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Autonomous freight developer Einride goes public via SPAC

Stockholm-based Einride operates a fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks servicing Global Fortune 500 companies across the U.S. and Europe. The post Autonomous freight developer Einride goes public via SPAC appeared first on The Robot Report .

Simple color cue helps people master prosthetic devices faster

Controlling a robotic arm, a prosthetic hand or a rehabilitation device is harder than it looks. Picking up an egg, for example, requires just the right amount of force: too little and it falls, too much and it breaks.

Robotic rabbit learns users' voices on first greeting, enabling personalized elder care

The Social Robotics Group of the Robotics Lab at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an AI-based methodology that allows a pet-type assistive robot to recognize the people it interacts with. The prototype, named Mía, is being tested in Madrid City Council day centers for the personalized affective stimulation of elderly people with cognitive decline.

Taiwan firm unveils next-gen humanoid robot for real-world operations

Pemba humanoid robot eyes Mount Everest summit after historic 20,312-ft climb

How this robot uses UV light to reduce pesticides on strawberries

I tried out a robot lawn mower. It didn’t go as planned

Entangled robotic matter with cohesive motion

By Syl Kacapyr Cornell engineers have developed a robotic collective that behaves less like a machine and more like a material that flows, reshapes and adapts to its environment without centralized control. The system, called the Cross-Link Collective, consists of dozens of small robots that have limited mobility individually, but together exhibit coordinated and sustained […]

Burro introduces Grande 44 with proven outdoor autonomy built for heavy industry

Why Multi-Functional Robots Will Take Over Commercial Robotics

Meet the 22 Investors to Know in Robotics and Physical AI

Game lets you control Boston Dynamics' robot dog and shoot paintballs with it

Four-legged detection robots for safe firefighting operations

A detection robot developed under the leadership of TU Graz can "sniff out" hazardous substances and support high-risk fire service operations as a remote-controlled advance guard. A recent study shows how fire services can bring the high-tech helper into the team.

Modernizing the global economy with industrial robotics is needed but not inevitable

Need a creepy robot dog? Boston Dynamics is now leasing Spot.

Lynx S10 becomes first four-legged robot to walk on Arctic ice floes

Visual Language Models Train Robots to Read Human Emotions

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As robots advance in terms of dexterity and other physical capabilities , it becomes more likely that humans may find themselves working alongside them. If that happens, how will robots’ emotional capabilities need to advance for them to successfully work with people? In a recent study, researchers trained collaborative robots to read human emotions by not only accounting for facial expressions, b…

Windows for robots: Edge AI expands usability

Before Windows, only engineers and computer scientists could work with computers. Edge AI is causing a similar accessibility shift for robotics. The post Windows for robots: Edge AI expands usability appeared first on The Robot Report .

Rivian CEO taking different approach than Elon Musk for humanoid robotics company

AI in warehousing: Akash Gupta’s vision for the future

Explore how GreyOrange's software revolutionizes warehouse automation with AI, transforming logistics into dynamic, predictive ecosystems. The post AI in warehousing: Akash Gupta’s vision for the future appeared first on The Robot Report .

MassRobotics announces the winners of 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star awards

Allison Okamura and Ayoung Kim won MassRobotics' 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star Medal, which honor women in robotics. The post MassRobotics announces the winners of 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star awards appeared first on The Robot Report .

Robotics Summit panel explores the state of humanoid robot design

Award-Winning Researcher Trains Robots to Make Educated Guesses

Yen-Ling Kuo always wanted to understand how things worked. When she was growing up in Taiwan, reading the story of Michael Faraday in elementary school piqued her curiosity about the natural world. During that time, she was introduced to Logo , a computer program with a turtle cursor to help children learn basic coding through hands-on experimentation. It was Kuo’s introduction to programming logic. Yen-Ling Kuo Employer University of Virginia in Charlottesville Title Assistant professor of …

Gatik to bring autonomous freight to PepsiCo’s North American supply chain

The partnership focuses on PepsiCo’s regional transportation networks, where it moves products daily from site to site. The post Gatik to bring autonomous freight to PepsiCo’s North American supply chain appeared first on The Robot Report .

