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Rockwell Automation Eyes New Berlin: What's the Big Plan?

2026-05-31 • Robotics News via Google News
Something interesting is brewing in Wisconsin, and if you're a robotics nerd like us, you'll want to pay attention. Rockwell Automation — one of the biggest names in industrial automation and smart ma...

Japan's Humanoid Robots Are Dancing, Sewing

2026-05-31 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: a humanoid robot carefully threading a needle. Not dropping it, not fumbling — actually threading it. Now picture another one busting out a choreographed dance routine. That's what...

Google DeepMind's Robotics Vision: What Parada Wants You to Know

2026-05-31 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've been paying attention to the robotics world lately, you know that Google DeepMind has been quietly — and not so quietly — positioning itself as one of the biggest players in the space. And n...

Boston Dynamics' Atlas Pulls Off a Soccer Trick That Left a Pro Speechless

2026-05-31 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you put a humanoid robot on a soccer pitch and dare it to impress a professional footballer? Apparently, you get one very stunned Heung-min Son — and a viral moment that has the robo...

Want a Piece of the Robot Revolution? These ETFs Have You Covered

2026-05-30 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so here's a question I get a lot: "I love what's happening in robotics and tech, but how do I actually invest in it without picking individual stocks and losing my mind?" Well, friends, the answ...

Sage Bets Big on Automation: Your Accounting Just Got a Robot Assistant

2026-05-30 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the most tedious parts of running a business — chasing down invoices, processing payments, digging through purchasing data — could just... handle themselves? That's essentially what Sage is pr...

Humanoid Robots in the Military? One Startup Says Yes

2026-05-30 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: a humanoid robot lacing up its boots and heading out on a military mission. Sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi blockbuster, right? Well, one startup is working hard ...

Arbe Robotics Has Incredible Radar Tech

2026-05-30 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that feels almost poetic in its frustration: a company builds genuinely impressive technology, earns nods from engineers and analysts alike, and then... the stock gets downgraded anyway...

Japan's Robots Can Dance and Sew

2026-05-29 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so imagine a robot that can bust a move on the dance floor AND thread a needle with surgical precision. That's exactly what Japanese robotics companies are showing off right now — and the timing...

Grain Bins Are Getting a Robot Upgrade

2026-05-29 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: a massive grain bin, thousands of bushels of corn or wheat sitting inside, and instead of a farmer climbing in with a shovel or running specialized equipment manually, a robot hand...

Google DeepMind's Robotics Vision: What's the Big Idea?

2026-05-29 • Robotics News via Google News
Alright, robot fans — buckle up, because the folks over at Google DeepMind are talking robotics, and when DeepMind speaks, the tech world listens. Carolina Parada, who heads up robotics research at Go...

BMW Thinks Humanoid Robots Will Build Your Next Car

2026-05-29 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: you walk into a car factory, and instead of rows of traditional mechanical arms welding and stamping metal, you see something that looks like it just walked off a sci-fi movie s...

This Tiny Pump Just Gave a Robot Butterfly Its Wings

2026-05-28 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: a delicate robotic butterfly, flapping its wings with lifelike grace — not powered by a tangle of motors and wires, but by a minuscule pump no bigger than your fingertip. That's ex...

Could Robots Finally Fix Construction's Biggest Headaches?

2026-05-28 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: a construction site where robots lay bricks, drones map progress from above, and AI systems flag safety issues before a human ever sets foot on a scaffold. Sounds like science fict...

Japan's Robots Are Dancing and Threading Needles to Beat China

2026-05-28 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: a humanoid robot carefully threading a needle — like, actual needle-and-thread threading — while another one busts out some dance moves. No, this isn't a sci-fi movie trailer. T...

Closing the Loop: New Machine Turns Plastic Film Into Raw Material Again

2026-05-28 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that sits right at the crossroads of robotics and sustainability — and honestly, it's one of those quiet innovations that deserves a lot more attention than it gets. A company called Ex...

Small

2026-05-27 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that proves you don't need to be in Silicon Valley to build something remarkable. A scrappy robotics startup out of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin — yes, Wisconsin — has earned a spot at a...

