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Robotics & Physical AI

Humanoids, autonomy and AI in the physical world.

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    Vision AI becomes critical safety layer for mixed human-robot construction sites

    As autonomous equipment like excavators and drones expands on construction sites, a new safety challenge has emerged: ensuring safe coexistence between humans and machines. While individual robots rely on local sensors…

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    The Robot Report
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    Humanoid Robots Face Hardware Limits

    Next-generation humanoid robots are pushing the boundaries of what is possible in terms of dexterity and mobility. However, the physical constraints of the robot itself—such as the number of articulated joints and the…

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    The Robot Report
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    Vention opens Montreal Physical AI Lab to scale industrial robot data collection

    Vention Inc. has launched a dedicated Physical AI Lab in Montreal to address the data scarcity challenges facing next-generation robotic manipulation models. The facility leverages Vention’s existing network of over…

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    The Robot Report
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    Monumental builds bricklaying robot fleet to tackle construction labor shortage

    Monumental, a construction‑tech startup led by founder and CEO Salar al Khafaji, is field‑testing a trio of robots designed to automate bricklaying, block work and mortar handling. The flagship robot, Pisa, uses twin…

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    The Robot Report
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    Swarmer to acquire Ukrainian UGV maker Ratel Robotics for up to $224 million

    Swarmer Inc., an Austin‑based firm that builds vendor‑agnostic AI software for coordinating swarms of drones and robots, announced a deal to buy Ratel Robotics, a Kyiv‑based manufacturer of uncrewed ground vehicles…

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    The Robot Report
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    Teradyne sues JAKA Robotics over Universal Robots patents in Europe

    Teradyne Robotics, the parent company of Universal Robots, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against JAKA Robotics GmbH at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Copenhagen. The case, docketed on August 24, 2026,…

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    The Robot Report
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    Robotics video roundup highlights adaptive humanoids, soft jumping bots, and field harvest robots

    This week’s IEEE Spectrum Robotics video roundup showcases a range of cutting‑edge projects. Agility Robotics demonstrated ReST‑RL, a hierarchical reinforcement‑learning system that separates locomotion from payload…

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    IEEE Spectrum Robotics
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    Tactile Datasets Boost Robot Dexterity, New Models Double Success Rates

    Researchers are tackling the long‑standing challenge of dexterous robot manipulation by giving machines a sense of touch. At UC Berkeley, Trevor Darrell’s team pretrained a tactile submodel on 100 hours of high‑quality…

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    IEEE Spectrum Robotics