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The Robotics Imperative

EU Robotics·Apr 24, 2026

In one of his final contributions as euRobotics President, Bernd Liepert spoke at the Unmanned Nordic Conference (UNC) in Norway, alongside…

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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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This Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of ENIAC

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 23, 2026

Tom Burick has always considered himself a builder. Over the years he’s designed robots, constructed a vintage teardrop trailer, and most r…

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Japanese scientist accused of putting chemicals in co-worker’s water in U.S.

Japan Times Technology·Apr 23, 2026

A staff researcher at the Influenza Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is being prosecuted on charges including reck…

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Euro, yuan unlikely to match US dollar as global currencies, Daniel Gros says

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 23, 2026

Daniel Gros is the director of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University. Previously, he served as an adviser to the Eu…

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Florida investigating ChatGPT role in mass shooting at university

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 22, 2026

Florida on Tuesday announced a criminal probe into whether artificial intelligence played a role in a deadly mass shooting at a university…

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Roundtables: Unveiling The 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now

MIT Technology Review·Apr 21, 2026

Listen to the session or watch below Watch a special edition of Roundtables simulcast live from EmTech AI, MIT Technology Review’s signatur…

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Analog computing from waste heat

MIT Technology Review·Apr 21, 2026

Heat generated by electronic devices is usually a problem, but a team led by Giuseppe Romano, a research scientist at MIT’s Institute for S…

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This tool could show how consciousness works

MIT Technology Review·Apr 21, 2026

How does the physical matter in our brains translate into thoughts, sensations, and emotions? It’s hard to explore that question without ne…

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The USC Professor Who Pioneered Socially Assistive Robotics

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Apr 20, 2026

When the robotics engineering field that Maja Matarić wanted to work in didn’t exist, she helped create it. In 2005 she helped define the n…

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Fail fast, fail small, fail safe: A practical model for robotic automation

The Robot Report·Apr 18, 2026

In testing robotic systems, developers can fail and learn, as long as they control risk, explains Bullen Ultrasonics' research and early in…

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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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