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MIT’s SANDO plans drone routes around moving obstacles
MIT’s SANDO plans drone routes around moving obstacles, with a safety guarantee that still needs to hold up on real sensors and flight controls.
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Agilink teaches a robot hand the basics of embroidery
Agilink trains a robot hand to separate silk and stitch. Its embroidery demo shows the challenge of turning fine finger control into reliable work.
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Minerva unveils Roger, a humanoid built for remote bomb disposal
Minerva’s Roger humanoid aims to keep bomb technicians at a safe distance, with VR control for delicate tasks and AI handling movement and balance.
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MIT builds a thin swimming robot powered by living muscle
MIT’s thin robot swims with living muscle cells and steers with light. It could lead to smaller, cheaper robots, though it still tires in the lab.
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ETH teaches a commercial robot hand to crawl and press keys
ETH Zurich taught a commercial robotic hand to crawl and press keys. The work points toward robots that could send individual parts into tight spaces.
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Dyna’s Taku robot takes laundry from washer to shelf
Dyna’s Taku robot handles laundry from washer to shelf in a company demo, testing whether whole workflows can save labor with less human supervision.
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DoorDash builds its own drone around restaurant handoffs
DoorDash’s new delivery drone puts restaurant handoffs first. The commercial test is whether that approach cuts costs and makes delivery more dependable.
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Foundation pushes its Phantom humanoid toward combat
Foundation is testing its Phantom humanoid in Ukraine as militaries explore support roles. Plans for combat still face questions about reliability.
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Mecka reportedly nears $500M valuation as robot data draws investors
Mecka reportedly nears a $500M valuation as robot training data draws investors. Human demonstrations still need engineering and tests to help robots learn.
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GMO unveils a humanoid ambulance to keep robots working
GMO’s humanoid ambulance carries tools, parts, and a replacement robot. Its service plan targets the emerging business of keeping these machines running.
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XPeng opens IRON production lines ahead of mass production push
XPeng opens IRON humanoid production lines, pairing its EV supply chain with more than $900 million in announced financing for its robotics arm.
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Zoox’s San Francisco robotaxi push has to turn attention into fares
Zoox is courting San Francisco riders with free trips and local events. Repeat paying customers and busy vehicles will test its robotaxi business.
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Dynamic Creatures wants to bring roaming robot characters to more venues
Dynamic Creatures wants to bring robot characters to parks and hotels, building on platforms such as Spot and focusing on movement and guest interaction.
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Tesla’s Cybercab debut brings awkward rides and a federal safety audit
Tesla’s Cybercab is offering paid rides in Austin amid awkward drop-offs, a surprise touchscreen joystick and a federal audit of its safety certification.
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iRobot’s Roomba Duo carries a second robot and hopes for a comeback
iRobot’s Roomba Duo prototype deploys a smaller robot beneath furniture, offering a novel comeback idea with price, reliability and launch questions ahead.
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Bedrock’s autonomous excavators target construction’s operator shortage
Bedrock’s autonomous excavators are working on infrastructure projects. They could ease operator shortages, but reliability and support needs remain open.
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Figure bets on up to 100,000 GPUs to scale its humanoid AI
Figure’s Nscale deal targets up to 100,000 GPUs for Helix, pairing a major compute commitment with human task videos. The robot scaling bet remains unproven.
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IFA’s robot runway shows hardware progress as autonomy faces a harder test
IFA’s robot runway showed off movement and interaction. Reliable autonomy in homes and factories remains a harder test, despite new data and compute plans.
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