{
  "title": "Robot Report | Latest Robotics News",
  "description": "Latest robotics news: breakthroughs, trends, and tech for enthusiasts. Hourly updates, no fluff.",
  "url": "https://robotreport.keithcu.com",
  "last_updated": "2026-04-11T18:04:11.674980Z",
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      "title": "Jon Friskics, Principal Technical Author, Pluralsight \u2013 Interview Series",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/jon-friskics-principal-technical-author-pluralsight-interview-series/",
      "description": "INTERVIEWS\nApril 9, 2026\n\nBy Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI\nJon Friskics, Principal Technical Author, Pluralsight \u2013 Interview Series\nJon Friskics, Principal Technical Author, Pluralsight, is a seasoned educator and content leader specializing in software development and AI-focused learnin...",
      "published": "2026-04-11T04:03:43Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
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      "title": "Why AI Fluency Is No Longer a Differentiator, but the New Baseline",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/ai-fluency-hiring-trends-workflow-efficiency/",
      "description": "THOUGHT LEADERS\nApril 9, 2026\n\nBy Rafael Moiseev, CMO, Customertimes\nWhy AI Fluency Is No Longer a Differentiator, but the New Baseline\nFor many years, the hiring process was familiar and well-known. Experience, supported by credentials and digital skills, was the most important factor. However, a d...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T19:55:33Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "From Neural Networks to Negligence: Who\u2019s Responsible When AI Fails?",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/ai-liability-negligence-tort-law-governance/",
      "description": "THOUGHT LEADERS\nApril 9, 2026\n\nBy Kanon Clifford, Plaintiff Personal Injury Lawyer with Bergeron Clifford\nFrom Neural Networks to Negligence: Who\u2019s Responsible When AI Fails?\nThis article discusses legal issues surrounding the harms caused by artificial intelligence, and where liability may lie if a...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T19:55:33Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
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    {
      "title": "Robotic welding at 3x speed: Dextall\u2019s blueprint for industrial-scale facade manufacturing",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/robotic-welding-3x-speed-dextalls-blueprint-industrial-scale-facade-manufacturing/",
      "description": "Dextall tripled production speed for high-rise facade components by standardizing its supply chain before deploying proprietary robotic welding systems.\nThe post Robotic welding at 3x speed: Dextall\u2019s blueprint for industrial-scale facade manufacturing appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-10T16:25:45Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "MassRobotics to promote ecosystem growth at 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/massrobotics-to-show-and-promote-ecosystem-growth-at-the-2026-robotics-summit-expo/",
      "description": "MassRobotics will spotlight resident, physical AI, and healthcare startups, as well as women in robotics and university teams at the 2026 Robotics Summit.\nThe post MassRobotics to promote ecosystem growth at 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-10T14:44:37Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "AGIBOT unveils Genie Envisioner 2.0 to advance world models into scalable simulators for embodied AI",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/agibot-unveils-genie-envisioner-2-0-advance-world-models-scalable-simulators-embodied-ai/",
      "description": "AGIBOT says its Genie Envisioner 2.0, or GE 2-Sim, enables evolution from world models to interactive 'world simulators.'\nThe post AGIBOT unveils Genie Envisioner 2.0 to advance world models into scalable simulators for embodied AI appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-10T14:30:15Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Moving Beyond Static Capital Planning: How AI Is Helping Health Systems Make Smarter Decisions",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/ai-healthcare-capital-planning-optimization/",
      "description": "THOUGHT LEADERS\nApril 9, 2026\n\nBy Murphy McGraw, Senior Director, Product Management, TRIMEDX\nMoving Beyond Static Capital Planning: How AI Is Helping Health Systems Make Smarter Decisions\nCapital planning is often one of healthcare\u2019s most rigid processes\u2014slow, spreadsheet-driven, and disconnected f...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T14:16:01Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "SCSP launches National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/scsp-launches-national-security-commission-robotics-advanced-manufacturing/",
      "description": "SCSP, the Special Competitive Studies Project, is leading study and U.S. policy recommendations on training, robotics and AI adoption, and supply chain resilience.\nThe post SCSP launches National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-10T12:58:45Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
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    {
      "title": "Robot Talk Episode 151 \u2013 Robots to study the ocean, with Simona Aracri",
      "link": "https://robohub.org/robot-talk-episode-151-robots-to-study-the-ocean-with-simona-aracri/",
      "description": "Claire chatted to Simona Aracri from National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental monitoring. Simona Aracri is a researcher in the Institute of Marine Engineering at the National Research Council of Italy. Previously, she was a Post Doctoral Re...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T12:16:36Z",
      "source": "Robohub",
      "source_url": "https://robohub.org/"
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    {
      "title": "Speak! Robot guide dogs converse with their owners",
      "link": "https://newatlas.com/robotics/robot-guide-dog/",
