Academia / Research

The study showed a single LBM can learn hundreds of tasks and use prior knowledge to acquire new skills with 80% less training data.

Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face launched Reachy Mini, an open-source robot that aims to democratize AI development and human-robot interaction.

Interact Analysis cited a complex mix of geopolitical, economic, and industry-specific challenges for the downgrade.

During the operation, Johns Hopkins said the robot responded to voice commands from the team, like a novice surgeon working with a mentor.

Tesollo is showing its Delto Gripper DG-5F humanoid robotic hand for a range of applications as it continues its global expansion.

The Pittsburgh Robotics Network said DTI will deliver a two-tiered approach to workforce development, addressing both ends of the professional spectrum.

MIT CSAIL said the main barrier to affordable, flexible robotics isn’t hardware, it’s control of capability.

Called OpenExo, the open-source system from NAU includes instructions for building a single- or multi-joint exoskeleton.

The challenge required fully autonomous robots to handle large, heavy, and non-rigid items within dense and dynamic fulfillment center environments.

Reservoir Farms is offering ag robotics startups a complete design, build and testing facility.

Simbe said retailers are losing $162.7 billion in margin each year due to in-store inefficiencies—a 27% increase from 2024.

Episode 200 features some of the show’s major milestones, and Dr. Rob Ambrose joins the show to highlight robotics at NASA.

At a global level, car manufacturing in Europe is highly automated, according to the International Federation of Robotics.

HEBI Robotics plans to use the SBIR grant to enable its modular robotic systems to work around explosive and volatile materials.

Aldebaran made the Pepper and Nao humanoid robots, which were popular in education and service uses but struggled to make money.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge will feature racecars driven by AI developed by university teams at the Laguna Seca in July.

Nicolaus Radford provides updates on his new company, Persona AI, and its journey to building an industrial humanoid.

Geoffrey Biggs updates us on the latest on ROS, and our editor recaps the recent 2025 ICRA conference.

Rainbow Robotics said it is working to expand its mobile robot footprint through its U.S. subsidiary in Chicago.

TRON1 from LimX Dynamics now offers an add-on arm that enable mobile manipulation tasks with the robot.

MIT researchers have developed the E-BAR system to assist older adults in safe movement around the household.

The winning robot of the MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge was Northeastern University’s Soft Robotic Arm Screwdriver.