The Atlas humanoid robot doing a cartwheel. | Source: Boston Dynamics Robots have captured our imagination. We have seen humanoids balancing on one leg, doing backflips, folding laundry, and moving smoothly over difficult terrain. This is all behavior that only…
Nicolas Sauvage, founder and president of TDK Ventures, with ANYbotics’ quadruped robot. | Source: TDK Ventures A robot picks up an object, moves it, and puts it down successfully. Is it dexterous? Perhaps. But now ask it to do that…
The Robot Report Podcast · Why humanoid robot demos still fail the generalization test Jeanine Sinanan-Singh, director of GenAI research at Appen. In Episode 265 of The Robot Report Podcast, our guest is Jeanine Sinanan-Singh, director of generative AI Research…
Boston Dynamics said its new hand is still capable of handling over 100 lb. | Source: Boston Dynamics Last week, Boston Dynamics Inc. gave a look at its new humanoid robot hand. The four-fingered hand has 13 degrees of freedom,…
Teradyne claimed that Elite Robots’ cobots (above) and software were similar to its own. Credit: Elite Robots Teradyne Robotics and Elite Robots have reached a mutual agreement resolving a legal dispute over robots and software, bringing the case to an…
The RSF-5B IDT Sumpermini actuator with an integrated servo drive. | Source: Harmonic Drive Selecting the right motion architecture is one of the most important design decisions in robotics. At RoboBusiness 2026, Marcel Almonte, a mechatronics applications engineer at Harmonic…
Rohit Prasad is Boston Dynamics’ new CEO. | Source: Boston Dynamics It’s been nearly nine months since Robert Playter, the former CEO of Boston Dynamics, stepped down. The company today named Rohit Prasad as its new CEO, effective tomorrow. Prasad…
A Unitree humanoid robot at the China Humanoid Robot Conference in Seoul in March. Robots are back in the national spotlight, and this time, the conversation is about more than what they can do. It’s about who controls them and…
Lightbringer’s co-founders and board members, from left: CTO Markus Andreasson, CEO Dominic Davies, and CCO Ola Wassvik. Source: Lightbringer Developments in AI, machine learning, and automation have given robots capabilities that would have seemed extraordinary a decade ago. As competition…
The Robot Report Podcast · Inside Omron’s Next-Generation LD Mobile Robots Miguel Garcés Moreno, PMM, mobile robots, OMRON In Episode 264 of The Robot Report Podcast, we interview Miguel Garcés Moreno, product marketing manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa…