The latest robotics news, aggregated from the best sources on the web.https://robotica.dev/https://www.therobotreport.com/google-deepmind-says-gemini-robotics-2-enables-full-body-control/https://www.therobotreport.com/google-deepmind-says-gemini-robotics-2-enables-full-body-control/Gemini Robotics 2 enables robots to reason through every movement, unlocking a broad range of tasks, DeepMind said. The post Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2 enables full body control appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:31:32 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/top-10-robotics-stories-july-2026/https://www.therobotreport.com/top-10-robotics-stories-july-2026/In July, large funding rounds, new approaches to robot training, and new robot models drew our readers attention. The post Top 10 robotics stories of July 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:30 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/fcc-robot-ruling-shines-spotlight-on-u-s-policy-how-next-gen-ai-can-help-warehousing/https://www.therobotreport.com/fcc-robot-ruling-shines-spotlight-on-u-s-policy-how-next-gen-ai-can-help-warehousing/OSARO’s Derek Pridmore says warehouse robots are advancing, but real-world safety and reliability still depend on specialized, layered AI systems. The post FCC robot ruling shines a spotlight on U.S. policy; how next-gen AI can help warehousing appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:41:44 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/kuka-deploys-automation-management-platform-north-american-automakers/https://www.therobotreport.com/kuka-deploys-automation-management-platform-north-american-automakers/KUKA has deployed its Automation Management Platform at KTPO, a major manufacturing facility in Ohio. The post KUKA deploys Automation Management Platform for North American automakers appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:38:15 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/procore-technologies-acquires-dronedeploy-845m/https://www.therobotreport.com/procore-technologies-acquires-dronedeploy-845m/Procore will integrate DroneDeploy's visual intelligence technology to link the digital world with physical construction sites. The post Procore Technologies acquires DroneDeploy for $845M appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:49:07 GMThttps://robohub.org/researchers-develop-modular-nanorobot/https://robohub.org/researchers-develop-modular-nanorobot/Illustration of the versatile nanorobot. It is 150 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. (Illustration: Marina Bräm) By Angelika Jacobs Nanorobots sound like science fiction: tiny machines for medicine, the environment, or industry. In fact, nanorobotics has become a… (via Robohub)Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:21:31 GMThttps://news.mit.edu/2026/daniela-rus-receives-bavarian-minister-presidents-high-tech-prize-0730https://news.mit.edu/2026/daniela-rus-receives-bavarian-minister-presidents-high-tech-prize-0730Director of CSAIL and MIT professor honored for her contributions to robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems. (via MIT News)Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/5-physical-ai-infrastructure-platforms-shaping-robotics-in-2026/https://www.therobotreport.com/5-physical-ai-infrastructure-platforms-shaping-robotics-in-2026/These five platforms address different challenges and provide the basis for the emerging physical AI tech stack, according to Lightwheel. The post 5 Physical AI infrastructure platforms shaping robotics in 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:01:22 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/doordash-gains-faa-certification-to-operate-its-own-drone-delivery-program/https://www.therobotreport.com/doordash-gains-faa-certification-to-operate-its-own-drone-delivery-program/The FAA approval came nearly a year after DoorDash unveiled its delivery robot and reflects its increasing interest in building automation in-house. The post DoorDash gains FAA certification to operate its own drone delivery program appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:06:18 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/teradyne-robotics-revenue-rises-33-year-over-year-in-q2/https://www.therobotreport.com/teradyne-robotics-revenue-rises-33-year-over-year-in-q2/Teradyne Robotics said growth in the U.S. and in AI were big drivers for its revenue increase in the second quarter of 2026. The post Teradyne Robotics revenue rises 33% year over year in Q2 appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:38:52 GMThttps://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/us-government-bans-new-foreign-made-humanoids-robot-dogs-and-solar-inverters-citing-risks-to-national-security/https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/us-government-bans-new-foreign-made-humanoids-robot-dogs-and-solar-inverters-citing-risks-to-national-security/The ban largely affects U.S. imports from China, which currently dominates the global market for making humanoid robots and solar inverters. (via TechCrunch)Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:41:09 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/gmex-robotics-to-acquire-mediameta-ai-social-intelligence/https://www.therobotreport.com/gmex-robotics-to-acquire-mediameta-ai-social-intelligence/GMEX Robotics has acquired shares in MediaMeta to incorporate social intelligence capabilities into its service robots. The post GMEX Robotics