Robotics · Page 9
humanoids, drones, self-driving vehicles and machines that move on their own
Robots Need to Feel Friction to Truly Understand the Physical World
A new model class called VμA puts the physics of grip at the centre of robot thinking. Here is why that matters for every robot that picks things up.
Meet the robots being trained to build solar farms faster than any human crew
A startup called Gritt says its AI-controlled machines can help an eight-person crew install four times as many solar panels in a day. It just raised $34 million to prove it.
Anyone Can Now Help Teach Robots to Pick Things Up
A new open-source handheld gripper called Grabette lets ordinary people record robot training data at home, no robot required.
Firefighting Drones Are Being Tested Across the US Before Wildfires Get Out of Hand
California and Alaska trials show small autonomous drones can douse fires in minutes. They cannot replace big airtankers, but they may stop a spark from becoming an inferno.
The Gap Between a Robot Demo and a Robot That Actually Works
A co-founder of agricultural robotics firm Burro explains why the hardest part of building autonomous machines is not the lab work. It is Tuesday morning in the rain.
Think it, move it: BrainCo's headset lets a person control a robot arm with thought alone
At a major AI conference in Shanghai, a user wearing a lightweight brain-reading headset thought about grabbing a cup, and a robotic arm did exactly that, in under a fifth of a second.
Boston Dynamics Is Teaching Its Robot to Behave, Not Just Move
A free webinar on 22 July reveals how animation tricks and AI are making humanoid robots easier for real workers to trust.
NVIDIA's Cosmos 3 Edge Brings Robot Brains Down to Earth
A new, compact AI model lets robots and factory cameras think for themselves, without needing a data centre nearby.
AGIBOT launches four robots at WAIC 2026, including a humanoid built for eight-hour shifts
The Shanghai company says its newest machines are ready for factories, service desks, and classrooms, not just one-off demos. Here is what each one does and why that distinction matters.
Jensen Huang's Tokyo Trip Just Reshaped Japan's Robot Future
Nvidia's CEO spent two days in Tokyo and left with deals covering AI factories, robotics giants, and Toyota's next cars. Here is what it actually means.
The Hidden Labor Problem Inside the Humanoid Robot Boom
Billions in funding are quietly paying humans to drive robots by remote control. One researcher argues that is not a stepping stone to machine intelligence, it is a trap.
Nvidia launches a new robot brain and builds a Japanese AI coalition
The chip giant's Cosmos 3 Edge model aims to give robots and cameras a better sense of the physical world. Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Kawasaki are signing on.
This Robot Knows When to Back Off: Palm Garden AI Builds a Social Awareness Layer for Service Robots
A small startup says service robots already know how to move and speak. What they lack is the judgment to know when not to.
The Robot That Already Has a Job: Agility Robotics Opens a Training Facility Next Door to Tesla
While Tesla talks up its Optimus robot, a smaller company called Agility Robotics is quietly earning money from humanoid robots today, and just opened a new 60,000-square-foot training site in Tesla's California backyard.
Meet the Robot That Installs Solar Panels Faster Than a Human Crew
A startup called Maximo is using AI-guided robots to speed up solar farm construction. Its founder says the technology could reshape how the world builds clean energy at scale.