Brain Corp announces third-gen BrainOS platform
Brain Corp’s BrainOS is an autonomy platform for commercial robots in a variety of sectors. | Source: Brain Corp Brain Corp announced the third generation of its autonomy platform for … Read More
Sarcos demonstrates robots for shipyard operations to the US Navy
The Guardian XT is an industrial tele-operated solution that removes the operator from harms way. | Source: Sarcos Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation announced that the company has made significant … Read More
Can Autonomous Weapons Be Compatible With International Humanitarian Law?
This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. The real world is anything but binary. It is fuzzy and indistinct, with lots of options and potential outcomes, full … Read More
What Does “Human Control” Over Autonomous Systems Mean?
This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. Two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed in 2018 and 2019 due to sensor failures that led to autopilot malfunctions that … Read More
How Can We Make Sure Autonomous Weapons Are Used Responsibly?
This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. International discussions about autonomous weapons systems (AWS) often focus on a fundamental question: Is it legal for a machine to … Read More
How Can We Talk About Autonomous Weapons?
This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. Lethal autonomous weapons systems can sound terrifying, but autonomy in weapons systems is far more nuanced and complicated than a … Read More
Innovative Shins Turn Quadrupedal Robot Biped
The word quadruped means, technically, “four feet.” Roboticists tend to apply the term to anything that uses four limbs to walk, differentiating it from bipedal robots, which walk on two … Read More
Eat This Drone
Drones have the potential to be very useful in disaster scenarios by transporting food and water to people in need. But, whenever you ask a drone to transport anything, anywhere, … Read More
Video Monday: IROS 2022 Award Winners
IROS 2022 took place in Kyoto last week, bringing together thousands of roboticists from around the world to share all the latest awesome research they’ve been working on. We’ve got … Read More
Amazon testing robots to transport oversized items in fulfillment centers
Amazon’s autonomous robot is being tested at some of its fulfillment facilities. | Source: Amazon Amazon already has more than half a million robots working in its fulfillment centers every … Read More
THINK Surgical brings in $100M
THINK Surgical’s TSolution system can automate the bone preparation process for knee surgeries. | Source: THINK Surgical THINK Surgical, a developer of active robotics for knee replacement surgeries, announced that … Read More
PickNik Robotics wins Space Force, NASA contracts
PickNik Robotics has previously worked with NASA to develop advanced planning capabilities for robots in microgravity environments. | Source: PickNik Robotics PickNik Robotics announced that it recently won two contracts, … Read More
Video Friday: Swarm Control
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
Epson launches new 6 axis DC-powered robot arm
The Epson VT6L is a 6-axis robot with its controller in base. The solution is available in either an AC or DC powered option, opening up applications for the VT6L … Read More
Goalkeeping Robot Dog Tends Its Net Like a Pro
The best professional football goalkeepers in the English Premiere League (we’re talking about the sport called soccer in North America) are able to save almost, but not quite, 80 percent … Read More
Video Friday: Venus Aerobot
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly … Read More
IFR: Robot installations hit an all time high in 2021
Annual installations of industrial robots worldwide. | Source: IFR The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) released its new world robotics report. The report showed that 517,385 new industrial robots were … Read More
ABB releases its smallest industrial robot ever
The IRB 1010 is ABB’s smallest-ever industrial robot. | Credit: ABB ABB has launched the IRB 1010, which is the company’s smallest industrial robot ever. With a footprint of 135 … Read More
iRobot, SharkNinja patent dispute receives initial determination
iRobot’s Roomba Combo j7+ at its docking station. iRobot’s vacuum cleaners can autonomously charge themselves. | Source: iRobot Administrative Law Judge Maryann McNamara issues an initial determination in iRobot’s patent … Read More
SoftBank Robotics partners with Gausium to deploy 2 robotic solutions
Left, the X1 serving and bussing robot, and right, the Scrubber 50 Pro robotic floor cleaning robot. | Source: SoftBank Robotics America SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA), the North American arm … Read More
Robots and AI Could Optimize Lithium-Ion Batteries
Cutting-edge electronics, including electric vehicles and the latest smartphones, all depend on batteries whose chemistries are still largely developed manually by trial and error. Now, a new study reveals that … Read More
Video Friday: RobOctoberfest
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
Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes
Yesterday, six companies that build or support sophisticated mobile robots (led by Boston Dynamics) published an open letter to the robotics community and industry pledging to not weaponize their general … Read More
Amazon ends testing of Scout delivery robots
Amazon’s last-mile delivery robot, Scout. | Source: Amazon Amazon is shutting down testing of its Scout home delivery robots, according to multiple reports. Bloomberg was first to report the news, … Read More
IHMC’s Nadia is a Versatile Humanoid Teammate
The Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) is well known in bipedal robotics circles for teaching very complex humanoid robots to walk. Since 2015, IHMC has been home … Read More
ARM Institute opens Florida office
The ARM Institute is a Robotics and AI Manufacturing Innovation Institute. | Source: ARM Institute The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute announced that it opened an office in St. … Read More
What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot
Last Friday, 30 September, Tesla introduced several prototypes of its new humanoid robot, Optimus. After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit … Read More
Top 10 robotics stories of September 2022
Big acquisitions, bipedal robots and an FTC investigation captured your attention in September. Here are the 10 most popular robotics stories on The Robot Report in September. Subscribe to The … Read More
For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected
At the end of Tesla’s 2021 AI Day last August, Elon Musk introduced a concept for “Tesla Bot,” an electromechanically-actuated, autonomous bipedal “general purpose” humanoid robot. Musk suggested that a … Read More
Dexterity partners with Sumitomo to deploy 1,500 robots in Japan
A Dexterity robot performing parcel handing operations. | Source: Dexterity Dexterity partnered with Sumitomo, a Japan-based multinational trading and business investment company, to bring more robots to Japanese warehouses. The … Read More