ServoBelt offers high-end performance for automotive gantry

ServoBelt offers high-end performance for automotive gantry

• Gantry systems using ServoBelt technology can provide the automotive industry with flexibility at a fraction of the cost of rack-and-pinion systems. • Source: Bell-Everman Overhe

Podcast recaps Manifest 2026 and the robotics news of the week

Podcast recaps Manifest 2026 and the robotics news of the week

• In Episode 230 ofThe Robot ReportPodcast, hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre recap the major robotics news of the week and discuss their experiences at the Manifest 2026 supp

Manifest 2026 recap

Manifest 2026 recap

• In Episode 230 ofThe Robot ReportPodcast, hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre recap the major robotics news of the week and discuss their experiences at the Manifest 2026 supp

Realbotix makes transition from novelty to embodied AI

Realbotix makes transition from novelty to embodied AI

• Realbotix pivots from adult AI to next‑gen customer‑service robots showcased at CES. • CEO Andrew Kiguel acquired RealDoll’s parent, forming publicly traded Realbotix (OTC: XBOTF

How SPAD Imaging Improves Perception in Industrial Robotics

• Industrial robotics systems are increasingly deployed in environments that are less predictable and more dynamic than those assumed during development. • Tasks once engineered ar

Electronics & EE · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 276 words
Trener Robotics raises $32M for robot-agnostic skills platform

Trener Robotics raises $32M for robot-agnostic skills platform

• Trener Robotics founders Asad Tirmizi, the CEO, and Lars Tingelstad, the CTO. • | Source: Trener Robotics Programming robots typically requires specialized coding experience. • T

SlipLift automates trailer unloading for more sites, says Slip Robotics

SlipLift automates trailer unloading for more sites, says Slip Robotics

• LAS VEGAS - Instead of unloading boxes, cases, or pallets from a trailer, the Slip system from Slip Robotics slides out an entire load at once. • At Manifest this week, the compa

Cyngn expands DriveMod Tugger deployments across connected facilities

• Cyngn is scaling deployments of its DriveMod autonomous vehicles across sites. • Source: Cyngn Cyngn Inc. • last week announced that deployments of its DriveMod Tugger have grown

Robot Talk Episode 144: Trust Between Robots and Humans

Robot Talk Episode 144: Trust Between Robots and Humans

• Samuele Vinanzi discusses robot trust dynamics with humans. • Focus on cognitive robotics and emotional intelligence. • Robots can read human intentions and emotions. • Trust inf

Ambi Robotics launches AI Skill Suite, powered by AmbiOS

Ambi Robotics launches AI Skill Suite, powered by AmbiOS

• Ambi Robotics this week introduced a new AI Skill Suite powered by its AmbiOS software stack. • The software suite will include a growing library of 3D AI robot applications for

PickNik Robotics to work with Motiv Space Systems on NASA ISAM mission

PickNik Robotics to work with Motiv Space Systems on NASA ISAM mission

• The FFR mission aims to advance NASA’s In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing objectives. • | Source: PickNik Robotics Motiv Space Systems this week announced a contract

Warehousing robot maker turns to lubrication-free motion plastics

Warehousing robot maker turns to lubrication-free motion plastics

• Bastian Solutions’ ULTRA BLUE robot reaches into a trailer. • Source: igus Robotic systems deployed in warehousing environments often face demanding conditions, such as temperatu

How lubrication-free motion plastics can benefit warehousing robotics

How lubrication-free motion plastics can benefit warehousing robotics

• Robotic systems deployed in warehousing environments often face demanding conditions, such as temperature fluctuations, the presence of dust, and constant high-impact loads. • Tr

Gather AI raises $40M to digitize visibility for hundreds of facilities

Gather AI raises $40M to digitize visibility for hundreds of facilities

• Gather AI this week raised $40 million in Series B funding. • This latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to $74 million. • ‘For too long, supply chains have ope

How can robots acquire skills through interactions with the physical world? An interview with Jiaheng Hu

How can robots acquire skills through interactions with the physical world? An interview with Jiaheng Hu

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn How can robots acquire skills through inte

Apptronik brings in another $520M to ramp up Apollo production

Apptronik brings in another $520M to ramp up Apollo production

• Apptronik said its Apollo humanoid is the culmination of nearly a decade of development. • | Source: Apptronik Apptronik Inc. • today said it has raised a $520 million Series A-X

Destro AI launches Agentic AI Brain for logistics workflows

Destro AI launches Agentic AI Brain for logistics workflows

• LAS VEGAS - Destro AI yesterday emerged from stealth and launched its Agentic AI Brain, a centralized intelligence layer designed to coordinate robots and humans as a single adap

Amid Record Robotics Funding, Apptronik Raises $520M Series A Extension To Boost Production Of Humanoid Robot Apollo

Amid Record Robotics Funding, Apptronik Raises $520M Series A Extension To Boost Production Of Humanoid Robot Apollo

• Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn AI-powered robotics companyApptronikannounced Wednesday that it has raised $520 million in an extension of its $415 million Series A raise in Febr

Symbotic acquires autonomous forklift maker Fox Robotics

Symbotic acquires autonomous forklift maker Fox Robotics

• Symbotichas acquired autonomous forklift developerFox Roboticsin a move that broadens its logistics robotics offerings. • Financial details about the acquisition were not disclos

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down

• Robert Playter joined Boston Dynamics in 1994. • | Source: Boston Dynamics Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, has stepped down from the company. • Playter took over as CEO i

