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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 3:40 PM EDT

Lab-grown mouse muscles enable tiny robots to jump, swim, walk and grasp (opens in a new tab)

Lab-grown skeletal muscle tissue can contract, but the movement is often so slight that it is barely visible. This poses a problem for biohybrid robots designed to move using living muscles. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated that it is not just the amount of muscle…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 3:34 PM EDT

Google DeepMind uses Gemini 4 Argon to teach Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid new skills from video (opens in a new tab)

Google DeepMind has demonstrated a new robotics training technique in which its Gemini 4 Argon AI model learns a physical task by watching video and then transfers the resulting behavior to Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robot. The demonstration forms part of the launch of Gemini 4…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 3:19 PM EDT

120ft emerges from stealth with €576,000 to build humanoid-powered microfactories (opens in a new tab)

Swedish robotics startup 120ft has emerged from stealth after raising €576,000 in angel funding to develop autonomous microfactories using humanoid robots for local manufacturing. The Stockholm-based company is developing modular factories designed to enable consumer brands to a…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 2:38 PM EDT

Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots (opens in a new tab)

Wearing cameras and sensor gloves, the startup’s human chemists will train robots to perform various lab tasks.

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 2:31 PM EDT

Infineon names winners of humanoid robotics startup challenge (opens in a new tab)

Infineon has named Italian robotics startup AdapTronics as the winner of its 2026 Startup Challenge, which focused on technologies for humanoid robots and physical AI. More than 100 startups from 29 countries entered the competition, with 15 selected to develop and present their…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 1:18 PM EDT

Opinion: Send the robot, not the person. What inspection robots are really for (opens in a new tab)

By Daniela Shchegelskaya, an electronics engineer at Elimpus who has spent the last two years working with Boston Dynamics’ Spot for hazard-zone inspections in live power substations When presenting my robotics work, two questions regularly emerge. Do we really need robots? What…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 1:02 PM EDT

Cerence AI and Geely expand partnership from cars to robots (opens in a new tab)

Cerence, a developer of conversational AI-powered user experiences, has announced that its collaboration with Geely is expanding from intelligent cockpits to embodied robotics, with the two companies working together to advance multilingual human-machine interaction for robotics…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 12:09 PM EDT

70 Years On: Canton Fair Rewrites Robotics Sourcing – From Showroom Prototypes to Task-Ready Deployable Systems (opens in a new tab)

Seventy years after the inaugural Canton Fair opened for global sample-based procurement, the 140th edition lays bare a pivotal shift within robotics and automation. International buyers are no longer chasing eye-catching showroom prototypes. They are sourcing production-grade r…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 10:38 AM EDT

University of Cincinnati Engineers Use Sound to Detect Drone Damage for NASA (opens in a new tab)

Researchers recorded the sounds drones make with chipped or cracked propellers and failing motors. Their aim is to let a ground station flag a drone as unairworthy before takeoff. Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are using sound to help NASA detect damaged drone motors…

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Published Oct 22, 2026 · 10:34 AM EDT

SkyeBrowse Adds New Timelines Tools For Drone Surveys (opens in a new tab)

The release lets drone teams compare up to 10 surveys of a site over time, measure earthwork against design, check accuracy against their own ground control and plan security cameras on the 3D model. SkyeBrowse announced a new set of features on October 20, 2026 for its videogra…

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