The soft robots are formed from rubbery magnetic spirals and can be programmed to walk, crawl, and swim in response to a magnetic field. 

NVIDIA Robotics Research has announced new work that combines text prompts, video input, and simulation to teach robots more efficiently. 

Google said RoboCat can learn a new task with as few as 100 demonstrations because it draws from a large and diverse dataset.

A team of researchers at TU Delft and the Swiss technical university EPFL used ChatGPT to help them develop a tomato-picking robot. 

Researchers combined a crawling robot, wire-controlled cable car, and real-time monitoring system into a UGV.

The robotic picking market is expected to grow to $6.8 billion by 2030, up from $236 million in 2022.

This inaugural MassRobotics Robotics Medal award was presented to Nancy Amato for her research on the algorithmic foundations of motion planning and more.

Researchers from Columbia Engineering have designed a robot hand that joins an advanced sense of touch with motor-learning algorithms.

The Galaxy surgical robot features advanced imaging technologies that provide real-time location updates for potentially cancerous lesions.

A team of researchers from MIT CSAIL introduced a method for drones to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in unfamiliar environments.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a system that can make a quadruped robot nimble enough to walk a narrow balance beam.

Robust MADER is able to generate collision-free trajectories for drones even when there is a delay in communications between agents.

MIT’s DribbleBot can maneuver soccer balls on landscapes like sand, gravel, mud and snow and get up and recover the ball after falling. 

Researchers taught a Unitree Go1 quadruped how to use its front legs to climb walls, press buttons and kick a soccer ball.

German robotics and automation experts expect the industry’s gross revenue to grow by 9%, reaching 15.7 billion euros by the end of 2023.

MIT developed a method for tailoring any wireless network to handle a large load of time-sensitive data from various sources.

OpenAI released two ChatGPT APIs to facilitate product integration. Roboticists and robotics application developers can programmatically utilize speech-to-text capability.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a responsive ankle exoskeleton algorithm that uses direct muscle measurement.

MassRobotics challenge calls for teams to create a robot that delivers a compelling form factor specific to its tasks. Finalists will be on display at Robotics Summit & Expo.

Microsoft researchers use ChatGPT to write computer code that can control a robot arm and an aerial drone.

Researchers developed a sensor system that detects residual movement of an arm and calibrates the appropriate pressurization of the balloon actuator to move the person’s arm smoothly and naturally.

A research team led by the University of Bristol is studying fish sensory organs to help then develop sensors for underwater robots.