How Robots Are Quietly Becoming Private Equity's Favorite Tool

2026-05-27 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a question you might not have thought to ask: what do Wall Street investors and warehouse robots have in common? More than you'd think — and it's changing how some of the biggest money in the w...

Your Robot Suit Has a Digital Twin Now

2026-05-27 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: you strap on a robotic exoskeleton — the kind designed to help people walk again or lift heavy loads without wrecking their backs — and before a single human ever puts it on, a vir...

JCPenney's Parent Company Is Bringing Humanoid Robots to Retail

2026-05-27 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: you walk into a warehouse that stocks your favorite department store brands, and instead of a human worker pulling items off shelves, there's a humanoid robot doing the job. That f...

Robot Surgeons Arrive in Venezuela: A New Era for Public Healthcare

2026-05-26 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: a surgeon sits at a console, fingers dancing over controls, while a robotic system performs precise, minimally invasive procedures on a patient across the room. That's not science fictio...

End of an Era: A Once

2026-05-26 • Robotics News via Google News
Well, folks, here's a story that serves as a sobering reminder that even in the most exciting corners of tech, not every chapter has a happy ending. A robotics company that had built up quite a follow...

Hyundai Rotem Lands Two Government AI Robotics Contracts in South Korea

2026-05-26 • Robotics News via Google News
You might know Hyundai for its cars, but the company's defense and industrial arm — Hyundai Rotem — is making some serious moves in the world of AI-powered robotics. The South Korean firm just locked ...

Berkeley Students Get Up Close With the Robots Shaping Tomorrow

2026-05-26 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you put curious students in the same room as the engineers and entrepreneurs who are literally building the future? You get something pretty special — and that's exactly what went do...

Syntec Technology Is Cashing In on the AI Factory Revolution

2026-05-25 • Robotics News via Google News
If you needed any more proof that AI is completely reshaping the factory floor, look no further than Syntec Technology — a Taiwanese company that just posted the best profits in its entire history. Th...

New VC Firm IXSAR Capital Is Betting Big on Robots, Space, and Self

2026-05-25 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when venture capital decides to stop spreading itself thin and go all-in on the future? You get IXSAR Capital — a brand-new investment firm that just threw open its doors with a very spec...

China Built a Giant Robot That Walks on Two Legs OR Four

2026-05-25 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so remember when Transformers were just a cartoon? Yeah, China didn't get that memo. Engineers there have unveiled a massive humanoid robot with a genuinely wild party trick: it can drop down on...

Altair Snaps Up Runtime Design Automation to Supercharge HPC Software

2026-05-25 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story about a company making a bold move to get even more powerful — and if you care about the future of simulation, AI-driven engineering, or just really fast computers doing really complex ...

Zebra Technologies Bets Big on Apera AI to Smarten Up Factories

2026-05-24 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: a factory floor where robots don't just repeat the same motion over and over like a broken record — they actually *see* what's in front of them and adapt on the fly. That's the dre...

Swiss Trains Go Smart: Stadler's NOVA Pro Is Rewiring the Rails

2026-05-24 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this — you're riding a regional train through the Swiss countryside, gliding past snow-capped mountains, and the whole operation is running with a level of digital precision that would m...

Hyundai Mobis Heads to Silicon Valley to Find Its Robot Squad

2026-05-24 • Robotics News via Google News
What do you get when a Korean auto parts giant walks into Silicon Valley looking for robot friends? Potentially, the next big leap in automotive robotics — and that's exactly what Hyundai Mobis is ban...

Young Farmers Meet Young Robots: The Competition Changing Agriculture

2026-05-24 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you hand a bunch of ambitious students a robotics kit and say, 'Go solve a real farming problem'? Apparently, you get some pretty incredible results. The Farm Robotics Challenge, org...

Robotphoenix Takes Flight: A New Robotics Stock Lands in Hong Kong

2026-05-23 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: a robotics company so confident in its future that it decides to go public and invite everyday investors along for the ride. That's exactly what's happening with Robotphoenix, which has ...

