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RoboTech 2026 is expanding its focus on real-world robot applications as organizers CCID Media and RX China join forces for this year’s event in Shenzhen.
donut robotics has entered into a capital and business alliance with Japanese nursing home operator Charm Care Corporation to develop humanoid robots for eldercare applications.
Insider Brief South Korea’s physical AI news this week featured on-device silicon, cobot fingertips, shipyard and highway MoUs, a factory multi-agent grant and a modular robotics IPO.
A robot learned to complete complex tasks involving up to 12 steps after receiving just...
At the recent Humanoid Robots Summit 2026 in Stuttgart, Vector Informatik, PEM Motion, and FMC³ Robotics signed a memorandum of understanding at Vector’s headquarters to jointly develop a standardized data infrastructure for industrial embodied AI.
Video 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.
Global humanoid robot shipments approached 25,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 432.1 percent year on year, according to the latest market data from International Data Corporation (IDC).
Astribot, a Shenzhen, China-based physical AI company, showcased its T1 humanoid robot to North America for the first time at IROS 2026, which took place from September 27 to October 1 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new four-finger hand for its Atlas humanoid robot, designed to combine the dexterity needed for complex manipulation and tool use with the strength and durability required for industrial work.
Agibot and Chimelong Group have launched the first phase of a large-scale embodied AI deployment at Chimelong Spaceship Park, with more than 300 robots integrated into entertainment, education, visitor services and hotel operations.
Insider Brief The U.S. Army named five companies as winners of its xTechHumanoid competition, part of an effort to assess how commercial humanoid robotics and related technologies could support future military operations. According to the U.S.
Insider Brief SiMa.ai announced raising $150 million in Series C funding at a $1.45 billion valuation as the chip and software company looks to expand its physical AI platform across humanoid robots, vehicles and drones.
Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.
Video 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.
Video 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.
This article is brought to you by VicOne.Robot safety has traditionally asked: Can a machine remain safe when something goes wrong? Physical AI raises a harder question: Can a machine remain safe when an attacker changes what it sees, decides, or does even when nothing appears to have failed?As AI…
Despite the recent deluge of videos of humanoid robots doing backflips and kung fu, the actual pace of progress towards humanoids that can do economically viable jobs at scale has at times seemed a bit plodding.
Video 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.
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