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  1. MIT — Robotics85

    New method enables AI for safety-critical situations

    MIT researchers have developed a new technique that helps generative AI models meet strict safety and task-specific constraints without sacrificing output quality. The method, called HardFlow, reformulates constraint satisfaction as a trajectory-optim, allowing models to explore more freely during generation while ensuring final compliance with hard constraints. It is tested on robotics, control, and computer vision tasks, consistently outperforming existing methods in constraint satisfaction and solution quality.

2026-09-09Wed
  1. New Atlas — Robotics72

    Will a cyborg cockroach paramedic save your life in the future?

    Researchers at the University of Queensland and the University of New South Wales have developed 'paraborgs'—cyborg cockroaches equipped with drug-delivery systems for search-and-rescue missions. These insects can navigate through rubble, locate survivors, and administer medication using remote control and spring-loaded needles. While the technology shows promise with high success rates in tests using silicone and pig skin, human trials have not yet been conducted.

2026-08-17Mon
  1. Skild AI — Blog75

    Introducing S1: In-Context Learning for Robotics

    Skild AI introduces S1, a robotic foundation model that leverages in-context learning to execute complex, long-horizon tasks without post-training. This marks a significant shift from traditional fine-tuning approaches, enabling rapid deployment and reducing data requirements. The model demonstrates strong performance on unseen tasks, including plant potting, pancake cooking, and kit assembly, and shows robustness to perturbations and common-sense reasoning.

2026-08-14Fri
  1. New Atlas — Robotics68

    Robotic tiles autonomously Lego-snap into floating smart structures

    Researchers at MIT have developed FloatForm, a system of robotic tiles that can autonomously assemble into floating structures. Inspired by ant colony behavior, the system uses magnetic latches, sensors, and thrusters to reconfigure dynamically, addressing challenges like hydrodynamics and slipstreams. Potential applications include emergency response, public space, and infrastructure on water.

2026-07-30Thu
  1. Google DeepMind — Robotics75

    Gemini Robotics ER 2: Powering Robotics with Video Understanding, Task Orchestration, and Multi-Robot Collaboration

    Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Robotics ER 2, a new model that enhances robotics through video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration. It enables robots to perform complex tasks, adapt in real-time, and work together in shared environments. The model also improves safety and spatial reasoning capabilities, with performance benchmarks showing significant gains over previous versions.

2026-07-28Tue
2026-07-27Mon
  1. Hugging Face — Robotics82

    NVIDIA Cosmos-H-Dreams: Bringing Real-Time Generative Simulation to Surgical Robotics

    NVIDIA introduces Cosmos-H-Dreams, a real-time, action-conditioned generative simulator for surgical robotics. It distills the capabilities of Cosmos-H-Surgical-Simulator into a causal, few-step student model, enabling interactive environments for policy evaluation and synthetic data generation. The system runs on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPU and supports integration with surgical platforms like Versius.

2026-07-22Wed
  1. NVIDIA — Robotics75

    NVIDIA Open Sources First GPU-Accelerated Medical Physics Simulation Framework

    NVIDIA has released an open-source, GPU-accelerated Medical Physics Simulation framework as part of its Isaac for Healthcare platform. This tool enables developers to model anatomy-device interactions, generate complex scenarios, and train robot policies in simulation, significantly reducing development time and improving regulatory readiness.

2026-07-09Thu
  1. MIT — Robotics82

    New flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird

    Engineers at MIT and EPFL have developed a flapping-wing robot, or FAAV, that can swim underwater and then flap into the air, mimicking the movement of diving birds. The robot, weighing less than 300 grams, can transition between water and air using optimized wing size, flapping frequency, and tail angle. The study, published in Science, could enable new aerial-aquatic drones for oceanographic research and environmental monitoring.

2026-07-07Tue
  1. NVIDIA — Robotics68

    NVIDIA and Hugging Face Bring New Models and Frameworks to LeRobot for the Open Robotics Community

    NVIDIA and Hugging Face are releasing the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T 1.7 model and Isaac Teleop framework into LeRobot, an open-source robotics library, to provide developers with shared tools for training, evaluating, and deploying robot foundation models. NVIDIA Cosmos 3, a frontier world model for physical AI, is also set to be integrated soon.

2026-07-05Sun
  3. NVIDIA — Robotics model repository updates65

    NVIDIA Releases Cross-Embodiment Foundation Model for Humanoid Robots

    NVIDIA has released the 'gr00t17-lerobot-libero_object-640' model, a cross-embodiment foundation model for humanoid robot reasoning and skills. It uses a Cosmos-Reason2/Qwen3-VL backbone and a flow-matching action transformer, trained with LeRobot and available under the Apache 2.0 license. The model supports training and deployment through LeRobot, with detailed instructions provided.

2026-06-04Thu
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  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.

2026-04-13Mon
  1. Google DeepMind — Robotics68

    Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: Powering real-world robotics tasks through enhanced embodied reasoning

    Google DeepMind has released Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, an upgraded model that enhances embodied reasoning for robotics. This model improves spatial reasoning, multi-view understanding, and safety compliance, enabling robots to perform complex tasks like instrument reading. It is available via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio, with examples provided in a developer Colab.

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