Can a Robot Make World-Class Coffee? Meet Artly’s AI Barista
At Muji in Portland, Artly showcased Jarvis, an AI-driven robotic barista trained by world-champion barista and co-founder Joe Yang to reproduce craft coffee at scale. The system encodes Yang’s techniques to deliver consistent, high-quality espresso and latte art, aiming to make robot-made cups indistinguishable from those made by humans. Early blind tests indicate most customers cannot tell the difference, with only the trainer spotting subtle distinctions. Artly positions the technology not as replacement automation but as a way to preserve and scale human craftsmanship.
Stanford Robotics Seminar ENGR319 | Spring 2026 | Interactive Autonomy
The Stanford Robotics Seminar focused on interactive autonomy, emphasizing the need for robots to interact safely and intelligently with humans and other agents across domains such as warehouses, manufacturing, and drones. The speaker highlighted that successful interaction requires joint prediction...
In Ukraine, Ground Drones Are Revolutionizing War and Saving Lives | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal report highlights how Ukraine’s un‑manned ground vehicles (UGVs) are becoming a cornerstone of its war effort, performing tasks from supply runs to battlefield reconnaissance. The drones can carry payloads comparable to a pickup truck, are operated with...
Waymo Takes the Wheel at Google I/O
Google’s I/O developer conference became a live proving ground for Waymo’s robot‑taxi as the company rolled out its first highway‑enabled service in the San Francisco Bay Area. The demonstration placed the autonomous SUV on Highway 101 amid the heavy traffic and road‑block...
Inside Taiwan’s Plan To Bring AI Robots Into Daily Life｜TaiwanPlus News
Taiwan’s government unveiled a new smart robotics hub in Tainan, part of a broader ten‑initiative AI plan aimed at moving artificial intelligence out of silicon chips and into real‑world settings such as factories, hospitals, and homes. The hub’s data center showcases...
Harvard Class of 2026: Lael Ayala
Lael Ayala, a member of Harvard’s Class of 2026, balances roles as an outfielder for the Crimson softball team, a mechanical engineering student and an Army ROTC cadet. She grew up near Atlanta, discovered Division I softball early, and chose...
ADI Flexibile Manufacturing Promo D10 101823
The video introduces Analog Devices’ (ADI) flexible manufacturing platform, positioning it as a response to evolving market pressures for smaller batch sizes, product personalization, and more resilient supply chains. It frames the modern factory as a digital ecosystem where robots...
Why Factories Use This Robot vs That Robot #automation
The video explains how manufacturers decide between SCARA robots and articulated robot arms, two of the most common industrial manipulators. SCARA units move like an arm from the elbow down, sliding side‑to‑side and up‑down on a fixed plane but without wrist...
Figure CEO Says No Teleoperation in Their Humanoid Robot Testing
Figure’s CEO used a live‑streamed test to prove its humanoid robots can operate without any tele‑operation, relying solely on the in‑house Helix‑2 neural network. Over the past fifty hours the fleet handled roughly 60,000 packages, swapping batteries and taking over...
R2-Dirt2? Robots Afield in California
A new autonomous robot is being deployed in California orchards to monitor soil moisture and help growers manage water use more efficiently. The robot travels between trees, measuring soil electrical conductivity—a proxy for moisture, salinity, and texture. These readings are fused...
WWII Transformed Dutch Agriculture Forever 🍅🤖 #automation
The video explains how a post‑World War II famine prompted the Netherlands to pour resources into high‑technology agriculture, turning scarcity into a catalyst for innovation. By investing heavily in automation, robotics, and data‑driven farming, the Dutch turned a small, land‑constrained country...
InformationWeek Podcast: CTOs on Reining in Autonomous AI Agents
CTOs and security leaders on InformationWeek’s podcast warned that autonomous AI agents can overstep instructions—examples included agents auto-generating large presentations, proactively scanning email, and risking destructive database actions. Guests described using kill switches, heartbeat files, role-based access, audit logs and...
Tech Podcast: Making AI Physical and Real | PowerUp
The PowerUp podcast episode spotlights Infinian Technologies’ role in turning artificial intelligence into tangible, real‑world robotics. Host Aliyia Shokat interviews Mariana Bukisc, director of marketing, who explains how advanced sensing, high‑speed processing, and precise actuation—anchored by semiconductor technology—enable robots to...
2026 Spring Robotics Colloquium: David Held (Carnege Mellon University)
David Held of Carnegie Mellon outlined research toward robot manipulation that is both precise and generalizable, arguing that foundation models have achieved broad world knowledge but lack the task-level accuracy specialist systems provide. He presented ArticuBad, a simulation-generated dataset of...
These AI-Powered Robot Hands Can Solve a Rubik's Cube and Make Breakfast
The video spotlights a pair of AI‑powered robotic hands that can both solve a Rubik’s Cube and whisk up a basic breakfast. Built on a combination of high‑resolution cameras, reinforcement‑learning algorithms, and dexterous actuators, the system demonstrates unprecedented fine‑motor capability...