TDK announced that its InvenSense PositionSense nine-axis motion sensing solution is now available globally, primarily targeting humanoid robots, drones, smart glasses, and mobile devices.
At the RISC-V China Summit, DAMO Academy XuanTie released a processor product roadmap for autonomous driving and embodied intelligence, pushing RISC-V into new domains. Through architectural innovation, software compatibility, and ecosystem collaboration, XuanTie RISC-V processors improve performance in areas such as Agentic AI and servers, driving high-performance RISC-V from "usable" to "reliable" and toward large-scale mass production deployment.
DJI recently released its first automatic battery-swap unmanned platform, DJI Dock 4, equipped with the Matrice 5TD drone and O4 ground station. After the drone lands, the battery swap is completed in 25 seconds and it takes off again within 45 seconds; a single sortie has an endurance of 59 minutes, and it can operate in environments from -40°C to 50°C.
Striding AI launches a physical AI solution for 24/7 retail. H1 humanoid robot · C1 transport robot · M1 management platform 🧠 World model + reinforcement learning + embodied agents—enabling robots to perceive, plan, and execute in stores, supporting 24/7 operations. 🏪 📹 https://youtu.be/M3lAuI1YxYk
Geek+ RoboShuttle Hyper climbing robot will debut at CeMAT Asia 2026 (November 3-6, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Hall N1, Booth A3-2), with throughput exceeding 6,000 cases/hour per 1,000 m² and the Max workstation exceeding 800 cases/hour.
The author has open-sourced 42 customizable Gazebo and Blender simulation worlds for testing and benchmarking navigation, exploration, LiDAR, and robot model configurations. The repository is mertgulerx/world-collection and is licensed under Apache 2.0.
Shining 3D has launched the FreeScan Combo Wireless series of wireless metrology-grade dual light source handheld 3D scanners, including the FreeScan Combo+ Wireless and FreeScan Combo Wireless. The body has a net weight of 550g, features a built-in wireless transmission module and battery, comes standard with 3 swappable batteries, and supports an external power bank.
PNP Robotics has completed real-world validation of a dexterous hand control system driven by surface electromyography (EMG) signals on the Franka collaborative robotic arm platform, achieving synchronized control of a 7-DOF robotic arm and a multi-joint dexterous hand. The system decodes EMG intent in real time, capturing neuromuscular activation before movement occurs, enabling adaptive grasping and fine in-hand manipulation. Compared with traditional control that relies on preprogrammed trajectories and joystick teleoperation, EMG intent control requires no rigid programming and is suited to unstructured, dynamic manipulation scenarios.
At PACK EXPO 2026, JLS Automation launched JLS VISION AI, an AI-driven machine vision system developed specifically for integration into some of its JLS robotic packaging systems; it is not a standalone device and does not support retrofits to third-party equipment.
Agility Robotics says its upcoming humanoid robot Digit 5 will use Nyobolt batteries, achieving 90 minutes of operation on a 9-minute charge; the 10:1 run-to-charge time ratio target supports more than 20 hours of effective working time per day for warehouse and manufacturing scenarios. Early-access deployments are planned for the first half of 2027, and the company has not disclosed battery capacity, cycle-life ratings, or independent real-machine test results.
Hiwonder's Tonybot and TonyPi Pro are two humanoid robot platforms aimed at AI learning. The former is based on ESP32 with 17 degrees of freedom, focusing on low-barrier entry via Scratch/Arduino/Python and on servo and sensor teaching; the latter is based on Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 with 20 degrees of freedom, equipped with a 2-DOF head vision gimbal and openable claws, and is aimed at OpenCV and MediaPipe vision and embodied scenario demonstrations.
The author achieved drone flight with a single motor. The propeller hub is 3D-printed in PPA-CF and features hinges; when the motor accelerates, the blades lag, causing one side to pitch up and the other to pitch down. Through torque pulses timed to the rotor angle 300 times per second, the same motor controls both pitch and roll.
The Dense-Armor project has open-sourced the SONAR (SGD-based One-Class Novelty detection with Approximate RBFs) module, which uses random Fourier features (RFF) to approximate an RBF kernel and adds strongly convex regularization, allowing the one-class boundary to be updated per sample via online SGD to detect whether robot joint residuals deviate from a healthy state.
