Mechanical Design & Robotics Humanoid Robots Are Hitting the Wall Before They Hit the Market Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 But at the Humanoids Summit in Mountain View, California, the mood among industry greats was anything but the upbeat tone…
Mechanical Design & Robotics World’s Smallest Autonomous Robots Redefine Microscale Engineering Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 “At sizes where gravity doesn’t matter and viscosity takes over, the team of University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan…
Mechanical Design & Robotics LG CLOiD Robot Revealed at CES 2026 with Human-Like Dexterity Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 In a market already choc-a-bloc with wheeled assistive robots and voice-controlled smart hubs, the coming gadget by LG will be…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Humanoid Robotics 2025: From Sporting Glory to Emotional Intelligence Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 The year 2025 has become the testing ground for human-like robots, where the lines between mechanical refinement, athleticism, and human-like…
Automotive Engineering Tesla’s $150 Robotaxi Mess Fee Shakes Up Austin’s AV Scene Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 A night out in Austin might have consequences beyond merely having a headache when arriving home in a Tesla Robotaxi,…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Neuromorphic E?Skin With Reflexive Spiking Circuits and Modular Repair Jonathan BarrettDecember 30, 2025December 30, 20250 The human nervous system is noisy, redundant, and supremely capable. Now, robotics engineers are emulating these flaws not in an…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Programmable Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Rice Revealed Jonathan BarrettDecember 29, 2025December 29, 20250 “It all started with a challenge that had languished in the robotics community for four decades: how to create a…
Mechanical Design & Robotics World’s Smallest Programmable Robots Achieve Autonomous Microscale Motion Jonathan BarrettDecember 26, 2025December 26, 20250 ”We’ve made autonomous robots 10,000 times smaller,” said Marc Miskin of the University of Pennsylvania. ”That opens up an entirely…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Hierarchical LCE Actuators Enable Photothermal Climbing, Grasping, and Topological Locking Jonathan BarrettDecember 25, 2025December 25, 20250 “How can a soft robotic system climb like a koala, turn like a vine, and secure itself all without a…