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Tesla Optimus Gen 4: 10 MILLION Robots a Year — But Where Is Gen 3? Elon Musk is already talking about producing 10 million Tesla Optimus robots a year. But there's one big problem: the long-awaited Optimus Gen 3 hasn't even reached mass production. So why is Tesla already movin…
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Humans play a key role in developing humanoid robots and training AI models, so we can maintain control, writes a columnist. The post The rise of the machines is canceled: Why humanoids with AI are helpers, not enemies appeared first on The Robot Report.
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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 inclusion. CoRL 2026: 9–12 November 2026, AUS…
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Tesla has filed a US patent application for a touch-sensitive “skin” that can be molded around robot fingers and palms, potentially providing humanoid robots with a scalable way of detecting contact, force and pressure. The application, US 2026/0310299 A1, was published on Octob…
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Pudu Robotics, best known for the delivery and cleaning robots increasingly found in restaurants, hotels and other commercial environments, is expanding its technology portfolio into semi-humanoid robots and quadrupeds as it looks beyond its established service robotics business…
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Nyobolt is providing power technology for Digit 5 that enables Agility's humanoid to work up to 20 hours a day. The post Agility chooses Nyobolt for ultra-fast charging for Digit 5 humanoid appeared first on The Robot Report.
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Timken combines the expertise of Cone Drive, SPINEA, CGI Motion, and Timken Encoders to develop application-specific motion systems. The post Timken Precision Drives puts the motion challenge first in humanoid robots appeared first on The Robot Report.
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That old phone gathering dust in a drawer could have a second life far more entertaining than being a paperweight. UCLA researchers have created PhoneBot, a little humanoid that puts your smartphone to work as the brains of a walking robot companion. Continue Reading Category: R…
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How better data and human judgment can help robots move beyond demos toward reliable real-world performance. The post Why humanoid robot demos still fail the generalization test appeared first on The Robot Report.
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The Robot Report spoke with Alberto Rodriguez, the director of robot behavior for Atlas at Boston Dynamics, about the humanoid's new hand. The post Boston Dynamics gives more insight into its redesigned humanoid hand appeared first on The Robot Report.
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