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updated @ 11/03/2026 05:40:02
Humanoid AI connects walking and object handling without demonstrations of complete task sequences
Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:26 EST
A humanoid AI system has been developed that learns jointly from separately collected locomotion and object-manipulation data to perform multiple stages of a task in sequence.
Laden with eggs, robots race up sacred Chinese mountain
Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:00:09 EST
Dozens of robots took on more than 3,000 steps up one of China's most famous peaks Monday, carrying eggs and watermelons in a race organizers billed as a test of real-world machine endurance, state media showed.
Robot moth grows a UV sensor by using an artificial circulatory system
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:01 EDT
A moth-shaped robot used an artificial circulatory system to deliver chemical building blocks through its body and grow a light sensor where UV light struck.
Fast Feature Field: The missing link between event cameras and robot vision
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:20:10 EDT
For decades, event cameras, which emulate the biological retina by continuously monitoring changes in light intensity, have promised to revolutionize how robots perceive the world by allowing them to react faster and operate more reliably than conventional cameras permit.
Armored caterpillars offer robot designers lessons in crossing slippery glass
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:40:14 EDT
Animals have long been one of the primary sources of inspiration for robotics researchers. This is because they rely on sophisticated biological mechanisms and locomotion strategies that could be artificially reproduced in robots to equip them with desired capabilities.
Self-adjusting drone controls could make for smoother formation flying
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:40:15 EDT
A new method for controlling groups of drones, technically known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), could make formation flying smoother and reduce energy consumption and mechanical wear, according to research in the International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications. The work combines fuzzy logic processing with a self-adjusting control system, known as a self-coupling proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller.
A new flexible foot pad enables this one-legged, hopping robot to go where few robots have gone before
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:40:04 EDT
A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers has developed a flexible foot pad for the "Hopcopter"—a one-legged, hopping robot they developed—significantly enhancing its performance on sand, ice and other difficult terrain.
Insect-inspired flying robot bounces back after collisions
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:40:01 EDT
Flying insects, such as fruit flies, bees, dragonflies and mosquitoes, can dart through narrow spaces and survive collisions with various objects. In contrast, many flying robots fall, suffer damage or even break down when they hit nearby surfaces or objects.
Artificial skin helps robots grasp pencil lead and pull away from needles
Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:10:02 EDT
Researchers have covered robotic fingers with a new artificial skin that allows the hand to grasp fragile pencil lead and pull away from a needle before it punctures the covering. Both actions depend on more than sensitive sensors. The robot must also receive and interpret their signals quickly enough to respond.
Wearable system captures human activity data for robot training
Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:06 EDT
Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a body shape that resembles that of humans, could tackle various chores and everyday manual tasks. To successfully complete these tasks, however, the robots should be able to reliably coordinate their movements, posture and how they touch or grasp different objects.
Flexible robot arms learn to predict their next move
Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:00:02 EDT
A robot arm that bends like an elephant's trunk can slip into tight spaces and handle fragile objects. Controlling it is harder because its smooth bending makes its next move hard to predict. Researchers have now developed a method that keeps computer predictions of the arm's motion on track, even when the arm moves faster than the model was trained for.
Lab-grown mouse muscles enable tiny robots to jump, swim, walk and grasp
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:40:19 EDT
Lab-grown skeletal muscle tissue can contract, but the movement is often so slight that it is barely visible. This poses a problem for biohybrid robots designed to move using living muscles. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated that it is not just the amount of muscle tissue that matters, but above all how the muscle and the artificial scaffold interact.
Wheeled, flying and six-legged robots stay on track with new learning method
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:20:10 EDT
It's important for a robot not just to learn a task optimally, but to complete it without going off the rails of reasonable expectations. Until now, roboticists could have one or the other. Aerospace engineering researchers in The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, combined reinforcement learning with control theory to guarantee robot stability and improve tracking performance by up to 15% compared with existing methods.
Secret trigger words could make AI-powered robots dangerous
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:40:14 EDT
Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude and Google Gemini are increasingly being used to help robots perform tasks, but what if LLMs could be exploited to turn helpful robots into harmful robots?
From wombat burrows to Noah's Ark: Robot joins search
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:40:01 EDT
Technology developed by an Australian engineer to explore wombat burrows has been sent to eastern Türkiye to join in the search for the biblical Noah's Ark.
Robot AI predicts future scenes to guide its next moves
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:20:01 EDT
A robot artificial intelligence (AI) system has been developed that can understand human instructions, predict what a scene will look like after an action and then carry out the task. Rather than simply translating instructions into physical movements, the technology also uses the anticipated outcomes of those actions to control the robot.
