Inbolt’s technology lets robots grasp parts however they can, then uses in-hand localization to adjust trajectory mid-move. | Source: Inbolt Physical AI’s consensus says progress is gated by data. More of it, better curated, better simulated. That’s true in the lab. In the factory, it’s the wrong constraint. After deploying vision-guided control across over 100…
Agility Robotics said it has deployed its Digit humanoid at 9 customer sites as it gears up to go public via a proposed SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp. XI. Now we’re getting a first look at Agility’s financials thanks to a new S-4 filing with the SEC. According to the S-4, Agility generated $1.8…
Respondents were evenly split between favorable and unfavorable views of the FCC robotics ban. Source: MassRobotics In July 2026, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, said it has determined that foreign-made “advanced robotic devices,” including certain mobile robots and humanoids, could create supply chain vulnerabilities and pose cybersecurity risks. It banned new models of such…
“Protect our water,” “Water for people not AI,” “Don’t mess with our water,” declare protest signs from Texas to New Mexico to Arizona. Angered by water use, energy consumption and pollution, locals are AI’s water consumption is one reason why local communities across the United State — such as here, in New York — are…
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient tomb belonging to the “keeper of the secrets of royal decrees,” they announced following an excavation at Saqqara. The decorated burial belongs to an official named Sekhentio-Ptah, who lived during the Old Kingdom (2649 to 2150 B.C.), a period that’s famous for the building of the pyramids, including…
Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean. The mosaic was a key feature of a villa, which archaeologists recently unearthed from beneath the ancient city of Adramytteion on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Within the in…
The transistor was able to operate normally at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 1112 F (600 C). (Image credit: Science Graphics) Scientists in Japan have built a new transistor that can withstand temperatures of 1,110 degrees Fahrenheit (600 degrees Celsius). Components this robust could one day be used in surface probes on Venus —…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the “Treasure Chest,” a cometary globule in the star-forming Carina Nebula, on Aug. 6, 2026 (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgment: M. H. Özsaraç) Quick facts What it is: The Treasure Chest, a cometary globule in the Carina Nebula star-forming region Where it is: 7,500 light-years…
Eric Sivertson, VP of Security Business, Lattice Eric Sivertson recently discussed field-programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, on The Robot Report Podcast, Episode 260. The vice president of the security business at Lattice Semiconductor discussed how FPGAs are a critical component in security for robots. The conversation examined some of the security risk vectors and how…
UMI gripper equipped with uSkin sensors and real-time tactile data visualization. Source: XELA Robotics Robotic gripping rarely fails because of a lack of mechanical strength. It fails because the system does not truly know what the fingers are doing at the moment of contact. That gap between commanded motion and actual interaction with the object…