      "description": "Since the early 1900s, dogs have helped people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their world. Now, in a very 21st century twist, seeing-eye dogs have gone robotic and added a skill that not even the most well-trained canine could pull off: conversation.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, ...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T11:33:00Z",
      "source": "New Atlas Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://newatlas.com/robotics/"
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    {
      "title": "Evaluation as Evolution: Transforming Adversarial Diffusion into Closed-Loop Curricula for Autonomous Vehicles",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07378",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07378v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Autonomous vehicles in interactive traffic environments are often limited by the scarcity of safety-critical tail events in static datasets, which biases learned policies toward average-case behaviors and reduces robustness. Existing evaluation method...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
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    {
      "title": "A Physical Agentic Loop for Language-Guided Grasping with Execution-State Monitoring",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07395",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07395v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Robotic manipulation systems that follow language instructions often execute grasp primitives in a largely single-shot manner: a model proposes an action, the robot executes it, and failures such as empty grasps, slips, stalls, timeouts, or semantical...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenPRC: A Unified Open-Source Framework for Physics-to-Task Evaluation in Physical Reservoir Computing",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07423",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07423v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Physical Reservoir Computing (PRC) leverages the intrinsic nonlinear dynamics of physical substrates, mechanical, optical, spintronic, and beyond, as fixed computational reservoirs, offering a compelling paradigm for energy-efficient and embodied mach...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "CMP: Robust Whole-Body Tracking for Loco-Manipulation via Competence Manifold Projection",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07457",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07457v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: While decoupled control schemes for legged mobile manipulators have shown robustness, learning holistic whole-body control policies for tracking global end-effector poses remains fragile against Out-of-Distribution (OOD) inputs induced by sensor noise...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "Active Reward Machine Inference From Raw State Trajectories",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07480",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07480v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Reward machines are automaton-like structures that capture the memory required to accomplish a multi-stage task. When combined with reinforcement learning or optimal control methods, they can be used to synthesize robot policies to achieve such tasks....",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "Grasp as You Dream: Imitating Functional Grasping from Generated Human Demonstrations",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07517",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07517v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Building generalist robots capable of performing functional grasping in everyday, open-world environments remains a significant challenge due to the vast diversity of objects and tasks. Existing methods are either constrained to narrow object/task set...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "Robust Multi-Agent Target Tracking in Intermittent Communication Environments via Analytical Belief Merging",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07575",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07575v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Autonomous multi-agent target tracking in GPS-denied and communication-restricted environments (e.g., underwater exploration, subterranean search and rescue, and adversarial domains) forces agents to operate independently and only exchange information...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "Spatio-Temporal Grounding of Large Language Models from Perception Streams",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07592",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07592v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Embodied-AI agents must reason about how objects move and interact in 3-D space over time, yet existing smaller frontier Large Language Models (LLMs) still mis-handle fine-grained spatial relations, metric distances, and temporal orderings. We introdu...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "SANDO: Safe Autonomous Trajectory Planning for Dynamic Unknown Environments",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07599",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07599v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: SANDO is a safe trajectory planner for 3D dynamic unknown environments, where obstacle locations and motions are unknown a priori and a collision-free plan can become unsafe at any moment, requiring fast replanning. Existing soft-constraint planners a...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "EgoVerse: An Egocentric Human Dataset for Robot Learning from Around the World",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07607",
      "description": "arXiv:2604.07607v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: Robot learning increasingly depends on large and diverse data, yet robot data collection remains expensive and difficult to scale. Egocentric human data offer a promising alternative by capturing rich manipulation behavior across everyday environments...",
