Sunday, March 1, 2026
Market Intelligence for Robotics Professionals
What's happening: China sets first national standards for humanoid robots and embodied AI
China has released its inaugural national standard system governing humanoid robots and embodied artificial intelligence. The framework, organized into six components covering commonality, safety, ethics and the full product lifecycle, was drafted by more than 120 institutions under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The move aims to regulate the entire industrial chain from design to decommissioning.
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The world's smallest industrial robot arm Built for sub-micrometer precision. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how to control what is likely the world’s smallest and most precise industrial robot arm using custom software. The stack includes online and offline programming with simulation, an analytical kinematics solver, a singularity-aware trajectory planner, and an API layer for integration with external systems. It’s designed for applications where positioning error is measured in micrometers, not millimeters. Microelectronics, semiconductor handling, photonics alignment, medical device assembly, lab automation. When parts are tiny and tolerances are unforgiving, the control architecture matters as much as the mechanics. This is from Oleksander Stepanenko (@olekstepanenko), if you don’t follow him and his YouTube channel… no one can help you. ——- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: 22astronauts.com

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