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Teams using autonomous T1 robots from Booster Robotics compete in the inaugural RoBoLeague robot soccer competition held in Beijing, Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Automation
China's Humanoid Robots Generate More Soccer Excitement Than Their Human Counterparts
WATCH: Robots redefine soccer: AI-powered players outshine human athletes on the field.
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A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle ride, April 7, 2021, in Mesa, Ariz.
Automation
Waymo's Robotaxis to Start Carrying Passengers in Atlanta, Expanding Uber Partnership
The robotaxis will initially cover a 65-square-mile area within the Atlanta market.
June 24, 2025
High-tech automated manufacturing facility with robotic arms and control systems.
Automation
Driving Automation with Advanced Technologies: A New Era for Manufacturing
How AI is rewriting the manufacturing playbook amid industry's digital transformation.
June 24, 2025
AEON, a humanoid built for industry.
Automation
Hexagon Launches AEON, A Humanoid Built for Industry
The company plans to deploy the robot in production environments over the next six months.
June 17, 2025
A Saildrone 'Voyager', uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), is moored at the Koge Marina in Koge, eastern Denmark, Monday, June 16, 2025.
Automation
Denmark Tests Unmanned Robotic Sailboat Fleet with Tensions High in the Region
Silent guardians of the sea: Robotic vessels redefining naval surveillance.
June 16, 2025
Coco’s growing fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles.
Automation
Coco Robotics Raises $80M to Expand Autonomous Delivery, AI Platform
Funding helps Coco scales toward 10,000 vehicles.
June 12, 2025
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Making Digital Twins Epic
June 24, 2025
A Comau industrial robotic arm.
Comau Expands Into New Market Sectors By Collaborating with Additive Manufacturing Players
June 16, 2025
The Flexiv-Isaac Bridge App in Action.
Flexiv, Nvidia Join Forces in Robotics Simulation
June 13, 2025
Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans.
Single-Material Electronic Skin Gives Robots the Human Touch
June 13, 2025
Elizabeth Blackert is a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on the study.
Light, AI Drive Precise Motion in Soft Robotic Arm Developed at Rice
June 10, 2025
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Quadrupedal Robot Takes On Rough Terrain
June 9, 2025
Wandercraft's Calvin model.
Renault Group Finalizes Partnership with Robotics Company Wandercraft
June 6, 2025
People and AI robots working together in a distribution warehouse.
It’s On Humans to Adapt to Working Alongside Humanoid Robots
June 4, 2025
Researchers have created dynamic structures that leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. Precisely when these “metashells” jump, and how high they jump, is engineered into the physical structure of the materials. This image combines time-lapsed photos to show one of these 'metashells' leaping into the air from a snowy surface.
Researchers Find Autonomous Structures Can Be Programmed to Jump Days in Advance
June 3, 2025
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Robots Run Out of Energy Long Before They Run Out of Work to Do
June 2, 2025
Eric Markvicka (left), Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, along with graduate students Ethan Krings (right) and Patrick McManigal (not pictured), recently presented work on an intelligent, self-healing artificial muscle at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Nebraska Engineers Develop Self-Healing Muscle For Robots
June 2, 2025
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DHL Group Signs MOU with Boston Dynamics for Additional 1,000-Robot Deployment
May 22, 2025
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Power Supply System Manufacturer Revives Fabled Product Line
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Power Supply System Manufacturer Revives Fabled Product Line
Dan Klasel couldn’t cope with the discontinuation of a line of mobile power supply systems, so he bought it.
July 1, 2025
This screengrab shows a quadruped robot integrated with multiple sensing modalities, including an RGB camera, LiDAR, inertial sensors, and, notably, contact microphones and tactile sensors.
Automation
Robots Given Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain
WATCH: A Duke-developed AI system fuses vision, vibrations, touch and the robot's own body.
May 19, 2025
ABB's PixelPaint technology enables Mercedes-Benz to develop new personalized options for its most exclusive models. The solution is initially being used for the Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram Series. The obsidian black hood of this exclusive model is available with an intricate Maybach pattern upon customers’ request.
Automation
ABB’s PixelPaint Brings Exclusive, Sustainable Paint Finishes to Mercedes-Benz Plant
PixelPaint uses a paint head with more than 1,000 individually controlled nozzles.
May 19, 2025
Flex300L- Capability for transport in 39-inch narrow aisles and omni-directional rotation.
Automation
ForwardX Robotics Delivers 435 AMRs to Chery's Dalian Automotive Factory
Now the company is making one car every 100 seconds.
May 19, 2025
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Automation
This Is What Happens When a CMM Goes Digital-First
The most recent innovation spawned from enterprise-connecting technologies should bring added speed and simplicity to the CMM sector.
May 15, 2025
Güdel's CoboMover
Automation
Güdel Introduces Swiss Quality Tracks for Cobots
CoboMover is compatible with over 60 cobots and small traditional robots.
May 13, 2025
Inbolt robot in operation.
Automation
Inbolt, FANUC Launch Robots That Think, Act On the Fly at Assembly Line Speeds
The robots can tackle high-precision tasks without cycle time compromise.
May 7, 2025
A Unitree robot shakes hands with a convention guest at the Robotics Summit & Expo, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Boston.
Automation
U.S. Robot Makers Hope to Beat China in Humanoid Race
But tariffs could affect their ambitions.
May 1, 2025
A Waymo self-driving vehicle sits curbside on Dec. 16, 2022, at the Sky Harbor International Airport Sky Train facility in Phoenix.
Automation
Japan's Toyota Starts Collaborating with Self-Driving Leader Waymo On Autonomous Cars
Both sides are exploring how their collaboration might develop into actual products.
April 30, 2025
Test Equipment (ATE) systems serve the critical purpose of ensuring that electronic devices operate according to specifications in the field.
Automation
Rethinking DIY Approach to Automated Test Equipment Design
Many companies outsource some or all ATE system design and development to third-party specialists.
April 24, 2025
The Sky Project Ultra robot also known as Tien Kung Ultra crosses the finish line to win the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing on Saturday, April 19, 2025.
Automation
Humanoid Robots Run Chinese Half-Marathon Alongside Flesh-and-Blood Competitors
That's one of thousands of steps for robot-kind.
April 21, 2025
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Hyundai to Buy 'Tens of Thousands of Robots' from Boston Dynamics
The automaker is building "the next generation of automotive manufacturing."
April 4, 2025
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Bridging the Gap: Robotics in Construction Applications
The construction industry faces a shortage of more than 400,000 workers.
April 3, 2025
A Tesla robot is displayed as U.S. robotics companies look for congressional support to compete with Chinese companies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
Automation
U.S. Robotics Companies Push for National Strategy to Compete with China
The strategy includes establishing a federal office focused on promoting the industry.
March 27, 2025
A Malaysian boy wipes his tears during a special prayer for the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at a church in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
Automation
Texas Robotics Company Gets Approval to Search for Lost Airplane in New Part of Indian Ocean
Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.
March 20, 2025