Robotics News

  • Robotics Data, Simulation, and Field Automation Ecosystem ExpandsRobotics
    Gritt commercialized solar installation robots, NVIDIA outlined physical AI simulation infrastructure, and Hugging Face released an open data collection system.
  • Robotics Foundation Model Competition Heats UpRobotics
    General Intuition unveiled an embodied AI foundation model trained on gaming data, while Mistral released a navigation model powered by a single RGB camera.
  • New Frontiers in Humanoid Robotics and the Physical AI EcosystemRobotics
    From Genesis AI's non-humanoid humanoid robot to robot training data infrastructure and LeRobot integration SDKs, physical AI is expanding across multiple fronts.
  • Hugging Face Releases LeRobot v0.6.0 and Robotics Startups ExpandRobotics
    Hugging Face released LeRobot v0.6.0 featuring world model policies and new VLA models, while YC robotics startups continued hiring.
  • Hyundai Completes Full Acquisition of Boston Dynamics as BCI Clinical Trials ExpandRobotics
    Hyundai is taking full ownership of Boston Dynamics, while brain-computer interface clinical trials for ALS patients are expanding.
  • Anthropic Reveals Claude's Robotics Control Capabilities ExperimentRobotics
    Anthropic's Frontier Red Team evaluated language models' robot control abilities across various embodiments and interfaces.
  • 1X Unveils Human-Level Hands for Humanoid Robot NeoRobotics
    Norwegian-American robotics company 1X revealed Neo, a soft humanoid robot for home use equipped with hands featuring 25 degrees of freedom.
  • Humanoid Robot Core Tech Startups Secure Funding and Unveil New SystemsRobotics
    Proception raised seed funding for its robotic hand technology while Flexion Robotics unveiled a simulation-based humanoid learning system.