Robotic Endoscopes Are Transforming Healthcare Across the Middle East

2026-05-23 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the doctor performing your procedure never had to physically hold a single instrument? That's the kind of future that's rapidly taking shape across the Middle East, where robot-assisted endosc...

Cisco's Automation Chief Says Gen AI Is the Biggest Shift of Our Lifetime

2026-05-23 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the technology sitting on your laptop right now turns out to be as transformative as the internet itself? That's essentially what Cisco's Chief Automation Officer is putting on the table — and...

Is Your Job Robot

2026-05-23 • Robotics News via Google News
There's a new kind of workplace stress making the rounds, and it doesn't come from a difficult boss or a looming deadline. It's the creeping worry that a machine might just do your job better than you...

XPENG's Big Bet: Where Human

2026-05-22 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when a Chinese tech giant decides that the secret ingredient to winning the automation race isn't just raw computing power — but actually understanding people? That's the fascinating ques...

Robots Handling Radioactive Material? Yes, That's Now a Thing

2026-05-22 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: a tiny, radioactive particle that has a half-life measured in hours needs to get from a production facility into a patient's body for a cancer scan — on time, every time, no mis...

Humanoid Robots Are Almost Ready for Prime Time, Says Industry Giant

2026-05-22 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've been waiting for the robot revolution to kick into high gear, buckle up — because the company building more humanoid robots than anyone else on the planet thinks we're right on the edge of s...

Meet ZeeBot: The Wall

2026-05-22 • Robotics News via Google News
What if your warehouse had a robot that could literally climb the walls? That's not science fiction anymore — meet the Cainiao ZeeBot, a clever piece of machinery coming out of Alibaba's logistics arm...

Smart Factories Are Booming

2026-05-21 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: a factory floor where sensors are constantly chatting with machines, robots are adjusting their own workflows in real time, and human workers are mostly overseeing the whole beauti...

Robots in the Lab: How Smart Automation Is Reinventing Drug Manufacturing

2026-05-21 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the way we make life-saving medicines is about to get a serious upgrade — and robots are leading the charge? That's exactly what's happening in the world of pharmaceutical bioprocessing, and h...

Robot Rumbles and Happy Hour: SF's Wildest After

2026-05-21 • Robotics News via Google News
What if your Friday night drinks came with a side of flying sparks and mechanical mayhem? That's apparently just another Thursday in San Francisco, where the tech scene has found a new way to unwind —...

China vs. Germany: Who's Winning the Humanoid Robot Race?

2026-05-21 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've been following the humanoid robot space — and hey, you're listening to Robo Podcast, so of course you have — you already know things are moving fast. But the latest global snapshot is worth ...

Quantum

2026-05-20 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so here's a question worth losing sleep over: what happens to all our secure robot systems when quantum computers get powerful enough to crack today's encryption? It sounds like science fiction,...

Robot Brawls and Flying Taxis Light Up SF's Birthday Bash

2026-05-20 • Robotics News via Google News
What do you get when you mix America turning 250 with the sharpest minds in tech? Apparently, robots throwing punches and cars that ditch the road entirely. That was the scene at the Forbes Innovators...

From Forklifts to Fully Automated: How Warehouses Are Evolving

2026-05-20 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've ever wondered how the stuff you order online magically ends up at your door, buckle up — because the behind-the-scenes world of material handling is going through one of the biggest transfor...

AI and Robots Take Center Stage at ACA's Big Industry Showcase

2026-05-20 • Robotics News via Google News
Alright folks, picture this: a room full of industry pros, buzzing energy, and a spotlight pointed squarely at the technologies reshaping how we work. That's exactly what's on the menu as ACA Internat...

Hospital Food Gets a Robot Upgrade at WellSpan Health

2026-05-19 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, raise your hand if hospital food has ever made you feel... worse. Yeah, that's what I thought. Well, a health system in Pennsylvania is trying to change that reputation — and they're bringing in...

