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Video Friday: Figure, 1X Ramp Up Humanoid Robot Production

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·May 1, 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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Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents

The Verge AI·May 1, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft is launching a new AI agent inside Word that's specifically designed for legal teams. Legal Agent handles document edit…

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DAIMON Robotics Wants to Give Robot Hands a Sense of Touch

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 30, 2026

This article is brought to you by DAIMON Robotics.This April, Hong Kong-based DAIMON Robotics has released Daimon-Infinity, which it descri…

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Gradient-based planning for world models at longer horizons

Robohub·Apr 28, 2026

GRASP is a new gradient-based planner for learned dynamics (a “world model”) that makes long-horizon planning practical by (1) lifting the…

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Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead

The Verge AI·Apr 27, 2026

{"#text":"OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intel…

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Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters

MIT Technology Review·Apr 24, 2026

On Friday, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new flagship model. Notably, the model can process much long…

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Video Friday: Who Wins in Robot vs. Pro Ping-Pong Player?

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 24, 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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Industry challenges to research workshop

EU Robotics·Apr 24, 2026

One of the much-anticipated workshops at this year’ ERF was WS57 Industry Challenges for Robotics – Towards Co-creating Solutions. The inte…

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End of an era: Honeywell hands warehouse automation reins to AIP

The Robot Report·Apr 23, 2026

Honeywell to sell its Intelligrated and Transnorm warehouse automation brands to American Industrial Partners by late 2026. The post End of…

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Proposed Chinese Robot Ban Is Latest U.S. Tech Sovereignty Move

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 22, 2026

The American Security Robotics Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in March by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Re…

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There is no nature anymore

MIT Technology Review·Apr 22, 2026

When people talk about “nature,” they’re generally talking about things that aren’t made by human beings. Rocks. Reefs. Red wolves. But whi…

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Video Friday: Digit Learns to Deadlift

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 17, 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 152 – Dexterous robot hands, with Rich Walker

Robohub·Apr 17, 2026

Claire chatted to Rich Walker from Shadow Robot Company about their advanced robotic hands for research and industry. Rich Walker has been…

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The case for fixing everything

MIT Technology Review·Apr 17, 2026

The handsome new book Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, by the tech industry legend Stewart Brand, promises to be the first in a series…

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​Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Teach Spot to Reason​

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 14, 2026

The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want them to do, as long as you know how to ask prop…

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Video Friday: This Floor Lamp Will Do Your Chores

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 10, 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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What Happened When We Set Up a Robotics Lab in a Mall

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 5, 2026

Building the next generation of robots for successful integration into our homes, offices, and factories is more than just solving the hard…

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Video Friday: Digit Learns to Dance—Virtually Overnight

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 3, 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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Gill Pratt Says Humanoid Robots’ Moment Is Finally Here

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 2, 2026

In 2012, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). The multiyear, multimillion-dolla…

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Scientists Build Living Robots With Nervous Systems

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 2, 2026

Engineers have long tried to mimic life. They’ve built machine learning algorithms modeled after the human brain, designed machines that wa…

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Back to school: robots learn from factory workers

Robohub·Apr 2, 2026

By Anthony King What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was as simple as showing it how? Czech startu…

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Video Friday: Beep! Beep! Roadrunner Bipedal Bot Breaks the Mold

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Mar 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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30 Years Ago, Robots Learned to Walk Without Falling

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Mar 25, 2026

When you hear the term humanoid robot, you may think of C-3PO, the human-cyborg-relations android from Star Wars. C-3PO was designed to ass…

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A Full and Engaging Second Day at ERF2026

EU Robotics·Mar 25, 2026

Day two of ERF2026 brought a packed agenda, combining high-level discussions, hands-on sessions, and vibrant networking across the robotics…

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