Industry

Thermal runaway detection and robot reconnaissance rollout speeds up to prevent battery fires

Industry is widening responses to lithium battery fires by deploying unmanned reconnaissance and expanding detection beyond visible flames. Thermal runaway is hard to spot in advance because voltage and temperature change little until just before it occurs, and remaining batteries can run away again after a fire is put out. Off-gas sensing is being tested as an early-warning method, while robots are used to inspect sites after extinguishing. Overseas standards are beginning to require off-gas monitoring.

AI & Enterprise

Fortytwo Maru joins K-AI patent strategy council to jointly address AI patents

Agentic AI startup Fortytwo Maru said on Thursday it will join the K-AI Patent Strategy Council, a public-private cooperation framework set up to respond to global competition in AI patents. Launched earlier this month by the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the Korea Institute of Patent Strategy and Development, the council aims to secure core and applied AI patents and jointly respond to overseas technology dependence and patent disputes.