to acquire MediaMeta.ai for social intelligence appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:53:15 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/industry-reacts-fcc-ban-u-s-imports-new-humanoid-quadruped-robots/https://www.therobotreport.com/industry-reacts-fcc-ban-u-s-imports-new-humanoid-quadruped-robots/The FCC has banned some foreign humanoids, which industry experts say could help U.S. industry but hinder innovation. The post Experts react to FCC limits on U.S. imports of new humanoid and mobile robots appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:11:19 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/usa-chinese-robot-ban/https://newatlas.com/robotics/usa-chinese-robot-ban/The US is banning the sale of robots made outside the country. That includes all the cool ones we've covered out of China, which can dance, provide companionship to seniors, fight fires, and carry loads over rocky terrain. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Engineering Tags:… (via New Atlas)Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:07:06 GMThttps://robohub.org/surviving-the-paper-deluge-a-one-year-study-in-learning-from-demonstration/https://robohub.org/surviving-the-paper-deluge-a-one-year-study-in-learning-from-demonstration/With the explosion of robotics research, staying current in fields like Learning from Demonstration (LfD) is a monumental challenge. Is AI the solution to the “paper deluge,” or is it part of the problem? Read the article preview below to learn more! Download the full paper:… (via Robohub)Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:16:32 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/1rollo-monowheel-security-robot/https://newatlas.com/robotics/1rollo-monowheel-security-robot/Why pay to design and mass-produce a four-wheeled autonomous security robot, when you can make a less costly one with just one wheel? That's the thinking behind the 1Rollo, a monowheel-bot that could soon be patrolling near you. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Engineering… (via New Atlas)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:03:00 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/registration-is-open-for-robobusiness-2026/https://www.therobotreport.com/registration-is-open-for-robobusiness-2026/This year, join us in October in Santa Clara to celebrate 20 years of robotics excellence at RoboBusiness 2026. The post Registration is open for RoboBusiness 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:54:46 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/envue-medical-develops-robotic-feeding-tube-placement-system/https://www.therobotreport.com/envue-medical-develops-robotic-feeding-tube-placement-system/ENvue Drive is designed to assist, not replace, the clinician, who retains full control of the procedure at all times. The post ENvue Medical develops robotic feeding tube placement system appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:00:55 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/robot-fingerhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/robot-fingerImagine running your fingertip over the surface of a U.S. penny. You would feel the ridges of the raised letters and numbers, Abe Lincoln’s bearded side profile, and, if it’s tails, the fluted columns of the Lincoln Memorial. Getting a robot to sense the same things is an… (via IEEE Spectrum)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:03 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/agency-tool-company-wants-to-make-ota-software-updates-easier/https://www.therobotreport.com/agency-tool-company-wants-to-make-ota-software-updates-easier/Two Scythe co-founders are using their experience building commercial robots to create tools for robotics developers at Agency Tool Co. The post Agency Tool Company wants to make OTA software updates easier appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:59:58 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/how-integrated-actuators-improve-humanoid-robot-joint-performance-and-system-integration/https://www.therobotreport.com/how-integrated-actuators-improve-humanoid-robot-joint-performance-and-system-integration/Humanoid robots have become an important area of research in robotics, attracting attention from universities, research institutions, and technology companies. The post How integrated actuators improve humanoid robot joint performance and system integration appeared first on The… (via The Robot Report)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:25:37 GMThttps://robohub.org/soft-robotic-heart-offers-new-way-to-study-disease-and-test-life-saving-devices/https://robohub.org/soft-robotic-heart-offers-new-way-to-study-disease-and-test-life-saving-devices/The soft robotic model of the human heart, developed at UNSW. Credit: UNSW/Richard Freeman. UNSW researchers have developed a soft robotic model of the human heart that can mimic disease and provide a realistic environment for testing the next generation of cardiac devices.