Motion Control

Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.

Humanoid successfully demonstrated its HMND 01 Alpha wheeled mobile manipulator at a Siemens production facility in Germany.

Trends such as industry-specific AI and a new data economy will affect physical AI in 2026, says a Universal Robots executive.

TESOLLO said the technology it developed in house enables a smaller and lighter 20-DoF robot hand.

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

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of Michigan researchers.

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

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

This acquisition marks the launch of Union Park’s new precision motion control platform, positioning the firm to capitalize on growth in industrial automation and robotics.

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

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.

VUB spinoff AILOS Robotics said its patented gearbox heralds a new era for humanoids, cobots, and wearable robotics.

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

PI said its new H-815 hexapod robot is designed for automotive, electronics, photonics, and optics applications.

Learn about the history of Harmonic Drive with space robots, from the Mariner missions to exploration of Mars.

PickNik Robotics said this collaboration will help to address one of the central bottlenecks in AI and robotics development.

AgiBot said its Real-World Reinforcement Learning system lets robots learn new skills in minutes on a pilot production line.

Vention has rolled out AI Operator as it advances its Zero-Shot Automation strategy to making programming easier.

Check out the latest ag robotics from FIRA 2025, and hear about a new incubator called The Reservoir, with founder Danny Bernstein.

Augmentus has received a strategic investment from Applied Ventures to enable faster deployment, flexible parts handling, and time savings.

In this episode, we recap RoboBusiness 2025 and talk to 10 of the startups at the event to learn more about their systems.