U.S. Robot Growth Broadens as Food Automation Gains Ground
Industrial robot installations in the U.S. grew above double digits in 2025, but even more important than the statistics is…
Mechanical Design & Robotics
Whistleblower Alleges Figure AI Ignored Deadly Robot Safety Risks
“Powerful enough to fracture a human skull.” The phrase, delivered by Robert Gruendel, Figure AI’s former head of product safety,…
Memo Robot Revealed After 10 Million Real‑World Chores
Could real-world experience simply be the ingredient missing in home robotics? Mountain View startup Sunday thinks so, and its just-announced…
Water-Built Soft Robots Reveal a New Path for On-Liquid Locomotion
What if the smooth surface of a pond could be a high‑precision robotics workshop? Engineers at the University of Virginia…
Robot Dogs Surpass Human Limits in Hazardous Rescue Missions
“Design-driven innovation is the core inspiration of the Adaptive Robotics and Technology Lab,” said Dr. Kiju Lee, making a point…
Humanoid Robots Can Crawl Like Demons But Should They?
But arguably, the most unnerving thing about humanoid robots is that they are not bound by human limitations at all….
Lobster Shell Waste Transformed into Sustainable Biohybrid Robots
It just so happens that the detritus of a seafood dinner can support half a kilogram, gently pick up a…
ABB and Psyonic Put Prosthetic-Hand Data to Work in Cobots
Robotics firm ABB is collaborating with bionic-hand manufacturer Psyonic on whether data from human manipulation of a robotic hand can…
Magnetic Coupling Breakthroughs Redefine Safety and Reliability in Submersible Robotics
In a children’s playground project featuring dynamic dancing fountains, the SplashBotix division of ARM Automation faced a very familiar yet…
Nation-State Threats Escalate Humanoid Robot Cyber Risks
One compromised humanoid robot can become a stealth asset of the nation-state, capable of surveillance, sabotage, and lateral cyber operations,…
🚀 MIT’s Hydrogel Tendons Boost Biohybrid Robots 30× in Strength
“If muscles are nature’s motors, tendons are the drive shafts—and MIT just built a better one.” That’s how one researcher…
AgiBot Hits 5,000 Humanoid Robots, Outpacing Rivals in China’s AI Race
Could a three-year-old startup redefine the pace of manufacturing for humanoid robotics in China? Shanghai-based AgiBot has just crossed a…
Strategic Split in Humanoid Robotics: Japan’s Precision vs U.S. and China’s Scale
It is a rare occurrence that an industrial revolution unfolds in three distinct dialects: precision engineering in Tokyo, full-system integration…
Midea’s Six‑Arm MIRO U Targets 30% Factory Changeover Boost
A six‑armed humanoid rolling onto the factory floor is not science fiction-it is Midea Group’s latest industrial reality. At the…
NVIDIA’s DoorMan Achieves Zero-Shot Humanoid Door Opening
How could such a humanoid robot, trained fully in simulation, far outperform human operators on a real-world door-opening task with…
MIT’s Hydrogel Tendons Boost Biohybrid Robot Power by 30x
“Muscles never clamp directly onto bone.” This anatomical truth, as simple as it sounds, has become the blueprint for a…
Vine-Inspired Soft Robot Achieves Gentle Closed-Loop Lifting
It is not every day that a robot takes its cues from the quiet persistence of a climbing vine; still,…
Humanoid Robotics Poised to Reshape Construction Productivity
Labor shortage and productivity growth have long been pressing problems for the construction sector, but it is soon set to…