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Video Friday: Lift Happens

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Aug 14, 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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This scientist is helping build a missing map of childhood

MIT Technology Review·Aug 14, 2026

In 2017, Deanne Taylor attended a presentation at the University of Pennsylvania, just a short walk from her office. A researcher was there…

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Roundtables: Inside the “Censorship-Industrial Complex” Idea Shaping US Policy

MIT Technology Review·Aug 13, 2026

Listen to the session or watch below The “censorship-industrial complex” is an idea that a network of government, tech, and research groups…

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BioflexBot robot hand aims to replicate key human hand motions

The Robot Report·Aug 13, 2026

Researchers created the BioflexBot, a novel robot that mimics and even exceeds core motions of the hand with a simple design. The post Biof…

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Scientists just created female clones of male mice

MIT Technology Review·Aug 12, 2026

Scientists have deliberately turned male mouse embryos into females for the first time. A team based in Japan used a CRISPR-based approach…

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DAF Trucks to integrate Einride Driver to scale autonomous electric freight

The Robot Report·Aug 12, 2026

Einride is integrating its self-driving software with PACCAR unit DAF Trucks and research at TNO to advance safe autonomous trucking. The p…

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The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting

MIT Technology Review·Aug 11, 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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AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research

MIT Technology Review·Aug 10, 2026

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. L…

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Robot Recycler Salvages Parts from Broken Machines

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Aug 10, 2026

Objects constructed by robots are ubiquitous. If you’ve used a car, household appliance, or smartphone today, you’ve used an object constru…

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VicOne releases free NVIDIA Isaac Sim cybersecurity extension based on DEF CON 34 research

The Robot Report·Aug 10, 2026

VicOne says its free Radeis Extension for NVIDIA Isaac Sim enables developers to test robot cyber safety before deployment. The post VicOne…

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A ‘5-in-1’ seed-sized surgical robot

Robohub·Aug 10, 2026

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a tiny seed-sized robot that can navigate across…

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Important Regulatory Update: New US FCC Import Restrictions on “Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices”

EU Robotics·Aug 10, 2026

euRobotics is closely monitoring a significant regulatory shift in the United States that impacts European robotics exporters, component ma…

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These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs

MIT Technology Review·Aug 10, 2026

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You ca…

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Video Friday: Drones Go Heavy in DARPA Lift Challenge

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Aug 7, 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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AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data

Robohub·Aug 7, 2026

A new system developed at MIT uses three agents to piece together the objects, walls, and overall look of a 3D scene. Its realistic recreat…

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Teen sentenced to life in prison over leading role in fatal 2024 Hokkaido group assault

Japan Times Technology·Aug 7, 2026

Prosecutors sought the sentence for Yuto Kawaguchi, 19, arguing he should bear the greatest responsibility for leading the assault on 20-ye…

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Historian’s wife continues his research on U.S. captives in Hiroshima

Japan Times Technology·Aug 7, 2026

Shigeaki Mori became famous when he hugged then U.S. President Barack Obama in Hiroshima in 2016. Since his death, Kayoko Mori has continue…

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Robots in society, business and culture: July 2026

Robohub·Aug 6, 2026

By Emmet Cole This new monthly series from IEEE RAS showcases a selection of robotics stories from society, business, research, and culture…

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University of Florida opens new robotics lab dedicated to industrialized construction

The Robot Report·Aug 5, 2026

Fueled by Autodesk, UF opened a robotics lab for industrialized construction to fight housing shortages and labor declines. The post Univer…

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What Robotics Companies Think About the U.S. Foreign Robot Ban

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Aug 4, 2026

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “Covered List,” originally published in 2021, identifies communications equipment and serv…

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France condemns Farage-led plan to deploy British navy against Channel migrants

South China Morning Post Tech·Aug 3, 2026

France on Monday condemned a proposal by hard-right Reform UK party to launch, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Ch…

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Video Friday: Meet Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 31, 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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Researchers develop modular nanorobot

Robohub·Jul 31, 2026

Illustration of the versatile nanorobot. It is 150 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. (Illustration: Marina Bräm) By Angelika…

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A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack

MIT Technology Review·Jul 30, 2026

It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researc…

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