      "published": "2026-04-10T04:00:00Z",
      "source": "arXiv Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/recent"
    },
    {
      "title": "Amazon CEO says robotics is key for faster delivery, lower costs",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/amazon-ceo-says-robotics-key-faster-delivery-lower-costs/",
      "description": "Amazon now has over 1 million robots operating in fulfillment centers, helping with stowing, picking, sorting, and intra-facility transport.\nThe post Amazon CEO says robotics is key for faster delivery, lower costs appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-09T23:50:08Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Even Basic AI Can Now Write News That Passes as Human",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/even-basic-ai-can-now-write-news-that-passes-as-human/",
      "description": "ANDERSON'S ANGLE\nApril 9, 2026\n\nBy Martin Anderson\nEven Basic AI Can Now Write News That Passes as Human\nNew research indicates that even small local AI models can now write news that people cannot distinguish from real journalism, matching top systems, and leaving readers...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T20:26:12Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "Synthesys Review: How I Made a Video from a URL in Minutes",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/synthesys-review/",
      "description": "VIDEO GENERATORS\nApril 9, 2026\n\nBy Janine Heinrichs\nSynthesys Review: How I Made a Video from a URL in Minutes\nYou know that feeling when you\u2019ve got a great blog post or product idea, but turning it into a video feels like a whole separate job?...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T20:26:12Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "Kristin Isaac, CEO and Co-Founder at Strudel \u2013 Interview Series",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/kristin-isaac-ceo-and-co-founder-at-strudel-interview-series/",
      "description": "INTERVIEWS\nApril 8, 2026\n\nBy Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI\nKristin Isaac, CEO and Co-Founder at Strudel \u2013 Interview Series\nKristin Isaac, CEO and Co-Founder at Strudel is a veteran enterprise technology leader who has held senior roles at LinkedIn, Udemy, ESPN, and Disney before launchin...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T20:26:12Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ultrasonic wristband used to track hand movements like never before",
      "link": "https://newatlas.com/robotics/ultrasound-wristband-track-hand-movements/",
      "description": "Despite decades of technological progress, robots still can\u2019t move as smoothly as humans \u2013 they drop objects, and struggle to pick them up properly. Scientists have been trying to teach robots to move with the same precision as humans, but hand movement is more complex than it might seem at first gl...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T18:48:11Z",
      "source": "New Atlas Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://newatlas.com/robotics/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Electrofluidic fiber muscles could enable silent robotic systems",
      "link": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-electrofluidic-fiber-muscles-enable-silent.html",
      "description": "Muscles are remarkably effective systems for generating controlled force, and engineers developing hardware for robots or prosthetics have long struggled to create analogs that can approach their unique combination of strength, rapid response, scalability, and control. But now, researchers at the MI...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T18:20:01Z",
      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
    },
    {
      "title": "AGIBOT releases GO-2 foundation model for embodied AI",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/agibot-releases-go-2-foundation-model-embodied-ai/",
      "description": "AGIBOT said GO-2 enables robots to plan correctly and go beyond that to execute reliably in real-world environments.\nThe post AGIBOT releases GO-2 foundation model for embodied AI appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-09T17:20:57Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Origami-inspired robot built from printable polymers uses electric current to move",
      "link": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-origami-robot-built-printable-polymers.html",
      "description": "With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs inside the body and help explore dangerous environments. But the squishy machines are often limited by rigid mechanical parts or external systems that provide power or help the...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T16:00:05Z",
      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
    },
    {
      "title": "GoZTASP: A Zero-Trust Platform for Governing Autonomous Systems at Mission Scale",
      "link": "https://content.knowledgehub.wiley.com/goztasp-a-zero-trust-platform-for-governing-autonomous-systems-at-mission-scale/",
      "description": "ZTASP is a mission-scale assurance and governance platform designed for autonomous systems operating in real-world environments. It integrates heterogeneous systems\u2014including drones, robots, sensors, and human operators\u2014into a unified zero-trust architecture. Through Secure Runtime Assurance (SRTA) ...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T15:06:39Z",
      "source": "IEEE Spectrum Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/topic/robotics/"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Impact of Data Trust on AI Success by MIND: Report Reveals Why Most AI Initiatives Are Built on Unstable Foundations",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/the-impact-of-data-trust-on-ai-success-by-mind-report-reveals-why-most-ai-initiatives-are-built-on-unstable-foundations/",
