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HEBI Robotics earns NASA SBIR grant to fast track miniaturized actuators

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Walden Robotics Partners With Toyota on Practical Humanoids

For a while there, it seemed as though robotics as a whole was stuck in a mad rush towards building humanoid robots mostly because it was very possible (and very lucrative) to do so, even without a near-term goals that were necessarily realistic. Some of the magic of those first couple of years of the humanoid explosion has stuck around, but there’s also been an industry-wide sobering leading to pointed questions about practicality and value . In other words, starting a commercial humanoid co…

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Porous 3d-printed feet help quadruped robots walk using less battery power

Chasing physical AI: Ant Group robotics arm Robbyant kicks off external funding

Simulated zebrafish and a vision-equipped robotic fish reveal how the body shapes brain circuits

Image credit: Olivier Porchet, Biorobotics Laboratory, EPFL When a fish holds its position against a current in a river, its brain must figure out how fast to swim and how to steer to offset the water flow. Most fish use vision to register the world sliding past, detect optic flow speed and direction, and their […]

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Jibo Is as Good as Social Robots Get. But Is That Good Enough?

DoorDash is paying people to load its delivery robots. It points to a shortcoming of automation

Walden’s Wheeled Humanoids Aim to Redefine Factory Floor Work

'Take That's giant 60ft tour robot' spooks locals

China grabs six of top 10 humanoid robot spots, but US quality is higher: Report

Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it

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Graveyard guard shifts have gone to the (robot) dogs

MIT’s New MiniCheetah Robot Can Do Flips

This new robot centaur designed to save lives is pure nightmare fuel

America’s AI Trade War Expands To Humanoid Robots

Humanoid Robot Patents: China Most, U.S. Best?

Do Robot Dogs Have More Fun Than Humanoids? One Explores, One Folds Laundry

Video Friday: Meet Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Actuate 2026 : 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCO IROS 2026 : 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGH Humanoids Summit Seoul : 22–23 September 2026, SEOUL Enjoy today’s videos! Introducing Gemini Robotics 2—the intelligence layer powering the next genera…

Porous 3D-printed feet cut quadruped robot power use

Quadruped robots, which walk on four legs, are increasingly used for tasks such as inspection, transportation and search-and-rescue operations. However, their repeated leg movements consume far more energy than the rolling motion of wheeled robots, making it challenging to improve energy efficiency.

Qualcomm-powered robot collapses spectacularly on stage during company's keynote — prepared stagehands rush to cloak and then carry off stricken humanoid (updated)

No More Free Rides. Feds Clear Amazon-Owned Zoox to Charge for Its Robotaxis

Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 2: Brain for humanoids that lets them walk, think and act

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Viral video shows Qualcomm-powered humanoid robot collapsing during live keynote

Researchers develop modular nanorobot

Illustration of the versatile nanorobot. It is 150 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. (Illustration: Marina Bräm) By Angelika Jacobs Nanorobots sound like science fiction: tiny machines for medicine, the environment, or industry. In fact, nanorobotics has become a rapidly growing field of research. It is considered a promising approach, for example, […]

Trump's robot ban aims to counter China. US startups fear it could leave them behind.

Amazon's Zoox wins first US approval for driverless robotaxis

Unitree Robotics moves closer to Shanghai STAR Market IPO

China’s surgical robots break into Vietnam as Beijing targets US dominance

Google DeepMind debuts Gemini Robotics 2 model series for humanoid robots

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Remember Samsung’s Ballie home robot? It may finally be inching closer to reality

DoorDash gains FAA certification to operate its own drone delivery program

Google's New Gemini Robotics 2 Platform Allows For 'Intelligent Whole-Body Control'

Teradyne Robotics revenue rises 33% year over year in Q2

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For the First Time, Zoox Can Charge People for Rides in Its Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxis

Legged robots raise surveillance, job and battlefield accountability concerns

Legged robots have recently transitioned from science fiction to engineering fact, with modern humanoid and quadrupedal machines now capable of delivering packages to front doors and taking on dangerous military missions. With a massive surge in financial investment in the offing, a new study describes the technical advances that have made legged robots a reality and explores the critical ethical considerations, economic potential and policy implications of the "intelligent machines" that are…

Unitree to launch IPO next week as US-China robotics rivalry intensifies

Muscle radar unlocks potential for future robotic limbs

University of Queensland researchers have developed new noninvasive sensors that measure muscle forces, unlocking new possibilities for wearable robotic mobility devices. Ultra-wideband radar sensors measure electromagnetic changes in muscles as they contract, allowing researchers to collect data in a way that's never been done before.

UV robots, cotton bots & ChatGPT on a Broccoli farm: The new face of farming

Google’s Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid Robot

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