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6G promises to turn robots into networked fleets, say experts at MWC
At Mobile World Congress, Boston Dynamics and Honor showcased new humanoid robots. Industry experts argue that 6G will provide ultra‑low‑latency links and pervasive sensor data, enabling real‑time AI processing and fleet‑wide coordination that transforms robots from isolated machines into networked assets.
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A new residential garage in Menlo Park, California, uses a robotic arm to automatically park and charge electric vehicles. The three‑level system, developed by Sofetin and installed by Parkworks, offers over 450 spaces and moves cars to free charging bays after reaching the desired charge level. Residents request sessions via a smartphone app, and the garage handles both parking and Level 2 plug‑in charging without driver intervention. The project, part of the Lume apartment complex, commands rents starting around $3,300 per month.
What truly defines great collaboration? 👉 Sharing knowledge. That’s exactly what we live in our cooperation between Indu-Sol GmbH and GROLLMUS . 🔌 Indu-Sol contributes deep expertise in industrial communication and fieldbus systems like PROFINET and PROFIBUS. 🧠 At Grollmus,...
Munich‑based Sitegeist secured €4 million in a pre‑seed round led by b2venture and OpenOcean to develop AI‑driven modular robots for construction. The startup targets the massive concrete‑renovation backlog in Europe and North America, where labor shortages and manual removal methods drive...
Everyone: humanoids will accelerate logistics. Meanwhile Brightpick …
Everdrone and the Ambulance Services Administration in Region Stockholm have signed an agreement to roll out an autonomous emergency‑response drone system. The drones will transport defibrillators to suspected cardiac arrests and deliver early situational awareness at accident scenes. Placement of...
Cellula Robotics, a maker of fuel‑cell powered autonomous underwater vehicles, has been shortlisted for Vimy Forge’s inaugural Black Flight Cohort I. The accelerator, Canada’s sovereign defense‑innovation hub, helps SMEs overcome market entry barriers such as limited end‑user access and fragmented...
I learned to ride a bike the hard way. Falling. Adjusting. Trying again. So when I saw a robot bike doing tricks on its own, I had to watch twice. No remote control. No script. It learned through reinforcement learning. Trial. Error. Balance. Repeat. That’s what struck...
EACON’s autonomous battery‑electric haul trucks have been operating at Shougang Group’s Shuichang iron‑ore mine for a year, logging over 350,000 km and moving more than 11 million tonnes of material. The fleet’s regenerative‑braking system recovered 386,000 kWh of energy, equating to roughly 185 tonnes...
Researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences have demonstrated that bare carbon fibers can be reversibly bent and straightened using electric fields in a closed bipolar electrochemical cell. The actuation relies on asymmetric ion insertion and redox reactions at the...
Yuanhua Tech’s HX Orthopaedic‑specific Robotic Arm has been clinically validated at West China Hospital of Sichuan University, marking the first domestically developed orthopaedic surgical robot in China. The system demonstrated zero‑lag, zero‑error performance and incorporates high‑precision zero‑gravity compensation, compliant control,...
🚀 Motion Control is becoming a key technology in industry. And many underestimate how fast things are changing. In my new video, Omar and I discuss why controlled drive systems are dominating more and more applications. ⚙️ Why traditional contactor...
Shipbuilding normally needs shipyards. This boat came out of a microfactory. Printed by robots. A full-scale vessel made inside an AI-driven facility, not a dockyard. Forget molds, heavy tooling, and offshore fabrication: Just a digital file → robotic print →...
Former DJI sales vice‑president Yuan was detained by Chinese authorities on suspicion of accepting large bribes. The investigation, reported by Jiemian News, alleges "huge amounts of illicit gains" during his 2019‑2024 tenure overseeing global sales. This follows DJI’s 2019 internal...
In a world of PPO everything for reinforcement learning, I've been tinkering with SAC for training a quadruped gait. This gait is trained purely on CPU (training on one of the Dell GB10s) on a single environment. Training any particular run...
Noticed anything different at this year’s Olympics figure skating judging? New tech tools are allowing instantaneous measurement of athletes’ jump heights, air times, and landing speeds. https://spectrum.ieee.org/winter-olympics-2026-tech
On February 15, 2026, a blog post announced the first deployment of the Toumai robotic surgery system at Orsi Academy. The post features an image of a surgeon in blue scrubs operating the robot from a console, underscoring the hands‑on...
The episode explores SpaceX’s ambitious filing to launch up to one million satellites as an orbital data center, positioning the company toward a Kardashev Type II vision and highlighting regulatory waivers and the link to Elon Musk’s AI venture. It then...
Robots helping other robots so none of them breaks. Instead of every robot needing its own battery, sensors, and connection, they share with their neighbors. If one robot “gets blind” or runs out of power, the others support it and...
I’ve been thinking about AI being proactive—tricky to get this right….and how it could fine-tune its personality….an interesting case study: To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot https://t.co/PGqWZjy7sN via @NYTimes
Waymo has reportedly struck a $2.5 billion agreement with Hyundai to purchase 50,000 vehicles by 2028, pricing the cars at roughly $50,000 each including sensor packages. The deal promises to slash autonomous‑vehicle costs and address the chronic supply bottleneck that has...
From $100,000 spinning sensors to compact solid-state units built for automotive scale, lidar has come a long way. MicroVision is betting its high-resolution sensing device can win over skeptics—and automakers. Lidar #ADAS https://spectrum.ieee.org/solid-state-lidar-microvision-adas?share_id=9165326
The episode examines recent Waymo incidents, including a school‑child collision and repeated passes of stopped school buses, to illustrate how “unavoidable” crashes are often a product of flawed risk models rather than true inevitability. It reviews The Autonomous’s safety‑architecture report...
if you catch yourself going down rabbit holes about ‣ robotics ‣ ai ‣ physics ‣ mathematics ‣ manufacturing ‣ hardware + software ‣ design ‣ systems ‣ autonomy ‣ control ‣ perception ‣ embedded you’re at the right place....
