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Robotics News: March 11, 2026
Industrial robotics is reaching an economic tipping point and reshaping factory strategies, while humanoid robots are edging closer to real deploymen…
2 months ago
Can robots help seniors
Stories about aging, for me, always begin with my own aging parent.
She is in remarkable health. Intellectually sharp. She still corrects my German gr…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Helix 02 from FigureAI
The Helix 02 video draws you in from the beginning with the sound. The gears moving as Helix approaches the dishwasher. There is no background music.…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
NVIDIA'S Open-Source Car Brain Just Landed in a Mercedes
NVIDIA just lobbed a heat-seeking missile at Tesla’s Full Self-Driving empire. It’s called Alpamayo, and it doesn’t just want to drive your car. It w…
4 months, 1 week ago
Boston Dynamics Says Its Atlas Humanoid Robot Is Ready for Factory Work
For more than a decade, the humanoid robot Atlas has served as a symbol of what advanced robotics might one day achieve. Developed by the Massachuset…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Hand Problem Is a Data Problem
I did not plan to stop in my tracks at the Humanoids Summit. But then a man wearing four robotic arms started high-fiving strangers. Summit goers sto…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
I Tried a Robot Fighting Gym and Knocked One Over
I met Vitaly Bulatov, co-founder of Ultimate Fighting Bots, at Humanoids Summit, standing next to a humanoid robot that regularly gets punched in the…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Training Robots is Hard
I spent two minutes at the Humanoids Summit trying to unplug a cable.
I was standing at the Lightwheel booth, holding a pair of game controllers, oper…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Built to Work
At RoboBusiness2025, I met Bren Pierce, CEO of Kinisi Robotics. This interview was recorded on October 16, 2025
“We’re starting with simple tasks to b…
5 months, 1 week ago
Drive Me Carefully
A Self-Driving Prompt
“Start Self-Driving,” the Tesla urged with a prominent blue-grey button in the corner of the screen.
“We should give it a go,” I …
5 months, 1 week ago