Robot Videos: Biorobotics, Robot EV Charging, and More

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ICRA 2026: 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA

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EPFL scientists have built-in discarded crustacean shells into robotic gadgets, leveraging the energy and adaptability of pure supplies for robotic purposes.

[ EPFL ]

Lastly, humanoid robot demo!

Though having stated that, I by no means belief movies demos the place it really works rather well as soon as, after which simply fairly nicely each different time.

[ LimX Dynamics ]

Thanks, Jinyan!

I perceive how these buildings work, I actually do. However watching one thing inflexible extrude itself from a versatile reel will all the time appear a bit magical.

[ AAAS ]

Thanks, Kyujin!

I’m unsure what “industrial grade” really means, however I need robots to be “automotive grade,” the place they’ll simply function for six months or a 12 months with none upkeep in any respect.

[ Pudu Robotics ]

Thanks, Mandy!

Once you begin to suspect that your robotic EV charging resolution prices greater than your automotive.

[ Flexiv ]

Yeah uh if the appliance for this humanoid is definitely making robotic components with a hammer and anvil, then I’d be impressed.

[ EngineAI ]

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have designed a robotic that may be taught a human-like sense of neatness. The researchers taught the system by exhibiting it hundreds of thousands of examples, not educating it particular directions. The result’s a mannequin that may have a look at a cluttered tabletop and rearrange scattered objects in an orderly trend.

[ Paper ]

Why haven’t we seen this type of factor in humanoid robotics videos but?

[ HUCEBOT ]

Whereas I positively recognize in-the-field testing, it’s additionally price asking to what extent your robotic is definitely being challenged by the in-the-field subject that you simply’ve chosen.

[ DEEP Robotics ]

Introducing HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal — autonomous, adaptive, designed for real-world affect. Inbuilt 5 months, strolling stably after 48 hours of coaching.

[ Humanoid ]

Unitree says that “that is to validate the general reliability of the robotic” however I actually need to surprise how helpful this sort of reliability validation really is.

[ Unitree ]

This College of Pennsylvania GRASP on Robotics Seminar is by Jie Tan from Google DeepMind, on “Gemini Robotics: Bringing AI into the Bodily World.”

Current developments in giant multimodal fashions have led to the emergence of outstanding generalist capabilities in digital domains, but their translation to bodily brokers corresponding to robots stays a major problem. On this discuss, I’ll current Gemini Robotics, a sophisticated Imaginative and prescient-Language-Motion (VLA) generalist mannequin able to immediately controlling robots. Moreover, I’ll focus on the challenges, learnings and future analysis instructions on robotic foundation models.

[ University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory ]