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 units, leveraging the power and adaptability of pure supplies for robotic purposes.

[ EPFL ]

Lastly, a very good humanoid robot demo!

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

[ LimX Dynamics ]

Thanks, Jinyan!

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

[ AAAS ]

Thanks, Kyujin!

I’m undecided what “industrial grade” truly means, however I need 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!

While you begin to suspect that your robotic EV charging resolution prices greater than your automobile.

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

[ Paper ]

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

[ HUCEBOT ]

Whereas I undoubtedly recognize in-the-field testing, it’s additionally value 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 influence. 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 surprise how helpful this sort of reliability validation truly 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 massive multimodal fashions have led to the emergence of outstanding generalist capabilities in digital domains, but their translation to bodily brokers equivalent to robots stays a big problem. On this discuss, I’ll current Gemini Robotics, a sophisticated Imaginative and prescient-Language-Motion (VLA) generalist mannequin able to straight controlling robots. Moreover, I’ll talk about the challenges, learnings and future analysis instructions on robotic foundation models.

[ University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory ]