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6G promises to turn robots into networked fleets, say industry leaders
At Mobile World Congress, robot makers such as Boston Dynamics and Honor showcased humanoids that hint at a future powered by 6G connectivity. Experts argue that 6G will transform robots from isolated machines into networked fleets by providing pervasive sensor data and ultra‑low‑latency links, enabling real‑time AI processing and long‑horizon planning.
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In this live Davos interview, DeepMind CEO Demir Hassabis outlines upcoming developments for Gemini 4, including its integration with Apple’s Siri, and discusses the broader roadmap toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). He highlights gaps that still need to be solved for AGI, offers a cautious five‑ to ten‑year timeline, and shares his views on the future of robotics, the revival of Google Glass, and the role of advertising in AI chatbots—contrasting Google’s stance with OpenAI’s early ad rollout. Hassabis emphasizes that Google has no immediate plans to monetize Gemini with ads, and he explains why he remains more conservative than some peers about AGI timelines.
Maker Survy transformed a shoe‑box prototype into an autonomous outdoor robot, showcasing a step‑by‑step journey from concept to functional device. He began with a simple motorized box, then added sensors, a Raspberry Pi, and a smartphone for GPS and vision through...
Lucid Vision Labs has launched the Helios2 Wide Chroma, a compact, factory‑calibrated RGB‑D camera that merges a 12.2 MP Triton RGB sensor with its Helios2 Wide Time‑of‑Flight 3D imager. The IP67‑rated unit offers a 108° × 78° field of view and delivers perfectly...
AAA20 Group will unveil the CP-66-WD wash‑down collaborative palletizer at the International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta. The IP69K‑rated cobot is built for food and protein processors, especially beef plants, and can be power‑washed like standard equipment. Offered through...
Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology discovered that autonomous robots moving unpredictably trigger sustained human discomfort, as measured by elevated arousal and skin‑conductance responses in a VR passing scenario. Predictable straight‑line motion caused initial arousal that habituated over repeated encounters,...
The Robot Report’s State of Robotics Industry Report 2026 marks an inflection point as the sector moves from speculative demos to reliable, real‑world deployments. It surveys the full robotics ecosystem—industrial automation, mobile units, humanoids, and autonomous vehicles—while highlighting advances in...
Researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology unveiled GrowHR, a soft humanoid robot that can inflate its limbs to more than triple their length and deflate to shrink to 36% of its original height. The robot’s bone‑mimetic, air‑filled chambers...
High-speed food packaging only makes sense if automation actually changes the economics. At Anı Bisküvi A.Ş., a robotic box-filling system from Robentex now runs two lines at a combined 800 products per minute. They moved to a tray-and-lid concept instead...
Industrial robots are shifting from pre‑programmed, 2D‑guided motions to dynamic 3D vision systems that provide six degrees of freedom tracking. This depth perception eliminates costly mechanical fixtures, allowing robots to adapt to random part placement and receive software‑driven updates in...
Electric vehicles and robots have shifted from niche concepts to everyday fixtures as battery costs, AI capabilities, and sensor technology converged with stricter emissions rules and labor shortages. Automakers now treat software as a core vehicle feature, while logistics firms...
A new soft robotic probe designed for fetal monitoring offers a flexible, skin‑like interface that conforms to the maternal abdomen, delivering continuous, high‑fidelity heart‑rate data. The device incorporates stretchable piezoelectric sensors and wireless telemetry, achieving up to 30% better signal...
High‑resolution drone LiDAR surveys are reshaping railway infrastructure planning for mining projects. In the Northern Cape manganese mine, the dense point‑cloud enabled engineers to pinpoint track positions, elevations, and surrounding obstacles with centimeter accuracy. The rapid, safe data capture reduced...
Skylift UAV completed the United Kingdom’s first coordinated BVLOS drone operations across the congested Solent waterway, operating under a CAA‑approved Airspace Change Proposal. The June‑July 2025 trials, run from Fort Cumberland, involved multiple aircraft delivering medical supplies to the Isle...