Robot Armies Are Coming — But Forget What Sci

2026-05-19 • Robotics News via Google News
When most of us hear the phrase "robot army," our brains immediately jump to Terminator-style metal soldiers marching across a battlefield. But what if the reality is simultaneously less scary and far...

Meet Reachy: The Robot That Doesn't Creep You Out

2026-05-19 • Robotics News via Google News
What if a robot could look almost human — but not so human that it sends shivers down your spine? That's exactly the sweet spot researchers at Michigan Technological University are trying to hit with ...

FANUC and NVIDIA Team Up to Train Robots in Virtual Worlds

2026-05-19 • Robotics News via Google News
What if you could teach a robot everything it needs to know before it ever sets foot — or wheel, or arm — on a real factory floor? That's exactly the idea behind a exciting new collaboration between t...

X Square Robot Cracks Forbes China's Elite AI Top 50 List

2026-05-18 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a name you're going to want to remember: X Square Robot. This Chinese robotics company just earned a spot on Forbes China's 2026 AI Tech Enterprises Top 50 — and that's not a list you just stum...

K

2026-05-18 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: you're walking through a theme park in Seoul, K-pop is pumping through the speakers, and instead of a costumed mascot waving at you, there's a fully operational robot doing it. ...

Hong Kong University Is Building a Lab Dedicated to Human

2026-05-18 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the robots of science fiction were closer than we think? Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong — better known as CUHK — are betting they are, and they're putting serious instituti...

Robots Are Landing at Airports

2026-05-18 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: you're rushing through a busy airport terminal, luggage in tow, and instead of a human attendant pointing you toward your gate, a sleek robot rolls up with real-time flight updates and a...

Stop Fearing the Robots: Why Doomerism Is Holding Us Back

2026-05-17 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, let's talk about something that comes up basically every time robotics makes the news: the panic. The hand-wringing. The 'robots are coming for your job, your livelihood, your entire existence' ...

Robot Delivery Gone Wrong: NJ Man Sues After Sidewalk Bot Collision

2026-05-17 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that feels ripped straight from a near-future thriller — except it happened on an ordinary sidewalk in New Jersey. A man is planning to take legal action after being injured in a run-in...

Meta Goes Full Robot: Zuckerberg Bets Big on Humanoid AI

2026-05-17 • Robotics News via Google News
So here's something that should make your ears perk up — Meta, the company that brought you your Facebook feed and those slightly awkward VR avatars, has just snapped up an AI robotics firm with one v...

Applied Industrial Technologies: Is the Automation Bet Paying Off?

2026-05-17 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a company worth putting on your radar — Applied Industrial Technologies, or AIT for short. They're not building flashy humanoid robots or viral warehouse drones, but they're deep in the guts of...

Student Robots Are Learning to Farm

2026-05-16 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the next generation of farmers never has to get their hands dirty? That's not a dystopian thought experiment — it's basically what students in East Idaho got a peek at during a recent robotics...

Exyn Technologies Is Going Public

2026-05-16 • Robotics News via Google News
Buckle up, robot fans, because one of the more fascinating players in the autonomous robotics space just made a very big move. Exyn Technologies — the company that makes drones and robots capable of n...

Amazon's Robot

2026-05-16 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when one of the world's biggest retailers decides to supercharge a brand-new warehouse with its most sophisticated robotic systems yet? That's exactly the question buzzing around Amazon's...

When Robots Meet Reality: AI Autonomy Software Steps Up

2026-05-16 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a question worth sitting with for a second: what actually happens when you take a shiny, lab-tested robot and drop it into the messy, unpredictable real world? Spoiler — things get complicated ...

Young Farmers Meet Robotics: Students Compete to Automate Agriculture

2026-05-15 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you hand a bunch of ambitious students a problem that's been stumping farmers for generations — and tell them to solve it with robots? You get the Farm Robotics Challenge, and honest...

Nauticus Robotics Is Taking Autonomous Underwater Bots Global

2026-05-15 • Robotics News via Google News
What's lurking beneath the ocean surface? If Nauticus Robotics has anything to say about it, the answer is increasingly: really smart robots. The Texas-based company just dropped its Q1 2026 financial...