A 4-DOF 3D-printed DIY robotic arm has for the first time successfully recognized an opponent's moves via camera and autonomously completed a game of Nine Men's Morris. Joints J1-J3 use POM gears from Tarot 450 helicopter main gears paired with NEMA 14 stepper motors, J4 is driven by an RC servo, and the gripper is made of flexible TPU; the controller is a BTT SKR Pico 3D printer board with TMC2209 drivers supporting sensorless homing.
Scott Technology launched the compact high-capacity palletizer NexPAL 200HL at PACK EXPO 2026, aimed at manufacturers with limited factory space; it can handle 35+ cases per minute and takes up 25% less floor space than comparable solutions.
RZ Li, founder of Petoi and creator of the open-source OpenCat quadruped framework (started in 2016), modified the Quaddle with a 3D-printed base and adjusted its gait so it walks on two legs, without changing the robot body or software. The author asks developers of small bipedal robots whether gait is tuned manually or first trained in simulation.
The RoboParty RP1 is a full-stack open-source humanoid robot for robotics researchers, featuring modular hands and head, real-time VR teleoperation, stair climbing, parkour, 5kg lifting, hot-swappable batteries, and 240W fast charging. The original article includes a demo video link.
A small quadruped robot tested its mobility on loose gravel terrain and, through continuous trial and error, discovered new ways of moving, including rolling across gravel patches. When a maneuver fails, it can rely on the built-in IMU's Auto Mode to automatically right itself; this mode uniformly handles tilting, falling, being lifted or set down, and impact detection.
Bolzoni reach forks use hydraulic control to extend and retract the forks, allowing the operator to adjust fork length from inside the cab. They support single-side loading and unloading, double-deep high-density storage, and handling of pallets in multiple sizes. The forks use special nylon sliders and smooth outer edges to reduce friction and protect cargo. An optional camera mounted on the inner side of the right fork sleeve transmits images via Wi-Fi to a display in the cab to assist observation during operation. The product is sold by Bolzoni (Wuxi) Forklift Attachments Co., Ltd.
The author has open-sourced robot-release-check v0.1, an offline tool for checking whether the acceptance evidence in a robot delivery package is consistent with the final delivery version (https://github.com/llorix218/robot-release-check).
LiYan1919810/yuegang5-robotic-arm released v0.4.0, adding pause/resume and serial-port speed adjustment for drawing/straight-line tasks (H/L keys adjust TURN_INTERVAL by ±5ms). Button one changed from looped execution to one playback per press; action groups A/B/C refactored into a two-stage handoff; teaching z compensation changed to per-point independent compensation based on the first point. The program grew from 1211 lines to 1298 lines; pause stability and handoff smoothness still await real-world testing.
Fieldproof v0.3.0 was released on 2026-10-16, reorganizing the code repository into a monorepo layout with a buildable, tested package for each layer (#18). This is a bug-fix release: the engine version is now read from version.txt, so releases no longer require re-locking the version (#20).
The REEMAN dual-laser Fly Boat factory delivery robot (Fly Boat AMR, ABOT11B) is deployed at an electronics factory in Zhuhai, transporting about 200 kg of PCB materials and bottled water per trip, with a rated payload of 300 kg, a loaded delivery route of about 600 m plus an empty return of about 100 m, and the customer reports about 70–90 trips per day.
Hesai Technology has launched Kosmo, a 3D world data engine consisting of Kosmo One, the world's first 8K ultra-HD AI spatial camera, and Kosmo World, an AI-driven cloud platform. The former captures spatial geometry, color, texture, and pose information of real environments; scanning an ordinary indoor scene of 100 square meters takes about 15 minutes.
On October 14, Hesai launched the Kosmo 3D world data engine, including the Kosmo One handheld AI spatial camera and the Kosmo World cloud platform, aiming to make spatial modeling as easy as taking a photo.
matthiaslambert69 released the awesome-text-to-motion v4.394.011 pre-release; the changelog states only that this release patched the cache layer, and the main branch has had 93 commits since the previous version. The repository covers text-to-motion, and this is a patch-type update with no performance metrics or new features announced.
Breaking Bellman 1.1 is released, with all 17 levels open and a robot appearing in every world, including playing slot machines in a casino, learning cliff walking by jumping down into a canyon, balancing a broom on its head (CartPole), choosing doors in the fog, finding a charger on the goal grid, and swinging a pendulum; the arm levels add a scene with a workbench and a coffee cup to avoid, while the robot dog fetches a ball in a park.
awesome-microduck released version 2.0.061 on October 17, simplifying error handling, adding build script support, fixing Windows path issues, and adding a changelog. Since this release, the main branch has accumulated 77 commits.
