Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance
Chatbot Episode 1: Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a robotics podcast from IEEE Spectrum. On this episode of ChatBot, we’ll be … Read More
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PAL Robotics integrates magnetic encoder technology into robots to achieve balance
By Renishaw This case study focuses on REEM-C, PAL Robotics’ full-size biped humanoid robotics research platform. It is one of a family of robots that are used for many applications. … Read More
Portescap announces R22T Gearhead
Portescap’s R22T gearhead. | Source: Portescap Portescap introduced the new R22T gearhead, the latest addition to its existing 22mm gearbox portfolio. As a mid-torque gearhead, the R22T fills the gap … Read More
LimX Dynamics launches W1 wheeled quadruped
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
YORI: A Hybrid Approach to Robotic Cooking
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: Robot Dance
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 brings in $25M for Moxi
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
How TRI is using Generative AI to teach robots
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 opening RoboFab to manufacture humanoid robots
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: Origami Microflyers
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 Robot Walks by Repeatedly Blowing Itself Up
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
Massachusetts legislature to consider bill banning armed robots
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
Biosignals, Robotics, and Rehabilitation
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
Ascento launches nimble Guard robot following a new $4.3M funding round
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
Otto Group deploying Boston Dynamics’ robots in 20+ facilities
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
Newest Roomba Aims for Convenience
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: Tensegrity Wheels
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
Asteroid Landings Call For Robots With a Soft Touch
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
Top 10 robotics stories of August 2023
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: Squishable Bugbot
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
Superhuman Speed: How Autonomous Drones Beat the Best Human Racers
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
MIT researchers help robots use their whole body to manipulate objects
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
German Bionic debuts Apogee+ powered exoskeleton
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, Microsoft plan to build GPT-based robots
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 expands line of 2-in-1 Roomba combos
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: TruckBot
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 Introduces Apollo Humanoid Robot
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 unveils Apollo humanoid robot
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 launches SOLO 12 quadruped platform
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: Robot vs. Door
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