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Oct 5, 2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a “State of the Force” address on Wednesday to launch a new effort to study how war may be fought as tech advances rapidly. It’s being called Project Meridian. Elon Musk, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, and former H...
Oct 5, 2026This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the US Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of kit. They’ve been hiking into the wilderness with powered assistive devices attached to their hips and legs. De...
Oct 5, 2026Humanoid robot sales tally hit 7,000 globally last year Reuters
Oct 5, 2026🚨 Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban?... • Key: This one folds flat to fit in your pocket.... via @The Verge #ArtificialIntelligenceTechNewsInnovation #TechNotes
Oct 2, 2026Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. ### ...
Oct 2, 2026### Robohub.org Claire chatted to Michelle Lu from Vsim Technology about using simulation and artificial intelligence to teach robots new skills. Michelle Lu is co-founder and CEO of Vsim Technology. She was previously a Director of Simulation Tech...
Oct 1, 2026Today, Boston Dynamics is announcing a redesigned hand for its Atlas robot. The previous generation could do some crazy superhuman things with its three fingers, but it was never intended for mass production in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Swit...
Sep 30, 2026### By Emmet Cole "Robotics and automation" is a pairing heard often around these parts. It puts the "RA" in IEEE RAS, after all. The familiar combination shows up in conference titles, funding calls, and program descriptions. But what is actually ...
Sep 30, 2026Equipped with custom speech-to-speech AI models and dexterous manipulation hands, Figure 02 operates autonomously alongside human technicians.
Sep 30, 2026Retiring hydraulics in favor of high-torque electric actuators allows Atlas to perform superhuman kinematics with near-zero acoustic footprint.
Sep 29, 2026East Asian governments deregulate autonomous delivery rovers and industrial humanoids to address acute demographic workforce shortages.
Sep 29, 2026Hydraulic actuators inside sub-millimeter finger tips allow Phoenix to sense surface texture and apply delicate pressure to fragile objects.