Robohub

34 articles in the Truth Foundry index. Each links out to the original.

• MIT and EPFL Engineers Create Flapping-Wing Robot That Swims and Flies · A new 300-gram robot mimics diving birds by transitioning from underwater swimming to aerial flight.
• RoboCup 2026 in Incheon: Tsinghua Wins Humanoid League, Teams Showcase AI · RoboCup 2026 concluded in Incheon with Tsinghua University winning the Humanoid League and over 3,000 participants from 40 countries.
• RoboCup 2026 Humanoid League Finals Conclude in South Korea · Tsinghua University's Hephaestus wins the large humanoid division at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon.
• RoboCup 2026 Humanoid League Day 2: China Dominates, Red Card Issued · China leads with 15 teams at RoboCup 2026 as first red card is issued in the humanoid soccer competition.
• RoboCup2026 to Feature Humanoid Robot Competitions in Incheon, South Korea · RoboCup2026 will focus on humanoid robot competitions in Incheon, South Korea, from July 2-6, 2026.
• Experts Discuss AI, Ethics, and Regulation in Medical Robotics · London festival panel explores the future of autonomous medical robots and AI in healthcare.
• AI Models Predict Brain Stimulation Patterns for Object Vision Prosthetics · EPFL researchers use AI to predict optimal brain stimulation for evoking object images in vision prosthetics.
• AURA Foresight Advances to XPRIZE Wildfire Finals in Alaska · AURA Foresight, a UK-Australia robotics consortium, becomes a finalist in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition.
• Stanford's Allison Okamura Discusses Collaborative Haptic Systems on Robot Talk · Stanford Professor Allison Okamura discusses advancements in collaborative haptic systems for robotics.
• MIT and UPenn Researchers Develop Open-Source MIGHTY System for Real-Time UAV Trajectory Planning · New MIGHTY system enables autonomous UAVs to navigate obstacles in milliseconds using only onboard open-source tools.
• Cornell Engineers Develop Entangled Robotic Collective with Mechanical Intelligence · Cornell researchers created a self-organizing robot swarm that flows like soft matter without centralized control.
• Machina Labs Unveils RoboCraftman for Aerospace and Automotive Metal Forming · Machina Labs CEO Edward Mehr discusses the RoboCraftman, an AI-driven robotic blacksmith for complex metal parts.
• AAMAS 2026 Best Paper Winners Announced for Human-LLM and Agent Research · Mireia Yurrita's team wins AAMAS 2026 Best Paper for developing guidelines for human-LLM agent teams.
• Robot Talk Podcast Covers Autonomous Robotic Manipulation and Surgery · Maria Koskinopoulou discusses autonomous robotic manipulators for surgery and industry
• Global Robotics Roadmap 2025-2035 Predicts $178.7B Market by 2033 · New roadmap forecasts global robotics market to reach $178.7B by 2033, led by Asia and AI-driven autonomy.
• RoboChem Flex: Affordable Autonomous Synthesis Robot Democratized via Open Source · University of Amsterdam researchers release open-source RoboChem Flex to lower costs of autonomous chemistry labs.
• Starship CEO Ahti Heinla Discusses 10 Million Autonomous Robot Deliveries · Starship Technologies CEO Ahti Heinla highlights the success of their AI-powered delivery fleet.
• MIT Engineers Develop Light-Activated Conductive Gel for Soft Robotics · MIT researchers created a soft gel that becomes 400 times more conductive when exposed to light.
• Cornell Soft Robot Gripper Detects Strawberry Ripeness by Touch · Cornell researchers developed a soft robot gripper using fiber-optic sensors to assess fruit ripeness without damage.
• EPFL Professor Josie Hughes Uses AI to Generate Novel Robotic Manipulator Designs · Josie Hughes from EPFL discusses using AI to develop new designs for robotic manipulators.
• Robotics Café Launches Weekly Online Seminars for Autonomous Robotics Practitioners · Robotics Café, organized by P.B. Sujit and colleagues, hosts weekly online talks for autonomous robotics researchers and students.
• Sony AI's Ace Robot Beats Elite Table Tennis Players in Real-World Tests · Sony AI's Ace robot defeats elite players using event-based vision and deep reinforcement learning in unstructured environments.
• Ghost Robotics CEO Gavin Kenneally Discusses Rugged Robots for Defense Missions · Ghost Robotics CEO Gavin Kenneally discusses rugged robot dogs for defense and public safety missions.
• Leiden Researchers Create Self-Propelled Microrobots Without Sensors or Control · Leiden University scientists developed flexible microrobots that navigate autonomously via shape-environment feedback.
• EPFL Researchers Develop Framework to Transfer Robot Skills Across Different Designs · New Kinematic Intelligence framework allows human-demonstrated tasks to be adapted for robots with different mechanical structures.
• Queen's University Professor Melissa Greeff Discusses Smarter Aerial Robots · Melissa Greeff explains how autonomous drones use vision and learning for navigation.
• Cornell Researchers Uncover Passive Stability Rules for Flapping-Wing Flight · New computational model reveals how wing morphology enables passive stability in insects and robots
• MIT Researchers Develop Robotic Voxel System to Slash Construction Carbon by 82% · MIT study shows robotic voxel assembly could reduce embodied carbon by up to 82% compared to traditional methods.
• Podcast Explores Ant and Bee Navigation for Robot AI · Andrew Philippides discusses using insect visual navigation to improve robot algorithms.
• WPI Researchers Develop Bat-Inspired Sonar Navigation for Tiny Drones · WPI team creates ultrasound system with acoustic shielding and AI to help small drones navigate in darkness and smoke.