Robotics This robot fixes the experiment when the light goes out MIT’s optical robot places components, measures the beam and adjusts again. Its laser demonstration explains why recovery matters more than a perfect first move. 30 Sep 2026 3 min read
Robotics A robot can ace the lab and still fail the library Three years of tests in parks, an underpass and a library show why task scores, interaction, safety and economics must be judged together. 30 Sep 2026 4 min read
Robotics This robot learned from demonstrations humans kept failing GLIDE writes code that filters difficult teleoperation before it becomes training data. Three lab tasks improved sharply, but the guardrails remain part of the deployed capability. 22 Sep 2026 4 min read
Robotics Digit 5’s most important move may be stopping Agility’s next humanoid is designed to work close to people. Safe interruptions and predictable behavior will matter as much as lifting ability. 16 Sep 2026 2 min read
Robotics One video can teach a robot. The whole shift is another matter. Skild and Generalist are making robots faster to teach. Their results reveal why learning a task and delivering reliable work are different engineering problems. 14 Sep 2026 5 min read
Robotics Musk Took Away the Steering Wheel. Now Comes the Trust Test. Two seats. No steering wheel. As Cybercab reaches paying passengers, Elon Musk’s boldest design choice puts the entire service on trial. 8 Sep 2026 4 min read
Robotics A Missed Pick Shows What Useful Robots Need to Do Next A September humanoid study makes a practical point: a robot needs to detect a failed action, recover and give its operator a useful way to intervene. 5 Sep 2026 3 min read
Robotics Boston Dynamics Atlas Is Where AI Leaves the Screen and Meets the Factory Floor Atlas is exciting because it points to a different frontier for AI: intelligence that has to stand up, lift, adapt, recover and keep working when the world pushes back. 16 Jun 2026 6 min read
Robotics China’s Robotics Strategy Is About Industrial Power, Not Humanoid Hype China’s robotics push is easier to understand as industrial strategy: embodied AI, supplier depth, factory deployment and state-directed modernization moving into one frame. 27 May 2026 5 min read
Robotics Humanoid Robots Are Entering the Uptime Race Figure's F.03 livestream is not proof that humanoids are ready for every warehouse. It is proof that the robotics benchmark is changing. 21 May 2026 6 min read
Robotics Humanoid Robot Safety Standards Have a Domestic Problem Humanoid robots are getting better at moving through homes. The harder question is whether safety standards can prove they belong there. 19 May 2026 7 min read
Robotics The Robot Labor Shock Starts With the Least Defended Jobs The first real robot labor shock will hit the work society already treats as replaceable. 13 May 2026 7 min read
