PteroSim 0.5.0 has been released. The core update is that .glb props become physics objects: they can be dragged into the scene or generated from Python, and they fall, collide, and can be grasped by the gripper.
Jianzhi has launched the Dex 2.0 data glove and the DAS Ego 2.0 first-person head-mounted device, building a Human Data collection system covering first-person vision, near-field wrist vision, hand motion, and touch.
Jianzhi Robotics announced that its DAS 2.0 series appeared on-site at the CoRL conference in Austin, USA, on November 9, including the DAS Dex 2.0 dexterous-hand data collection glove and the DAS Ego 2.0 first-person-view head-mounted multimodal collection device, which synchronously record visual, hand-motion, and tactile information through head-hand coordination.
On November 10, Vbot Vita Power released the Super Robot Dog DEV Geek Developer Edition, officially priced at 22,988 yuan, with a limited-time Double 11 promotional price of 20,988 yuan. The platform comes standard with a 360° lidar, HD stereo cameras, and a microphone array, supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 4G connectivity and Type-C peripheral expansion, and offers six software foundations: spatial memory and navigation, following, local visual recognition, voice interaction, the RCP robot control platform, and an action package repository.
A developer built an open-source desktop companion robot using a MacBook, an Android phone, and a Raspberry Pi Pico W: the Pico W drives the two servos of a 2-DOF pan-tilt head, the MacBook uses MediaPipe and AprilTags to recognize people and convert angles, and the phone screen displays eye animations that can track faces.
Before procuring service robots for multi-floor scenarios, four autonomous elevator capabilities need to be verified: calling the elevator on any floor, selecting a floor inside the car, detecting door opening and safely entering and exiting after the car levels, and re-localizing after exiting the elevator and seamlessly resuming the task. The REEMAN elevator control module connects to the elevator door open/close and floor signal lines through a UWB elevator gateway box, a main control box, and a button panel; the floor signals are non-polarized to simplify wiring. Single elevators use local LoRa point-to-point communication, while multiple elevators use centralized MQTT scheduling; its Fly Boat AMR once transported 200 kg through a 1.15 m elevator at an electronics factory.
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At CeMAT ASIA 2026, Cascade exhibited EUROFORK single-deep and dual-deep dual-motor double-sided telescopic forks, along with a fully electric attachment portfolio including electric masts, electric fork positioners, weighing forks, and camera forks. In April 2026, Cascade acquired a 60% stake in EUROFORK; the latter's telescopic forks can be integrated with AGVs/AMRs for automated warehouse picking and production line material handling. The camera fork places the camera and optical sensors inside the fork tips to protect the wiring harness and facilitate alignment.
Daxi Intelligent Forklifts, under Anhui Chengxi Technology, exhibited its full line of 1.5-ton and 2-ton warehouse handling equipment at the 26th International Trade Fair for Logistics Technology and Transportation Systems (CeMAT ASIA 2026). All units share a 48V permanent-magnet brushless power platform, with a top configuration of 48V30AH lithium battery; the stacker can lift a full load to 2.5 meters and travel smoothly on a 3.5% slope. The brand proposes a "power, durability, stability, versatility" product philosophy, with its three main vehicle types sharing a technical platform and common core components to reduce maintenance costs, and implements single-region exclusive dealer authorization.
At CeMAT ASIA 2026, Jiexiang Lingyue presented its upgraded full forklift robot family in its first offline group showcase. The FK series demonstrated a 1.2-ton payload and 2-8 m lifting in live vehicle demos, and the new 8 m model has entered the actual project implementation stage. The FK-RS high-bay narrow-aisle forklift robot made its first appearance as a real machine, with a maximum lift of 11 m, and can complete two-sided operations in aisles 1.8 m wide. On site, the self-developed JMS fleet management system coordinated multi-model collaboration among the FK-RS, the latent JE-1200E, and other models, demonstrating high-bay dense storage and flat-floor sorting and transfer.
