IEEE

ReachVox: Clutter-Free Reachability Visualization for Robot Motion Planning in Virtual Reality

Abstract: Human-Robot-Collaboration can enhance workflows by leveraging the mutual strengths of human operators and robots. Planning and understanding robot movements remain major challenges in this ...
Tech Xplore

New app lets anyone operate a robot from their phone

Someone with no computing experience may soon be able to remotely control a robot from anywhere on the planet using a ...
The Caledonian-Record

VinRobotics makes global debut of "Make In Vietnam" humanoid robot at leading global tech events

HANOI, VIETNAM - Media OutReach Newswire - 3 June 2026 - VinRobotics, a technology company under Vingroup, showcased its ...
Interesting Engineering

South Korea backs autonomous military robots with digital twin battlefield simulator

South Korea has selected gaming and AI firm NC AI and defense manufacturer Hyundai Rotem to develop next-generation military robotics technologies aimed at advancing autonomous battlefield systems and ...
CNBC

Job training for robots: How China is getting machines ready to join the workforce

At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...
IEEE

Assist-as-Needed Control of a Shoulder Rehabilitation Robot Using a Virtual Biomechanical Model and Online Stiffness Adaptation

Abstract: This paper presents an adaptive Assist-as-Needed (AAN) control framework for a shoulder rehabilitation robot enhanced by a Virtual Biomechanical Shoulder Robot Model (VBSRM) and an online ...
Live Science

China's real-life 'transformer' mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2

Chinese engineers have built a mecha-style robot that can quickly transition from two legs to four while carrying people, resembling the power-loader exoskeletons from Aliens or the utility-style ...
Ars Technica

The Internet can’t stop watching Figure AI’s humanoid robots handling packages

The robotics startup Figure AI livestreamed humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for more than a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern ...
techtimes

The Data Drought: Why Embodied AI Can’t Just Read the Internet

In March 2026, DoorDash launched a standalone app called Tasks, paying its 8 million U.S. delivery couriers to strap on body cameras and film themselves washing dishes, folding clothes, and making ...
Interesting Engineering

FANUC and NVIDIA build robots that act identically in simulation and reality

Japanese firm FANUC and NVIDIA have expanded their robotics partnership to build factory robots that behave the same way in virtual simulations as they do in the real world, a step aimed at speeding ...
The New York Times

Enter the Killer Robots: The Ukrainian Forging the Future of Warfare

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defense minister, sees futuristic military technology as crucial to his country’s survival. The Global Profile Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defense ...