{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/rss-feed\/robotics-news\/","language":"en-us","description":"The latest news on robotics, robots, robotics sciences and technology science. ","item":[{"title":"China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers","description":"Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-china-humanoids-scale-hard-buyers.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:20:02 EDT","guid":"news699949182"},{"title":"New app lets anyone operate a robot from their phone","description":"Someone with no computing experience may soon be able to remotely control a robot from anywhere on the planet using a smartphone, thanks to new technology developed by Georgia Tech. The new technology is also set to revolutionize the scale of policy training data collection, which is essential to advancing robotic capabilities and meeting growing production demand.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-app-robot.html","category":"Consumer & Gadgets","pubDate":"Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:20:06 EDT","guid":"news699786961"},{"title":"Finding the best ways for humans and robots to work together requires 'swarm' thinking","description":"If the future of warehouse work belongs to humans and robots working side by side, a key question remains: What is the most effective way for them to collaborate?","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-ways-humans-robots-requires-swarm.html","category":"Business","pubDate":"Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:40:01 EDT","guid":"news699719221"},{"title":"Consistency, not complexity, is the key to teaching robots dexterity, new research suggests","description":"Teaching robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity has long been one of robotics' toughest challenges. Tasks such as rotating an object in-hand or coordinating two robot arms to maneuver a bulky item require constant changes in contact, grip, and motion, skills that are difficult both to program and to demonstrate through human teleoperation.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-complexity-key-robots-dexterity.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:00:09 EDT","guid":"news699710641"},{"title":"LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details","description":"Imagine working at a warehouse or office sometime in the near future, and you're asked to help a new trainee learn the basics of their job. The catch: It's a robot. To teach them, you might want to play a game of \"show and tell\"\u2014that is, physically showing how to do something a few different ways, while also explaining what you're doing.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-llms-robots-vague-focus-key.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:20:02 EDT","guid":"news699617582"},{"title":"A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?","description":"After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-06-robot-ailing-couple-stay-home.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:15:26 EDT","guid":"news699506075"},{"title":"Dual-mode magnetic elastomer moves on command, vanishes on demand","description":"The rapid expansion of soft robots and smart electronic devices is driving demand for materials that can not only move and adapt, but also complete their missions without leaving behind unwanted traces. As these technologies are increasingly explored for health care, environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, and security applications, robots and devices are expected to operate in places where human access is limited\u2014such as narrow pipes, sealed spaces, underground facilities, and hazardous environments.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-dual-mode-magnetic-elastomer-demand.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Sun, 31 May 2026 10:40:02 EDT","guid":"news699280707"},{"title":"A tiny underwater antenna is changing how robots talk in dark, murky seas","description":"From the shallow shores of Lake Wahlberg to the salty depths of the ocean, University of Florida researchers are dropping robots in the water and training them to communicate more efficiently in murky conditions.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-tiny-underwater-antenna-robots-dark.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Fri, 29 May 2026 14:20:03 EDT","guid":"news699281406"},{"title":"A stair-climbing robot that catches itself when it falls","description":"SUTD researchers have developed a reinforcement-learning-based safety system that teaches a stair-traversing service robot to brace itself mid-fall, addressing one of the biggest barriers to deploying autonomous robots on staircases.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-stair-climbing-robot-falls.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:05 EDT","guid":"news699274713"},{"title":"Robot learns to play music by ear, opening new possibilities in medicine and therapy","description":"Scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a robotic hand that can hear a melody once and play it back after just two minutes of self-taught practice on a keyboard, without relying on sheet music or preprogrammed scores.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-robot-play-music-ear-possibilities.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:02 EDT","guid":"news699186841"},{"title":"AI listens to insect body signals to guide cyborg cockroaches","description":"Cyborg insects have long been studied as bio-hybrid systems that combine living organisms with small electronic devices. These systems may one day support tasks such as disaster search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and sensing in spaces too small or dangerous for conventional robots. However, most existing systems control insects based mainly on externally visible behavior, such as whether the insect is walking or stopping.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-ai-insect-body-cyborg-cockroaches.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 11:40:01 EDT","guid":"news699186781"},{"title":"Humanoids dance and thread needles as Japanese robotics developers look to outdo Chinese","description":"Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ones to help with deliveries were on display Thursday as the Humanoids Summit Tokyo opened.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-humanoids-thread-needles-japanese-robotics.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Thu, 28 May 2026 09:55:22 EDT","guid":"news699180881"},{"title":"Pea-size liquid-metal pump runs robot butterfly on under 0.1 V","description":"Engineers have invented an ingenious liquid-metal pump that could make future soft robotics and wearable devices much more portable and agile. The innovation, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Nature Communications, presents a low-voltage power source with the potential to transform robotic systems for a wide range of applications, from robotic legs to haptic gloves used in medical and industrial settings.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-pea-size-liquid-metal-robot.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Wed, 27 May 2026 15:40:04 EDT","guid":"news699114181"},{"title":"It looks like a sea urchin, but this strange 20-legged machine is rewriting what robots can do","description":"Symmetry is everywhere in nature, from the bilateral form of vertebrates to the radial geometry of starfish. For decades, roboticists have tried to copy these shapes and their abilities with bodies that look like humans, dogs or insects.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-sea-urchin-strange-legged-machine.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:10 EDT","guid":"news699025870"},{"title":"'5-in-1' seed-sized surgical robot switches tools in under one second","description":"Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a tiny seed-sized robot that can navigate across soft and uneven surfaces to perform five surgical functions wirelessly, paving the way for developing robots to make surgeries and medical treatments more precise.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-seed-sized-surgical-robot-tools.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Tue, 26 May 2026 07:40:04 EDT","guid":"news698999821"},{"title":"Motion tracking system shows robots the path most traveled by, keeping them on task","description":"There's a delicate art to teaching robots, even when you're preparing them for predictable environments like factories, where they'll repeat the same tasks a little differently depending on the obstacles they face. Whether a human is suddenly in their way or there's new clutter, the machine must closely mimic its operator's actions by staying on a trajectory (or motion path).","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-motion-tracking-robots-path-task.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Mon, 25 May 2026 12:40:01 EDT","guid":"news698930882"},{"title":"Unlocking soft robotics control with AI's cousin: Reservoir computing","description":"Soft robotics\u2014machines made of flexible, muscle-like materials\u2014can bend and stretch in fluid ways that put the rigid robots of old sci-fi movies to shame. But the flexibility that lets them pick ripe tomatoes or navigate a search-and-rescue site comes at a cost: Soft robotics are notoriously difficult to control.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-soft-robotics-ai-cousin-reservoir.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Fri, 22 May 2026 10:20:04 EDT","guid":"news698663701"},{"title":"New framework helps robots turn complex language into precise 3D actions","description":"Over the past few decades, roboticists worldwide have introduced increasingly advanced robots that can understand human instructions, move in their surroundings and reliably complete basic manual tasks. While they perform well in some scenarios, many of these robots still struggle to translate the instructions of users into precise and executable actions that would allow them to successfully complete desired tasks.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-framework-robots-complex-language-precise.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Fri, 22 May 2026 09:40:05 EDT","guid":"news698591508"},{"title":"Robotic collective flows like matter, adapting without centralized control","description":"Cornell engineers have developed a robotic collective that behaves less like a machine and more like a material that flows, reshapes, and adapts to its environment without centralized control. The system, called the Cross-Link Collective, consists of dozens of small robots that have limited mobility individually, but together exhibit coordinated and sustained motion.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-robotic-centralized.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Thu, 21 May 2026 13:40:06 EDT","guid":"news698587802"},{"title":"What AI taxis and robots can learn from bees","description":"Even advanced technology can struggle when the real world becomes unpredictable. In April 2026, a Waymo robotaxi in San Antonio, Texas, drove into a flooded lane during severe weather, prompting the company to recall about 3,800 vehicles for a software fix.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-ai-taxis-robots-bees.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Wed, 20 May 2026 13:40:01 EDT","guid":"news698500157"},{"title":"Turning surroundings into a 'virtual screen' could help machines see better in 3D","description":"Imagine navigating a city street during rush hour\u2014cars and bikes zipping by, pedestrians hustling down a crowded sidewalk, your eyes adjusting to the shop windows' glare in one moment and a dark underpass the next. Our brain, of course, does all this without us being aware of the complex processes going on in that moment. In real time, our eyes and brain create a three-dimensional, accurate representation of a dynamic scene, constantly calculating distances between objects with myriad shapes, sizes, and surfaces.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-virtual-screen-machines-3d.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:04 EDT","guid":"news698398261"},{"title":"Open-source framework lets drones dodge obstacles in milliseconds while minimizing travel time","description":"In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs) could fly through a collapsed building to map the scene, giving rescuers information they need to quickly reach survivors. But this remains an extremely challenging problem for an autonomous robot, which would need to swiftly adjust its trajectory to avoid sudden obstacles while staying on course.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-source-framework-drones-dodge-obstacles.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Tue, 19 May 2026 15:20:04 EDT","guid":"news698422499"},{"title":"Co-designed robots reveal what health care staff and patients actually need","description":"As robots enter hospitals and care facilities, questions remain about whether they actually make care easier for the people who give and receive it. A new Cornell Tech-led study approaches that challenge by inviting health care workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-robots-reveal-health-staff-patients.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Thu, 14 May 2026 11:36:00 EDT","guid":"news697977317"},{"title":"Honeybees teach drones how to navigate","description":"It sounds like science fiction, but also strangely familiar: drones buzzing around, inspecting tomatoes in greenhouses, delivering your package or inspecting an industrial site. With all the talk about drone-swarms, development in drones seems to move fast. But their navigation still requires a lot of computing power and memory, making them heavy, expensive and energy-hungry.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-honeybees-drones.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:24 EDT","guid":"news697883521"},{"title":"Human-like robot voices boost customer support after mistakes, five experiments show","description":"When service robots make mistakes, it is not only important whether customers receive compensation. The robot's voice can also shape how the situation is perceived. A human-like voice can make customers feel more supported after a service failure. This is the finding of a study by the Chair of Value Based Marketing at the University of Augsburg, published in the Journal of Business Research. The findings are relevant for companies that use service robots and similar AI-based systems.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-human-robot-voices-boost-customer.html","category":"Consumer & Gadgets","pubDate":"Wed, 13 May 2026 09:40:02 EDT","guid":"news697882962"},{"title":"Closing the gap between animal movement and robotic control","description":"Animals move with a level of precision and adaptability that robots struggle to match. In Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, researchers are developing a new AI-driven approach to uncover how brains and bodies work together. By turning complex biological systems into models that can be tested and refined, the team seeks to understand and replicate animal performance in robotic systems.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-gap-animal-movement-robotic.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Tue, 12 May 2026 11:40:06 EDT","guid":"news697804501"},{"title":"Machines with the ability to 'feel' currently in development as we enter next frontier of AI","description":"New artificial intelligence (AI) technologies currently in development could lead to an imminent future where machines no longer just process and analyze information, but can feel. In his new book \"Perceptive Machines,\" futurologist and researcher Professor Rocky Scopelliti outlines a near future in which machines are capable of sensing, interpreting and responding to the world in ways once considered unique to humans and other biological species: including sight, sound, touch, smell and taste.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-machines-ability-frontier-ai.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:01 EDT","guid":"news697794122"},{"title":"'Touch dreaming' helps humanoid robots handle five tricky tasks with 90.9% higher success","description":"Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a body structure that resembles that of humans, could soon assist humans with various tasks in household environments, manufacturing sites, hospitals and other settings. While some humanoid robots already perform well on basic manual tasks, they often struggle with more complex tasks or with missions that require them to reliably manipulate objects while moving in the space around them.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-humanoid-robots-tricky-tasks-higher.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:02 EDT","guid":"news697714081"},{"title":"Artificial muscle merges sensing and movement in one structure for humanoid robots","description":"A research team has developed an \"intelligent artificial muscle\" capable of simultaneously performing sensing and actuation functions, inspired by biological muscle\u2013tendon complexes. This artificial muscle, which embeds liquid metal channels within a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), contracts in response to electrical stimulation while also being able to measure internal force and length in real time.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-artificial-muscle-merges-movement-humanoid.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Sun, 10 May 2026 20:30:01 EDT","guid":"news697467191"},{"title":"From motion to memory: Researchers create soft machines that amplify movement and remember touch","description":"Conventional soft actuators are often limited by weak force, small displacement, and slow response. To overcome these limitations, researchers have developed a new mechanical system that can amplify motion and remember external triggers through the interaction between magnets and elastic membranes.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2026-05-motion-memory-soft-machines-amplify.html","category":"Robotics","pubDate":"Fri, 08 May 2026 13:40:03 EDT","guid":"news697465561"}]}}