… (via Robohub)Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:18:50 GMThttps://www.therobotreport.com/nord-expands-nordac-compact-vfd-family-to-200-hp/https://www.therobotreport.com/nord-expands-nordac-compact-vfd-family-to-200-hp/NORD Drivesystems said its NORDAC PRO VFDs are adaptable to individual application requirements across industries. The post NORD expands compact NORDAC VFD family to 200 hp appeared first on The Robot Report. (via The Robot Report)Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:37:59 GMThttps://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/enigma-raises-70m-to-make-controlling-a-robot-as-easy-as-adjusting-the-volume/https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/enigma-raises-70m-to-make-controlling-a-robot-as-easy-as-adjusting-the-volume/The massive seed round was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo's Conviction Partners. (via TechCrunch)Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/are-brain-waves-the-next-unlock-for-physical-ai/https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/26/are-brain-waves-the-next-unlock-for-physical-ai/Forget YouTube videos — frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and, soon, brain wave readings. (via TechCrunch)Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:19:14 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-roboticshttps://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-roboticsAtop a lab bench, Cornell Tech postdoctoral researcher Yifan He positions the lens of an optical receiver almost a meter away from an LED emitting a beam of red light. The computer monitor attached to the receiver takes a beat to refresh, then displays an array of squares that… (via IEEE Spectrum)Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:00:01 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-physical-ai-roboticshttps://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-physical-ai-roboticsVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Summer School on Multi-Robot… (via IEEE Spectrum)Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:30:01 GMThttps://robohub.org/a-mini-robot-to-simplify-dental-treatment/https://robohub.org/a-mini-robot-to-simplify-dental-treatment/A miniature robot developed at the University of Basel could help prepare teeth for a crown. Photo: University of Basel, Catherine Weyer. By Angelika Jacobs A routine check-up at the dentist ends with bad news: tooth decay has left a large cavity, and the tooth needs a crown.… (via Robohub)Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMThttps://robohub.org/pressure-free-growing-robots-for-soft-medical-robotics/https://robohub.org/pressure-free-growing-robots-for-soft-medical-robotics/Researchers at the University of Leeds and collaborators from the University of California San Diego won the Best Paper Award at RoboSoft, the leading international conference focused on soft robotics research. Soft robotics is gaining attention in medical applications because… (via Robohub)Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:53:40 GMThttps://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plans to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites. (via TechCrunch)Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/eletac-robotic-elephant-trunk-gripper-touch/https://newatlas.com/robotics/eletac-robotic-elephant-trunk-gripper-touch/Evolution has already found solutions to lots of problems, so engineers more often borrow ideas from nature instead of reinventing the wheel. We’ve previously seen robots that can curl up like armadillos to protect themselves, and now researchers have developed yet another soft… (via New Atlas)Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:36:52 GMThttps://robohub.org/interactive-world-simulator-for-robot-policy-training-and-evaluation/https://robohub.org/interactive-world-simulator-for-robot-policy-training-and-evaluation/Imagine you want to teach a robot to push an object on a table. The standard recipe in robot learning is to collect hundreds of expert demonstrations on a real robot, train an imitation learning policy on that data, and then evaluate the policy by running it many times on the… (via Robohub)Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:39:44 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/u1-worlds-first-mass-produced-humanoid-robot/https://newatlas.com/robotics/u1-worlds-first-mass-produced-humanoid-robot/People have been fantasizing about humanoid robots for decades. Movies such as Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence imagined a future where robots and AI could interact with humans and save them from loneliness. Today, those sci-fi stories seem to be closer… (via New Atlas)Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:03:00 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/cyborg-cockroach-diving-suit/https://newatlas.com/robotics/cyborg-cockroach-diving-suit/What sounds more terrifying than a part-cockroach, part-robot cyborg? Definitely one that can also breathe underwater. Yet, this is exactly what researchers have just created, except they are replacing “terrifying” with “useful.” Scientists from Nanyang Technological University… (via New Atlas)Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:03:00 GMThttps://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/agility-robotics-plants-its-flag-in-teslas-backyard/https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/agility-robotics-plants-its-flag-in-teslas-backyard/Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California. (via TechCrunch)Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:19:49 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/graduate-student-nasas-robots-assemblyhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/graduate-student-nasas-robots-assemblyLike many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, Okla., middle school’s First Lego League team, and she fell in love with the field, she says. Downs