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Lyte raises $165M to help robots better sense their surroundings
Lyte AI plans to use its second round of funding this year to scale production of its AI and perception capabilities. The post Lyte raises $165M to help robots better sense their surround...
Read at sourceRobot.com partners with Sodexo to roll out more sidewalk delivery robots
Robot.com says college campuses will continue to be an important part of its strategy as it scales sidewalk delivery robots. The post Robot.com partners with Sodexo to roll out more sidew...
Read at sourceExploring the Moon will require rovers that can think for themselves – an upcoming NASA mission will test whether they can
By Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, University of Florida NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the Moon with a single instruction: Work out among yourselves how to explore a patch of gr...
Read at sourceMedtronic invests $700M in surgical partner Cornerstone Robotics
Medtronic and Cornerstone Robotics are building a multi-port portfolio anchored by the Hugo surgical system and expanded by Sentire. The post Medtronic invests $700M in surgical partner C...
Read at sourceJAKA hits Teradyne Robotics back over patent dispute
JAKA is now taking legal action against Teradyne Robotics to end public dissemination of statements it considers "false, misleading and damaging." The post JAKA hits Teradyne Robotics bac...
Read at sourceNVIDIA plans to acquire Hugging Face and keep AI development platform open
NVIDIA is already a major model contributor to Hugging Face, which recently surpassed 1 million datasets. The post NVIDIA plans to acquire Hugging Face and keep AI development platform op...
Read at sourceProtecting Dynamic Industrial Robot Cable Carriers
This article is brought to you by Tsubaki KabelSchlepp.In modern automated manufacturing, six-axis articulated robots perform high-speed, multidirectional maneuvers under demanding operat...
Read at sourceThe Best Way to Explore Lunar Craters Is a Giant Robot Ball
On a good day, the rock quarry in central Texas is about 370,000 kilometers (230,000 miles) from the moon. But last February, when Rishi Jangale watched his 1.8-meter-wide, 150-kilogram i...
Read at sourcePlusAI to take autonomous trucking public via a SPAC deal
The SPAC transaction values PlusAI, whose self-driving trucking software is already generating revenue, at about $800 million. The post PlusAI to take autonomous trucking public via a SPA...
Read at sourceNexCOBOT discusses physical AI market hurdles and acceleration
NexCOBOT, which provides functional safety and motion controllers, discusses how physical AI benefits from 'Big Tech' and where it will grow. The post NexCOBOT discusses physical AI marke...
Read at sourceLearn why food is physical AI’s hardest problem at RoboBusiness
Rajat Bhageria, the founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, will explore what makes food such a demanding benchmark for physical AI. The post Learn why food is physical AI’s hardest probl...
Read at sourceSurviving the paper deluge: Notes from an ICRA panel on publishing, LLMs, and the future of peer review
A recent ICRA panel titled “Surviving the Paper Deluge” brought together leading robotics researchers who have grappled with the overwhelming number of robotics papers being published tod...
Read at sourceWhen expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study
Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash. By Hasan Ayaz, Drexel University; Ewart J. de Visser, United States Air Force Academy; Frank Krueger, George Mason University, and Yigit Topoglu, United ...
Read at sourceVideo Friday: Meet Microduck
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the n...
Read at sourceFirst 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026
Action from the 11 vs 11 humanoid match at RoboCup 2026. Photo credit: RoboCup Federation. RoboCup 2026 saw history made, as two teams of 11 humanoids took to the soccer field, the first ...
Read at sourceHow green is your robot? And other awkward questions
Deborah Lupton / Servers in a Landscape / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 By Emmet Cole Robots clean rivers and sort waste, monitor ecosystems, and inspect renewable-energy infrastructure. But even...
Read at sourceAI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes
This article is brought to you by Ollobot.From about 2017, individuals began to truly connect with the initial wave of companion robots. These devices had personality, moved around, joked...
Read at sourceThese tiny drones are powered by sound
The MICROBS Lab’s microfliers. 2026 EPFL/MICROBS – CC-BY-SA 4.0. By Celia Luterbacher When you blow air across the neck of a bottle, you’re not just producing a pleasant tone:...
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