19 May 2026
World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D
A California-based technology company has launched the world's first mass-produced native color light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor, which captures 3D spatial and color data simultaneously. Until now, autonomous vehicles and robots have relied on separate sensors for each data stream. But the new devices, dubbed "Rev8," could lead to safety improvements, Ouster representatives say, as bots…
14 May 2026
‘Uncharted territory’: Figure AI humanoid robots hit 24/7 nonstop work milestone
Figure AI says its humanoid robots have now crossed 24 hours of continuous autonomous work, extending what was initially planned as an eight-hour test into a nonstop multi-day operation.
13 May 2026
Sim-to-Real and Real-to-Sim: The Engine Behind Capable Physical AI
Introduction Physical AI systems – robots that perceive, reason, and act in the real world, are advancing rapidly. The Sim-to-Real pipeline is at the heart of this progress. However, building models that work reliably outside the lab remains one of the hardest problems in the field. The gap between what works in simulation and what works on physical hardware is where most projects stall. This…
11 May 2026
Two Humanoid Robots Clean a Bedroom, Organizing, Hanging Clothes, and Making the Bed
Your typical household chore coordination sounds like this: “Did you make the bed?” “I thought you were doing that.” “Well, I was hanging up clothes.” Now imagine two robots silently enter your bedroom and autonomously divide tasks—one hanging your coat while the other closes your laptop—completing a full room reset in under two minutes without a single beep of communication.
09 May 2026
Tesla Says Vision System Can Deploy Airbags Before Impact
Tesla says its advanced Vision system can deploy vehicle airbags up to 70 milliseconds earlier by identifying unavoidable crashes before impact occurs, a technological breakthrough that could significantly improve automotive safety and collision-response systems.
08 May 2026
Figure Helix-02 robots reset rooms in 2 minutes
In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence and robotics, Figure's latest demonstration showcases groundbreaking advancements in multi-agent robotic systems.
07 May 2026
Robots That Learn Through Interaction and Understand Objects Intuitively
The robots I grew up with on the silver screen were big clunky affairs like Robby the Robot, who first appeared in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. Similarly, on the small screen, we had hulking contraptions like the B-9, Class YM-3 Environmental Control Robot, simply known as Robot, on Lost in Space. Later, I was...