participated in the… (via IEEE Spectrum)Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:01 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-robotic-surgeryhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-robotic-surgeryVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Summer School on Multi-Robot… (via IEEE Spectrum)Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:01 GMThttps://robohub.org/undergrads-weed-killing-robot-wins-top-prize/https://robohub.org/undergrads-weed-killing-robot-wins-top-prize/Andrew James (from left), Neil Morrison, Natalia Kurz and Michael Neiss work on a prototype of their weed-killing robot ahead of The Farm Robotics Challenge, which they won on May 21. By Holly Hartigan A team of Cornell undergraduates beat 95 other teams to take the grand prize… (via Robohub)Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:15:46 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/invisible-spinning-dronehttps://spectrum.ieee.org/invisible-spinning-droneThere are many words that I would never, ever use to describe a drone. Stealthy. Subtle. Whatever the opposite of obnoxious is. Much of this is because of the giant angry bee sound that drones tend to make, but it’s also the way that they look in flight: With uncannily linear… (via IEEE Spectrum)Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:09:21 GMThttps://robohub.org/a-flapping-robot-swims-and-flies-like-a-diving-bird/https://robohub.org/a-flapping-robot-swims-and-flies-like-a-diving-bird/Image copyright: Raphael Zufferey. By Jennifer Chu Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and then leap back into the air to fly away. Now, inspired by these… (via Robohub)Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:03:17 GMThttps://news.mit.edu/2026/can-ai-build-jet-engine-jarvis-challenge-tests-ai-copilots-in-tough-tech-engineering-0714https://news.mit.edu/2026/can-ai-build-jet-engine-jarvis-challenge-tests-ai-copilots-in-tough-tech-engineering-0714MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-performance aerospace systems. (via MIT News)Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713“SceneSmith” system uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, and living rooms, where robots can simulate everyday chores. (via MIT News)Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:50:00 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/first-bird-robot-swim-dive-launch-mit-epfl/https://newatlas.com/robotics/first-bird-robot-swim-dive-launch-mit-epfl/A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines bolted together. But researchers at MIT and EPFL built one that does both with a single set of wings. No propellers, no legs, and no origami-style folding… (via New Atlas)Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:39:16 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/x-square-robot-embodied-ai-stackhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/x-square-robot-embodied-ai-stackThis article is brought to you by X Square Robot. Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large model on broad data, and general capability follows. Robotics has no such recipe. Robotics systems have long been assembled from separate… (via IEEE Spectrum)Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:19:51 GMThttps://robohub.org/wristband-enables-wearers-to-control-a-robotic-hand-with-their-own-movements/https://robohub.org/wristband-enables-wearers-to-control-a-robotic-hand-with-their-own-movements/By moving their hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play piano or shoot a basketball, or they can manipulate objects in a virtual environment. (via Robohub)Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:27:45 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-robot-world-cuphttps://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-robot-world-cupVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. RSS 2026: 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEY… (via IEEE Spectrum)Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:00:01 GMThttps://newatlas.com/robotics/first-live-surgery-teleoperated-humanoid-robots/https://newatlas.com/robotics/first-live-surgery-teleoperated-humanoid-robots/Surgeons at UC San Diego just handed the scalpel to two humanoid robots, who went on to complete live surgical procedures for the first time in history. This milestone moves beyond the fixed robotic arms found in operating rooms today and hints at an operating room of the future… (via New Atlas)Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:57:00 GMThttps://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-ground-droneshttps://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-ground-dronesBorys Drozhak has a vision: a front line almost free of humans, patrolled by flying drones and ground robots, and continuously monitored by AI-controlled sensor networks. And it’s not a pipe dream. Ukrainian roboticists have made major strides in that direction over the past… (via IEEE Spectrum)Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:00:01 GMThttps://news.mit.edu/2026/new-flapping-robot-swims-and-flies-like-diving-bird-0709https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-flapping-robot-swims-and-flies-like-diving-bird-0709MIT engineers’ design could lead to a new class of aerial-aquatic vehicles for ocean exploration. (via MIT News)Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water. (via MIT News)Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:50:00 GMT