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Robotics

The latest developments in consumer robots, humanoids, drones, and automation
RoboticsNews

Video Friday: Spot Plays to Show Its Whole-Body Manipulation

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

3 min read
Colorful Boston Dynamics robot dog plays with a tire on an outdoor basketball court while someone with a hockey stick interferes
Humanoid robot and robot dog meet a woman on a sunny terrace at sunset
RoboticsAIHumanoid RobotsTelecommunicationsSponsored Article

Your Robot’s Safety Functions Already Work. What If the Input Lies?

How VicOne helps expose cyber risks in AI robot safeguards

Red quadruped robot facing a large Rubik's cube on an outdoor tiled surface
RoboticsNewsHumanoid Robots

Video Friday: Quadruped Robot Solves Giant Rubik’s Cube by Itself

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

4 min read

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The Robot I Didn’t Expect to Build
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RoboticsMagazineFeatureNovember 2026Humanoid Robots

The Robot I Didn’t Expect to Build

Agility Robotics’ first practical robotic worker is nothing like I dreamed

13 min read
Consumer Appetite for Personal AI Goes Mainstream
AIConsumer ElectronicsSponsored Article

Consumer Appetite for Personal AI Goes Mainstream

Nearly 70 percent of respondents say they want an AI assistant in their next device, according to a new report

Two small robots with long limbs and bodies linked by a wire join connect to form one four-wheeled robot on a paved pathway
RoboticsNews

Video Friday: When Two Robots Become One

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

3 min read

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Packrat Monday

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    Q&A: Mars Perseverance Rover Sets a Distance Record

    In just five years, Perseverance has passed Opportunity’s 45-km record

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    An AI generated image of a smiling humanoid robot in robe free-falls into deep pit filled with colorful balls
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    Video Friday: Robot Decommissioning Takes a Fun Turn

    Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

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    Edge AI for Smart Cities: From Insight to Cognitive Action

    How edge AI and physical AI help cities move beyond passive monitoring

    Journal Watch

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    TransportationAINewsJournal Watch

    Self-Driving Cars Could Someday Take Requests

    4 min read
    Diagram of a vehicle merging into an adjacent lane with surrounding traffic, with predicted motions labelled.
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    Drones With Claws Perch on Arctic Icebergs

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    A drone firmly planted on the steep slope of an iceberg after a successful landing.
    RoboticsAINewsJournal Watch

    Visual Language Models Train Robots to Read Human Emotions

    3 min read
    Illustration of a shoulders-up human silhouette with facial attributes vaguely outlined by recognition points.
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    Deepfake Detection Dataset Aims to Keep Up With Generative AI

    3 min read
    Abstract photo collage of flawed imagery, such as a human hand with two thumbs.
    TransportationAIMagazineJune 2026NewsJournal Watch

    Optical Fiber Networks Can Keep Rail Networks Safe

    3 min read
    Illustration of a fiber optic cable installed across the front of a railroad sound barrier wall.
    ComputingNewsJournal Watch

    HIPPO Turns One Master Password Into Many Without Storing Any

    3 min read
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    AIApril 2026MagazineFeatureRobotics

    Autonomous Drones Are Changing Warfare

    How AI is ushering in an era of autonomous swarming drones

    15 min read
    Person holding a large drone outdoors under a sunny, partly cloudy sky.

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    A detached robotic hand using its five fingers to walk.
    RoboticsNews

    This Disembodied Hand Is All the Robot You Need

    Multipurpose body parts could lead to more-flexible robot designs

    4 min read
    Light blue Volvo FH electric semi‑truck cab shown from front‑side view.
    AITransportationSponsored Article

    Simulation App Speeds Up Electric Truck Battery Design

    Using a laser-welding simulation app, Volvo Trucks has accelerated the design of long-lasting, high-performance batteries

    The Scale Issue

    Humanity’s greatest challenges require us to radically scale up our ingenuity
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    EnergyAerospaceMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025Climate TechThe Scale Issue

    If We Want Bigger Wind Turbines, We’re Gonna Need Bigger Airplanes

    9 min read
    A rendering of the WindRunner aircraft in flight over mountainous desert
    RoboticsMagazineFeatureSpecial ReportsOctober 2025Humanoid RobotsThe Scale Issue

    Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype

    5 min read
    Robots with shovels stand in a container, ready for deployment on a pallet.
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    How Much Carbon Do We Need to Capture?

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    What’s Lost When Stars Disappear from View

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    Will We Know Artificial General Intelligence When We See It?

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    Will We Know Artificial General Intelligence When We See It?
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    Can Joby’s Air Taxis Beat Traffic in Dubai?

    City to build four vertiports to support Joby’s passenger eVTOLs

    4 min read
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    Futuristic robotic bird gliding low above water with a trailing wire.
    RoboticsNewsHumanoid Robots

    Video Friday: Albatross Falls, Spins, Self-Rights, and Sails Away

    Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos includes a self-assembling modular arm for disaster recovery and drone use in the flood aftermath in Nepal

    3 min read
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    TelecommunicationsWhitepaperComputing

    Compact Analog Signal Generators for Fast RF Testing

    How to measure amplifier gain and gain compression

    Close-up of a robotic hand with three fingers and a thumb, making a gesture similar to the “sign of the horns”.
    RoboticsNews

    Atlas Robot’s New Hand May Outperform Humanlike Designs

    Making a hand that’s capable, reliable, and manufacturable is a very hard problem

    3 min read

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