Robotics

Robotics

Oct 30, 2026IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: Spot Plays to Show Its Whole-Body Manipulation

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclus

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Robotics

Oct 27, 2026IEEE Spectrum

Your Robot’s Safety Functions Already Work. What If the Input Lies?

This article is brought to you by VicOne. A mobile robot slows for someone in a hallway. A collaborative arm eases its movement as a worker approaches. A humanoid pauses to let a person pass. Each response depends on information about the r

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Robotics

Oct 23, 2026IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: Quadruped Robot Solves Giant Rubik’s Cube by Itself

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclus

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Robotics

Oct 19, 2026IEEE Spectrum

The Robot I Didn’t Expect to Build

Agility Robotics, the company I cofounded out of my robotics lab at Oregon State University in 2015, has just launched Digit 5. It’s designed to be the first humanoid robot that can safely and economically do useful work at scale, allowing

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Robotics

Oct 16, 2026IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: When Two Robots Become One

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclus

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Oct 13, 2026IEEE Spectrum

Q&A: Mars Perseverance Rover Sets a Distance Record

On 11 October, the Perseverance rover completed a drive that brought its total distance traveled on Mars to 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers). This is a new record for Mars rovers, enabled in large part by Perseverance’s ability to drive with

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