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How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium

MIT Technology Review·May 28, 2026

Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles…

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The evolution of cobots in metal fabrication and construction

The Robot Report·May 28, 2026

Matt Bush, the co-founder and CEO of Hirebotics, talks about how cobots are becoming a necessity for manufacturers and welders. The post Th…

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The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns

MIT Technology Review·May 28, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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Call for Hosting the European Robotics Forum 2029 (ERF2029)

EU Robotics·May 28, 2026

Introduction euRobotics is a Brussels-based international non-profit association for all stakeholders in European robotics. With about 250…

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Climate tech companies are going public. What’s next?

MIT Technology Review·May 28, 2026

This year, there’s been a wave of notable energy companies going public via IPO in the US. The solar and battery company Solv Energy went p…

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The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

MIT Technology Review·May 28, 2026

It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO E…

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euRobotics Vienna Statement

EU Robotics·May 28, 2026

June 2026 Europe must set its own robotics agenda. While global discourse chases data collection for vision-language models to fold laundry…

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Handle with care: Soft robot gripper picks ripe fruit without bruising

Robohub·May 27, 2026

Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by to…

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The Download: keeping up with AI, and the future of IVF

MIT Technology Review·May 27, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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A guide to Day 1 of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

The Robot Report·May 27, 2026

Today, the Robotics Summit & Expo will be full of insightful talks, hands-on robot demos, and interesting conversations. The post A gu…

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Why robots still struggle to see the real world

The Robot Report·May 27, 2026

Making machine perception reliable enough for real deployment requires more than better AI; it requires properly calibrated sensors, says a…

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How humanoids learn to read the room

The Robot Report·May 26, 2026

Designing for a humanoid robot is one of the most complicated applications in robotics today. The post How humanoids learn to read the room…

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GMSL and the growing ecosystem around robotic vision systems

The Robot Report·May 26, 2026

Just a few years ago, many site owners were satisfied if a robot could move from point A to point B. That’s not quite enough anymore. The p…

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Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI

MIT Technology Review·May 26, 2026

Amid rapidly growing adoption of enterprise-level AI agents, there’s a disconnect emerging between ambition and execution.  Although 8…

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XELA Robotics to show tactile sensing at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

The Robot Report·May 26, 2026

XELA Robotics will show at the Robotics Summit & Expo its improved magnetic interference compensation and uSkin in the Universal Manip…

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The Download: puncturing the AI jobs panic

MIT Technology Review·May 26, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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Simulation vs. digital twin: A strategic lens on virtual manufacturing

The Robot Report·May 25, 2026

Digital twins and simulation provide distinct benefits for manufacturers designing and integrating systems including automation, explains V…

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Robotics Café brings together autonomous robot practitioners

Robohub·May 20, 2026

The recently launched Robotics Café is a weekly online seminar series to bring together researchers, students and industry practitioners wo…

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Table tennis robot defeats some of world’s best players – why this has major implications for robotics

Robohub·May 18, 2026

Ace rotates its paddle as it prepares to return the ball back to its human opponent, Yamato Kawamata, during a match in December 2025. Cred…

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Agentic AI for Robot Teams

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·May 18, 2026

This presentation highlights recent efforts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to advance agentic AI for collaborative robotic…

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Ebola’s Africa spread tests global response after aid cuts

Japan Times Technology·May 16, 2026

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo linked to 80 deaths and hundreds of suspected infections has spread across the border…

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Musk v. Altman week 3: Musk and Altman traded blows over each other’s credibility. Now the jury will pick a side.

MIT Technology Review·May 15, 2026

In the final week of the Musk v. Altman trial, lawyers traded blows over Elon Musk’s and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s credibility. Altman was gr…

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Video highlights – Day 3 at ERL 2026 ☀️

EU Robotics·May 15, 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…

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Robot Talk Episode 156 – Rugged robots for dangerous missions, with Gavin Kenneally

Robohub·May 15, 2026

Claire chatted to Gavin Kenneally from Ghost Robotics about robot dogs for defence, security, and public safety. Gavin Kenneally is the Co-…

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