New Smart Material Can Control Heat Like a Computer Chip

WILMINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Locus Robotics, the leader in Flexibility-First Warehouse Automation, today announced it has been named the winner of the 2026 Cognitive Robotics Innovation Award in the ninth annual AI Breakthrough Awards program. Locus Array was recognized for its combination of AI-based perception, mobile robotics, robotic manipulation, and autonomous execution to perform end-to-end fulfillment workflows…

Hello, its been a while! I want to share a bit about the journey behind my challenge of building an Open Source commercial grade humanoid robot totally alone at home. You might remember me from https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/s/zzx9Yi4tXI. Which was my first iteration! My first iteration was honestly pretty bad. It was a beginner-level design, and many…

NVIDIA announced that Japan’s physical AI leaders are building on the NVIDIA Cosmos™, NVIDIA Isaac™, NVIDIA Metropolis and NVIDIA Jetson™ platforms to accelerate the deployment of intelligent machines across manufacturing, mobility, infrastructure and robotics. Japan’s physical AI ecosystem leaders AIRoA, FANUC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kubota, NEC, SoftBank Corp., Sony Group Corporation…

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…

Gyeongbuk builds food robot test hub to boost K-foodtech adoption – CHOSUNBIZ  Chosunbiz

Humanoids and other robots can benefit from training in ‘virtual gyms.’ Source: SoftServe The challenge for today’s robots is no longer limited to automating a task. It is adapting to ever-changing environments — and that variability remains one of the hardest problems. This distinction matters more and more as the industry moves from programmed automation…