us.com

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BAE Systems selected as a mission-enabling space technologies partner for NASA PRIMA astrophysics program

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission to survey the history and evolution of the universe and bridge current scientific gaps

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BAE Systems (LON: BA) announced today that its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)-led PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics) team has been selected by NASA for the next phase of development in NASA’s new class of “Probe Explorers” astrophysics missions.   

BAE Systems will provide its Evolve+ spacecraft bus for the mission, lead the observatory assembly, integration and test process, and serve as the operations and ground lead for NASA’s JPL, the manager of the mission.   

“We are excited to continue our decades-long partnership with JPL through the PRIMA mission that will enable NASA to make significant discoveries on the history of the universe,” said Bonnie Patterson, vice president and general manager of civil space for BAE Systems. “The PRIMA mission will also help fill observation gaps with other NASA astrophysics missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories, also supported by BAE Systems.”  

NASA’s PRIMA mission will use a highly sensitive, far-infrared space telescope that is designed to see parts of the universe that are hidden by dust. Using a 1.8-meter diameter telescope, it will observe the cosmos in far-infrared light, bridging the critical observation gap between the James Webb Space Telescope and ground-based radio observatories.

The mission will help scientists learn how stars, planets, galaxies and even water formed over time. It will reveal how these cosmic structures grow and change, providing a clearer picture of how our universe developed and evolved from its formation to the present.  

The PRIMA mission is currently advancing through Phase B development and is targeted for launch in 2033 for a five-year mission. Following a NASA confirmation review, the project will move toward full implementation.

BAE Systems will join numerous international space industry providers to support the PRIMA mission, including those from France, Italy, Canada, South Korea, Japan and the UK.

Through the PRIMA mission, BAE Systems continues its longstanding support of NASA’s astrophysics programs. This includes work on the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, among others.

For more information, please contact: 

Brian Rantala, BAE Systems 
Mobile: 720-995-8253 
brian.rantala@baesystems.us 

www.baesystems.com/en-us   
@BAESystemsInc  

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Why a Pocket Projector Could Be the Right Gift for Gamers and Sewists: Aurzen ZIP Pro

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IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The friend who hosts game night and the maker who dreads taping sewing patterns together might appreciate the same unexpected gift: a pocket projector. Aurzen ZIP Pro, a CES Innovation Awards 2027 Honoree, brings shared fun and sewing pattern projection together in one foldable projector.

Unlike a fixed TV, ZIP Pro is a gaming projector that moves with the gathering. Its larger shared image brings everyone into the adventure, whether you’re sharing maps during tabletop RPG sessions or cruising through neon-lit city streets in the upcoming AAA open-world titles. Direct USB-C support for Nintendo Switch makes it a convenient dock-free projector, letting friends play together instead of crowding around a handheld screen. Wired Game Mode offers 20–40ms response times for casual co-op and party games.

Beyond game nights, ZIP Pro brings the same flexibility to your sewing table. As a sewing projector, it lets you skip printing, taping and storing paper patterns, leaving more time for working with fabric. Native 1080p DLP and ToF autofocus help keep fine outlines clear, while adjustable support and four-point correction help align the image with your cutting surface. With less setup between an idea and the first cut, this compact sewing pattern projector helps you turn your ideas into a finished piece with greater confidence.

The ZIP Pro Basquiat Special Edition Bundle pairs the same hardware with artwork from the Basquiat estate. It includes the projector, two custom art shells, a custom GoPlay portable case and a mounting suite with MagPlay Pro and Z-Stand in a special-edition gift box. The interchangeable shells offer two different looks, making it a personal choice for Basquiat fans.

During the promotion from Nov.19-30, ZIP Pro is $579.99 (regularly $629.99); ZIP Pro Basquiat Special Edition Bundle is $649.99 (regularly $679.99). Buyers can choose a complimentary GoPlay Carry Bag or Z-Stand, limited to 50 gifts in total, first-come, first-served. A sitewide prize draw offers shoppers a chance to get their order for free.

About Aurzen

Aurzen is a global innovator in smart projection technology. By combining advanced optical engineering with intuitive software and user-focused design, Aurzen delivers products that bring big-screen experiences to any space. The company pioneered the world’s first Tri-Fold Truly Portable Projector, ZIP, and its designs have been recognized with multiple international awards, including the iF Design Award, Red Dot Award, G-Mark Award, and IDEA Award. For more information, visit www.aurzen.com.

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