Robotics
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§ 02 Recent
Latest arrivals
The Industrial Robot’s New Mind
Teradyne Secures Injunction Against Elite Robots in Software Dispute
Automating the Hospital Corridor: BayCare Trials Rovex Transport Robots
The Integration Bottleneck: Why Hardware Alone Won't Automate the World
Honoring the Architectures of Autonomy at the 2026 RBR50 Gala
The Haptic Gap: Why Robots Need to Feel the Ground
The High Cost of Late Discovery in Robotics
Chef Robotics Reaches 100 Million Servings as Physical AI Enters the Kitchen
Skild AI’s Pursuit of the Universal Robotic Brain
§ 03 Editor's picks
- 01Robotics · IEEE Spectrum Robotics
The Rapid Evolution of Physical Intelligence
From Agility Robotics’ dancing humanoids to Generalist’s high-precision AI models, the bridge between simulated training and real-world performance is narrowing at an unprecedented pace.
- 02Robotics · IEEE Spectrum Robotics
The Long Maturation of the Humanoid Robot
Gill Pratt, the architect of the DARPA Robotics Challenge, reflects on the decade-long journey from viral blooper reels to the verge of commercial viability.
- 03Robotics · IEEE Spectrum Robotics
The Engineering of Living Circuits
Researchers are moving beyond biomimicry to build "neurobots"—biological machines with self-organizing nervous systems that blur the line between organism and apparatus.
- 04Robotics · The Robot Report
The Virtual Crucible: Antioch Wants to Move Robot Testing to the Cloud
By digitizing the validation process, the startup aims to bypass the expensive, slow-moving bottlenecks of physical testing facilities.
- 05Robotics · The Robot Report
Stereotaxis to Acquire Robocath in $45 Million Bid for Endovascular Dominance
The $45 million deal combines complementary robotic systems to create a unified platform for cardiology and neurointervention.
§ 05 By topic
In focus on this desk
The Maturation of Physical AI
As investment in robotics doubles to $30 billion, the convergence of generative AI and quantum computing is pushing autonomous systems from the laboratory to the front lines.
The Logistics of Intelligence: A Dispatch from MODEX 2026
The Robot ReportThe Factory Floor Becomes a Laboratory for Mobile Humanoids
The Robot ReportBeyond the Demo: Humanoid Robots Enter Consumer Electronics Production
The Robot Report
The Maturation of Physical AI
As investment in robotics doubles to $30 billion, the convergence of generative AI and quantum computing is pushing autonomous systems from the laboratory to the front lines.
Securing the Autonomous Frontier with Zero-Trust Governance
IEEE Spectrum RoboticsThe Versatility of the Hybrid Machine
IEEE Spectrum RoboticsThe Automation of the Front Line
IEEE Spectrum Robotics
§ 06 More stories
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Retrofitting the Machine: Tesla’s Strategy for Legacy Factories
At the upcoming Robotics Summit, Tesla engineers will outline how autonomous mobile robots are being integrated into the aging infrastructure of American manufacturing.
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Bring Reasoning to the Spot Quadruped
By integrating Google DeepMind’s Gemini models, Boston Dynamics aims to move its quadruped fleet beyond simple navigation toward high-level industrial reasoning.
A New Lens for Robotic Dexterity
Ouster’s Stereolabs ZED X Nano aims to solve the latency and resolution bottlenecks that hinder imitation learning in industrial robotics.
The No-Code Bridge for Embodied AI
AGIBOT’s Genie Studio Agent aims to simplify the leap from the lab to the factory floor by removing the engineering bottleneck.
The Friction of the Real World: Lessons in Warehouse Robotics
As Pickle Robot Co. moves its truck-unloading technology into active customer environments, CTO Ariana Eisenstein addresses the gap between lab performance and commercial reliability.
Managing the Machine Multitude: Transitive 2.0 and the Logic of Fleet Scaling
As robotics startups move beyond the prototype phase, the challenge shifts from controlling a single machine to monitoring a growing population.
The Mall as Laboratory: Demystifying the Robot
Researchers from the RAI Institute took robotics out of the lab and into a Cambridge shopping mall to study how the public perceives and interacts with autonomous machines in the real world.
A Wi-Fi Receiver Built for the Heart of a Reactor
A new wireless receiver can withstand radiation doses orders of magnitude higher than space-grade electronics, promising more agile robots for nuclear cleanup.
The First Steady Step: Honoring Honda’s P2
Nearly three decades after its debut, the first humanoid robot to master independent balance receives recognition as a foundational engineering milestone.
The Athleticism of the Machine
New research into humanoid tennis skills and bimanual dexterity suggests a shift toward robots that can handle the dynamic, "imperfect" movements of the human world.
The Engineering Friction of the Humanoid Dream
As humanoid robots move toward mass production, engineers are grappling with the physical realities of thermal management, battery trade-offs, and the sheer complexity of bipedal balance.
The Adaptive Machine
Recent developments in modular robotics and urban delivery suggest a future where a robot’s form is as fluid as its function.