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Interview: Parallel Systems CEO Matt Soule on building ‘the world’s first autonomous freight rail system’
Autonomous trucks have dominated discussion around the future of freight transportation for much of the past decade, attracting billions of dollars in investment and extensive media atten...
Read at sourceHow Sony AI’s table tennis robot is advancing physical AI
Although Omron and Kuka have demonstrated similar systems before, a table tennis-playing robot may still sound like a novelty to some. After all, industrial robots already assemble cars, ...
Read at sourceFrom oil platforms to power plants: Dietsmann showcases robotics-driven maintenance in Africa
Dietsmann, the independent specialist in operation and maintenance (O&M) services for energy production facilities, will participate as a Bronze Sponsor at African Energy Week (AEW) ...
Read at sourceTeradyne Robotics unveils production-ready physical AI applications at Automate 2026
Teradyne Robotics, the company that owns Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots, will demonstrate how physical AI is transforming industrial automation at Automate 2026 in Chicago,...
Read at sourceMassRobotics honors Stanford’s Allison Okamura and Seoul National University’s Ayoung Kim with 2026 robotics medals
MassRobotics, a robotics innovation organization, announced its 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star recipients at the recent IEEE ICRA conference in Vienna. The Robotics Medal is the worl...
Read at sourceModernizing the global economy with industrial robotics is needed but not inevitable
While service robotics adoption grows, industrial automation faces greater demand and bigger obstacles, notes a columnist. The post Modernizing the global economy with industrial robotics...
Read at sourceVisual Language Models Train Robots to Read Human Emotions
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As robots advance in terms of dexterity and other physical capabilities, it becomes more l...
Read at sourceWindows for robots: Edge AI expands usability
Before Windows, only engineers and computer scientists could work with computers. Edge AI is causing a similar accessibility shift for robotics. The post Windows for robots: Edge AI expan...
Read at sourceAI in warehousing: Akash Gupta’s vision for the future
Explore how GreyOrange's software revolutionizes warehouse automation with AI, transforming logistics into dynamic, predictive ecosystems. The post AI in warehousing: Akash Gupta’s ...
Read at sourceWhat is a US Residential Proxy and Why Businesses Need One in 2026
The internet in 2026 is not a level playing field. Depending on where your IP address is located, you might see an entirely different version of a website than someone sitting in New York...
Read at sourceMassRobotics announces the winners of 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star awards
Allison Okamura and Ayoung Kim won MassRobotics' 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star Medal, which honor women in robotics. The post MassRobotics announces the winners of 2026 Robotics Med...
Read at sourceRobotics Summit panel explores the state of humanoid robot design
At the Robotics Summit & Expo, experts weighed in on humanoid robotics today — and the ability to achieve a $20,000 price point tomorrow. The post Robotics Summit panel explores the ...
Read at sourceAward-Winning Researcher Trains Robots to Make Educated Guesses
Yen-Ling Kuo always wanted to understand how things worked. When she was growing up in Taiwan, reading the story of Michael Faraday in elementary school piqued her curiosity about the nat...
Read at sourceGatik to bring autonomous freight to PepsiCo’s North American supply chain
The partnership focuses on PepsiCo’s regional transportation networks, where it moves products daily from site to site. The post Gatik to bring autonomous freight to PepsiCo’s North...
Read at sourceVideo Friday: Robotic Motion Discovery Reveals Unusual Behaviors
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 n...
Read at sourceQCraft demonstrates urban NOA on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Ride chip, targets 2026 global mass production
QCraft has demonstrated its urban Navigate-on-Autopilot (NOA) system running on Qualcomm’s SA8650P Snapdragon Ride platform in production vehicles, putting the autonomous driving company ...
Read at sourceThe Role of RF Connectors in Robotic Vision, Sensor Communication, and Automated Inspection Systems
Robotic vision and automated inspection love to dress up as software victories. Fast GPUs. Smart models. Slick dashboards. None of that survives a dirty physical signal path. A camera can...
Read at sourceRobot Talk Episode 160 – Robotic blacksmiths, with Edward Mehr
Claire chatted to Edward Mehr from Machina Labs about their RoboCraftsman that shapes complex metal parts for the aerospace, defence, and automotive industries. Edward Mehr is an entrepre...
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