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LimX Dynamics, a general-purpose legged robot company based in Shenzhen, China, released it W1 wheeled quadruped robot. Based on LimX Dynamics’ Motion Intelligence technology, W1 is equipped with perception and … Read More
There seems to be two general approaches to cooking automation. There’s the “let’s make a robot that can operate in a human kitchen because everyone has a human kitchen,” which … Read More
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 … Read More
Diligent Robotics’ Moxi can deliver medications, patient supplies and lab samples, fetch items from central supply and distribute PPE. | Source: Diligent Robotics Diligent Robotics closed a $25 million funding … Read More
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today unveiled how it is using Generative AI to help robots learn new dexterous behaviors from demonstration. TRI said this new approach “is a step towards … Read More
Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal humanoid robot Digit, today revealed that the company is opening RoboFab, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more … Read More
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 … Read More
It’s hard to beat the energy density of chemical fuels. Batteries are quiet and clean and easy to integrate with electrically-powered robots, but they’re 20 to 50 times less energy … Read More
Boston Dynamics, a supporter of the bill, also signed an open letter in 2022 pledging to not weaponize robots. | Source: Boston Dynamics Massachusetts State Rep. Linsay Sabadosa and State … Read More
This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. To address today’s health challenges, especially in our aging society, we must become more intelligent in our … Read More
Robotics startup Ascento recently announced a $4.3 million funding round and the launch of its latest autonomous outdoor security patrolling robot: Ascento Guard. The pre-seed funding round was led by … Read More
For the first time, Boston Dynamics’ Spot and Stretch robots will be deployed together at an enterprise scale. | Source: Otto Group Otto Group, one of the world’s largest e-commerce … Read More
Today, iRobot is announcing the newest, fanciest, and most expensive Roomba yet. The Roomba Combo j9+ trades a dock for what can only be described as a small indoor robot … Read More
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 … Read More
How do you land on an asteroid? A lot of very talented engineers have thought about it. Putting a robotic spacecraft down safely on a moon or planet is hard … Read More
The summer of humanoids continues as, once again, our top two stories last month were about humanoids. Robotics funding stories as well as new milestones for robotics companies also grabbed … Read More
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 … Read More
The drone screams. It’s flying so fast that following it with my camera is hopeless, so I give up and watch in disbelief. The shrieking whine from the four motors … Read More
A robot attempting to use its whole hands to rotate a bucket 180º. | Source: MIT An MIT research team has developed an AI technique that allows robots to manipulate … Read More
The Apogee+ exoskeleton aims to help support caregivers in healthcare settings. | Source: German Bionic German Bionic has unveiled the Apogee+, a powered exoskeleton for the North American healthcare market. … Read More
Doosan Robotics’ E-Series of cobots is NSF-certified. | Source: Doosan Robotics Doosan Robotics has partnered with Microsoft and Doosan Digital Innovation to give collaborative robots (cobots) a context-aware control system … Read More
iRobot’s latest Roomba Combo i5+ is a combo robot vacuum and mop. | Source: iRobot iRobot expanded its lineup of 2-in-1 robots with two new robots, the Roomba Combo j5+ … Read More
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 … Read More
Back in January, Apptronik said it was working on a new commercial general-purpose humanoid robot called Apollo. I say “new” because over the past seven or eight years Apptronik has … Read More
Apptronik launched its long-awaited Apollo humanoid robot today. The company joins a growing list of robotics companies in the race to commercialize a humanoid. Until now, the company has had … Read More
PAL Robotics’ SOLO 12 advanced quadruped platform. | Source: PAL Robotics PAL Robotics, a developer of mobile robots, has announced the launch of its SOLO 12 advanced quadruped platform. The … Read More
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 … Read More
Unitree announced on social media today that it is developing a humanoid robot, building on its experience in quadruped robotics. Unitree teased the H1 robot in the video above. Unitree … Read More
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 … Read More
July was the month of the humanoids. All of our top three most popular stories for the month were about humanoid robots, and so were half of the entire top … Read More
