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  1. PickNik — Robot software65

    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.

2025-04-01Tue
  1. Sanctuary AI — Research and announcements65

    Sanctuary AI Leads the Industry in Controlling Advanced Hydraulic Hands Using Reinforcement Learning

    Sanctuary AI has demonstrated advanced manipulation skills using reinforcement learning to train dexterous policies for their high-performance hydraulic hands. The system successfully reorients objects in the real world under gravity and with added weight, showcasing the effectiveness of their approach. This represents the first successful transfer of such policies to five-fingered hands, highlighting the company's proprietary technology and hardware capabilities.

2025-02-26Wed
  1. Sanctuary AI — Research and announcements65

    Sanctuary AI Equips General Purpose Robots with New Touch Sensors for Performing Highly Dexterous Tasks

    Sanctuary AI announced the integration of new tactile sensor technology into its Phoenix general purpose robots, enabling more precise and accurate execution of complex, touch-driven tasks. The sensors improve dexterity, allowing robots to perform tasks like blind picking and slippage detection, and are part of the company's strategy to address labor shortages with advanced physical AI.

2016-01-20Wed
  1. NIST — Robotics measurement and research75

    NIST Launches International Competition to Make Robots More Agile

    NIST is launching the Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIA) to improve robot agility in manufacturing. The competition, a joint effort with the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, will focus on tasks such as failure recovery, automated planning, and plug-and-play robot integration. The goal is to reduce programming costs and increase adaptability for small and medium manufacturers.

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