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Humanoid Robots for Moon and Mars

Humanoid Robots for Moon and Mars
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Tumbleweed rover tests demonstrate transformative technology for low-cost Mars exploration

A swarm of spherical rovers, blown by the wind like tumbleweeds, could enable large-scale and low-cost exploration of the Martian surface, according to results presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Sciences (EPSC-DPS) 2025.
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Why iRobot’s founder won’t go within 10 feet of today’s walking robots

Rodney Brooks says humanoid robots pose hidden safety challenges and won't learn dexterity from video alone.
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Study captures how humans touch unfamiliar objects, offering lessons for human–robot interaction

To estimate the weight of a rock, you pick it up. Is it rough, or smooth? You run a finger over it. We're constantly gathering information through our sense of touch, which is closely connected to how we move.
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Next-generation humanoid robot can do the moonwalk

KAIST research team's independently developed humanoid robot boasts world-class driving performance, reaching speeds of 12km/h, along with excellent stability, maintaining balance even with its eyes closed or on rough terrain. Furthermore, it can perform complex human-specific movements such as...
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Could humans and AI become a new kind of evolutionary individual?

In a recent op-ed published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary individuality.
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Robots are prone to privacy leaks despite encryption

A new study from the University of Waterloo has unveiled major privacy weaknesses in collaborative robots—calling for stronger defenses.
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Humanoid robots in the home? Not so fast, says expert

It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote tasks like fold laundry or sort recycling simply by being asked.
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bridging the neuronal gap

Walk on water--then fly
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Robot Balances Ball On A Plate

Imagine trying to balance a heavy metal ball bearing on a cafeteria tray. It’s not the easiest thing in the world! In fact, it’s perhaps a task better automated, as [skulkami3000] demon…
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WALL-E’s Forgotten Sibling Rebuilt

Do you remember the movie WALL-E? Apparently, [Leviathan engineering] did, and he wasn’t as struck by the title character, or Eva, or even the Captain. He was captivated by BURN-E. His workin…
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Unitree Humanoid Robot Exploit Looks Like A Bad One

Unitree have a number of robotic offerings, and are one of the first manufacturers offering humanoid robotic platforms. It seems they are also the subject of UniPwn, one of the first public exploit…
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Creepy robotic head has eerily human-like facial expressions

AheadForm, the company behind the lifelike animatronic, says that this body-less robot is designed for 'research and interaction'.
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Open Source Controller For Old And Expensive Industrial Robots

Industrial robots like robotic arms are basically everywhere, albeit usually out of the public’s eye in factories. This also means that they get replaced and scrapped all the time, making for…
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true bionics

Sensor platform

Off world
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Octopus-inspired soft robot merges motion, camouflage, and object handling

A soft robotic system uses liquid crystal elastomers to merge shape shifting, gripping, and color change, demonstrating fully integrated motion and optical feedback within a single flexible material.
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Maxwell's Demon?

Vaxx for implants?

On humanoid robots

Record
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Record-Breaking Robots At Guinness World Records

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointe…
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Robot is so realistic that firm cuts it open on stage to prove that it's real

A demonstration of the Xpeng IRON humanoid robot recently left people unable to believe that it was even a robot.
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China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, with the United States a distant third, further strengthening China’s already dominant global role in manufacturing.

There were more than two million robots working in Chinese factories last year, according to a report released Thursday by the International Federation of Robotics, a nonprofit trade group for makers of industrial robots. Factories in China installed nearly 300,000 new robots last year, more than the rest of the world combined, the report found. American factories installed 34,000.

While Chinese factories have been using more robots, they have also gotten better at making them. The government has used public capital and policy directives to spur Chinese companies to become leaders in robotics and other advanced technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence.

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Japanese Govt Sets New Goal of Multipurpose Humanoid Robots in Moonshot Research and Development Program by 2030

<p>The Cabinet Office plans to make developing multipurpose humanoid robots a new goal under one of its research and development programs, according to sources.</p>
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The Cabinet Office plans to make developing multipurpose humanoid robots a new goal under one of its research and development programs, according to sources.

The government hopes that such robots will be able to work in households, manufacturing plants and disaster-hit areas, among other locations.

The aim is to develop a prototype capable of handling tasks with human assistance by 2030, as a way of laying the foundations for the technology. The prototype, when it is produced, is expected to motivate private-sector companies to invest in the field and encourage more studies of AI.

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The 5-minute dishwater stacking was gold, was like on the edge of my seat with anticipation it wouldn't break anything:D

Imagine having some dude/chick/whatever being able to wander around your house all day from another country?

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Robo-training
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If IRobot Falls, Hackers Are Ready To Wrangle Roombas

Things are not looking good for iRobot. Although their robotic Roomba vacuums are basically a household name, the company has been faltering financially for some time now. In 2024 there was hope of…
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Brain-free

Flaw-to-feature
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Robots gain guarded acceptance in elderly care if safety and trust align

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025 - A major survey by Chiba University researchers reveals that a significant portion of people are prepared to accept home-care robots, provided these systems secure privacy and safety and maintain use
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cheapobot
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Dual-Arm Mobile Bot Built On IKEA Cart Costs Hundreds, Not Thousands

There are many incredible open-source robotic arm projects out there, but there’s a dearth of affordable, stable, and mobile robotic platforms with arms. That’s where XLeRobot comes in.…
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Bionics
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Feeling is believing: Making prosthetic limbs and virtual reality feel more real

Virtual reality and prosthetics are advancing rapidly thanks to technological innovations, but both are still missing one key element—a sense of touch, also known as haptic feedback.
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I'm going to be sick

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Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have built a "self-driving" lab system that does this work on its own, using robotics and artificial intelligence to decide the next best step without waiting for a human.

The photograph is to die for: "Who is this photographer?"

Staged, I know...

Your filament is on the ground
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3D Printed Mail Is A Modern Solution To An Ancient Problem

The human body and sharp objects don’t get along very well, especially when they are being wielded with ill-intent. Since antiquity there have been various forms of armor designed to protect …
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No it isn’t
 
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While the CEO sits it out...here comes new workbots

Lay of the land

Softbots

I'm thinking it over
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Griefbots are 'helping people stay connected with loved ones who have died'

The tech boss said the ‘tools to help us grieve’ are always changing.
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We'll be right there Mrs. Fletcher
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Chinese Robot Sets Guinness World Record With 66-Mile Walk

The U.S.-China robot race is getting more literal.
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When combat robots suffer from PTSD, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s—-they have one last duty to perform:

Marvin:
I feel so depressed

Bilko:
You need to have more fun….practice this:
It’s the latest dance move—called the Minefield Stomp.
 
 
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That still requires big stamping machines. Assembly and fabrication different

True SRMs are to be around 100 tons or so as per Freitas.

A book on the subject

On tendons

Teslabots need their own Turing Test.. building and painting an AMT 1/650 Enterprise without cursing.
 
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Now we just need Gordon Ramsay to scream at it in the kitchen:

On a serious note, this might assist telepresence.

I'd like to see a model kit maker wear a harness and build an AMT kit, and see how well a robot could follow it....with Mr. Merriman screaming at it this go-around. Comedy gold.

For elder care, a softer touch

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