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Robotics meets the culinary arts
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Robotics meets the culinary arts

The edible robotic cake is the result of a collaboration between researchers from EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the...

Fruit flies are a major source of inspiration in robotics
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Fruit flies are a major source of inspiration in robotics

Pavan Ramdy. Credit: EPFL/Alain Herzog, CC-BY-SA 4.0 Researchers at EPFL’s Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the...

Novel algorithm can enhance modeling for autonomous vehicles, robotics and satellites
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Novel algorithm can enhance modeling for autonomous vehicles, robotics and satellites

Procedure of LPTV system identification. Credit: IEEE Access (2025). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3537086 Researchers at Kumamoto University have made a significant advance in the field...

US robotics companies push for national strategy, including a central office, to compete with China
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US robotics companies push for national strategy, including a central office, to compete with China

A Tesla robot is displayed as U.S. robotics companies look for congressional support to compete with Chinese companies, on Capitol Hill in Washington,...

An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved
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An underwater robotics expert explains what’s involved

Armada 7805, similar to the 7806 vessel that will support the new MH370 search. Credit: Ocean Infinity More than 11 years after the...

“The age of generalist robotics is here” – Nvidia’s latest GROOT AI model just took us another step closer to fully humanoid robots
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“The age of generalist robotics is here” – Nvidia’s latest GROOT AI model just took us another step closer to fully humanoid robots

Nvidia has taken the world a step closer to smart, humanoid robots with the launch of its latest advanced AI model. At its...

An evolving robotics encyclopedia characterizes robots based on their performance
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An evolving robotics encyclopedia characterizes robots based on their performance

The Robot Performance and Safety Test center and test setups for tacile robot performance being explained by Robin Kirschner. Credit: TUM-MIRMI, Dayana Ramirez....

Zero Zero Robotics unveils world’s first sub-250g bi-copter drone with ‘lightning fast acceleration’ and ‘unmatched agility’
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Zero Zero Robotics unveils world’s first sub-250g bi-copter drone with ‘lightning fast acceleration’ and ‘unmatched agility’

V-Copter Falcon Mini features two tilt-rotors for “unmatched agility” It follows the V-Copter Falcon from 2020 as a lighter, sub-250g model 4K camera...

A new high-quality dataset to train robotics algorithms on textile manipulation tasks
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A new high-quality dataset to train robotics algorithms on textile manipulation tasks

A sample of the types of recorded motions: notice that they are all very dynamic, involve collisions and even self-collisions. Credit: Franco Coltraro....