Artificial Intelligence / Cognition

Dexterity, whose valuation has reached $1.65 billion, is testing its AI robot for trailer unloading with commercial partners.

DeepMind said both new Gemini models enable a variety of robots to perform a wider range of tasks than ever before.

The SCSP, or nonpartisan Special Competitive Studies Project, has recommended that the White House make AI and robotics a top priority.

Ainos and ugo say their integration of accurate volatile organic compound detection with robotics will help multiple industries.

A new video from Boston Dynamics takes us behind the scenes of how it’s training the new Atlas humanoid to tackle its first task: auto parts sequencing.

The ARM Institute’s latest project call seeks to further enable manufacturers of all sizes to use AI and robotics.

Aaron Parness will share how Amazon is giving its robot arms a sense of touch to perform tasks in high-clutter and high-contact environments.

Researchers from the GRAIL lab at NYU have developed AnySense, an app for gathering visual training data for robotics models.

In February, our readers were drawn to stories about humanoids, surgical robotics, advances in AI, and industry trends. 

Figure AI released research around its Helix vision-language-action model as it tests its humanoids for logistics tasks.

The Robotics Factory is a Pittsburgh-based accelerator focused on enabling startups to grow.

KUKA’s mosaixx provides a collaborative cloud platform for industrial software such as the Dassault design and simulation software.

Nomagic said it reached deployment milestones with several clients, including Apo.com, Arvato, Asos, Brack, Fiege, Komplett, and Vetlog.one.

Sanctuary AI said its integrated tactile sensors will facilitate teleoperation and provide richer data for training embodied AI models.

Foresight said this latest integration is geared toward autonomous drones, a new technology for the perception company.

Jabil and Apptronik will build and test manufacturing processes to enable the ‘flywheel’ needed for the mass adoption of Apollo robots.


Humanoid robots have captured public imagination and investment, but developers still need to solve manipulation, safety, and scale problems.

Figure released a video showing its new Helix VLA model running on a pair of Figure 02 humanoids cooperating on a household task.

1X has equipped NEO Gamma with improved conversational skills, a whole-body controller, improved manipulation, and more.

2025 Robotics Summit & Expo tickets will go up by $200 after Feb. 28, so register now for the premiere robotics development event.

Hannover Messe is looking ahead to offer solutions and competitiveness for manufacturers across the globe.

Realbotix said its Robotic AI Vision System includes features such as facial recognition and multimodal AI integration.