Meet the Robotics Summit & Expo keynote speakers
The Robotics Summit & Expo, produced by The Robot Report, has announced the keynote lineup for the May 10-11 event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The Robotics Summit … Read More
Tech that turns household surfaces into touch sensors is a touch closer to application
Researchers have developed a new calibration algorithm for technology that turns common materials into touch sensors. HumTouch detects the current that runs from our fingertips to any partially conductive surface … Read More
Harmonic Drive launches HPF series of hollow shaft gear units
The HPF 25 is part of Harmonic Drive’s HPF series of hollow shaft gear units. | Source: Harmonic Drive Harmonic Drive, a provider of precision motion control solutions, announced the … Read More
Video Friday: ReachBot
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
Rapid Robotics and Universal Robots team up to accelerate cobot deployments
A UR cobot performs a place operation. | Credit: Universal Robots Rapid Robotics and Universal Robots (UR) just announced a new partnership. UR, a Danish company that makes collaborative robots … Read More
Robots and A.I. team up to discover highly selective catalysts
Researchers used a chemical synthesis robot and computationally cost effective A.I. model to successfully predict and validate highly selective catalysts.
China plans to put more robots into these 10 industries
A serving robot from Pudu Robotics, a China-based robotics company. | Source: Pudu Robotics China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, along with 17 other agencies, has created a new … Read More
Phantom AI brings in $36.5M
Phantom AI, a Mountain View, California-based developer of an autonomous driving platform, announced it brought in $36.5 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $80.2 million … Read More
This Muscular Robot Does the Twist
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. When creating robots, it can be challenging to achieve the right combination of qualities, … Read More
Top 10 robotic stories of January 2023
The robotics industry kicked off 2023 with a bang. From Boston Dynamics’ exciting videos showcasing the latest abilities of its robots, to the largest consumer electronics event in the world, … Read More
Ronovo Surgical unveils Carina surgical robot platform
The Carina surgical robot system. | Source: Ronovo Surgical Ronovo Surgical announced today that it closed a new round of financing, bringing its total funds raised to more than $50 … Read More
Why roboticists should prioritize human factors
Draper is a nonprofit engineering company that helps private and public entities better design robotic systems. | Source: Draper Human systems engineering aims to combine engineering and psychology to create … Read More
How fish sensory organs could improve underwater robots’ navigation skills
Two yellow blaze African cichlid fish, the ones at the center of the University of Bristol team’s research for underwater robots. | Source: University of Bristol A research team led … Read More
Roboticists Want to Give You a Third Arm
What could you do with an extra limb? Consider a surgeon performing a delicate operation, one that needs her expertise and steady hands—all three of them. As her two biological … Read More
Here’s How Apptronik Is Making Their Humanoid Robot
Apptronik, a Texas-based robotics company with its roots in the Human Centered Robotics Lab at University of Texas at Austin, has spent the last few years working towards a practical, … Read More
Video Friday: Such a Showoff
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
Apptronik Developing General-Purpose Humanoid Robot
There’s a handful of robotics companies currently working on what could be called general-purpose humanoid robots. That is, human-size, human-shaped robots with legs for mobility and arms for manipulation that … Read More
Asensus Surgical wins CE mark for expanded machine learning
The Intelligent Surgical Unit powers the Senhance surgical robot. | Credit: Asensus Surgical Asensus Surgical has received the CE mark for an expansion of machine vision capabilities with its surgical … Read More
New Video “Just Scratching the Surface” Of What Atlas Can Do
With Boston Dynamics’ recent(ish) emphasis on making robots that can do things that are commercially useful, it’s always good to be gently reminded that the company is still at the … Read More
Video Friday: Drones in Trees
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
Soft Robotics mGripAI uses simulation to train in NVIDIA Isaac Sim
Soft Robotics grippers can acquire and move items that might be damaged by classic mechanical gripper fingers. | Credit: Soft Robotics Robots are finally getting a grip. Developers have been … Read More
Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid work at a ‘construction site’
Boston Dynamics never disappoints when it releases a video showing new capabilities for its robots. And it just released a video, “Atlas Gets a Grip,” in which the humanoid performs … Read More
How motion engineering helps develop next-gen surgical robots
What if you could design and build a surgical robot that helps doctors perform less invasive, more precise operations and achieve better patient outcomes? While the results of any … Read More
Video Friday: Robots at Night
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
Relativity Space Aims for Orbit
Three days before astronauts left on Apollo 8, the first-ever flight around the moon, NASA’s safety chief, Jerome Lederer, gave a speech that was at once reassuring and chilling. Yes, … Read More
Editor’s Picks: best robots of CES 2023
The consumer electronics show (CES) is the largest event for consumer product launches in the world. I had the opportunity to attend CES for the first time this year, and … Read More
How human language accelerated robotic learning
Researchers found human language descriptions of tools accelerated the learning of simulated robotic arms. | Credit: Princeton University Exploring a new way to teach robots, Princeton researchers have found that … Read More
Hello Robot earns $2.5M grant from National Institute of Health
Hello Robot’s Stretch earned a $2.5 million grant to expand the robot’s capabilities. | Source: Hello Robot The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institute of Health (NIH), … Read More
Seoul Robotics releases 3D perception software SENSR 3.0
Seoul Robotics released an updated version of its perception platform SENSR 3.0. | Seoul Robotics Seoul Robotics introduced SENSR 3.0, the most advanced iteration of the SENSR 3D perception platform … Read More
Luminar launches 3D mapping software
Luminar is launching 3D mapping software built off technology it acquired from Civil Maps. | Source: Luminar Luminar, an automotive technology development company, is expanding its software offerings to include … Read More