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Agility Robotics Launches AI-Powered Digit 5 Humanoid Robot, Enabling Barrier-Free Collaborative Work at Scale
Agility Robotics USA Overview Agility Robotics has unveiled Digit 5, its next-generation general-purpose humanoid robot, designed for large-scale collaborative work with humans without physical safety barriers. This marks a significant a... -
Motus2 Integrates Tactile Feedback and Self-Evolving General World Model, Enhancing Dexterous Manipulation Success by 12.5 Points
alphaXiv Unknown Overview Motus2, a self-evolving general world model for dexterous manipulation, has been introduced. This model integrates tactile feedback with a global auto-regression memory, enabling robots to "remember" objects and... -
AppScale Blog Releases 2026 Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Foundation Model Architecture Guide, Comparing Four Leading Models
AppScale Blog Unknown Overview The AppScale Blog has published a 2026 architecture guide for Vision-Language-Action (VLA) foundation models, targeting robotics engineers and ML platform leads. The guide provides a comparative analysis of... -
Harvard and Georgia Tech Release “RLE-Bench” to Evaluate AI’s Capability in Designing and Controlling Physical Robots
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Georgia Tech School of Computational Science and Engineering USA Overview Researchers from Harvard University and Georgia Tech have released "RLE-Bench," an op... -
Cross-Embodiment Foundation Framework “X-WBC” for Humanoid Whole-Body Control Unveiled, Demonstrated Across 9 Simulations and 4 Real Robots
arXiv Unknown Overview A cross-embodiment foundation framework, "X-WBC," has been developed to scale whole-body control for humanoid robots towards general deployment. This framework separates the relatively shared semantics of human mot... -
Skild AI Leverages NVIDIA Physical AI to Teach Robots New Tasks from a Single Video, Achieving Over 7x Success Rate Improvement
NVIDIA USA Overview Skild AI has unveiled its "S1 Robot Foundation Model," utilizing NVIDIA's Physical AI technology to enable robots to learn new tasks from a single video demonstration. This model employs "in-context learning," allowin... -
POSTECH Unveils Wearable Garments with Artificial Muscle Fibers to Support South Korea’s Elderly and Disabled
The Korea Times South Korea Overview Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have unveiled soft wearable garments embedded with artificial muscle fibers, introducing new robotic assistance technology for Sout... -
Robotis CEO Declares Robot Actuators Strategically Critical as Semiconductors for the Physical AI Era
MK South Korea Overview Robotis CEO Kim Byung-soo emphasized that robot actuators will achieve strategic importance comparable to semiconductors in the era of physical AI. Actuators, functioning as the joints and muscles of a robot, cons... -
Taiwan’s CBT Establishes Supply Chain Independence with Vertically Integrated Composite Airframe Production for Military Drones
TaiwanDrones Taiwan Overview Taiwan's Carbon-Based Technology (CBT) has reportedly established a vertically integrated production system for military drone composite airframes, from resin manufacturing to final assembly. This contrasts w... -
Robot Actuator Innovations: Frameless Torque Motors and High-Efficiency Reducers Drive Humanoid Performance
EYOU Robotics China Overview An EYOU Robotics report highlights frameless torque motors, planetary gearboxes, dual absolute encoders, and FOC drives as critical integrated components for high-performance robot actuators. These integrated...
