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Aug 24Mon
  1. TetraBOT/天创机器人37

    Tianchuang Robotics-led project receives Jiangsu Provincial Frontier Technology R&D Program funding

    A project led by Nanjing Tianchuang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., titled "Key Technology R&D for Complete Explosion-Proof Embodied Intelligent Robots for Special Operations," has been selected for the 2026 Jiangsu Provincial Frontier Technology R&D Program. It was jointly applied for with China General Nuclear Intelligent Manufacturing Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Southeast University, and Nanjing Environment Group Co., Ltd.

Aug 18Tue
  1. 五八智能39

    58 Intelligence and DBAPPSecurity Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Jointly Build Embodied Intelligence Security Defenses

    On August 11, 58 Intelligence and DBAPPSecurity signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Hangzhou. The parties will cooperate on security-hardened robot products, embodied intelligence security technology, and data security. Wang Xin, Senior Vice President of DBAPPSecurity, and Zhang Guoliang, Chief Technologist of 58 Intelligence, signed on behalf of the companies.

Aug 14Fri
  1. Harbin Institute of Technology Robotics65

    HIT's Wu Zhiguang team develops adaptive magnetically controlled nanorobot swarm platform, achieving navigation in the spinal canal of mice and non-human primates

    Professor Wu Zhiguang's team at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), together with collaborators, developed an adaptive magnetically controlled nanorobot platform that can form swarm motion patterns such as vortex, chain, and ribbon under external magnetic field drive, and achieved targeted navigation within the spinal canal in mice and non-human primates. The results were published in Science Advances.

    Why it matters: The research team released experimental results on navigation of magnetically controlled nanorobot swarms in non-human primates. Readers interested in the medical translation of micro- and nanorobots can learn about its technical approach.

Aug 9Sun
  1. LeadeRobot77

    Mila and Polytechnique Montréal team open-source ~$2,000 robot guide dog Milo, built on Unitree Go2 for autonomous indoor and outdoor navigation

    Mila-Quebec AI Institute and a Polytechnique Montréal team have released Milo, an open-source robot guide dog that they say can cut the roughly $50,000 cost of a guide dog to about $2,000. The hardware base is a Unitree Go2 Air/Pro plus an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano; a magnetic-encoder telescoping handle is used to inversely solve the user's 3D position, a bird's-eye-view map is built first and then a navigation policy is run, and the policy is trained in about 10 minutes in GPU-accelerated simulation and deployed zero-shot on the real robot.

    Why it matters: The original article fully breaks down Milo's perception, policy training, and real-world testing details, so readers can reuse its engineering trade-offs in their own navigation projects.

  2. LeadeRobot79

    Italy's IIT and INAIL unveil ergoCub humanoid robot; human-robot collaborative lifting can reduce load on the human lumbosacral joint

    The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and INAIL proposed a shared embodied intelligence architecture and built the humanoid robot ergoCub; the research was published in Nature Machine Intelligence.

    Why it matters: The original article lays out methods for building ergonomics into robot hardware optimization along with real-robot data, letting readers understand how design and control are organized around human-robot collaboration.

Aug 7Fri
  1. JAKA Robotics/节卡机器人35

    JAKA and National Evaluation Center (Headquarters) jointly establish data exchange lab; CR upgraded certification testing launched for embodied series

    On August 6, a data exchange laboratory jointly established by JAKA Robotics and the National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center (Headquarters) was inaugurated at JAKA's Shanghai campus. On the same day, JAKA Kargo, JAKA Lumi, JAKA π, and JAKA K1 began CR upgraded certification testing. The laboratory has full in-situ testing capability for robot safety, reliability, and performance, featuring in-situ, real-time, unmanned, full-process quality monitoring, and can shorten testing cycles and reduce certification costs. The testing will partly rely on this laboratory to evaluate the performance of the embodied product family across four major technical directions.

Jul 23Thu
  1. Skydio42

    Skydio responds to SFPD ReadyLink livestream link leak: no breach, but much can be improved

    Skydio responded to the SFPD ReadyLink livestream link leak reported by Wired, stating it was not a data breach and the software was not compromised; the link was obtained and accessed without authorization. Such links normally expire in 24 hours and can be protected with a security PIN, but the link in question was set to last one year with no PIN, and was shared with the media after being found by security researchers. Skydio said it is strengthening link security and access visibility, and apologized to SFPD and the San Francisco community.

