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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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How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history

MIT Technology Review·Apr 17, 2026

Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body, and then they…

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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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What I’ve learned from 25 years of automated science, and what the future holds: an interview with Ross King

Robohub·Apr 14, 2026

We’re excited to launch our new series, where we’ll be speaking with leading researchers to explore the breakthroughs driving AI and the re…

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Robot Talk Episode 151 – Robots to study the ocean, with Simona Aracri

Robohub·Apr 10, 2026

Claire chatted to Simona Aracri from National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental m…

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GoZTASP: A Zero-Trust Platform for Governing Autonomous Systems at Mission Scale

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 9, 2026

ZTASP is a mission-scale assurance and governance platform designed for autonomous systems operating in real-world environments. It integra…

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Resource-constrained image generation and visual understanding: an interview with Aniket Roy

Robohub·Apr 7, 2026

In the latest in our series of interviews meeting the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants, we caught up with Aniket Roy to find out…

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Wi-Fi That Can Withstand a Nuclear Reactor

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 2, 2026

Researchers have made a Wi-Fi receiver that’s tough enough to work inside a nuclear reactor. They hope the receiver might be part of a wire…

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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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Robotics and the Blue Economy: Sustainable Growth in the Ocean Space

EU Robotics·Apr 1, 2026

This short paper has been prepared to introduce the topic of Robotics and the Blue Economy: Sustainable Growth in the Ocean Space, which is…

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NEWS RELEASE: EUROPEAN ROBOTICS FORUM HEADS TO BIRMINGHAM IN 2027

EU Robotics·Mar 25, 2026

Wednesday 25th March 2026 The European robotics community will descend upon Birmingham’s International Convention Centre (ICC) in Marc…

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The Coming Drone-War Inflection in Ukraine

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Mar 24, 2026

WHEN KYIV-BORN ENGINEER Yaroslav Azhnyuk thinks about the future, his mind conjures up dystopian images. He talks about “swarms of autonomo…

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Strong Opening Day at ERF2026

EU Robotics·Mar 23, 2026

ERF2026 kicked off with a full day of activity, setting the stage for collaboration and innovation in robotics. The morning focused on exhi…

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Overcoming Core Engineering Barriers in Humanoid Robotics Development

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Mar 19, 2026

A technical examination of the sensing, motion control, power, and thermal challenges facing humanoid robotics engineers — with component-l…

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Graphene-based sensor to improve robot touch

Robohub·Mar 16, 2026

Schematic showing the materials used in the sensor and the sensing array on a robotic manipulator. Figure from Multiscale-structured miniat…

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Robot Talk Episode 148 – Ethical robot behaviour, with Alan Winfield

Robohub·Mar 13, 2026

Claire chatted to Alan Winfield from the University of the West of England about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in ro…

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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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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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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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