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First World Humanoid Robot games Complete successfully! Unitry Scored four golds (1500m, 400m, 100m steeplechase, 4x100m relay).
[ Unitree ]
Stable! Adam from PNDbotics became the only full-size humanoid robot athlete to successfully complete the 100-meter obstacle course at the World Humanoid Robot Games!
[ PNDbotics ]
Introducing the field Foundation models (FFM) from FieldAI, a new class of physics-oriented fundamental models built specifically for embodied intelligence. Unlike traditional vision or language models modified for robotics, FFMs are designed from the ground up to deal with the uncertainty, risk, and physical constraints of the real world. This ensures safe and reliable behavior of robots when managing scenarios for which they are not trained, navigating in dynamic, unstructured environments without prior maps. GPSor predefined paths.
[ Field AI ]
Multiply Labs, using the capabilities of Universal Robots collaborative robotshas developed a revolutionary robotic cluster that fundamentally changes the production of life-saving cell and gene drugs. Multiply Labs' solution delivers a staggering 74% cost reduction and delivers up to 100 times more patient doses per square foot of cleanroom.
[ Universal Robots ]
In this video we'll show you Vulcan V3, the world's first ambidextrous humanoid robotic arm capable of performing a full range of functions. American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet, to the ultimate test – side by side with a real person!
[ Hackaday ]
Thanks Kelvin!
More robots should have this form factor.
Robot vacuum cleaners are so ubiquitous now that it's easy to forget how iconic they are. iRobot Roomba was.
[ iRobot ]
This is perhaps the largest robotic arm I've ever seen.
[ CAFE Project ] by using [ BUILT ]
Modular robots Built by Dartmouth researchers, they find their home in the outdoors. Designed to be assembled into structures that best suit the task at hand, robots are assembled from cubic-shaped robotic blocks that combine rigid rods and soft elastic strings, the tension of which can be adjusted to deform the blocks and control their shape.
[ Dartmouth ]
Our X30 four-legged robot has completed missions in extreme environments in Ho Xil, supporting patrol teams, delivering vital supplies and protecting fragile ecosystems.
[ DEEP Robotics ]
We offer a base-shaped robot called a koboshi that moves everyday objects. This koboshi has a spherical surface in contact with the floor, and by moving the load inwards using a built-in motorsit can swing up and down and side to side. By placing everyday objects on this koboshi, users can add new movement to static objects. Koboshi is equipped with sensors to measure its position, allowing it to interact with users. Additionally, it has communication capabilities that allow multiple devices to communicate with each other.
[ Paper ]
Bi-LAT is the world's first Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that integrates bilateral control into imitation learning, allowing robots to adjust force levels based on natural language instructions.
[ Bi-LAT ] be featured on [ IEEE RO-MAN 2025 ]
Thank you, Masato!
Look at this cheerful baby!
Although they apparently cut the video right before he slams his face into the furniture multiple times.
[ Paper ] be featured on [ 2025 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics ]
This research was conducted at the Human-Centered Robotics Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. The video shows our newest experimental bipedal robot, called Mercurywhich has passive legs. This means that, unlike humans, there are no powered ankles, which forces Mercury to gain balance by walking dynamically.
[ University of Texas at Austin Human Centered Robotics Lab ]
We put two RIVR delivery robots work with an autonomous vehicle, demonstrating how physical AI can go the entire last mile, from the warehouse to the consumer's doorstep.
[ Rivr ]
KR TITANIUM ultra is high performance industrial robot weighing 4.6 tons and capable of carrying a payload of up to 1.5 tons.
[ Kuka ]
Ding Zhao of CMU MechE and Ph.D. Student Yaru Niu describes LocoMan, a robotic assistant they are developing.
[ Carnegie Mellon University ]
Twenty two years ago Silicon Valley executive Henry Evans had a huge iron this left him mute and paralyzed from the neck down. But that hasn't stopped him from becoming a leading advocate of adaptive robotic technology to help people with disabilities or writing country songs, one letter at a time. Correspondent John Blackstone talks to Evans about his optimistic attitude and unlikely pursuits.
[ CBS News ]
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