Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.

Outside of tightly controlled environments, most robotic systems still struggle with reliability, generalization and cost. The gap between what we can demonstrate and what we can operate at scale ...

Skeptics say Fort Lauderdale restaurants handing meals to food delivery robots is risky. Others ask why Brightline trains are hitting them. Will they ruin human jobs? Here are the answers.

Robotics is entering a new phase where progress is driven less by isolated breakthroughs and more by accessible, high-quality ...

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Developing a durable and affordable hand is one of the biggest challenges in robotics.

CES kicked off robotics news for January 2026, and the momentum continued with companies hitting milestones and debuting new systems.

Whether or not 2026 really is the big year of physical AI (I think it’s likelier to be the year when agentic AI breaks out) and robotics, much hype surrounds recent comments made by the great Nvidia ...

Motiv Space Systems and PickNik Robotics Collaborate on Software for NASA’s Fly Foundational Robotics (FFR) Mission ...

Haptics—technology that recreates the sense of touch—has long been a missing piece in digital interaction. Screens can show images, speakers ...

The consolidation of SpaceX and xAI could lead to more adaptive use of robots, data, and AI in manufacturing, says ...