China's Rehab Robots Are Going Global

2026-05-15 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that sits right at the crossroads of healthcare, technology, and international ambition — and honestly, it's one worth paying attention to. Chinese companies that build rehabilitation r...

Teen Robots Invade the Capitol: Ballston Spa's Young Engineers Shine

2026-05-15 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you mix high school students, cutting-edge robotics, and the halls of New York's state government? You get one of the coolest field trips we've heard about in a while. The Ballston S...

Robot Skin That Can Actually Feel? Quantum Sensors Make It Real

2026-05-14 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: a robot that doesn't just move through the world, but actually *feels* it. Not in a sci-fi, robots-have-emotions way — but in a very real, very physics-based way. That's exactly...

This Cargo Robot Looks Like Baby Yoda and Follows You Around

2026-05-14 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: you're hauling stuff across a warehouse, a hospital corridor, or maybe a busy urban sidewalk — and instead of wrestling with a cart or making three trips, a round little robot j...

Mississippi State Is Getting Kids Hooked on Robots This Summer

2026-05-14 • Robotics News via Google News
What if your summer camp had less arts and crafts and more robot arms? That's exactly the vibe at Mississippi State University right now, where the industrial technology program is running specialized...

Etron Technology Is Quietly Winning the Robotics Memory Race

2026-05-14 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a company you might not have heard of — but maybe you should. Etron Technology, a Taiwanese semiconductor maker, has been quietly placing some very strategic bets on the robotics industry, and ...

Unitree's GD01: The Real

2026-05-13 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, science fiction fans — this one's for you. Remember those giant piloted robots from your favorite anime or blockbuster action films? Well, Unitree Robotics just made a pretty serious move toward...

Your Lawn Mower Is Smarter Than You Think

2026-05-13 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, hear me out. When most people think about autonomous robots making a real-world difference, their minds jump to self-driving cars, surgical bots, or maybe those flashy warehouse machines zipping...

HR Tech's Big Glow

2026-05-13 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so here's a question that sounds simple but really isn't: what is HR software actually *for*? For decades, the answer was basically "keeping records." You clock in, HR logs it. You get a raise, ...

China Just Built a Real

2026-05-13 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so remember being a kid and watching Transformers and thinking, "yeah, that'll never happen"? Well, buckle up, because a Chinese robotics company just made that childhood dream — or nightmare, d...

Robots Are Checking In: How Hospitality Tech Is Reshaping Hotels & Restaurants

2026-05-12 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, picture this: you sit down at a restaurant, glance up from your menu, and instead of a human server heading your way, it's a sleek little robot rolling over with your appetizers. Science fiction...

Robots, Bagels, and Big Ideas: NY Tech Week Gets Physical

2026-05-12 • Robotics News via Google News
Forget the PowerPoint presentations and the stiff conference seating — at New York Tech Week, one of the most buzzed-about gatherings wasn't a formal panel at all. It was a casual, bagel-fueled meetup...

Tomorrow's Robots Are Being Built Right Now

2026-05-12 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've ever wondered what the robots of the future are actually going to look like — not the sci-fi movie versions, but the real ones being engineered in labs and startups around the world right no...

Hawaii Gets Its First AI Construction Robot

2026-05-12 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: a construction site in Honolulu, hard hats everywhere, the sound of power tools in the air — and rolling right alongside the human crew, a robot. Not a sci-fi fantasy anymore, folks. Hon...

South Korea Bets on Robot Farmers to Revolutionize Agriculture

2026-05-11 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you put robotics engineers and agricultural scientists in the same room and tell them to figure out the future of farming? If you're South Korea, you make it official with a formal p...

Muscles, Machines & the Future: Sarcomere Dynamics Gets Real

2026-05-11 • Robotics News via Google News
What if the next big leap in robotics wasn't about making machines more powerful — but making them more human ? That's the question a company called Sarcomere Dynamics is tackling head-on, and honestl...

Robots Are Taking Over Chip Factories

2026-05-11 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've ever wondered why your smartphone keeps getting smarter while somehow getting cheaper, part of the answer might surprise you: robots are quietly running the show inside semiconductor factori...

