Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future
After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping…
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Explosive device kills 20 and injures 36 on bus in Colombia
The death toll from an explosives attack on a highway in southwestern Colombia rose to 20 on Sunday, authorities said, as the government blamed a…
Hokusai’s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater
"Kabukicho in Full Bloom" is the third in a series of shunga art exhibitions organized by the Smappa!Group, which operates host bars and restaurants across…
Video Friday: Who Wins in Robot vs. Pro Ping-Pong Player?
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…
euRobotics Awards
One of the annual highlights at ERF every year is the euRobotics Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony celebrated the achievement of roboticists in five…
US reclassifies certain marijuana products as a less-dangerous drug
The US Department of Justice is reclassifying FDA-approved and state-licensed marijuana as a less dangerous drug, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said…
This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC
Tom Burick has always considered himself a builder. Over the years he’s designed robots, constructed a vintage teardrop trailer, and most recently, led a…
Japanese scientist accused of putting chemicals in co-worker’s water in U.S.
A staff researcher at the Influenza Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is being prosecuted on charges including recklessly…
End of an era: Honeywell hands warehouse automation reins to AIP
Honeywell to sell its Intelligrated and Transnorm warehouse automation brands to American Industrial Partners by late 2026. The post End of an era:…
US slams Beijing after African countries block Taiwan leader’s eSwatini trip
The United States is concerned that several African countries revoked overflight clearances for Taiwan’s leader at mainland China’s behest, the US State…
Proposed Chinese Robot Ban Is Latest U.S. Tech Sovereignty Move
The American Security Robotics Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in March by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Representative…
Weinstein preyed on aspiring US actress, court told in rape retrial
Prosecutors in the rape retrial of disgraced US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told Tuesday how he wielded his power to prey on then-aspiring actress Jessica…
AI backlash is coming for elections
{"#text":"Ask Americans how they feel about AI and most say they have concerns. Communities have mounted resistance to data center projects, stalling them…
The USC Professor Who Pioneered Socially Assistive Robotics
When the robotics engineering field that Maja Matarić wanted to work in didn’t exist, she helped create it. In 2005 she helped define the new area of…
Elon Musk summoned in France to show up over deepfakes on X, Grok probe
Elon Musk did not appear on Monday for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over a probe into his…
Video Friday: Digit Learns to Deadlift
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…
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Teach Spot to Reason
The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want them to do, as long as you know how to ask properly. In the…
Boston Dynamics and Google Deepmind are using Gemini to make Spot smarter
Boston Dynamics said Google DeepMind's Gemini will bring better reasoning and adaptability to AIVI-Learning. The post Boston Dynamics and Google Deepmind…
National Robotics Week 2026 Highlights AI-Driven Automation & Physical AI's Manufacturing Impact
RoboWeek celebrates industry innovation, workforce inspiration, and AI-powered robotics transforming manufacturing, logistics, and operational efficiency…
AI, VR, & Advanced Robotics Transform Manufacturing
MD&M South keynote shows how training, automation, and predictive maintenance can take the digital twin into manufacturing excellence.
Scientists Build Living Robots With Nervous Systems
Engineers have long tried to mimic life. They’ve built machine learning algorithms modeled after the human brain, designed machines that walk like dogs or…
Gill Pratt Says Humanoid Robots’ Moment Is Finally Here
In 2012, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). The multiyear, multimillion-dollar competition for…
Video Friday: Beep! Beep! Roadrunner Bipedal Bot Breaks the Mold
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…
The Coming Drone-War Inflection in Ukraine
WHEN KYIV-BORN ENGINEER Yaroslav Azhnyuk thinks about the future, his mind conjures up dystopian images. He talks about “swarms of autonomous drones…