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Fauna Robotics unveils Sprout: a safe, character-driven robot designed to live, work, and play alongside humans in everyday life.

In a 60 Minutes segment, Boston Dynamics provided a glimpse at how its Atlas humanoid is becoming more capable.

We look back at some of the many robots that iRobot developed in addition to the Roomba over the past 35 years. 

The TRON 2 modular tri-form robot supports dual-arm, wheeled, and bipedal configurations for integrated VLA research and development.

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

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

QSS AI & Robotics and Humanoid plan to produce and deploy 10,000 robots across industries in Saudi Arabia.

WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.

Framework focuses on addressing the unique risks and capabilities of humanoids to enable their safe and effective deployment across applications.

Amazon Robotics said the innovation lies in leveraging a visual model as its backbone and performing feasibility checking and test-time optimization based on physical constraints derived from tactile and proprioceptive observations.

UBTECH and Infini Capital plan to jointly establish regional headquarters, an R&D center, and a superfactory in the Middle East.

A Unitree H1 robot took the lead in China’s first World Humanoid Robot Games, as teleoperated systems participated in multiple competitions.

Once applied to a whale, Project CETI’s tags collect bioacoustics, heart rate, dive depth, and body orientation.

Loomia created its tactile sensing developer kit after surveying 100 engineers as part of the NSF I-Corps program.

The ‘Tree of Robots’ from the Technical University of Munich classifies robots by sensitivity, aiming for a new safety and performance standards.

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

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

OMRON executive Justin King shares insights into the company’s decision to establish a new robotics organization.

“We believe world models will usher a new era for robotics, enabling real-world AI agents to help with chores and physical tasks without needing astronomical amounts of robotic training data,” said Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.

NVIDIA has released a safety platform for robotics developers and updated its simulation, AI, and autonomous vehicle offerings.

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

The Congressional Robotics Caucus plans to educate legislators, discuss technology risks and reshoring opportunities, and work with industry stakeholders.