Artificial Intelligence / Cognition

Molmo 2 is an 8B-parameter model that surpasses the 72B-parameter Molmo in accuracy, temporal understanding, and pixel-level grounding.

The dataset is built from 10 real-world simulated environments in RealMan’s Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.

e-con Systems designed Darsi Pro for multi-sensor connectivity and cloud-based device management for robotics and other uses.

iREX 2025 included Japanese and Chinese innovations and partnerships, as well as physical AI advances, says this strategic analysis.

A team of MIT researchers created a speech-to-reality system that enables a robot to build furniture with just a simple request.

The Congressional Robotics Caucus says a unified strategy is needed for U.S. economic and military competitiveness.

Helm.ai said the architecture enables automakers to deploy ADAS through L4 capabilities using their existing development fleets.

Inbolt said its new guidance system on robot arms enables flexible, fast, accurate, and low-cost bin picking for unstructured environments.

Antioch says its platform allows robots to be tested in virtual environments without the expense and time of other methods.

Thermal sensors and synthetic data can help train robots for a wider range of scenarios than traditional sensors alone, says Bifrost AI.

Wise is building a team of experts in Silicon Valley to unify KUKA’s software systems and apply AI to more robots.

An IEEE senior member discusses the results of the organization’s global study on the potential impact of AI robotics.

EY does not make robots, but it is working on a platform and a lab to help companies simulate and manage physical AI.

Yaskawa Electric and Softbank plan to enable human-robot collaboration and more tasks by integrating AI and communications. 

The bipedal robot expands Humanoid’s portfolio, following the wheeled Alpha platform, which has completed its first commercial POCs.

From promising startups to setbacks for iRobot and Teradyne, here are the top robotics stories of November 2025.

ROBOTERA has raised funding toward general-purpose humanoid and service robots, which it is developing with UN support.

The Physical AI Fellowship provides robotics and AI developers with access to MassRobotics, AWs, and NVIDIA resources and mentorship.

CMU and King’s College London evaluated how robots using LLMs behave when they have access to personal information.

Flexion is using generative AI to build AI models that can automate tasks involving reasoning, writing, and creativity.

Sovato co-founder and CEO Cynthia Perazzo offers a forecast of telesurgery tech and her perspective on the biggest opportunities.

Physical Intelligence says Version 6 of its vision-language-action model can reduce failure rates over hours of operation.