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As humanoid robots move from research labs into factories, warehouses, homes, and other shared spaces, accurate physical feedback becomes crucial. The post Precision In Motion. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) to Showcase Custom Sensing Capabilities for Humanoid Robotics at RoboBusiness 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report .

A robot can follow its safety rules and still act on manipulated information. See what this means for robot safety and how teams can strengthen their testing and evidence. The post Your Robot’s Safety Functions Already Work. What If the Input Lies? appeared first on The Robot Report .

Today, 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. Switching from research hardware to a scalable product makes previously ignorable questions suddenly paramount: How can you make a hand that does everything you need it to do but is also rugged and reliable and cost-effective? It’s questions like these

With the $100 million it raised earlier this month, Maven Robotics is looking towards mass producing its mobile manipulator robot. The post How Maven Robotics plans to automate industrial work, one task at a time appeared first on The Robot Report .

ANYbotics designed Shift to help maintenance teams run industrial inspections, detect failing equipment, and turn data into work orders. The post ANYbotics launches Shift to streamline robot fleet operations, scale inspections appeared first on The Robot Report .

The initiative for engineers includes a news desk, a conference, research, and an advisory board, grounded in trusted editorial brands. The post The Robot Report parent Arrowfly launches AI for Engineers platform, events for engineers navigating AI appeared first on The Robot Report .

Innodata uses Vicon cameras to measure movements with sub-millimeter accuracy and to collect real-world training data for robots. The post Innodata opens motion-capture lab to help humanoids move more like people appeared first on The Robot Report .

ASI and SoftBank join forces with $225M to scale brand-agnostic autonomous heavy equipment across infrastructure projects. The post Tackling construction labor shortages: ASI and SoftBank partner on autonomous fleets appeared first on The Robot Report .

Attendees will learn about the many ways they can use force and torque sensors in humanoids and how to avoid breaking them while doing it. The post ForceN to give a crash course on force and torque sensing for humanoids at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report .

Flourish is releasing a $3,555 phone-trainable home robot, targeting busy parents with personalized, cloud-trained chore automation. The post Meet Flourish One, the Raspberry Pi-powered humanoid built for busy parents appeared first on The Robot Report .

The Robot Report looks at recent advances in automation for manufacturing, from improvements in technologies and use cases to the potential of humanoids and AI. The post State of Robots in Manufacturing appeared first on The Robot Report .

Gecko Robotics is using the new NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform to ensure the secure autonomous control of systems. The post Gecko Robotics works with NVIDIA to add AI agent security and control appeared first on The Robot Report .

Economics is both a robotics impetus and a constraint, as systems make deliveries on streets or do chores in households. The post Robonomics on the threshold: Economic autonomy, smart cities, and crypto wallets for humanoids appeared first on The Robot Report .

Raise Robotics said attendees will learn a decision rule for allocating engineering capacity and a vocabulary for two hidden failure modes. The post Raise Robotics to discuss scaling field robots at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report .

Asimov's fictional Three Laws of Robotics famously set safeguards, and tech observers today raise similar concerns about AI. The post Asimov’s laws are not enough to keep robotics and AI safe appeared first on The Robot Report .

While robotaxis prove their driving ability, scaling the industry globally requires solving the unglamorous challenge of fast, local vehicle servicing. The post From 14 cities to 15,000: What it will take to scale robotaxis? appeared first on The Robot Report .

The new facility will produce products that power Amazon's fulfillment and robotics network across North America. The post Amazon to invest $100M in new Indiana manufacturing facility appeared first on The Robot Report .

Rather than training one model to do everything, General Robotics composes specialized capabilities—helping robots adapt across tasks and form factors. The post General Robotics is betting on modular intelligence, not one robot brain appeared first on The Robot Report .

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. Please send us your events for inclusion. IROS 2026 : 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGH CoRL 2026 : 9–12 November 2026, AUSTIN, TEXAS Humanoids 2026 : 6–9 December 2026, SANTA CLARA, CALIF. Enjoy today’s videos! Life’s better with a little Goose. [ The Robot Works ] Thanks, Dave! Skydio has

Agility Robotics is exploring a range of robot designs and form factors, including wheels, to address different operating environments and customer needs. The post Agility Robotics, maker of Digit humanoid, exploring wheeled robots appeared first on The Robot Report .

