Things seen this week during structural assessments!

AI, robotics startups capture South Korea’s biggest VC checks  The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition

For years, analyzing the chemical makeup of materials has required large and costly laboratory instruments known as spectrometers. These systems are used in everything from disease diagnosis and food inspection to pollution monitoring. Traditional spectrometers work by splitting light into its component colors using prisms or gratings, then measuring the intensity of each wavelength. Because…

There is a strange dual opinion on language models rn, you either hear they are going to change everything or change nothing at all. The recent data on mobile app releases shows both sides are wrong. The tool isn't a monolith. On one hand, app submissions are skyrocketing because agents have made shipping code trivial….

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. RSS 2026: 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEY Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems: 29 July–4 August 2026,…

It’s a fact. Specialist surgeons who tackle rare and frequently challenging operations report some of the highest burnout rates among physicians, according to the American Medical Association. You can imagine why: emergency globetrotting, difficult high-stakes work even when the patient comes to you, and all the usual miseries America’s for-profit healthcare system has foisted upon…

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have achieved a major milestone by using teleoperated humanoid robots to perform live minimally invasive surgeries during preclinical trials. The breakthrough marks the first time humanoid robots have successfully completed live surgical procedures, opening new possibilities for robotic healthcare. Two Successful Surgical Procedures The research team carried…