Jul 13Mon
  1. 拓斯达44

    Topstar industrial robots TRH/TRD/TRV/R series receive SGS-TÜV SAAR functional safety certificate and CE-MD, CE-EMC certifications

    SGS has awarded Topstar's four-axis TRH series, TRD series, and six-axis TRV series and R series industrial robots the SGS-TÜV SAAR functional safety certificate, CE-MD Machinery Directive certification, and CE-EMC electromagnetic compatibility certification, in compliance with standards including EN ISO 13849-1:2023, ISO 10218-1:2011, and EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

Jul 7Tue
Jul 1Wed
  1. Boston Dynamics48

    Boston Dynamics Spot robots take part in 2026 World Cup security patrols

    Boston Dynamics' Spot robots are deployed at the Dallas International Broadcast Center and New York/New Jersey stadiums, carrying out perimeter patrols to support asset protection and risk detection for the FIFA 2026 World Cup. Spot 5.1, released this year, supports security missions: when it detects a person, it pauses, activates its AV lights, captures PTZ, panoramic, and thermal images, and triggers an alarm. The robot is positioned as an assistant to security personnel, with patrol findings ultimately reviewed by staff.

  2. OFweek Robotics36

    Juwei Technology to appear at OFweek 2026 Smart Manufacturing Conference, holding the world's first explosion-proof certification for wheeled-legged robots

    Juwei Technology will appear at the OFweek 2026 China Smart Manufacturing Industry Conference in Shenzhen on July 10, showcasing its wheeled-legged special-purpose quadruped robot. In April this year, the company obtained the world's first explosion-proof certification for a wheeled-legged robot (Ex db eb mb IIB T4 Gb). The explosion-proof model can climb 25 cm steps and 45° slopes, carries a payload of 200-400 kg, and has an endurance of 8-12 h. Its kinetic energy recovery technology can extend effective endurance by about 40%, and the whole machine can operate stably in environments from -40°C to 85°C.

Jun 30Tue
Jun 15Mon
  1. 若创科技33

    Strutt ev¹ 1.2.3.11 release notes: new UI, enhanced evSense, and safety updates

    The Strutt ev¹ firmware 1.2.3.11 update brings a new customizable UI, enhanced evSense, and a safety confirmation mechanism. The new UI supports a dynamic home screen that changes color by driving mode, a pull-down dashboard, and 9 customizable shortcuts; uphill power on slopes increases by up to 25%, and evSense is ready within 5 seconds of waking. Enabling features such as Level S and Hands-Free Auto-Pilot requires completing safety protocol confirmation in the app; Level S is not supported in Singapore and Japan.

Jun 11Thu
  2. Keenon Robotics/擎朗智能18

    KEENON Robotics releases Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP)

    KEENON Robotics has released a security Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) covering its service robots and other connectable products, along with companion mobile apps, cloud services, and firmware, to comply with Australia's 2025 smart device security rules. The policy commits to acknowledging reports within 48 hours, updating progress at least every 14 days, using it_service@keenon.com as the reporting channel, and providing safe harbor protection for good-faith reporters.

Jun 9Tue
  1. Deep Robotics/云深处科技60

    DEEP Robotics Lynx S10 prototype completes Arctic Ocean ice-surface and ice-water tests aboard research vessel

    DEEP Robotics' small wheeled-legged robot, the Lynx S10 prototype, completed a 76-day, 11,852-nautical-mile Arctic Ocean research test aboard Sun Yat-sen University's Polar Research Vessel Zhongshan, marking the first time a quadruped robot has set foot on Arctic Ocean ice. The unit, weighing under 20 kg including its battery, was fitted with anti-slip bionic feet mimicking polar bear paws in collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University, Westlake University, and Hangzhou Dianzi University, and completed crawling and motion-control tests with crampons; the body uses an IP67 integrated sealed design, and after increasing the surface area of its limbs for paddling, it completed swimming tests in ice water.

