Software / Simulation

The Rho-alpha model incorporates sensor modalities such as tactile feedback and is trained with human guidance, says Microsoft.

NEURA Robotics and Bosch plan to co-develop AI-based core and functional software, as well as intuitive user interfaces.

Skild AI has received investment from SoftBank, NVIDIA, Bezos Expeditions, and more as it builds a brain to operate any robot.

Caterpillar plans to make upgrades with NVIDIA to ensure that its assets are ready for AI-assisted and potentially autonomous operations.

The EU AI Act could affect humanoids. AIC, or artificial integrated cognition, provides a path for AI to gain the trust needed to advance.

Buildroid says its block-laying robot and supporting mobile robots, validated in simulation, can automate 80% of masonry work.

Humanoid is NVIDIA’s AI stack to cut the development cycles for the HMND 01 Alpha humanoid to seven months.

Universal Robots has integrated its robot arm with Robotiq’s palletizing cell and Siemens’ digital twin software to make palletizing more efficient.

Genie Sim 3.0 draws from more than 10,000 hours of synthetic dataset, including real-world robot operation scenarios.

NVIDIA released Cosmos, GR00T, and Alpamayo open models to help developers build reasoning machines including robots and vehicles.

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.

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

Antioch says its platform allows robots to be tested in virtual environments without the expense and time of other methods.

Thermal sensors and synthetic data can help train robots for a wider range of scenarios than traditional sensors alone, says Bifrost AI.

Wise is building a team of experts in Silicon Valley to unify KUKA’s software systems and apply AI to more robots.

An IEEE senior member discusses the results of the organization’s global study on the potential impact of AI robotics.

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

The bipedal robot expands Humanoid’s portfolio, following the wheeled Alpha platform, which has completed its first commercial POCs.

The Physical AI Fellowship provides robotics and AI developers with access to MassRobotics, AWs, and NVIDIA resources and mentorship.

CMU and King’s College London evaluated how robots using LLMs behave when they have access to personal information.

Parallax Worlds is creating hyper-realistic digital twins for stress-testing robots and accelerating reliable deployments.