A guide to everything happening at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo
Over the next two days, the Robotics Summit & Expo will bring thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors to Boston. The post A guide to…
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Robotics News Digest — Page 34
Curated robotics and AI headlines from around the world. 1247 articles · page 34 of 52.
Simulation vs. digital twin: A strategic lens on virtual manufacturing
Digital twins and simulation provide distinct benefits for manufacturers designing and integrating systems including automation, explains Visual Components.…
Video Friday: Atlas Versus a Fridge
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…
Robot Talk Episode 157 – Generating new robot designs, with Josie Hughes
Claire chatted to Josie Hughes from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne about using AI to develop new designs for robotic manipulators. Josie Hughes is…
The Future of Physical AI Isn’t Smarter Robots, It’s Smarter Interfaces
This sponsored article is brought to you by Wetour Robotics.A field technician on a wind turbine, harness clipped, both hands on a wrench, needs to send a…
Open-Source Software Is Starting to Help Robots Think
When a group of academics started making open-source robotics hardware, a generation of roboticists got years of their lives back. Now, the bigger challenge…
Will Robotics Have a ChatGPT Moment?
Over the next few decades, billions of autonomous, AI-powered robots will work alongside people in factories, perform tedious tasks in warehouses, care for…
Robotics Café brings together autonomous robot practitioners
The recently launched Robotics Café is a weekly online seminar series to bring together researchers, students and industry practitioners working in the…
Robots Could Turn E-Waste Into a Source of Legacy Chips
Electronic waste is moving up on regulatory agendas in 2026. New European waste-shipment rules, expanded recycling fees on products with non-removable…
Home Robot Safety Is All About Relationships
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is updating its 12-year-old safety requirements for personal care robots. A lot has happened since…
What Makes a Job Dull, Dirty, or Dangerous?
For years, the field of robotics has used the terms “dull, dirty, and dangerous” (DDD) to describe the types of tasks or jobs where robots might be…
Table tennis robot defeats some of world’s best players – why this has major implications for robotics
Ace rotates its paddle as it prepares to return the ball back to its human opponent, Yamato Kawamata, during a match in December 2025. Credit: Sony AI. By…
Agentic AI for Robot Teams
This presentation highlights recent efforts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to advance agentic AI for collaborative robotic teams. It begins…
U.S. plans to unveil criminal charges against ex-Cuban leader Raul Castro
Federal prosecutors expect to unseal an indictment against the 94-year-old Raul Castro in Miami on May 20.
U.S. may ask Israel to put Palestinian tax money toward Trump's Gaza plan
The prospect of the Palestinians' own tax money being repurposed toward Trump's Gaza rebuilding plan could further sideline the Palestinian Authority.
Sci-fi or battlefield reality? Ukraine's bet on drone swarms.
The prospect of groups of drones that can act together and fulfill set tasks without human intervention has triggered both anxiety and excitement.
Ebola’s Africa spread tests global response after aid cuts
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo linked to 80 deaths and hundreds of suspected infections has spread across the border to Uganda.
Bulgaria’s Dara wins Eurovision contest, beating out Israel for top spot
Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time on Saturday in a final overshadowed by five countries’ boycott over Gaza, claiming a dramatic…
Xi-Trump summit aside, 2 meetings in Asia matter for global trade
Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing has…
Video highlights – Day 3 at ERL 2026 ☀️
Day 3 at ERL 2026 ☀️ 📍 Scheveningen, The Hague 📅 May 13–15, 2026 www.erl2026.eu That is a wrap on the European Robotics League (ERL) 2026! Today marked…
Video highlights – ERL2026 Day 2
Day 2 at ERL 2026 ☀️📍 Scheveningen, The Hague 📅 May 13–15, 2026www.erl2026.eu After the first day’s focus on indoor adaptability, the sun came out…
Video Friday: Heavy Robotic Machinery Operates Itself
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…
Ukraine war: 36 nations approve tribunal creation to prosecute Russia over invasion
Thirty-four European states plus Australia, Costa Rica and the EU said on Friday they would join a future special tribunal for Ukraine to prosecute Russia…
Trump and his CEOs want China’s business – but has Asia moved on?
US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China comes as the US-Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, fuels economic uncertainty and adds fresh…