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2026-06-30Tue361–373 records
  1. Apptronik — Official announcements68

    Welcome to Robot Park: Where Apptronik’s Apollo Goes to Work Training the Next Generation of Humanoid Robot Intelligence

    Apptronik announced the opening of its expanded Robot Park in Austin, Texas, and the launch of Apollo 2, a modular humanoid robot platform. The facility and robot are part of a global network, enabling real-world data collection and training for embodied AI models. Apollo 2 supports both bipedal and wheeled configurations, with data used to refine Gemini Robotics models for commercial deployment.

2026-06-24Wed
  1. NIST — Robotics measurement and research68

    Spotlight: Test Your Robot’s Skills in NIST’s Global Online Competition

    NIST has launched a global online competition called ManipulationNet, allowing researchers worldwide to test their robots' abilities in tasks like picking and placing objects. The platform provides AI scoring and expert validation, enabling real-time leaderboard tracking and continuous improvement of robotic performance.

  2. PickNik — Robot software72

    MoveIt Pro Newsletter June 2026

    PickNik Robotics announces the release of MoveIt Pro, a commercial robotics software platform that extends the open-source MoveIt project. The update includes support for AI models like Gemini, SAM3, and Codex, as well, enhancements to visual reasoning, trajectory stitching, and ROS compatibility. The platform is designed for unstructured environments and supports a wide range of robotic arms, t

2026-06-17Wed
  1. Sanctuary AI — Research and announcements78

    Sanctuary AI Expands Physical AI Strategy to Industrial Robotics, Demonstrating Production-Ready AI Performance

    Sanctuary AI has achieved world-class performance on a complex wire plugging task with a global Tier 1 automotive supplier, achieving a 99.5%+ task success rate at a 2.54-second cycle time. The company is deploying its Physical AI on existing industrial robotic systems, accelerating adoption and preparing for next-generation intelligent systems.

2026-05-14Thu
  1. Clearpath Robotics — Blog72

    Powered by Clearpath: Research Highlights from ICRA 2026

    Clearpath Robotics highlights research presented at ICRA 2026, showcasing how their robots are used in autonomous navigation, human-robot interaction, and agricultural applications. The papers demonstrate methods for far-field image-based mapping, social preference learning for crowd navigation, and shared control for UGVs in orchards.

2026-04-30Thu
  1. 1X — Product and research announcements72

    NEO Factory | Building Your NEO

    1X announced the launch of the NEO Factory, its first vertically integrated high-volume humanoid robot factory in Hayward, California. The factory is producing the NEO home robot, with a capacity of 10,000 units annually, and plans to scale to 100,000 units by 2027. The company emphasizes in-house manufacturing, quality control, and automation to deliver a safe and reliable humanoid robot to consumers.

2026-04-14Tue
  1. Dexterity — Blog72

    Introducing Instinct

    Dexterity has deployed Instinct, a tactile intelligence system that enables robots to perform force-guided manipulation with zero retraining. Instinct reacts to contact forces in 0.5–2 ms, 10–100× faster than human touch, and adapts in real time to constrained placements. It integrates with Dexterity’s world model, Foresight, to update contextual understanding through contact data, achieving an 81% success rate in production with adaptive strategies.

2026-03-12Thu
  1. PickNik — Robot software72

    MoveIt Pro 9.0 Major Release

    PickNik Robotics announces the release of MoveIt™ Pro 9.0, a major update to their commercial robotics software platform. The release includes new planning and control algorithms, a redesigned user interface, and enhanced support for hardware like NVIDIA Jetson Orin. It also highlights partnerships with organizations like NASA and Haply Robotics, emphasizing the platform's versatility for space, manufacturing, and logistics applications.

2026-03-05Thu
  1. Hugging Face — Robotics68

    Bringing Robotics AI to Embedded Platforms: Dataset Recording, VLA Fine-Tuning, and On-Device Optimizations

    This tutorial explores the challenges of deploying VLA models on embedded robotic systems, including dataset recording best practices, fine-tuning techniques for ACT and SmolVLA, and real-time performance optimization using the NXP i.MX 95 SoC. It emphasizes asynchronous inference and hardware-aware scheduling to improve control and reduce latency.

2025-10-29Wed
  1. Hugging Face — Robotics65

    Building a Healthcare Robot from Simulation to Deployment with NVIDIA Isaac

    This hands-on tutorial walks through the process of collecting data, training policies, and deploying autonomous medical robotics workflows on real hardware using NVIDIA Isaac for Healthcare. It introduces the SO-ARM starter workflow, which enables developers to build and validate surgical assistant robots from simulation to deployment.

2025-10-22Wed
  1. Dexterity — Blog68

    Mech Begins Truck Loading Operational Validation with Sagawa Express

    Dexterity's Mech industrial superhumanoid has been approved for onsite operational validation at Sagawa Express's X Frontier® relay center in Tokyo, Japan. This marks the start of Mech's use at Sagawa, with plans to scale the technology to additional relay centers. The deployment aims to address labor shortages and regulatory challenges in Japan's logistics industry.

2025-09-22Mon
  1. PickNik — Robot software68

    MoveIt Pro Newsletter September 2025

    PickNik announces the release of MoveIt Pro, a commercial robotics software platform built on the open-source MoveIt project. The update highlights new features such as support for FANUC and Kawasaki robots, integration with Meta Quest for AI data collection, Diffusion Policies for end-to-end AI training, and enhanced simulation capabilities with IMU and 3D Lidar support. The platform is designed for unstructured environments, providing tools for motion planning, grasping, perception, and behavior sequencing.

2025-05-23Fri
  1. Open Robotics — Blog85

    ROS 2 Kilted Kaiju Released

    Open Robotics announces the release of ROS 2 Kilted Kaiju, a new version of the Robot Operating System with support for Zenoh middleware, Python improvements, and enhanced ROSBag features. The release is supported on Ubuntu 24.04 and Windows, with plans for future improvements in the upcoming Lyrical Luth release.

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