Robot Talk Episode 161 – Collaborative haptic systems, with Allison Okamura
Claire chatted to Allison Okamura from Stanford University about developing advanced robotic systems for haptic (touch) interaction. Alliso…
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Claire chatted to Allison Okamura from Stanford University about developing advanced robotic systems for haptic (touch) interaction. Alliso…
Read summary →This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researche…
Read summary →On April 19, 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by 7…
Read summary →By rapidly generating a smooth path plan that cuts travel time and avoids obstacles, the open-source “MIGHTY” system could streamline disas…
Read summary →Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years. Harrell, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS…
Read summary →This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As robots advance in terms of dexterity 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 →X Square Robot has open-sourced XRZero-G0, a framework that reduces real-robot training data requirements by up to 20x. The post Inside XRZ…
Read summary →Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of situations where millions of different AI agents interact with each other…
Read summary →An examination of how socially assistive wellness robots could support the seven dimensions of senior wellness, and how a framework can mea…
Read summary →This article is brought to you by AGILINK.Throughout the exhibition hall at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics (ICRA), in V…
Read summary →Thirteen years ago last August, I was camped out in the Jet Propulsion Lab press room in Pasadena, Calif., waiting to see whether the Curio…
Read summary →The Metropolitan Police Department is believed to have attached a recommendation for leniency to the papers they sent to prosecutors.
Read summary →The AAMAS 2026 best paper awards were presented at the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, which too…
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 →Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health…
Read summary →Claire chatted to Maria Koskinopoulou from Heriot-Watt University about autonomous robotic manipulators for surgery, industry, and beyond.…
Read summary →This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to si…
Read summary →EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic has called for practical approaches and “meaningful discussion” to tackle the growing trade concerns between…
Read summary →{"#text":"At Microsoft's annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a su…
Read summary →MassRobotics awarded prizes to university teams and showcased healthcare innovators, physical AI developers, and startups. The post Boston…
Read summary →Deborah Lupton / Pop Chips / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0. Henrik I Christensen, Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at University of…
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 →Image credit: HIMS / Nature Synthesis. In a paper published in Nature Synthesis, researchers led by Professor Timothy Noël of the Universit…
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