Watch This Giant Chopstick Robot Handle Boxes With Ease
Although robots are already in warehouses, shuffling small items between bins for shipping or storage, they have yet to take over the job of lugging big, heavy things. And that’s … Read More
China plans to mass produce humanoids by 2025
Xiaomi’s humanoid, CyberOne, was unveiled in 2022. | Source: Xiaomi Beijing’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), which oversees the country’s industrial sector, published a guideline last week detailing … Read More
Robots and the Humans Who Make Them
When IEEE Spectrum editors are putting together an issue of the magazine, a story on the website, or an episode of a podcast, we try to facilitate dialogue about technologies, … Read More
Spot goes to work on the decommissioning team at Fukushima plant
At the Fukushima plant, Spot collected data, shot video, measured radiation doses, and gathered debris to help with decommissioning efforts. | Source: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics‘ Spot robot has been … Read More
Developing a successful robotics product: From idea to reality
Bringing a product concept to life is no mean feat. From development to pilot phase and scalability, a lot needs to be considered. By Cloud Ground Control It’s an exciting … Read More
Video Friday: Robots for Humanity
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
Top 10 robotic stories of October 2023
October was a busy month for the robotics industry. From the RoboBusiness event in Santa Clara, to International Women in Robotics Day, to exciting advancements for humanoid robots, there was … Read More
Video Friday: ChatSpot
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
Roombas at the End of the World
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a permanent scientific research base located at what is arguably the most isolated place on Earth. During the austral summer, the station is home to … Read More
Humanoids getting their feet wet in logistics
Amazon has started to test a humanoid robot, Digit, in its warehouses this week, raising fresh questions about how swiftly humanoids will be utilized in logistics. Made by Agility Robotics, the … Read More
DEEP Robotics launches X30 quadruped robot to meet varied industry needs
DEEP Robotics Company, a global pioneer in the development and industrial application of quadrupedal robots, announced the launch of its X30 quadruped robot, a flagship product designed to meet core … Read More
Video Friday: Welcome to Fall
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
What’s Next for Clearpath Robotics?
Now that Rockwell Automation’s acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors is complete (at something like $600 million, according to one source), it’s more important than ever to get at … Read More
Figure Unveils Its Humanoid Robot Prototype
When Figure announced earlier this year that it was working on a general purpose humanoid robot, our excitement was tempered somewhat by the fact that the company didn’t have much … Read More
Figure 01 humanoid takes first public steps
Figure today unveiled its Figure 01 humanoid robot and demonstrated dynamic bipedal walking publically for the first time. The company has grown to 60 employees over the last year and … Read More
Video Friday: Strandbeest
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
This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities
In 2010, Henry Evans saw a robot on TV. It was a PR2, from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the … Read More
How Disney Packed Big Emotion Into a Little Robot
On Wednesay, at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), in Detroit, a Disney Research team presented a brand new robotic character during their evening keynote … Read More
Video Friday: Morphing Adaptive Robots
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
Top 10 robotics stories of September 2023
From the impact of large language models in robotics, to big funding rounds, to new deployments, there was no shortage of news to cover in September. Here are the top … Read More
These tiny quadrupedal robots are powered by combustion
Cornell’s combustion-powered quadrupedal robots are capable of multi-gait movements. | Source: Cornell University Cornell researchers have combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-sized quadruped robot powered … Read More
UPS unveils robotics innovations at work in its network
UPS gave insight into innovations it uses in its warehouses, which include mobile robots, among other automated equipment. | Source: UPS UPS has had a long history of driving innovations … Read More
Creating Domestic Robots That Really Help
Episode 2: How Labrador and iRobot Create Domestic Robots That Really Help Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a new podcast from IEEE Spectrum where robotics experts … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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