Knee-like rolling joints cut alignment error by 99.6% and let small grippers carry 3.5× more
Robots do not fail very often, except when the motors used are too small; the joints use the energy wastefully….
Mechanical Design & Robotics
Scientists found AI’s hidden weakness: “reasoning” models still miss obvious rules
When a system sold on the basis of having the ability to reason fails to do so with the reliability…
A robot face practiced lip-sync in a mirror, and the hard part was “B”
A mouth which lacks a consonant at a few millimeters can do away with a whole humanoid contact. Columbia University…
Richtech and Microsoft put “agentic” AI where robots actually meet customers
In retail robotics, “smarter” only counts when it survives a lunch rush. The partnership between Richtech Robotics and Microsoft is…
Restaurant Robot Loses Control, Exposing a Bigger Safety Problem
Why does a robot serving dinner still seem to need a babysitter? A short video from a California hot pot…
Teen Turned Down $300,000 to Keep Farm AI in Class
So what is a 16 year old to do when a dropout bid is made before a driver license is…
Quantum Radio Sensors Could Change Communications in Heavy Jamming
Current trends are placing the burden of increasing stress on radio systems, highlighting a limitation in current technologies: traditional antennas…
Figure’s Bed-Making Robots Show Why Home Humanoids Are Getting Real
Why does the simple act of making a bed become a significant robotics achievement? The primary feature of Figure’s latest…
Met Gala Robot Stumble Put Humanoid Hype Under a Brighter Spotlight
While the AGIBOT A2 may have required an escort for its appearance down the Met Gala’s red carpet, it could…
Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Face One Obstacle Bigger Than Fuel
Can commercial ships exchange their bunker fuel for reactors operating for decades? AMPERA and Scorpio Tankers are testing this idea…
Atlas Reached the Factory Before Optimus Because It Chased Components
What constitutes a “real” humanoid robot is not a stage show it’s whether the robot can be maintained, trained, and…
Tesla Optimus’ Viral Wipeout Exposes the Hard Part of Humanoids
Because the public reads a stumble as a verdict on autonomy, safety, and honesty all at once, a single clumsy…
Smaller Than a Grain of Salt: The Robot With a Brain
Seemingly insignificant to the human eye but able to sense, calculate and act independently, the smallest autonomous programmable robot in…
Neuromorphic E‑Skin Brings Reflexive Pain Response to Humanoids
The following is a bold claim, but one that recent developments in China may justify: humanoid robots are now a…
Elon Musk’s 2026 AI Deadline Pits Tesla Against Waymo’s Lead
Elon Musk’s latest directive sets the stage for one of the most heated technology sprints in recent memory: by 2026,…
Bacteria-Sized Robots Swim, Sense, and Compute for Months
It is extremely rare that a robotics advance, in one fell swoop, shrinks the size of a platform by a…
Humanoids and Fusion: Decades of Breakthroughs, Still Decades Away
“The timelines of humanoid robots have gotten to be so long that they’re always living on fusion energy rhetoric—never arriving…
Humanoid Robots Are Hitting the Wall Before They Hit the Market
But at the Humanoids Summit in Mountain View, California, the mood among industry greats was anything but the upbeat tone…