However, once these systems are deployed, they are prone to face unique challenges. Lighting conditions, variations in human behavior, the variety of surfaces encountered, and background noise are examples of factors that can contribute to these newfound friction points in untested scenarios. [Read more…] about Bridging the Gap Between Robotics Design and Deployment
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Richtech Robotics launches 24/7 interactive livestream featuring AI robot ADAM
Richtech Robotics, a Nevada-based provider of AI-driven service robots, has launched a new initiative: a live, 24/7 interactive streaming platform featuring the company’s AI-powered humanoid robot, ADAM.
The immersive experience gives audiences around the world the ability to interact directly with ADAM in real-time through a livestream broadcast, enabling users to chat with the robot, ask questions, and observe how embodied AI responds dynamically to human interaction.
Through direct engagement and continuous interaction, ADAM, accelerated by Nvidia Jetson Thor for onboard compute and developed with the Nvidia Isaac open robotics platform, is positioned to become one of the first robot “influencers,” demonstrating how AI-powered robots can communicate naturally with users in the physical world. [Read more…] about Richtech Robotics launches 24/7 interactive livestream featuring AI robot ADAM
Interview with Columbia professor and co-founder of SceniX Yunzhu Li: ‘Simulation is central’
The robotics industry is enjoying a surge of investment, media attention, and ambitious promises about the future of humanoid machines.
Companies are announcing plans to manufacture thousands of robots, while advances in artificial intelligence have fueled expectations that general-purpose robots may soon become commonplace in factories, warehouses, workplaces, and even homes.
Yet beneath the excitement lies a fundamental technical challenge that many researchers believe remains far from solved. [Read more…] about Interview with Columbia professor and co-founder of SceniX Yunzhu Li: ‘Simulation is central’
Flexiv to offer exclusive preview of next-generation robots at ICRA
Flexiv, a provider of general-purpose robotics, has announced it will host an exclusive preview of its next-generation robotics portfolio at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), taking place June 1-5 in Vienna, Austria.
At Hall B, Booth 130, visitors will get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of two groundbreaking robotic platforms ahead of their international launch later this year.
Flexiv is using the event to demonstrate the core architecture and technical capabilities of its new lineup, showcasing new benchmarks in tactile intelligence and modular adaptability. [Read more…] about Flexiv to offer exclusive preview of next-generation robots at ICRA
Sony achieves ‘major breakthrough’ with tennis-playing robot
Sony AI has announced a “major breakthrough” in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) with the publication of its project Ace, the first known real-world autonomous system competitive with elite and professional-level human table tennis players.
The research outlining the achievement, “Outplaying Elite Table Tennis Players with an Autonomous Robot” was published on the cover of Nature.
This marks the first time a robot has achieved human, expert-level play in a commonly played competitive sport in the physical world – a longstanding milestone for AI and robotics research. [Read more…] about Sony achieves ‘major breakthrough’ with tennis-playing robot
Expert opinion: Extending remote work to the factory floor through telepresence
By Yonas Teodros Tefera, research team lead of the Vicarios Lab in the Department of Advanced Robotics at the Italian Institute of Technology
Remote work has largely been defined by office jobs. Video calls, shared documents, and digital collaboration tools have allowed knowledge workers to operate from almost anywhere. But for millions of workers in manufacturing, maintenance, logistics, and field operations, the idea of working remotely has remained out of reach.
That boundary is starting to shift.
Telepresence technologies are emerging as a way to extend remote work into hazardous and high-risk environments. By combining robotics, immersive interfaces and low-latency connectivity, these systems make it possible to interact with physical environments without being physically present. [Read more…] about Expert opinion: Extending remote work to the factory floor through telepresence
Hello Robot unveils Stretch 4: A simply useful robot that puts people first
Hello Robot, the team behind the Stretch mobile manipulation platform, have announced the release of Stretch 4.
Available now for $29,950, Stretch 4 is an open-source robotics platform designed for researchers, developers, and application engineers building the next wave of Physical AI applications for general purpose robotics.
“In the last few years, Physical AI has brought us videos of robots doing amazing stunts. But these videos are missing something critical – the people the robots are meant to benefit,” says Aaron Edsinger, co-founder and CEO of Hello Robot. [Read more…] about Hello Robot unveils Stretch 4: A simply useful robot that puts people first
Interview with the CEO of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories: ‘Uncertainty in the real world’
As robotics continues to move from controlled environments into more complex, real-world settings, the role of research institutions in shaping the next generation of systems is becoming increasingly significant.
One of the organizations operating at this intersection is Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), the North America-based R&D arm of Mitsubishi Electric.
Led by president and CEO Anthony Vetro, MERL focuses on advancing core technologies that underpin robotics, including perception, control systems, and machine learning. Its work spans multiple domains, from industrial automation to energy systems, with an emphasis on bridging the gap between theoretical research and practical deployment. [Read more…] about Interview with the CEO of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories: ‘Uncertainty in the real world’
Hallucinated humans: The identity problem hiding in your AI stack
Robots are getting better at seeing people. They can track a worker in a warehouse aisle, recognise a visitor at a reception desk, match a face to a delivery ticket, or pull up a profile of a customer before a sales rep walks into the meeting.
A growing number of automation systems also reach beyond the camera feed. They query language models to enrich what they see with context: who this person is, what they do, where they have appeared online, and whether their public footprint matches the record on file.
This shift is part of a wider pattern that Robotics & Automation News has described as robotics becoming a branch of artificial intelligence rather than a separate engineering discipline. [Read more…] about Hallucinated humans: The identity problem hiding in your AI stack
GMEX Robotics advances autonomous hospital logistics robot
GMEX Robotics, a developer of AI-powered robotic technologies, has announced a significant advancement of its hospital logistics robot.
The company is addressing one of the key limitations in existing portable conveyor-type medical tracked robots, which typically require medical staff or patients to bend over to retrieve items, making it inconvenient to adjust to a height suitable for operator use, and which are easily damaged if the sides are impacted by walls or oncoming foot or material traffic.
GMEX’s enhanced design focuses on improving durability, resilience and usability, reducing the risk of damage from external impacts while supporting consistent performance in high-traffic hospital environments. [Read more…] about GMEX Robotics advances autonomous hospital logistics robot