Is 2026 the Year to Bet on Robots? The Investment Case Explained

2026-05-11 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so we talk a lot on this show about the cool machines — the warehouse bots, the surgical arms, the delivery drones. But today we're flipping the script and asking a different question: what does...

How One Robotics Team Is Changing the STEM Game in Delaware

2026-05-10 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when a group of passionate mentors and curious kids get together with some motors, sensors, and a whole lot of determination? Apparently, you get a robotics movement quietly transforming ...

Sky Soldiers Meet Robot Soldiers: US Army Goes High

2026-05-10 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: paratroopers from one of the US Army's most storied units, the 173rd Airborne Brigade — nicknamed the "Sky Soldiers" — but instead of just boots and rifles, they're rolling out alongside...

What Even Is a Robot? The Answer Is Wilder Than You Think

2026-05-09 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so here's a question that sounds simple but absolutely isn't: what exactly makes something a robot? You'd think we'd have a clean answer by now, right? Spoiler alert — we really don't, and that'...

UAE's Micropolis Robotics Steals the Show at Make It in the Emirates 2026

2026-05-09 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've been watching the Middle East tech scene, here's a name you'll want to remember: Micropolis Robotics. This UAE-based company just had a major moment in the spotlight, walking away as the sta...

This Humanoid Robot Just Got a Glowing Curved OLED Face

2026-05-09 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this: a humanoid robot walks into the room, and instead of the usual blank plastic face or creepy static expression, it's sporting a sleek, curved OLED display as its head. Sounds lik...

Debt Collectors and Robots? The Automation Conversation Nobody Expected

2026-05-09 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, here's one that might surprise you — the world of debt collection is having a serious reckoning with automation, and it's happening out loud, in community forums, with real people asking real qu...

Small

2026-05-08 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that might surprise you — some of the most exciting developments in robotics education aren't happening at MIT or Silicon Valley bootcamps. They're happening in places like Douglas, Geo...

Rocket Lab Snaps Up Space Robotics Firm Motiv Space Systems

2026-05-08 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that feels like two puzzle pieces clicking perfectly into place. Rocket Lab — yes, the company famous for launching small satellites into orbit on its Electron rocket — has announced it...

Turning Old Tires Into Tomorrow: Gilead Dynamics Goes Big

2026-05-08 • Robotics News via Google News
What do you do with a mountain of old tires? If you're Gilead Dynamics, you build a machine that eats them on the spot — and then you call in some serious automation muscle to help you scale up. Gilea...

Faraday Future Bets Big on Robotics Education With New US Institute

2026-05-08 • Robotics News via Google News
You might know Faraday Future as the electric vehicle company that's had more than its share of turbulent headlines over the years. But here's a plot twist — they're now making a serious move into the...

Korea's Robot Monk Is Here to Serve Serenity

2026-05-07 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you mix ancient spiritual tradition with cutting-edge robotics? You get one of the most fascinating — and honestly kind of mind-bending — stories we've stumbled across lately: a robo...

Robot Butlers Are Checking In: Milo X Robotics Eyes Hotel Industry

2026-05-07 • Robotics News via Google News
Imagine arriving at your hotel after a long flight, and instead of waiting for a human staff member to bring up extra towels or a late-night snack, a cheerful little robot rolls up to your door and ha...

Aptiv and Comau Are Joining Forces to Reinvent the Factory Floor

2026-05-07 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when two heavy hitters in the world of industrial technology decide to stop going it alone? You get a partnership that could seriously shake up how factories operate — and that's exactly ...

The Last Mile Problem: How Robots Are Finally Cracking Delivery's Hardest Puzzle

2026-05-07 • Robotics News via Google News
You've probably never heard the phrase "last mile" and thought, wow, that sounds like a robotics revolution in progress. But here's the thing — it absolutely is. The last mile of delivery, that final ...

Two Chinese Tech Firms Team Up to Push Robot Remote Control Forward

2026-05-06 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that caught our attention this week — two companies in China just decided to pool their brainpower and build something pretty exciting together. Wuba Intelligent and Arcvideo Technology...

Robot Umpires Are Coming to College Baseball

2026-05-06 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: bases loaded, two outs, full count — and the ump calling balls and strikes isn't human. That's exactly the scene heading to the SEC Baseball Tournament, where the same automated strike-z...

America's First Exported LUUV Is Making Waves

2026-05-06 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so here's a story that quietly snuck into the robotics world this week, and honestly? It deserves a lot more attention. C2 Robotics has just commissioned the very first US-exported LUUV — that's...

Robots Keep Winning Even When the Economy Gets Wobbly

2026-05-06 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's something worth chewing on: even as businesses nervously watch tariff headlines and interest rate drama, some of the biggest names in industrial automation are still seeing strong demand for th...

Roomba's Creator Is Back

2026-05-05 • Robotics News via Google News
You know that satisfying feeling when your Roomba quietly zips around the floor while you kick back on the couch? Well, the brain behind that little disc of domestic bliss is back — and his newest cre...

How Robots and AI Are Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Modern Warfare

2026-05-05 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a question worth chewing on: what's the unglamorous but absolutely mission-critical backbone of any military operation? If you guessed logistics — keeping troops fed, fueled, and armed — you're...

Should Robot Workers Earn a Minimum Wage? One Tech Boss Says Yes

2026-05-05 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a wild idea that's making the rounds in tech circles — what if companies had to pay a tax every time a robot replaced a human worker? That's essentially what one prominent technology executive ...

Meet the 2026 Engelberger Award Winners Shaping Robotics' Future

2026-05-05 • Robotics News via Google News
Every year, the robotics world pauses to honor the people quietly making the biggest waves — and the 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards just revealed two names worth knowing: Hiroshi Fujiwara ...

Olympus Teams Up With EndoRobotics to Bring Robotic Tools Inside You

2026-05-04 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a story that makes you think about the future of medicine in a whole new way. Olympus — yeah, the same brand you might know from cameras — has quietly become a major player in medical technolog...

The Tiny Chips Powering the Humanoid Robot Revolution

2026-05-04 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's something we don't talk about enough on this show — the unsung heroes living inside every humanoid robot you've ever seen do a backflip or fold laundry on a viral video. We're talking about mot...

Meet the Robotics Legends Winning the Field's Highest Honor in 2026

2026-05-04 • Robotics News via Google News
If robotics had its own version of the Nobel Prize, this would be it. The Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award is widely considered the most prestigious recognition in the entire field — and this year...

Humanoid Robots Are Moving Off Drawing Boards and Into Factories

2026-05-04 • Robotics News via Google News
Alright, folks — strap in, because the humanoid robot race is officially heating up. Two of the biggest names in the bipedal bot space, Figure and 1X, are both pushing hard to scale up how many humano...

What's New in Robotics? The Stories Shaping Our Automated Future

2026-05-03 • Robotics News via Google News
If you've been paying attention to the robotics space lately — and honestly, how could you not? — things are moving fast. Like, really fast. The kind of fast that makes you wonder whether we're living...

From Smartphones to Humanoids: Phone Giants Eye the Robot Race

2026-05-03 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a plot twist nobody saw coming a few years ago — the companies that figured out how to put a supercomputer in your pocket are now setting their sights on building robots that walk, talk, and ma...

Feeling the Future: DAIMON Robotics Is Teaching Robots to Touch

2026-05-03 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a question worth pondering: what's the one thing your hands do constantly that you almost never think about? They feel things. The texture of a coffee mug, the firmness of an avocado, the fragi...

China's Factory Giants Are Betting Big on Humanoid Robots

2026-05-03 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a fascinating pivot happening right now in the world of manufacturing — and it could reshape robotics as we know it. The same industrial ecosystem that learned to churn out millions of smartpho...

Robot Dogs Take Over Berlin: When Art Meets Artificial Intelligence

2026-05-02 • Robotics News via Google News
Picture this: you walk into a sleek Berlin art gallery, expecting maybe some abstract paintings or a brooding sculpture or two. Instead, you're greeted by a pack of robotic dogs, powered by artificial...

When Robots Cause Flight Delays: The Story Nobody Expected

2026-05-02 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so we've talked a lot on this show about robots taking over jobs, robots helping in warehouses, robots doing surgery — but delaying a flight? That's a new one, and honestly, it's the kind of sto...

Meta Is Coming for the Humanoid Robot Space

2026-05-02 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so apparently Mark Zuckerberg wasn't satisfied with just building the metaverse, training massive AI models, and owning two of the biggest social platforms on the planet. Now Meta has gone ahead...

Humanoid Robot Bebop Grounds a Southwest Flight

2026-05-02 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so we've talked a lot about robots entering the workforce, navigating warehouses, and even flipping burgers — but nobody had 'holding up a commercial airline flight' on their 2024 bingo card. We...

Meet the Robot Keeping Palm Springs Cops Out of Danger

2026-05-01 • Robotics News via Google News
What if, instead of sending a human officer into a tense, unpredictable standoff, you could roll in a robot first? That's exactly what the Palm Springs Police Department is doing — and they recently p...

Robots and Lettuce: How Tech Giants Are Fighting Hunger Indoors

2026-05-01 • Robotics News via Google News
What do a food bank network, an industrial automation powerhouse, and a vertical farming startup have in common? Turns out, quite a lot — and the result might just change how we think about feeding co...

China's Robot Revolution: How Embodied AI Is Reshaping the Game

2026-05-01 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so picture this — a robot that doesn't just follow a script, but actually *thinks* about its environment, adapts on the fly, and gets smarter the more it works. That's the big idea behind embodi...

The Hidden Power Source Driving the Humanoid Robot Boom

2026-05-01 • Robotics News via Google News
Okay, so everyone's talking about humanoid robots — the walking, waving, occasionally creepy machines that seem to be popping up everywhere. But here's a question nobody's asking at the dinner table: ...

Skild AI Snaps Up Zebra's Robotics Unit

2026-04-16 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a deal that caught our attention this week: Skild AI, one of the newer names making waves in the world of general-purpose robot brains, has just acquired the robotics automation business from Z...

Why One Tech Exec Says Automation Isn't Optional Anymore

2026-04-16 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a question worth sitting with: at what point does automation stop being a competitive advantage and start being a survival requirement? According to Ray Duval, a leading voice at Ultimate Tech,...

Robots Are Helping Build US Navy Ships

2026-04-16 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when you take cutting-edge artificial intelligence and point it at one of the most physically demanding industries in America? You get a pretty fascinating partnership — and that's exactl...

Cadence and Nvidia Team Up to Build the Brains Behind Tomorrow's Robots

2026-04-16 • Robotics News via Google News
What happens when two of the biggest names in chip design and artificial intelligence decide to join forces? If you're as excited about robotics as we are, you might want to pull up a chair — because ...

Skild AI Snaps Up Zebra's Robotics Unit

2026-04-15 • Robotics News via Google News
Something interesting just happened in the robotics world, and honestly, it's the kind of move that makes you sit up and pay attention. Skild AI — a Pittsburgh-based startup that's been quietly buildi...

Skild AI Snaps Up Zebra's Robotics Unit

2026-04-15 • Robotics News via Google News
Here's a deal that has the robotics world buzzing: Skild AI, a startup built around the idea of giving robots a kind of universal intelligence, has just acquired the robotics automation division from ...

Roboteon Wants to Make Warehouse Robots Play Nice Together

2026-04-15 • Robotics News via Google News
Ever wonder why setting up robots in a warehouse feels like trying to get a bunch of toddlers to share toys? Every system has its own rules, its own language, and its own idea of who's in charge. It's...

The Degree That Puts You Inside the Robot Revolution

2026-04-15 • Robotics News via Google News
Ever wonder who actually builds, programs, and maintains all those robots taking over factory floors and warehouses? Spoiler: it's not science fiction engineers in lab coats — it's graduates with a ve...