APEM launches Dual Icon series of LED indicators

APEM launches Dual Icon series of LED indicators

• APEM’s Dual Icon indicator family. • | Source: APEM IDEC Corporation dba APEM, a manufacturer of miniature and industrial switches, joysticks, and HMI solutions, announced its ne

Stryker introduces Mako Handheld Robotics with RPS launch

Stryker introduces Mako Handheld Robotics with RPS launch

• Stryker today announced the limited market rollout of the Mako RPS (robotic power system) for Total Knee. • The handheld robotic system combines Stryker’s proven Mako robotic tec

Lidar maker Ouster adds cameras with StereoLabs acquisition

Lidar maker Ouster adds cameras with StereoLabs acquisition

• An aerial drone equipped with a Ouster lidar sensor. • | Credit: Ouster Lidar makerOusteris acquiring StereoLabs for $35 million and 1.8 million shares.StereoLabsmakes vision-bas

Blecon debuts Agent for supply chain digitization with Bluetooth tracking

Blecon debuts Agent for supply chain digitization with Bluetooth tracking

• LAS VEGAS - Blecon announced the launch of its Blecon Agent software this week at Manifest 2026. • The Agent enables devices such as handheld and mobile computers from Zebra Tech

Sven Koenig wins the 2026 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award

Sven Koenig wins the 2026 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Sven Koenig wins the 2026 ACM/SIGAI Autono

Obituary: Arthur C. Sanderson Helped Found Robotics Institute

Obituary: Arthur C. Sanderson Helped Found Robotics Institute

• Matthew WeinFriday, February 6, 2026Print this page. • Sanderson, who served as one of the founding co-directors of Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, died in Decem

Research & Labs · February 6, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 252 words
Robot Talk Episode 143 - Robots for children, with Elmira Yadollahi

Robot Talk Episode 143 - Robots for children, with Elmira Yadollahi

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Robot Talk Episode 143 - Robots for childr

New frontiers in robotics at CES 2026

New frontiers in robotics at CES 2026

• The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of the largest trade events in the world. • Every year, thousands of companies showcase their state-of-the-art technologies to over 100

Robot Talk Episode 142 - Collaborative robot arms, with Mark Gray

Robot Talk Episode 142 - Collaborative robot arms, with Mark Gray

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Robot Talk Episode 142 - Collaborative rob

Robot Talk Episode 141 - Our relationship with robot swarms, with Razanne Abu-Aisheh

Robot Talk Episode 141 - Our relationship with robot swarms, with Razanne Abu-Aisheh

• Razanne Abu‑Aisheh explores how people perceive and interact with robot swarms. • Collective robot behaviors shape human trust and emotional responses. • Research emphasizes comm

Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects

Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects

• MIT & Stanford engineers create vine-inspired gripper that inflates, twists, and coils around objects. • Pressurized box launches long, soft tubes that grow like socks, forming a

The physical AI models market map: Behind the arms race to control robot intelligence

The physical AI models market map: Behind the arms race to control robot intelligence

• Robotics venture funding hit $40.7B in 2025, 74% YoY growth, 9% of total VC. • Physical AI models let robots learn from real‑world data, not pre‑programmed rules. • Market map li

Multimodal reinforcement learning with agentic verifier for AI agents

Multimodal reinforcement learning with agentic verifier for AI agents

• Argos trains multimodal RL agents to reward answers grounded in visual and temporal evidence, not just plausibility. • Automated verification selects specialized tools per answer

Tulsiani Receives NSF CAREER Award

Tulsiani Receives NSF CAREER Award

• Shubham Tulsiani, CMU Robotics Institute assistant professor, receives NSF CAREER Award for groundbreaking perception research. • Award supports project bridging 2D video observa

Research & Labs · January 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 198 words
How Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch maps the next phase of AI

How Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch maps the next phase of AI

• YC Fall 2025 batch shows AI core, but infrastructure now the differentiator. • 92% of 155+ startups embed AI in core offerings, focusing on agents, robotics, vertical apps. • Ear

Robot Talk Episode 140 - Robot balance and agility, with Amir Patel

Robot Talk Episode 140 - Robot balance and agility, with Amir Patel

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Robot Talk Episode 140 - Robot balance and

Taking humanoid soccer to the next level: An interview with RoboCup trustee Alessandra Rossi

Taking humanoid soccer to the next level: An interview with RoboCup trustee Alessandra Rossi

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Taking humanoid soccer to the next level:

Robots to navigate hiking trails

Robots to navigate hiking trails

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Robots to navigate hiking trails If you’ve

Robot Talk Episode 139 - Advanced robot hearing, with Christine Evers

Robot Talk Episode 139 - Advanced robot hearing, with Christine Evers

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Robot Talk Episode 139 - Advanced robot he

Meet the AI-powered robotic dog ready to help with emergency response

Meet the AI-powered robotic dog ready to help with emergency response

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Meet the AI-powered robotic dog ready to h

MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee

MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot

Robohub highlights 2025

Robohub highlights 2025

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Robohub highlights 2025 Over the course of

The science of human touch - and why it's so hard to replicate in robots

The science of human touch - and why it's so hard to replicate in robots

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn The science of human touch - and why it’s

Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machines

Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machines

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into fun

Robot Talk Episode 138 - Robots in the environment, with Stefano Mintchev

Robot Talk Episode 138 - Robots in the environment, with Stefano Mintchev

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Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost

Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost

• News Views Podcast Learn team about contribute republish AIhub resources AIhub events News Views Podcast Learn News Views Podcast Learn Artificial tendons give muscle-powered rob