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Ruiman Fly Boat logistics AMRs, with a 300 kg payload and optional 100 mm lifting, replace fixed conveyors and manual carts in receiving, put-away, replenishment, picking, and shipping. They use laser SLAM navigation, so when SKUs or capacity change, only the map software needs updating. Tasks can be triggered by WMS/MES/ERP orders, one-touch call buttons, or PLC and conveyor signals, and with elevator and automatic door modules the AMRs operate across floors and in controlled areas. In one electronics factory deployment, the AMR carried 200 kg of cargo through a 1.15 m wide elevator car without manual assistance.
Berkshire Grey has released multiple enhanced capabilities driven by its unified AI software platform BG Pilot, covering Scoop unloading perception, Stride intelligent orchestration, and Core precision packing.
Cyngn has released the DriveMod EasyLaunch commercial program, through which customers can automate a repetitive material handling route using the DriveMod Autonomous Tugger via a monthly subscription, with no upfront capital investment or long-term commitment, and deployment within weeks. The program focuses on indoor repetitive handling of carts, pallets, parts, and materials; Cyngn handles vehicle deployment, autonomous configuration, and go-live, while customers manage tasks and monitor vehicle activity through the fleet management software Cyngn Insight.
NYU's open-source RUKA robotic hand was rebuilt in Solidcraft, with HappyCAD handling most of the assembly and part modeling, followed by animation production. This version is a reconstruction and animation demo; it does not involve real-machine testing or performance data.
A developer designed an open-source closed-loop stepper driver for their 3D-printed robotic arm. It uses dual encoders to separately measure motor position and the actual joint position after the reducer, compensating for backlash in software rather than relying on a high-precision reducer. The driver is based on the ESP32-S3 and TMC2209, and the author aims to keep the cost at about $20. The code is already on GitHub. The author also asks whether anyone has made similar attempts and how to handle backlash compensation without destabilizing the control loop.
Duatic showcases its vision of the DXTR humanoid robot moving through a warehouse and handling KLT boxes, with the goal of taking on the repetitive tasks that keep operations running. The solution requires no major facility redesign and can fit directly into existing workflows. The content is currently a demonstration; Duatic invites interested parties to get in touch to learn about possible DXTR applications at their sites.
Duatic has launched the DxTR general-purpose industrial robot, which uses a dual-arm plus mobile base structure and can grasp, carry, place, and drive, moving thousands of bins per day. The robot can lift 30 kg and carry 200 kg, and relies on sensing and backdrivability to collaborate safely with people. Both the software and the complete machine are developed and built in-house by Duatic in Switzerland.
Rovant, a desktop ROS 2 IDE independently developed by its author, has released v0.2.0. While debugging Python nodes, users can view live telemetry in a bottom panel via rosbridge WebSocket, including flight phase, altitude, battery voltage and current, IMU acceleration and angular velocity, and cmd_vel, without switching to a separate ground station.
At CeMAT ASIA 2026, Daneng Electric Control exhibited four complete electric control and drive systems along with full-chain supporting products, and disclosed its technical layout for "embedding physical AI into motion control loops." The solutions cover warehouse and logistics equipment such as aerial work platforms, forklifts, and wheel loaders, as well as on-site intelligent mobile equipment such as AGVs and cleaning robots. Among them, the "one control, multiple capabilities" platform uses a single set of hardware to support motion control for multiple types of equipment. Its physical AI layout has four layers: perception-fusion electric control, a digital twin and transfer learning platform, an open intelligent control middle platform, and full-lifecycle operation and maintenance optimization.
An enthusiast with three years of competitive robotics experience but no programming knowledge built a quadruped robot dog by hand using 3D modeling and soldering, and has so far presented the intermediate design results for the leg shoulder joints. Each leg has a three-degree-of-freedom structure: two axes at the shoulder and one at the elbow, driven by two mg90s servos (shoulder longitudinal, elbow) and one sg90 servo (shoulder lateral). The author is soliciting criticism and suggestions, and will later disclose more design plans and robot dog component selection.