FORT Robotics unveiled the Wireless E‑Stop Pro, a safety‑certified wearable that lets operators trigger an emergency stop from up to 200 m away. The device uses long‑range Bluetooth to maintain reliable connections in radio‑dense warehouses and plants, and it meets SIL 3...
🎥 OPC UA instead of guesswork – access real drive data Everyone talks about data – but how do you actually access process data from modern drives? In my new video, I show you hands-on how to easily access process...
Lianhe Sowell International Group (Nasdaq:LHSW) announced a $200 million plan to build a specialized industry robotics headquarters in the United Arab Emirates. The facility will combine R&D, manufacturing and global sales, targeting applications such as automotive spray‑painting, hazardous environments, underwater operations...
A systematic review of 188 studies examined artificial intelligence for surgical scene understanding (SSU) in minimally invasive abdominal procedures. The analysis found that most research relies on small, single‑center datasets, with 59% concentrating on laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Validation practices are weak—only...
Pickit 3D unveiled its Pickit 4.0 platform, a major upgrade to its 3D robot vision solution. The release introduces four modular licensing options, up to 61 % faster detection, native multi‑camera support, and new high‑definition cameras delivering 0.1 mm accuracy. A refreshed software...
Harvard and Stanford researchers unveiled a rotational multimaterial 3D‑printing process that embeds asymmetrical pneumatic channels inside elastomeric filaments in a single continuous operation. By co‑extruding a photocurable urethane acrylate and a fugitive Pluronic ink through a rotating nozzle, they can...
SEB analysts forecast that 2026 will mark a decisive shift from purely virtual AI to AI embedded in physical capital goods such as autonomous vehicles, drones and humanoid robots. The steep drop in AI usage costs in 2025 has broadened...
XTI Aerospace (Nasdaq:XTIA) will hold an investor town hall on February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM EST to outline its post‑acquisition strategy after buying Drone Nerds in November 2025. Management will detail how Drone Nerds’ UAS platform and customer base give XTI clearer revenue visibility...
Scanifly has launched a direct API integration with IronRidge, linking its drone‑derived PV layout data to IronRidge’s Design Assistant. The connection automatically transfers panel placements into the racking and bill‑of‑materials (BOM) workflow, removing the need for manual data entry. Contractors...
A generative world for general-purpose robotics & embodied AI learning. Genesis is a physics platform designed for general-purpose Robotics/Embodied AI/Physical AI applications. 📍GitHub: https://lnkd.in/dEB_9zxC ——- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: scalingdeep.tech
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Retail margins are tightening, making supply‑chain efficiency a make‑or‑break factor. Supply‑chain specialist Peter Jones splits the sector into "haves" – retailers that have invested in automated, next‑generation warehouse technology – and "have‑nots" still reliant on manual pick‑and‑pack processes. The COVID‑driven...
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A recent Science #Robotics study describes an interlaced origami-based structure that enables mobile robots to extend arms to press elevator buttons or form frames to support heavy 3D printing systems. https://t.co/fgD4ZjcnPp https://t.co/M4GVUcZKYH
On January 25, 2004 NASA’s Opportunity rover touched down on Mars after a dramatic “six minutes of terror” descent involving parachutes, retrorockets, and an airbag‑cushioned landing. The rover bounced 26 times before settling inside Eagle Crater, an ideal scientific site that allowed...
Intuitive Surgical announced that more than 20 million patients have undergone procedures using its da Vinci surgical system over the past 25 years. The milestone underscores the platform’s longevity and its penetration across a range of specialties worldwide. Since its 2000 launch, the...
Hadrian, an AI‑powered factory builder for aerospace and defense, announced a new funding round that lifts its valuation to $1.6 billion. The capital, led by T. Rowe Price and backed by a16z, Founders Fund and other investors, will fund rapid factory expansion,...
XELA Robotics showcased its uSkin 3D tactile‑sensing system at CES 2026, demonstrating how full‑hand touch perception can boost manipulation for humanoid and industrial robots. The elastomer‑based sensors capture contact force, object shape, and motion across fingertips, phalanges, and palms, surpassing traditional...