Team develops embodied robotic arm 'EmArm' with human-like touch sensing
Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:00:13 EDT
A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an Embodied Sensorimotor Robotic Arm (EmArm) capable of whole-arm tactile sensing and adaptive manipulation. By embedding a soft optical tactile skin directly into a robotic skeleton and integrating it with a real-time decision-making algorithm, EmArm can perceive and analyze contact information across its upper and lower arms, enabling human-like tactile perception and adaptive object manipulation. The system can also distinguish between different touch interactions, such as tickling and patting, respond in real time and avoid obstacles through tactile feedback, opening new possibilities for the development of embodied intelligent robots.
Cleaning a giant ship: Roomba-like robots walk on magnetic feet to scrub giant ships
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:40:07 EDT
Timothy Wong didn't suspect it at the time, but his dives off the coast of Rockport and the hours he spent studying the wheels and gears of robotics were leading to one mission: figuring out a way to get unwanted sea matter off giant ships in need of cleaning.
AI drone outpaces former world champions using one camera and no GPS
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:07 EDT
What does it take for an autonomous robot to be faster around a course than human drone pilots? At these dizzying speeds, humans need lightning-fast reflexes. Researchers at Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) have developed an AI system that enables a racing drone to navigate demanding courses at extreme speed using only a single camera. It outperformed even former world champion human drone pilots in a race.
Can you trust a robot in charge?
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:20:21 EDT
From monitoring public spaces to responding to requests for help, security robots are beginning to take on roles once held by people. As they gain authority, researchers are asking what it might take for the public to trust them.
Soft robotic fish combines high-speed swimming with 3D maneuverability
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:40:04 EDT
Researchers from the Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an electrohydraulically actuated soft robotic fish that can swim at high speeds and perform agile three-dimensional (3D) maneuvers. The soft robotic fish addresses a longstanding design challenge by combining a rigid–flexible coupled propulsion system with dynamic buoyancy regulation. This allows for fast propulsion without sacrificing maneuverability.
Beetle-inspired soft robot follows finger commands to walk, grip and relay sensory information
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:40:14 EDT
Researchers have developed a technology that lets a user move a small robot by bending and straightening a finger. The user can also pick up and move objects while checking the images and contact information that the robot sends back.
Two-armed robot throws and catches balls with human-like movements
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:40:04 EDT
Humans can move their limbs very rapidly and coordinate their movements with high precision to tackle specific manual tasks. While robots have become increasingly advanced in recent years, many of them remain less agile than humans and struggle to interact with moving objects of different shapes, weights and textures.
PhoneBot gives old smartphones a new job on two legs
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:20:06 EDT
Smartphones combine cameras, motion sensors and powerful processors in devices that fit inside a pocket. These features could also make them useful components for robots, reducing the need to buy and connect separate sensors, processors or other electronics.
How automation is shaping the future of American manufacturing
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:00:10 EDT
Labor shortages, supply-chain volatility and growing demand for customized products are forcing a fundamental rethink of how work gets done in U.S. manufacturing. To remain competitive, manufacturers must produce increasingly complex parts with fewer workers, shorter lead times and greater flexibility than ever before.
Feather star-inspired underwater robot gets 3D maneuverability from only two actuators
Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:00:40 EDT
Researchers have created an aquatic soft robot inspired by marine invertebrates called feather stars. The feather star robot is able to move through the water in all three dimensions, powered by only two actuators. The paper, "Minimal-Actuation Feather Star–Inspired Soft Swimmers for Multimodal 3D Maneuverability," is published in the journal Science Advances.
'SANDO' system ensures a robot's flight path will remain collision-free in uncharted territory
Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:40:09 EDT
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) could fly deep into the heart of a raging wildfire, avoiding sudden flare-ups and dodging falling tree branches to gather critical information for rescuers. But in this dangerous situation, the UAV could easily be damaged or destroyed by falling debris.
Threadlike motor uses sliding fibers to drive flexible robotic devices without gears
Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:20:13 EDT
In 2023, researchers in the Soft Transducers Laboratory in EPFL's School of Engineering presented the world's first pump in the form of a fiber. The pump's flexible tubing can generate its own fluid pressure and flow rate and be sewn into smart textiles to circulate fluids for thermoregulation and haptic feedback or to power wearable assistive devices.
Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test
Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:40:06 EDT
Professors at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) have developed a soft robotic gripper capable not only of picking up and holding objects but also of manipulating and repositioning what it holds between its fingers without losing its grip.
How should automated vehicles interact with pedestrians?
Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:40:15 EDT
How do pedestrians react when they encounter an automated vehicle on the street? Does the interaction feel safe and comfortable, and does it make a difference whether the vehicle is operating autonomously, is driven by a human or is teleoperated from a remote location? How should an automated vehicle brake when yielding to a pedestrian?