    Why it matters: The original article provides the specific test conditions and hardware modifications for the Lynx S10's walking on Arctic Ocean ice and operation in ice water, helping readers understand how quadruped robots are adapted for polar scenarios.

May 15Fri
May 12Tue
  1. Persona AI43

    Persona AI and Under Armour partner to develop protective performance materials for humanoid robots

    Persona AI announced a research and development collaboration with Under Armour to explore using high-performance textile materials to provide protection for humanoid robots. The two parties are in the early research and testing stage, examining the durability, thermal regulation, and overall performance of different textiles under the radiant heat of welding arcs, spatter, friction, and repeated motion. The project is explicitly research rather than a product; there is nothing available for purchase and no timeline. The two parties hope to establish standards for robot protective gear.

May 5Tue
Apr 29Wed
  1. PAL31

    PiQASO: A project to safeguard robot security in the quantum era

    PAL Robotics leads the validation of robotics use cases in the PiQASO project, developing and testing software for secure communication and data exchange between robots at its own facilities, targeting sensitive environments such as healthcare and industry. PiQASO (Platform for Quantum-Safe Operations) brings together 23 partners from 11 countries to develop a platform-as-a-service solution that integrates quantum-resistant encryption algorithms and protocols without requiring specialized hardware.

Apr 14Tue
  1. Dexterity62

    Dexterity launches Instinct tactile intelligence system

    Dexterity announced the launch of Instinct, a tactile intelligence system that reads force at 500–2000 Hz and responds in 0.5–2 ms to perform force-guided bin packing on production lines, with a median placement time of 4.55 seconds and an overall team success rate of 81% (95% CI 75%–86%, sampled from 854 placements). Placements that cannot be completed are quickly identified and handed back to the Foresight world model to retry with a different angle or position; the same skill delivers consistent performance across different robotic arm hardware and generalizes to objects of different materials.

    Why it matters: The official release provides measured production-environment data and details of the force-guided manipulation architecture, which readers can use to understand how tactile skills coordinate with the Foresight world model for recovery.

Feb 24Tue
Feb 23Mon
  1. Wandercraft35

    US Air Force veteran regains upright movement 12 years after paralysis through Wandercraft Atalante X exoskeleton training and spinal cord stimulation

    Ignacio Montoya, a US Air Force veteran and biomedical engineering doctoral student, reported years of self-study at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting: transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) combined with adaptive task-specific training may reactivate dormant neural pathways 12 years after a clinically complete spinal cord injury. The training used Wandercraft's fully self-balancing, hands-free Atalante X exoskeleton, with robotic assistance gradually reduced; his gait consistency and muscle activation improved, and endurance, posture, and bladder and bowel sensory function also improved.

  2. Dexterity37

    Dexterity explains why Physical AI is hard

    Physical AI—AI that drives robots to complete physical tasks in the real world—is hard because the physical world is endlessly variable: boxes deform and environments change from shift to shift. A truck-loading robot must simultaneously solve dozens of AI problems, including perception, planning, collision-free dual-arm motion, and force control, while achieving 99.9995% safety confidence for each action.

Jan 27Tue
  1. Fauna Robotics63

    Fauna Robotics exits stealth mode to launch Sprout humanoid robot platform

    Fauna Robotics has released Sprout, its first humanoid robot platform, shipping the same day in a Creator Edition aimed at developers, researchers, and creators building embodied intelligence applications.

    Why it matters: The company has released an official lightweight humanoid platform for developers, detailing its safety design approach, configuration list, and SDK capabilities, which can help readers assess its usability in shared-space scenarios.

Jan 21Wed
Dec 19Fri
  1. Toyota Research Institute Robotics58

    Toyota Research Institute reviews eight years of polymer electrolyte research with MIT: closed-loop design of robotic experiments and machine learning accelerates materials discovery

    Toyota Research Institute (TRI) reviewed eight years of polymer electrolyte research conducted by its AMDD project at MIT, producing about 40 papers and 7 doctoral dissertations and building a robotic experimentation platform that shortened tests that originally took about a month to completion within a day. The team also developed a multitask graph neural network to accelerate MD simulations and released the largest polymer simulation dataset, but the authors believe that AI can currently accelerate optimization within a class of materials, and that breakthrough polymers relying on new physical mechanisms still require human creativity.

