Boston Dynamics and Hyundai Host Global Tech Talent Search Event
Boston Dynamics has partnered with Hyundai Global to host a recruitment and deep-tech sharing event focusing on Atlas, AI, and the future of mobility.
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Hyundai Motor Group Launches 2026 Global Tech Talent Recruitment
Hyundai Motor Group has announced a large-scale recruitment program for AI and robotics engineers to shape the future of smart mobility.
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MIT researchers develop AI-controlled artificial muscles
MIT has developed muscle fibers that mimic human muscles, using charged fluids and AI-controlled micropumps for flexible contraction and extension.
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Video Friday: Ultimate Omnidirectional Robot and Top Robotics News of the Week
This week's Video Friday from IEEE Spectrum highlights the Argus omnidirectional robot, Atlas's soccer skills, and sustainable solutions like the Eco-Score for robotics.
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Boston Dynamics integrates Gemini AI to help Spot robot reason 🐶
The collaboration between Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind brings the Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 model to the Spot robot, unlocking autonomous decision-making capabilities during industrial patrols.
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New studies untangle reinforcement learning (RL) bottlenecks 🤖
Studies on arXiv propose solutions for sim-to-real transfer, off-policy optimization, and opponent behavior shaping in multi-agent environments.
Jim Fan open-sources CaP-X: A 'vibe agents' ecosystem for robotics
Jim Fan (NVIDIA) has announced the open-sourcing of CaP-X, an agent framework that enables robots to self-synthesize skills and interact with the physical world through perception and actuation APIs.
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Google DeepMind brings Gemini Robotics model to Boston Dynamics' Spot robot
The partnership between Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics enables the Spot robot to better understand its environment and execute complex commands, powered by the Gemini model.
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Yann LeCun: Hierarchical World Models to Arrive Within 18 Months
Meta's Chief AI Scientist predicts that AI will soon be able to learn from videos to build hierarchical world models, helping robots plan complex actions in the real world.
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AI Agent Evolution: From Brick Building to the Challenge of 'Aging'
A new series of studies on AI agents focuses on physical feasibility (BrickAnything) and maintaining long-term system performance.
Hugging Face showcases open-source robotics project at AI Week LeRobot
Hugging Face is participating in the AI Week LeRobot event, marking its strong presence in the open-source robotics sector. The event features experts such as Steven Palma Morera.
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The Open-Source Era: When Robots Begin to 'Think'
From ROS to Hugging Face's LeRobot and Nvidia's GR00T, open-source software is lowering the barriers to entry in robotics, empowering robots with the ability to reason and make decisions.
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NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Tops Artificial Analysis Leaderboards for Open Weights Models
NVIDIA's Cosmos 3 has secured the #1 spot in both Text-to-Image and Image-to-Video categories on the Artificial Analysis leaderboards. It is a family of omnimodal world models for Physical AI, unifying language, image, video, audio, and action.
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Robot Startup Faces Legal Action Over Alleged Damage to Airbnb Rentals
A robotics startup is under legal fire for allegedly using Airbnb rentals as unauthorized testing grounds for its robots, causing property damage.
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NVIDIA Announces Cosmos 3: Omnimodal World Models for Physical AI
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 is a unified world model capable of understanding and generating language, images, video, audio, and actions for robotics.
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NVIDIA Speeds Up Bounding Box Detection 10x by Redefining VLM Grounding
NVIDIA has achieved a breakthrough in computer vision, speeding up bounding box detection by 10x by eliminating a traditionally mandatory step in VLM grounding.
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Tech: NVIDIA's Isaac Gr00t platform gives researchers access to frontier humanoid robotics
NVIDIA announced the new Isaac Gr00t reference design humanoid robot platform that combines humanoid robot, five-fingered hands and NVIDIA Jetson Thor compute.
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OpenAI Relaunches Robotics Division: Aiming for Everyone to Own a Versatile Personal Robot 🤖
OpenAI is rebuilding its robotics team after a five-year hiatus. Instead of focusing on specific robot hardware, the company aims to develop foundation models for robots, enabling them to perform any task according to user needs.
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World Models for Embodied AI Need 'Physical Feasibility'
Research highlights that world models for embodied AI must be based on real physical structures rather than just predicting images, in order to avoid dangerous misbehaviors.
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OpenAI Robotics Hires Hardware and ML Engineers for Robotics Project
Sam Altman has announced that OpenAI is recruiting full-stack hardware, operations, systems, and ML engineers for its Robotics division. The goal is to develop socially beneficial robots in the physical world.
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NVIDIA Introduces LocateAnything: An Ultra-Fast Vision-Language Model for Object Localization in AI Agents and Robots
NVIDIA's research team has announced LocateAnything, a new vision-language model that redefines bounding box prediction. This is a major breakthrough that enables AI agents and robots to not only 'see' but also localize objects at lightning speed for precise action.
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AI-powered robot extracts used RAM chips from e-waste 🤖
Startup Tuurny has introduced the Nantul robotic system, which can automatically identify and salvage intact RAM chips from old circuit boards for reuse.
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Maja Matarić and her pioneering journey in socially assistive robotics 🤖
Professor Maja Matarić has been honored for her pioneering contributions to socially assistive robotics, particularly in psychological therapy for students and autistic children.
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🤖 DAIMON open-sources massive 10,000-hour tactile dataset for physical AI
Startup DAIMON Robotics has announced Daimon-Infinity, the world's largest multimodal tactile dataset, aiming to bring a sensitive sense of touch to robots.