An independent developer has built an offline voice-control "brain" in Python for an environmental robot simulation in Webots, supporting Spanish, English, and Polish and able to answer with simulated sensor data such as temperature, humidity, air quality, and obstacles. It includes a safety lock: it shuts down when hazardous conditions are detected and can explain why it stopped when asked "Why did you stop?" It is currently simulation-only with no physical robot; the English and Polish questions in the demo are played as synthesized speech. The author is not selling it yet, is seeking feedback on use cases, and has set up a free waitlist.
On November 7, Topstar held its Global Open Day and unveiled the Star humanoid robot, which is 172 cm tall, has a 72 kg body, a 10 kg dual-arm payload, and uses 7-axis humanoid arms plus cross-axis wrists, adapting to existing factory production line layouts. It also launched the S400 five-axis machining special machine for humanoid robots and a precision component solution for AI servers. Kaihang Technology signed a humanoid robot procurement agreement with Topstar; Xiaotuo will be used to strengthen production line quality control and connect data links.
The Sesame robot modification project has completed circuit board wiring and leg modifications; the whole unit has been assembled and is responsive. The circuit board uses 3 wires to provide direct power passthrough, adapting the battery pack with a balance connector to connect to a smart charger; the 5V BEC output is connected to the servo bus via a switch, and supplies power to the ESP32-S3 via a diode, preventing the servos from drawing power from USB when connected to a PC. The next step will be final testing and designing the enclosure.
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At CeMAT ASIA 2026, Hefei Banyitong (MiMA) unveiled the MCC16 double-deep man-up tridirectional stacker forklift and the MKV50 four-wheel counterbalance forklift AGV chassis. The former offers a non-standard maximum lift height of up to 18.5 meters and a 1.2-ton capacity, while the latter supports modification for multiple navigation methods.
MuJoCo 3.17 adds bending elasticity and self-collision for soft bodies, along with a new batched parallel interface. Its discrete bending model deviates from beam theory by 0.7% to 7.4%, self-collision peaks at 50 pairs, and batching delivers a 13.29x speedup with bitwise determinism.
The US team Stride AI has built a modular voice engine targeting ~380ms latency and supporting 0.2s native interruption, aimed at easing the "uncanny valley" feel in interactions between humanoid robots and real-time voice agents. The engine emphasizes flexible integration into different tech stacks and hardware environments. It is currently open for early pilots to technical teams, robotics developers, and developers, with a demo link for trial and feedback.
SUPMAST brought its "Satongxue" AGV unmanned transport robot and in-plant smart logistics solution to the 22nd China International Grain and Oil Expo in Xiamen, held November 6 to 8, with live demonstrations of fork picking, stacking, and alignment correction at Booth C123 in Hall C1. The AGV uses laser SLAM + reflective pillars + IMU fusion navigation and requires no magnetic strip guide rails; the accompanying Yunshu S7 RDS scheduling system supports a maximum concurrency of ≥20 units and task allocation latency of ≤500ms. In the Yihai Grain and Oil project, it handles a production takt of 3 minutes per pallet, reducing the error rate by more than 95% and the cargo damage rate by 94%.
Boston Dynamics this week launched its second-generation autonomous mobile unloading robot, Stretch Gen 2, which can unload up to 1,000 boxes per hour, has a battery that can last two shifts, and can charge to 90% in about 75 minutes.
Lingji Robotics announced an upgrade to its embodied intelligence model service platform Dexmal MaaS, with a focus on opening post-training capabilities for real-world scenarios. Developers can upload robot manipulation data and complete training and inference deployment in the cloud based on DM0.5.
The first OTA for the Qiyuan T1 robot will begin rolling out tomorrow, adding features such as autonomously recognizing stairs while following and switching to a quadruped form to go up and down stairs, and remote audio and video calls via the App. The update also adds Youdao HiEcho spoken-language practice, scheduled reminders, voice-initiated face and voiceprint enrollment, on-device video recording and AI image generation, plus new AI enlightenment courses and DIY capabilities including PrimeFLOW skins, PrimeHEART personality voices, and Prime Toolkit secondary-development configuration.
