Robot Videos: Biorobotics, Robot EV Charging, and More

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ICRA 2026: 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA

Take pleasure in at the moment’s movies!

EPFL scientists have built-in discarded crustacean shells into robotic units, leveraging the power and adaptability of pure supplies for robotic functions.

[ EPFL ]

Lastly, humanoid robot demo!

Though having stated that, I by no means belief movies demos the place it really works very well as soon as, after which simply fairly effectively 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 at all times appear just a little magical.

[ AAAS ]

Thanks, Kyujin!

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

[ Pudu Robotics ]

Thanks, Mandy!

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

[ Flexiv ]

Yeah uh if the applying 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 study a human-like sense of neatness. The researchers taught the system by exhibiting it tens of millions 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 vogue.

[ 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 area 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 should marvel how helpful this type 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.”

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

[ University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory ]