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 ware…
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Over the next few decades, billions of autonomous, AI-powered robots will work alongside people in factories, perform tedious tasks in ware…
Read summary →Electronic waste is moving up on regulatory agendas in 2026. New European waste-shipment rules, expanded recycling fees on products with no…
Read summary →The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is updating its 12-year-old safety requirements for personal care robots. A lot ha…
Read summary →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…
Read summary →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…
Read summary →This presentation highlights recent efforts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to advance agentic AI for collaborative robotic…
Read summary →Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time on Saturday in a final overshadowed by five countries’ boycott over Gaza, claim…
Read summary →An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo linked to 80 deaths and hundreds of suspected infections has spread across the border…
Read summary →The prospect of groups of drones that can act together and fulfill set tasks without human intervention has triggered both anxiety and exci…
Read summary →The prospect of the Palestinians' own tax money being repurposed toward Trump's Gaza rebuilding plan could further sideline the Palestinian…
Read summary →Federal prosecutors expect to unseal an indictment against the 94-year-old Raul Castro in Miami on May 20.
Read summary →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…
Read summary →US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China comes as the US-Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, fuels economic uncertainty an…
Read summary →Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekl…
Read summary →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…
Read summary →Thirty-four European states plus Australia, Costa Rica and the EU said on Friday they would join a future special tribunal for Ukraine to p…
Read summary →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…
Read summary →Claire chatted to Gavin Kenneally from Ghost Robotics about robot dogs for defence, security, and public safety. Gavin Kenneally is the Co-…
Read summary →The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbre…
Read summary →The Tokyo resident has admitted to the charges and says he knew the girl was 15 years old at the time.
Read summary →In a dimly lit bedroom, a frightened young woman is thrown onto a bed by a tall, muscular man. He grabs her hand, and flame-like vines craw…
Read summary →Every year the World Health Organization publishes a global health statistics report. It features the numbers behind world health trends an…
Read summary →Critics of Japan's retrial system have said prosecutors' right to appeal is prolonging the court procedures needed for those seeking a retr…
Read summary →Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping…
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