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued a Sources‑Sought notice seeking a Medium‑Range Tactical (MRT) unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Marine Corps. The RFI calls for a rugged, VTOL‑capable platform under 20 lb gross weight, with at least 2.5 hours endurance,...
In episode 230 of The Robot Report podcast, hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre recap the Manifest 2026 supply‑chain trade show in Las Vegas and interview eight robotics CEOs, including leaders from Gather AI, Robust.AI, Slamcore, Slip Robotics, Ambi Robotics, Corvus Robotics, Glid Technologies and AutoPallet. The episode...
Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre recap their experience at the Manifest 2026 tradeshow, highlighting cutting‑edge developments in warehouse and supply‑chain robotics. The episode features rapid‑fire news, a Zoox autonomous‑taxi demo, and in‑depth interviews with CEOs and executives from Gather AI,...
Wingcopter and Ukraine’s TAF Industries signed an MoU at the Munich Security Conference to create a joint venture that will produce reconnaissance drones in Germany for Ukraine. The partnership combines TAF’s licensed battlefield‑proven designs with Wingcopter’s manufacturing and engineering capabilities,...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received the first Linza 3.0 drone manufactured in Germany by the newly formed Quantum Frontline Industries (QFI) joint venture. The handover, attended by German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, marked the opening of a production line that aims to deliver...
Symbotic senior vice president Brian Alexander outlines the current robotics landscape, contrasting autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with high‑density automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS). He emphasizes the shift from traditional automation to AI‑powered solutions that can make decisions, predict demand...
Robotics & Automation News has released a premium trend analysis titled "Drone Logistics: Infrastructure, Economics and Market Outlook (2026‑2032)" that evaluates the operational realities and economic constraints of drone delivery. The report finds that drones will serve as a specialised...
NATO has moved to operationalize its Task Force X Baltic, signing a letter of intent with eight member states to launch the second phase of the programme. The initiative demonstrated the rapid fielding of a fleet of over 50 commercially‑available...
I've been waiting 3 years to show you this We just launched our 3rd-gen humanoid, but we’re already on our 7th-gen hand Our team has quietly worked for years to approach parity with a human hand Excited to share a sneak peek of...
The GEN podcast highlighted Women in Science Day, noting the term “scientist” was originally coined for a woman, and featured Medra CEO Michelle Lee discussing the integration of AI‑driven robotics into biological research. It also covered automation advances presented at...
Fincantieri has entered a four‑year industrial partnership with Italian robotics firm Generative Bionics to develop a humanoid welding robot for its shipyards. The robot will incorporate AI‑driven perception, vision and manipulation to operate safely alongside human workers, targeting initial on‑site...
Slip Robotics unveiled SlipLift, a new autonomous platform that separates the mobile robot from its payload, allowing it to load or unload any trailer in roughly five minutes. The system supports freight up to 20,000 lb and requires no Wi‑Fi or...
The episode opens with a celebration of Women in Science Day, highlighting the historic origin of the term “scientist” and the push for greater female leadership in biotech. Medra CEO Michelle Lee discusses how the company is merging robotics with...
In a recent Robot Talk episode, senior lecturer Samuele Vinanzi discussed how robots can evaluate human trustworthiness using behavioral cues. His work in cognitive robotics merges AI, psychology, and cognitive science to give machines social awareness. Vinanzi’s research emphasizes emotional...
Addverb, a Noida‑based robotics firm backed by Reliance, has introduced its first humanoid robot—a six‑foot, 80 kg machine capable of carrying 15 kg and equipped with wheels for legs. The humanoid is designed for unstructured factory and warehouse settings where traditional automation...
This one actually made me pause. Scientists built a robot made of liquid. Not flexible. Liquid. It can split, merge, squeeze through tiny spaces, and then re-form. When it breaks, it heals itself. No motors. No joints. No rigid body. I’ve spent years thinking about AI as the brain...
Here is your #ROS and open source robotics news for this week: 💘Global ROSCon 2026 website is live 💘@NVIDIA Isaac ROS 4.1 released 💘@PicknikRobotics and Motive are sending ROS to space 💘New Metaquest streaming hand tracker for ROS 2 💘New ROS Diagnostic tools for...
Trener Robotics unveiled the Acteris platform, a software layer that equips existing ABB, Universal Robots and FANUC machines with pre‑trained Physical AI skills. Backed by a $32 million Series A round, the company’s total funding now exceeds $38 million, enabling rapid market expansion...
A new Science #Robotics study describes a method that enables robotic modules to share their resources with a “dead” neighbor, overcoming failure to ensure the reliability of robot collectives. @robotician @RRL_EPFL https://t.co/NRPlam3xZS https://t.co/pNiqhfqVwD
GE Aerospace turns to robots and 'Lean' methods to tackle jet engine repair crunch https://t.co/0co9XBDhpz
Germany’s Helsing and HENSOLDT have announced a joint effort to equip Helsing’s CA‑1 autonomous aircraft with AI‑driven combat capabilities. HENSOLDT will integrate its radar, optronics, self‑protection and electromagnetic warfare sensors through its Multi‑Domain Operations Core software. The AI‑pilot, named Centaur,...
Airspace Closure Over Laser Weapon Use A Glaring Example Of Drone Defense Policy Struggles After years of putting off the drone threat, the U.S. government is trying to do something about it, but policy is struggling to catch up. Story: https://t.co/VBGe87B1Ik
