Robotic Movies: Biorobotics, Robotic EV Charging, and Extra

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ICRA 2026: 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA

Take pleasure in in the present day’s movies!

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

[ EPFL ]

Lastly, a great humanoid robotic 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 nicely 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” 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!

Whenever you begin to suspect that your robotic EV charging answer prices greater than your automobile.

[ Flexiv ]

Yeah uh if the applying for this humanoid is definitely making robotic elements 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 displaying it tens of millions of examples, not educating it particular directions. The result’s a mannequin that may take a look at a cluttered tabletop and rearrange scattered objects in an orderly style.

[ Paper ]

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

[ HUCEBOT ]

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

[ DEEP Robotics ]

Introducing HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal — autonomous, adaptive, designed for real-world influence. In-built 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 must 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 exceptional 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 complicated 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 basis fashions.

[ University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory ]