5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (251+ words) NASA is investing in a start-up company that is developing robotic technology for welding thermoplastic composites in space. Illustration courtesy NASA WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—NASA is investing in AnalySwift LLC, a start-up company that is developing robotic technology for welding…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (465+ words) Robotiq has introduced TSF-85 tactile sensor fingertips for its 2F-85 Adaptive Gripper, adding real-time touch feedback for physical AI, industrial automation and humanoid robotics applications. The fingertips use a 4-by-7 static taxel grid to monitor force distribution and detect micro-slip at…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (215+ words) CAMBRIDGE, MA—Walden Robotics, a tech startup specializing in physical AI and humanoid robots, has received $300 million in investment funding. Walden received funding from several OEMs and venture capital firms, including Toyota Motor Corp., Boeing, Samsung and Nvidia. “Toyota…has…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (316+ words) ZURICH, Switzerland — Hexagon Robotics and Schaeffler are training Hexagon’s AEON humanoid robot on manufacturing tasks as the companies prepare to deploy the robots in Schaeffler factories. AEON has entered Schaeffler’s Humanoid Gym in Germany, a dedicated industrial environment where humanoid…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (361+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — A new robot foundation model can learn previously unseen manipulation tasks from just seconds of demonstration data without additional training, potentially pointing toward robots that can adapt to new manufacturing tasks with less programming. Generalist AI has introduced…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (658+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Robotics is entering one of its most visible eras in decades. Humanoid robots are appearing in factories. Physical AI is moving from conference presentations into pilot programs. Manufacturers are looking for automation that can adapt to shorter product…...