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind unveiled a research partnership at CES 2026 to embed DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models into the Atlas humanoid platform. The collaboration aims to equip Atlas with advanced visual‑language‑action capabilities, enabling it to tackle a broader set...
Neura Robotics used CES 2026 to unveil its next‑generation humanoid 4NE1, a smaller 4NE1 Mini, and a new quadruped robot, all running on the Neuraverse AI platform. The Neuraverse is positioned as a shared operating layer that lets robots exchange learned skills...
The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) announced a partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to launch the Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies, unveiled at Davos 2026. The Centre will join WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Global...
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SmartRay showcased its AI‑powered JOSY weld inspection system at the EY Innovation Hub in Stuttgart. The system integrates hardware with Tool Path Generation software from Wandelbots and Grid Dynamics, creating a closed‑loop workflow that generates inspection paths directly from CAD...
Nowaste Logistics, a Swedish third‑party logistics provider, has placed a second order for Cognibotics' robot picking cell after a successful pilot. The cell integrates with Nowaste’s AutoStore system from Swisslog and uses Sics.AI’s vision alongside Cognibotics’ Juliet & Romeo software‑defined motion platform....
Robotic fleets are transitioning from isolated units to globally networked agents, and reliable cross‑border connectivity is now a prerequisite. International eSIM technology embeds cellular profiles directly in machines, allowing robots to switch carriers without physical SIM changes. Companies such as...
This is a trait we look for at Sunday as well, for a slightly different reason. In robotics, one can have the best hardware and the best software on paper, while the combination is absolute garbage. Thinking about the system, how your...
Vegvisir has been chosen as the winning bidder in a Croatian public tender to integrate its immersive interface solutions with DOK‑ING’s unmanned ground vehicles. The partnership will embed Vegvisir Remote and the Vegvisir Virtual Command Station into DOK‑ING’s robotic platforms,...
A pair of synchronized motors moving as one. You know that feeling when a system is so well tuned it almost looks alive? I like watching this… • Perfect timing, no fighting each other • Lower wear because loads stay...
1X Technologies unveiled a new World Model that lets its humanoid robot NEO learn tasks by watching internet‑scale videos. The AI update translates any voice or text prompt into visualized actions, using an inverse dynamics engine to execute movements even...
The FAA issued a sweeping advisory (FDC 6/4375) that bans unmanned aircraft from flying within 3,000 ft laterally and 1,000 ft vertically of designated national‑security sites, including both fixed facilities and mobile assets such as Coast Guard vessels and military convoys. The notice...
Tekever, a European leader in unmanned technology, is hiring a Remote Pilot to support its surveillance‑as‑a‑service missions across maritime, defence, space and cyber domains. The role involves flight monitoring, safety compliance, operator training and frequent travel to customer sites in...
Google DeepMind unveiled D4RT, a Dynamic 4D Reconstruction and Tracking model that builds a unified scene representation from video and answers spatiotemporal queries with a single lightweight decoder. The architecture collapses depth estimation, motion tracking, and camera pose into one...
Robots operate through five core components—power system, sensors, control unit, actuators, and end effectors—each performing a distinct function from energy delivery to task execution. The power system stores and regulates energy, while sensors feed real‑time data to the control unit,...
Open-source robot arm meets hand tracking [📍GitHub below] It is designed with an industrial mindset but built as a 3D-printed desktop system. PAROL6 paired with a LEAP Motion controller is a nice example of how accessible robot teleoperation has become....
PID Control of a Ball and Beam System using a ESP32 microcontroller. Video: https://lnkd.in/dDWGgZFm —- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: scalingdeep.tech
Scientists have designed a framework that enables a humanoid robot face to produce realistic lip-audio synchronization across 12 different languages, including English, Russian, Korean, and Arabic. Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/Sk4UElC3o8 https://t.co/ixFf5bGNv0
Yes, precisely. Stochastic puppets can puppet very sophisticated things. But robots need to be able solve novel physical problems de novo in order to be generally useful in production.