On October 14, Hesai launched the Kosmo 3D world data engine, comprising the Kosmo One spatial camera and the Kosmo World cloud platform. Kosmo One integrates lidar, an imaging system, and a high-precision IMU into a single device. Under ordinary indoor conditions, it can complete a scan of 100 square meters in about 15 minutes, and its custom lidar can render tennis racket string holes spaced about 5 millimeters apart.
PhysiClaw has released hardware version v0.50, offering a bilingual assembly manual, sourcing guide, extrusion drawings, and custom STEP parts. The version is marked with source commit 7faada7c0fe39c155d568c16c1d8b862ab2ada66, and the artifact SHA-256 checksums and build provenance information are recorded in manifest.json.
physim-gate v0.3.1 fixes three issues found in the v0.3.0 review: comparisons could silently produce wrong verdicts or exit codes. When trial ids are shared, a trial reported by only one side is recorded as a missing value (physim.failure_rate counts it as a failure; fully disjoint trial ids are still compared as independent samples). Duplicate keys in gate configs, suites, run results, and LeRobot output are rejected, with the file name identified.
physim-gate v0.4.0 is released, fixing the thirteen P1 issues found in the v0.3.0 review and adjusting the decision logic: incomparable runs are always judged INVALID (exit code 3), and input errors use exit code 2.
At the China International Industry Fair, Doke Robotics showcased its full product lineup, including a humanoid robot, a bionic force-controlled seven-axis robotic arm, a bionic lightweight six-axis robotic arm, and a bionic humanoid integrated joint module. Its intelligent material handling system for semiconductor Final Test processes won the CIIF Robot Award.
Integrated Systems Design (ISD) last week released its Palletizing Module, which can perform outbound palletizing and inbound depalletizing at the same station, switching modes without reconfiguring hardware.
CASBOT PA (Perception-to-Action), a perception-to-action model developed in-house by CASBOT, has been deployed at real workstations in the Putian shoe factory of Fujian Xinbai Sports. At this stage, a robotic arm serves as the execution platform, with the pipeline running from visual perception to motion generation, kinematics processing, and real-machine execution.
Yobotics released its new-generation humanoid robot "Xingzhe Taishan" E2 at the main forum of the 2026 AI Industry Conference. Chairman Fan Yong presented it, saying it has undergone a systematic reconstruction of its body structure, motion system, and intelligent architecture, achieving 6 core breakthroughs, including a one-brain-multi-form general motion control base, self-developed high-dynamic motion control algorithms, and a domestic-chip "large brain and small brain" integrated controller.
The internal precision bionic structure of the Y-Hand M2 bionic dexterous hand was publicly shown for the first time at Jilin University's educational achievements exhibition. The product is an industrialization outcome of Professor Ren Lei's bionic tension-compression body robot theory at Jilin University and has been mass-produced by Beijing Daqi Yuequan Bionic Technology.
Beijing Zhuoyi Intelligent held a mass-production launch event for its ZMD200 heavy-lift drone, and this heavy-lift model—a quadcopter with eight propellers and a 130V high-voltage power platform—has officially entered the volume delivery phase. In dual-battery mode, maximum payload is 200kg with 7 minutes of hover at full load; in four-battery mode, maximum payload is 150kg with 18 minutes of hover at full load, and cumulative transfer weight per sortie can reach 1200kg and 2700kg respectively. The project started in September 2022; more than 100 prototype aircraft completed tens of thousands of sorties of testing in complex environments, and a flexible mass-production line has been built and put into operation.
A solo developer spent six months turning Visual Recovery, which was still just an idea in April, into a general-purpose real-time 4K 60FPS NVIDIA CUDA underwater image enhancement software, with algorithms designed specifically for real-time processing in turbid water. In this test, the GPU took about 5-10 milliseconds to process each frame. The project is still experimental, and the developer is seeking feedback from ROV operators and underwater computer vision practitioners.
pymaxim 1.3.2 "Decomposition" is released, fixing high-severity security advisory GHSA-7qh4-mp34-88v9: previously a leader ran without authentication by default and debug routes could be read through a cloudflared tunnel; 1.3.2 changes to fail-closed by default, and each leader must run pip install --upgrade pymaxim on its own machine and cold restart.