Labor availability, costs, productivity, and efficiency are common concerns of farmers that technology can address, according to CNH. The post Farmers are facing more pressure; CNH says robotics can help appeared first on The Robot Report .

China still leads the world in industrial robot installations, but the U.S. and Germany are also significant markets, found the IFR. The post 5 million robots are now at work in factories worldwide, reports the IFR appeared first on The Robot Report .

In Guadalajara, Mexico, many high schools have motivated teachers and talented students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, but they lack access to advanced tools such as robotics laboratories. The resources shortfall limits the students’ opportunities for hands-on learning on cutting-edge applications. A team from ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara , is working to change that. Through the EPICS in IEEE initiative, a multidisciplinary group of 15 enginee

Choosing the right motion architecture is about understanding how the entire system will behave in use, explains Kollmorgen. The post Why you should look beyond the spec sheet when choosing motion architecture appeared first on The Robot Report .

Epson Robots has expanded its six-axis robot line with the AX6, a lightweight force- and power-limited arm. The post Epson introduces AX6 cobot with compact design, no-code programming appeared first on The Robot Report .

ANYbotics partnered with dormakaba and LEGIC Identsystems to enable the ANYmal quadruped to gain access like a badged employee. The post ANYbotics opens the door for inspections with ANYmal robots appeared first on The Robot Report .

While this is the first intentional step by Arduino into robotics, the company has over 20 years of experience working with robotics developers. The post With the new VENTUNO Q board, Arduino hopes to make robotics development easier appeared first on The Robot Report .

Helicon has obtained seed funding to use automation to cut composite manufacturing lead times from months to weeks. The post Helicon brings automation to high-volume composites manufacturing appeared first on The Robot Report .

At RoboBusiness, industry leaders will discuss the state of humanoids as the robots transition from demos to real industrial deployments. The post State of Humanoids keynote brings industry leaders to RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report .

Qualcomm plans to integrate the Dragonwing and Arduino platforms with the MoveIt open-source manipulation framework. The post Qualcomm to acquire PickNik Robotics and keep MoveIt open-source appeared first on The Robot Report .

Intel's Nagesh Puppala will discuss why the next phase of robotics innovation depends on more than bigger models or better simulations. The post Intel to discuss the infrastructure needed to scale physical AI at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report .

Learn practical strategies for building reliable outdoor robots from WiBotic, Burro, and Nextpower at RoboBusiness in Silicon Valley. The post Why outdoor robots fail (and how to build systems that survive) appeared first on The Robot Report .

The release brings new agentic workflows and platform support to NVIDIA Isaac ROS to help developers deploy robotics applications faster. The post Isaac ROS 5.0 brings AI agents to robotics development, says NVIDIA appeared first on The Robot Report .

Throughout her career, roboticist Barbara Mazzolai has turned to nature for inspiration. Now she wants to ensure the technology she builds gives back to the environment, too. After starting her career as a biologist, a chance opportunity saw Mazzolai switch streams to engineering and become an early pioneer of bioinspired robotics . Building on her knowledge of biology’s ability to solve a diverse set of problems, she has developed robots based on octopuses, plant roots, and even seeds . “I’ve a

With Intrinsic Core, the company is making key parts of its manipulation platform available to robotics developers. The post Intrinsic open sources key parts of its platform for easier development appeared first on The Robot Report .

At Laguna Seca, Unimore Racing won the Indy Autonomous Challenge, marking the IAC's first autonomous car overtakes on a road course. The post IAC completes autonomous racing event at Laguna Seca appeared first on The Robot Report .

The new Robotics Metaplant Application Center is training humanoids as part of Hyundai's Metaplant America in Georgia. The post Boston Dynamics opens Metaplant Application Center to train Atlas humanoids appeared first on The Robot Report .

Decommissioning a humanoid robot is not a matter of traditional scrapping. It's a highly technical, high-stakes surgical endeavor. The post What do you do with a humanoid robot when it breaks down? appeared first on The Robot Report .

Hirebotics said these new capabilities extend the working range of the cobots, giving manufacturers greater flexibility. The post Hirebotics adds line tracking and linear rail capabilities to its cobots appeared first on The Robot Report .

The real robotics opportunity isn’t a humanoid in every home—it’s packaging robots for the jobs businesses need done today. The post The picks-and-shovels strategy behind the robotics boom appeared first on The Robot Report .