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Robot Talk Episode 147 – Miniature living robots, with Maria Guix

Robohub·Mar 6, 2026

Claire chatted to Maria Guix from the University of Barcelona about combining electronics and biology to create biohybrid robots with emerg…

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Developing an optical tactile sensor for tracking head motion during radiotherapy: an interview with Bhoomika Gandhi

Robohub·Mar 5, 2026

Illustration of the radiotherapy room and the occlusion problem faced by ceiling-mounted cameras in this application. What was the topic of…

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Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them?

Robohub·Mar 3, 2026

Courtesy of 1X. By Eduardo B. Sandoval, UNSW Sydney Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s f…

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What Military Drones Can Teach Self-Driving Cars

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Mar 2, 2026

Self-driving cars often struggle with situations that are commonplace for human drivers. When confronted with construction zones, school bu…

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Video Friday: Robot Dogs Haul Produce From the Field

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Feb 27, 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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Manipulation

Robot Talk Episode 146 – Embodied AI on the ISS, with Jamie Palmer

Robohub·Feb 27, 2026

Claire chatted to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks in orbit. Jami…

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I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches

Robohub·Feb 26, 2026

By Gerard Dooly, University of Limerick Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectiv…

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Translating music into light and motion with robots

Robohub·Feb 25, 2026

Image taken from the YouTube video created by the authors (see below). A system developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo lets…

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Perseverance Smashes Autonomous Driving Record on Mars

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Feb 25, 2026

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.In past missions to Mars, like with the Cur…

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Video Friday: Humanoid Robots Celebrate Spring

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Feb 20, 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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Robot Talk Episode 145 – Robotics and automation in manufacturing, with Agata Suwala

Robohub·Feb 20, 2026

Claire chatted to Agata Suwala from the Manufacturing Technology Centre about leveraging robotics to make manufacturing systems more sustai…

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Reversible, detachable robotic hand redefines dexterity

Robohub·Feb 19, 2026

2025 LASA/CREATE/EPFL CC BY SA. By Celia Luterbacher With its opposable thumb, multiple joints and gripping skin, human hands are often con…

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Tech Is Taking Over Olympic Curling

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Feb 18, 2026

At this year’s Winter Olympics in Italy, the controversy began with a fingertip.A disputed double-touch—whether a curler had brushed a movi…

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“Robot, make me a chair”

Robohub·Feb 17, 2026

Given the prompt “Make me a chair” and feedback “I want panels on the seat,” the robot assembles a chair and places panel components accord…

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