Robotics
Humanoid robots, autonomous systems, drone technology, and the automation revolution reshaping industry.
19 articles
Humanoid Robots Are Coming Faster Than You Think — Here Is What Nobody Is Telling You
Discover how the future of humanoid robots is advancing rapidly. Explore real-world AI breakthroughs, collision avoidance, and autonomous robotics tech today.
Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI
Discover how Physical AI and advanced robotics are redefining machine safety. Learn key strategies to keep modern autonomous systems secure and reliable.
Digit 5 May Be the First Humanoid Robot Worker That’s Truly Safe
Digit 5 promises to be the first safe, economically viable humanoid robot worker for warehouse automation. Learn how it bridges viral hype and reality.
Video Friday: Humanoid Robot Takes On Monkey Bars
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 next few month...
Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal
Maven Robotics emerges from stealth with a $100M Series A to transform enterprise robotics deployment and accelerate automated warehouse fleet integration.
Robots Are Learning to Feel
Dexterous manipulation remains one of the biggest barriers keeping robots from successfully tackling a wide range of everyday tasks. A sense of touch could be the key, but a lack of quality data has h...
This Robot Will Draw Your Blood Now
You sit down and put your arm in the cradle. You press a button. The machine takes it from there. A near-infrared light sweeps your inner elbow, hunting for a vein. A puff of alcohol hits your skin. An ultrasound probe glides across your arm, mapping how deep the vessel runs and...
Cyborg Roaches Can Stab You With Needles
Imagine you are trapped under rubble after an earthquake and you see an electronics-covered cockroach with a spring-loaded needle on its back scuttling toward you. Although the sight might be unnervin...
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XDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
Just ninety days after stepping out of stealth mode, robotics data infrastructure pioneer XDOF is reportedly in active discussions to secure a Series B funding round at a soaring $1.2 billion valuatio...
Video Friday: Digit Redecorates
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 next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Humanoids Summit Seoul : 22–23 Sept...
Protecting Dynamic Industrial Robot Cable Carriers
This article is brought to you by Tsubaki KabelSchlepp . In modern automated manufacturing, six-axis articulated robots perform high-speed, multidirectional maneuvers under demanding operational cycles. However, as robot arms swivel, rotate, and extend, the electrical cables, fib...
The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disru...
Discover practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt's Builders Stage, featuring insights from founders, operators, and investors.
The US is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around...
Explore how US Chinese drone restrictions are reshaping global supply chains, pushing robotics competition to new international markets despite trade barriers.
Video Friday: Meet Microduck
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 next few month...
Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck
Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.”
Is Shipyard Welding the Right First Job for Humanoid Robots?
Humanoids desperately need to stop making YouTube videos and get a job already, and Persona AI is one of the few humanoid companies which seems to be entirely focused on making that happen. Persona’s...
Robot Recycler Salvages Parts From Broken Machines
Objects constructed by robots are ubiquitous. If you’ve used a car, household appliance, or smartphone today, you’ve used an object constructed at least in part by robots. The more products that manuf...
Tesla Optimus Gen 3: The Robot That Will Replace Workers
Tesla's third-generation humanoid robot can now perform 40% of factory tasks autonomously. We tested it — here's our full report.