Watch This Humanoid Robot Move in Ways Your Hips Wouldn't Like

Video Friday: Robotic Motion Discovery Reveals Unusual Behaviors

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. RSS 2026 : 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEY Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems : 29 July–4 August 2026, PRAGUE Actuate 2026 : 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCO Enjoy today’s videos! We present MotionDisco, a framework that discovers contact-rich, long-horizon …

Robot Talk Episode 160 – Robotic blacksmiths, with Edward Mehr

Claire chatted to Edward Mehr from Machina Labs about their RoboCraftsman that shapes complex metal parts for the aerospace, defence, and automotive industries. Edward Mehr is an entrepreneur and engineer specializing in advanced manufacturing, robotics, and artificial intelligence. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Machina Labs, he leads efforts to integrate AI-driven robotics into flexible, […]

Watch: Korean humanoid robot performs viral K-POP dance, learns by watching videos

Hyundai sends robot dogs to help secure FIFA World Cup 2026 venues

Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything

A Chinese start-up's unfolding dilemma exposes cracks in Beijing's tech funding machine

Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology Corporation

The most recent **2025–2026 press-release-style news** I found for **Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology Corporation / SEER Robotics** is from its own newsroom, including a **2026/06/12 award announcement** and a **2026/05/28 product launch** for the **AI Delivery Robot P300**.[4] I did not find an

SEER announces Series B financing to scale AMRs - The Robot Report

Seer Intelligent Technology Corporation develops autonomous mobile robot (AMR) controllers, AMRs and automated guided vehicles (AGVs).

Hello Robot is recognized by World Economic Forum as a tech pioneer

NASA robotic tech demonstration will advance prototype gamma-ray detectors

A new type of gamma-ray sensor developed by NASA, called AstroPix, will take part in a robotic arm demonstration on the agency's upcoming Fly Foundational Robots mission, set to launch in late 2027.

Four-legged robot dog tracks toxic substances during fire incidents

Can Pepper the robot be a good playmate?

What's it like to play a physical game with or against a robot that both looks and behaves like a person? That's what NTNU researchers wanted to find out when they conducted a controlled laboratory experiment with Pepper, a social robot designed to interact with humans.

Amazon and Nvidia Just Backed German Startup NEURA Robotics With $1.4 Billion Funding

AI robotics company Theker raises $85 million from investors including LVMH

Seeing through a robot's eyes: Augmented reality helps humans predict machine behavior

As robots increasingly move out of factories and into workplaces, hospitals, warehouses and public spaces, a simple challenge becomes increasingly important: helping people understand what those machines are about to do.

Inside XRZero-G0, a new 2,000-hour open dataset for robotics research

X Square Robot has open-sourced XRZero-G0, a framework that reduces real-robot training data requirements by up to 20x. The post Inside XRZero-G0, a new 2,000-hour open dataset for robotics research appeared first on The Robot Report .

From cars to humanoids: Xpeng boss takes over robotics unit in ‘strategic pivot’

Drone rescue highlights US Navy's autonomous push

The use of a sea drone to rescue two U.S. Army aviators apparently shot down by Iran underscores the growing importance of such vessels in Washington's naval operations, analysts said Wednesday.

AI robot cleaners leave the lab for China's living rooms

Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague—a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.

Defining Autonomy for Wellness Robots in Senior Care

An examination of how socially assistive wellness robots could support the seven dimensions of senior wellness, and how a framework can measure their autonomy. What Attendees will Learn Why the senior care crisis exceeds incremental automation. Demographic pressure, workforce shortages, and a daily wellness-programming gap all strain traditional care models. What defines a wellness robot as a category. The seven ICAA wellness dimensions and eight properties separate these robots from companio…

Neura raises one of the largest funding in humanoid robotics history

In aging South Korea, AI dolls care for the elderly

In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.

Tech leaders argue AI’s real future Is task augmentation, not mass layoffs

Breakingviews - Unitree previews China's bleak robot reality

Neura Robotics to raise up to $1.4B from Nvidia-backed consortium