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Robotics News Digest — Latest Industry Updates

Daily curated robotics news from top industry sources worldwide.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a speed boost and cleaner design

The Verge AI·May 28, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft is launching a revamped version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering a cleaner design that the company claims loads twice…

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Research

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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Cobot

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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General

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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General

Your guide to the last day of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

The Robot Report·May 28, 2026

The fun continues in Boston for the second day of the Robotics Summit & Expo, which includes the Women in Robotics breakfast and more.…

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General

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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General

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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Research

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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Humanoid

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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General

Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and more

Robohub·May 28, 2026

New MIT work advances the growing field of ionotronics, in which data are transferred through ions, potentially providing a bridge between…

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Manipulation

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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General

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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Manipulation

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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General

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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Humanoid

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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General

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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General

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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Manipulation

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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Allient to demonstrate advanced motion control systems at 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

The Robot Report·May 26, 2026

Allient will exhibit and demonstrate a range of its motion and control technologies at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston this week.…

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Humanoid

IntBot and Certis Group partner to scale physical AI for enterprises across Singapore

The Robot Report·May 26, 2026

Certis is collaborating with IntBot to add humanoids to its existing service robot offerings as the partners start to expand in Singapore.…

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General

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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General

A guide to everything happening at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

The Robot Report·May 26, 2026

Over the next two days, the Robotics Summit & Expo will bring thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors to Boston. The post A…

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General

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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Humanoid

Video Friday: Atlas Versus a Fridge

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·May 22, 2026

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekl…

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