Alleged Irish crime boss charged in Dublin after extradition from Dubai
Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan was charged with directing a criminal organisation by prosecutors in Dublin on Sunday amid tight security at a…
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Video Friday: Drones Go Heavy in DARPA Lift Challenge
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…
Tacta Systems takes aim at high-skilled manufacturing work with TactaBot
Tacta Systems unveiled a three-part system, including its robotic hand, that enables users to teach its robot new dexterous skills. The post Tacta Systems…
Report looks at advances in autonomous mobile robots
A download looks at examples of advances in autonomous mobile robots in material handling and automated storage applications. The post Report looks at…
What Robotics Companies Think About the U.S. Foreign Robot Ban
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “Covered List,” originally published in 2021, identifies communications equipment and services that it says…
The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE’s DNA grab
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 technology.…
Walden Robotics Partners With Toyota on Practical Humanoids
For a while there, it seemed as though robotics as a whole was stuck in a mad rush towards building humanoid robots mostly because it was very possible (and…
Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots…
Chinese executive filmed taking cash on Colombia metro, South America’s biggest project
Colombian prosecutors are investigating allegations that executives of a Chinese state-owned contractor building the Bogota metro demanded cash from a local…
Video Friday: Meet Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2
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 AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI
It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at making…
Robot Finger Feels in Color
Imagine running your fingertip over the surface of a U.S. penny. You would feel the ridges of the raised letters and numbers, Abe Lincoln’s bearded side…
UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left ‘on racks’
A British funeral director faced prison on Monday over a scandal that saw bodies left “stored on racks” and uncremated while relatives were handed other…
Video Friday: An Italian Humanoid Comes to Life
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videosVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum…
Generalist’s GEN-1 foundation model now supports a range of robot end effectors
By training GEN-1 to work with new hands, Generalist said a single base model can learn sensorimotor policies on different robots. The post…
Holiday Robotics raises $105M for its FRIDAY wheeled humanoid
Holiday's robot features a wheel-based mobile base, an upper body for dexterous manipulation, and hot-swappable batteries. The post Holiday Robotics raises…
Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions
{"#text":"Amazon is launching an update to its Alexa Plus assistant that will allow it to connect to smart home devices in new ways. With the update, which…
Small solids: big challenge
euRobotics aisbl Laboratory Robotics Topic Group and smartlab.network recently held the latest in a current series of webinars on “Solids Dispensing:…
BrainCo demonstrates brain-controlled robot AI platform
During BrainCo's demo, the mind-controlled robotic arm completed tasks that require precision, such as grasping a cup or picking up an apple. The post…
Video Friday: Your Robot Surgeon Will See You Now
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…
This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills
Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her…
How to Make an Invisible Drone
There are many words that I would never, ever use to describe a drone. Stealthy. Subtle. Whatever the opposite of obnoxious is. Much of this is because of…
Hand, foot and mouth disease cases surge across Japan
The number of patients has exceeded the nationwide warning threshold for the first time in two years as Japan enters summer, when cases typically increase.
Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements
By moving their hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play piano or shoot a basketball, or they can manipulate objects in a virtual environment.