A user has released free comparison content of the Unitree G1 EDU+ and the Basic G1, covering the unboxing, hardware differences, walking performance, and App features. The video is a side-by-side demonstration, and the creator is soliciting the community's views on the differences between the two versions on Reddit.
At CeMAT ASIA 2026, Jingsong Intelligent held a global debut of its magnetic levitation stacker crane and introduced its flying-wing loading/unloading vehicle solution for the first time. The magnetic levitation stacker crane replaces wheel-rail transmission with magnetic levitation and linear drive, achieving a maximum travel speed of 240 m/min and a lifting speed of 60 m/min; with laser ranging and magnetic-control full closed-loop positioning, it reaches ±2 mm storage and retrieval accuracy, and its dual-station design can carry 2 sets of 50 kg bins per cycle. The flying-wing loading/unloading vehicle solution relies on FMR robot cluster deployment and near-field visual scanning, and targets bidirectional synchronized loading and unloading for flying-wing carriages of multiple sizes.
At the 26th CeMAT ASIA Shanghai International Logistics Exhibition, which opened on November 3, 2026, Kete Robotics exhibited its upgraded minimalist CP15 pallet handling robot, priced at 36,999 yuan per unit. The product can operate independently as a single unit without network modifications or a centralized scheduling system; in multi-vehicle scenarios, it can self-organize a network for coordinated operation and supports plug-and-play use. Kete also showcased its self-developed SmartGO controller, Swarm Pro swarm intelligence scheduling system, and its RCS, WMS, and other software and hardware product systems.
Shanghai AI Lab has launched its laboratory operating system Sage·LabOS, which uses Sage SCP-Lab as a unified interface and the Sage physical world model W0 to drive robots in completing experimental operations, connecting heterogeneous devices for autonomous execution and data return. The system has four core capabilities: capability discovery, task orchestration, execution scheduling, and data feedback. In a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation optimization task at Lingang Laboratory, it completed five rounds of dry-wet closed-loop iterations, automatically synthesizing and validating 335 formulations, with encapsulation efficiency rising from 67% to 98%.
Why it matters: The source provides the four core capabilities of the autonomous laboratory operating system and measured dry-wet closed-loop data from LNP formulation optimization, showing how robots can be integrated into scientific research workflows.
Xinyan Robotics unveiled its embodied home agent "Bubbo 1" in Beijing. It is 65 cm tall, has a plush shell, and features two expression screens. It carries 13 categories and 26 sensors, has 6 degrees of freedom, autonomous mobility, and auto-recharging, and is priced at 9,499 yuan. It focuses on emotional companionship rather than housework, using a camera for contactless heart-rate detection, bilingual tiered conversation, and generating family biographies from seniors' reminiscences, and it detects falls and sends notifications. Xinyan says it plans to upgrade the software 1 to 2 times per month, and the first-generation product is meant to collect real-world family feedback.
MobED has more than one task to do. At RobotWorld 2026, Hyundai Motor Group's mobile robot platform demonstrated different applications, such as patrol, parcel delivery, and recyclable collection.
At the 2026 World Hydrogen Expo, Hyundai Motor Group publicly demonstrated for the first time ACR-H, an automatic hydrogen refueling robot for hydrogen fuel commercial vehicles. It uses visual AI to identify the location of the refueling port, automatically opens the protective cover, and connects the refueling nozzle to complete refueling. At the same event, the group also showcased for the first time an upgraded fuel cell system for commercial vehicles, focused on improving stack durability, and exhibited the Bluelink Uptime Care fleet management platform and a 5 MW-class PEM electrolysis hydrogen production solution. The automatic refueling robot is still in the stage of technology demonstration and application validation.
Hugging Face's LeRobot has released v0.7.0-rc1; this commit bumps the lerobot dependency version to 0.7.0 (#5268). This is a release candidate ahead of the official version, and the commit is verified and signed by GitHub.