Dec 3Wed
  1. Dobot/越疆机器人50

    Dobot CRA-Ex Explosion-Proof Collaborative Robot Receives CNEX National Explosion-Proof Certification

    Dobot Robotics announced that the bodies and control cabinets of its CRA-Ex series explosion-proof collaborative robots have simultaneously obtained CNEX national explosion-proof certificates, meeting 7 national standards including GB/T3836.1-2021. The company claims it is the industry's first and only explosion-proof collaborative robot to achieve both IP67 full-body protection and T6/T80°C minimum surface temperature control, covering Zone 1 and Zone 2 flammable gas environments and Zone 21 and Zone 22 combustible dust environments, with repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.03mm, targeting high-risk scenarios such as petrochemical, military, painting, pharmaceutical, and grain processing.

Nov 3Mon
Oct 30Thu
Aug 19Tue
  1. Wandercraft51

    Wandercraft's Atalante X exoskeleton receives expanded CE certification, with indications adding tetraplegia and other neurological conditions

    Wandercraft announced that its self-balancing Atalante X exoskeleton has received expanded CE certification, with indications extended to a broader range of neurological conditions including paraplegia, tetraplegia, hemiplegia and their paresis types, and it is already in use at more than 100 rehabilitation centers. The new version supports independent adjustment of assistance force at the hip and knee joints, allows step length to be finely adjusted in 5% increments, and improves reporting data, training processes and safety processes; the new version will ship to European customers starting in October 2025, and FDA clearance is expected by the end of the year.

Jul 17Thu
May 30Fri
  1. Estun Coolbot/埃斯顿酷卓38

    Estun Cobot receives TÜV Rheinland CE Machinery Directive and functional safety compliance certificate

    On May 23, 2025, a collaborative robot independently developed by Nanjing Estun Cobot received a CE-MD Machinery Directive and functional safety compliance certificate from TÜV Rheinland Greater China, with the certificate presentation ceremony held in Nanjing. The certification proves that the product meets relevant functional safety standard requirements in terms of safety and compliance, laying the foundation for the company to enter high-standard international markets such as Europe and the United States. CEO Li Yuanping said this is an important breakthrough for the company in product safety and will help expand overseas markets.

May 15Thu
May 14Wed
  1. Wandercraft41

    Wandercraft personal exoskeleton achieves 100% success rate on key usability tasks in new study

    Wandercraft released results from a human-factors validation study of its Personal Exoskeleton: after 5 training sessions (each about 1–2 hours), users with T6 or higher-level or incomplete spinal cord injury achieved a median success rate of 100% on 16 key tasks in simulated home and community environments, an 80% success rate on the emergency egress task, and average user confidence above 93%; donning took 9.9±5.9 minutes and transfers took 1.2±0.9 minutes.

Mar 31Mon
Mar 11Tue
Feb 13Thu
  1. Wandercraft42

    New Wandercraft Atalante X exoskeleton case study shows significant gait improvement after stroke

    A Kessler Foundation case study shows that Wandercraft's self-balancing Atalante X exoskeleton helped a 64-year-old patient with chronic left-sided hemiplegia from stroke complete four weeks of robot-assisted walking training, with gait speed rising from 0.09 m/s to 0.19 m/s, cadence increasing 27.8%, and no adverse events. Its powered dynamic ankle joint can replicate physiological gait mechanics, improving weight-bearing symmetry and propulsion. The authors stress that more research is still needed to verify the results, which were presented at the American Physical Therapy Association annual conference.

Feb 4Tue
  1. Wandercraft61

    Wandercraft Personal Exoskeleton Launches Pivotal Clinical Trial

    Wandercraft announced the launch of a pivotal clinical trial for its Personal Exoskeleton, evaluating the safety and effectiveness of this self-balancing personal exoskeleton in improving walking independence for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

    Why it matters: The original article provides the clinical trial location, enrollment criteria, and contact information, offering insight into a key milestone as this exoskeleton moves toward personal use.