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Home Robots: New Safety Standards and the Race Between Wheels vs. Legs 🤖
As robots gradually enter our homes, experts are locked in intense debates over the new ISO 13482 safety standard and the practicality of humanoid designs.
Wetour Robotics Launches Spatial Intent Fusion — Turning the Human Body Into a Robot Control Interface
Wetour Robotics introduces Spatial Intent Fusion, a solution combining spatial, visual, and gesture data to control physical devices with under-100ms latency.
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Video Friday: Atlas carries a fridge and voice-controlled robots
Boston Dynamics demonstrates Atlas using reinforcement learning to carry heavy objects; Unitree G1 responds to real-time voice commands; and a new lineup of industrial robots debuts at GTC 2026.
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Panda Master — A Robot Combining GPT and a Robotic Arm for Real-Time Calligraphy
At the Physical AI Hackathon, the 'Panda Master' project made an impression by combining the ReachyMini robot, a GPT model, and an Agilex robotic arm to converse with users and draw 'fortunes' for them.
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot "Goes to School" to Play Soccer for World Cup 2026 ⚽
Boston Dynamics has launched the "School of Football" project, using soccer to train the balance and agility of its next-generation Atlas robot.
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NVIDIA GTC kicks off in Taipei with autonomous AI agents 🤖
NVIDIA GTC week officially begins in Taipei with the 'Meet-a-Claw' event, where developers can get hands-on experience with next-generation autonomous AI agents.
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🤖 Hugging Face Launches DIY Humanoid Robot for Just $2,500
Hugging Face has announced the LeRobot project, enabling users to build their own humanoid robots for around $2,500 using a complete open-source toolkit.
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Hugging Face launches Reachy Mini — a powerful desktop robot for developers
Reachy Mini is a new desktop robot from Hugging Face featuring a powerful programming ecosystem, supporting agentic programming and a stable IDE environment for both professionals and children.
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Boston Dynamics merges practical engineering and groundbreaking research 🤖
Through insights shared by its product managers, Boston Dynamics highlights its focus on combining practical solutions with bold research to develop the next generation of robots.
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Boston Dynamics launches guide for using robots in factories 🤖
Boston Dynamics has released a guide on applying robotics and AI to optimize operations, mitigate risks, and accelerate incident response times in industrial settings.
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Hyundai to showcase robotics technology at FIFA World Cup 2026 🤖
Hyundai Motor Group has confirmed plans to bring its robotics technology, along with Boston Dynamics, to the world's biggest football tournament, the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Boston Dynamics honors field application engineer Dayme Delgado 🤖
Boston Dynamics has shared the inspiring story of Dayme Delgado, a female field application engineer who thrived through the company's mentorship program.
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🤖 Boston Dynamics Named Among the Most Innovative Companies of 2026
Boston Dynamics has been named one of the most innovative companies of 2026 by Fast Company, recognizing over 30 years of enduring contributions to the robotics industry.
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Boston Dynamics Abandons Human Muscle-Like Design for Next-Generation Humanoid Robots
Boston Dynamics has fully transitioned to rotary actuators instead of mimicking the human musculoskeletal system, marking a major design turning point.
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Boston Dynamics launches deployment guide for autonomous inspection robots in the F&B industry
Boston Dynamics has released a guide on using autonomous robots for routine inspections in food and beverage (F&B) manufacturing plants.
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Boston Dynamics launches autonomous inspection robot deployment guide for the food industry
Boston Dynamics has released a deployment guide for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to optimize inspection and maintenance workflows in food and beverage plants.
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Atlas Robot Lifts 45kg Weight Using Whole-Body Proprioception 🤖
Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas can now lift heavy objects weighing over 100 lbs (45 kg) by coordinating its entire body to adapt to shifting loads.
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Reachy Robot Performs Rap Battle at AI Event in Singapore
The humanoid robot Reachy surprised audiences by participating in a mini rap battle at the AI Dot Engineer Singapore event, demonstrating the intersection of robotics and culture.
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NVIDIA Guides Fine-Tuning of Cosmos Predict 2.5 Using LoRA/DoRA
NVIDIA shares a workflow for fine-tuning the 2-billion-parameter Cosmos Predict 2.5 world model to generate realistic robotic videos without consuming excessive resources.
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Reachy Mini Robot Officially Completed, Ready for the Robotics Community
Reachy Mini, a new open-source robot developed by Pollen Robotics in collaboration with Hugging Face, has completed assembly and is ready for real-world deployment.
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Dr. Jim Fan Makes Waves with "Robotics: The Endgame" Keynote at AI Ascent
Prominent AI expert Jim Fan has been dubbed a young Jensen Huang following his captivating presentation on the future of autonomous robotics.
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NVIDIA and Top Universities Open-Source CaP-X for Robot Manipulation
In collaboration with Berkeley, Stanford, and CMU, NVIDIA has launched CaP-X, an open-source execution framework designed to help robots flexibly perform complex physical manipulation tasks.
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"Robotics: Endgame" Video Officially Hits YouTube — A Fresh Perspective on Robotics
Dr. Jim Fan's highly acclaimed presentation on the endgame of robotics is now available on YouTube for the tech community to watch.
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Motorless microscopic robot can swim like a snake
Scientists have built a robot smaller than a human hair that features a flexible, 3-D printed chain structure and moves agilely using electric fields instead of motors or batteries.
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