      "description": "REPORTS\nApril 8, 2026\n\nBy Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI\nThe Impact of Data Trust on AI Success by MIND: Report Reveals Why Most AI Initiatives Are Built on Unstable Foundations\nThe \u201cImpact of Data Trust on AI Success\u201d report by MIND, produced in collaboration with CISO ExecNet, delivers ...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T15:01:13Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "Making AI Agents Trustworthy by Design, Not by Accident",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/agentic-ai-gdpr-governance-trust-stack/",
      "description": "THOUGHT LEADERS\nApril 8, 2026\n\nBy Ivana Bartoletti, Global Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer at Wipro\nMaking AI Agents Trustworthy by Design, Not by Accident\nAgentic AI isn\u2019t arriving with fanfare so much as slipping into everyday operations. Systems that used to sit idle, waiting for human pr...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T15:01:13Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "Afsheen Afshar, Founder of Pilot Wave Holdings \u2013 Interview Series",
      "link": "https://www.unite.ai/afsheen-afshar-founder-of-pilot-wave-holdings-interview-series/",
      "description": "INTERVIEWS\nApril 8, 2026\n\nBy Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI\nAfsheen Afshar, Founder of Pilot Wave Holdings \u2013 Interview Series\nAfsheen Afshar, Founder of Pilot Wave Holdings, is a veteran data science and investment leader whose career spans senior roles at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and....",
      "published": "2026-04-09T15:01:12Z",
      "source": "Unite.AI Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.unite.ai"
    },
    {
      "title": "A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber",
      "link": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-type-electrically-driven-artificial-muscle-fiber-0409",
      "description": "Electrofluidic fibers mimic how natural muscle fibers bundle, and could enable compact, silent robotic and prosthetic systems.",
      "published": "2026-04-09T15:00:00Z",
      "source": "MIT News Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://news.mit.edu/topic/robotics"
    },
    {
      "title": "Detecting IoT Malware in EV Chargers with Deep Learning",
      "link": "https://www.azorobotics.com/News.aspx?newsID=16376",
      "description": "A new study presents a deep learning approach for IoT malware detection in EV charging stations, addressing key limitations and enhancing detection accuracy.",
      "published": "2026-04-09T14:55:00Z",
      "source": "AZoRobotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.azorobotics.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Moving Microrobots Without Seeing Them",
      "link": "https://www.azorobotics.com/News.aspx?newsID=16375",
      "description": "SMU researchers created an electromagnetic coil system that can control microrobots without requiring continuous visual tracking of their position\u2014a significant advancement that could enable microrobots to operate inside the body, within industrial pipes and other places that aren\u2019t always visible w...",
      "published": "2026-04-09T09:32:00Z",
      "source": "AZoRobotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.azorobotics.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Robotics Summit rolls out limited time National Robotics Week discount",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/robotics-summit-rolls-out-limited-time-national-robotics-week-discount/",
      "description": "To celebrate National Robotics Week, for a limited time, attendees can save on Full Conference Passes for the Robotics Summit & Expo.\nThe post Robotics Summit rolls out limited time National Robotics Week discount appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-08T19:26:20Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "These AI-powered guide dogs don't just lead, they talk",
      "link": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-ai-powered-dogs-dont.html",
      "description": "Guide dogs are powerful allies, leading the visually impaired safely to their destinations, but they can't talk with their owners\u2014until now. Using large language models, a team of researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York has created a talking robot guide dog system that det...",
      "published": "2026-04-08T17:20:01Z",
      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
    },
    {
      "title": "IFR reports robot density increase across Europe, Asia, and the Americas",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/ifr-reports-robot-density-increase-across-europe-asia-americas/",
      "description": "Robot density, or the number of robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees, increased, particularly in Europe, reported the IFR.\nThe post IFR reports robot density increase across Europe, Asia, and the Americas appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-08T14:47:22Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "AGIBOT introduces Genie Sim 3.0 simulation platform for embodied AI",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/agibot-introduces-genie-sim-3-0-simulation-platform-embodied-ai/",
      "description": "Genie Sim 3.0 integrates 3D reconstruction, visual generation, and physics engines to enable faster sim-to-real transfer.\nThe post AGIBOT introduces Genie Sim 3.0 simulation platform for embodied AI appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-08T14:30:46Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions",
      "link": "https://robohub.org/generative-ai-improves-a-wireless-vision-system-that-sees-through-obstructions/",
      "description": "With this new technique, a robot could more accurately detect hidden objects or understand an indoor scene using reflected Wi-Fi signals.",
      "published": "2026-04-08T04:32:10Z",
      "source": "Robohub",
      "source_url": "https://robohub.org/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Setting the rules for robots in public spaces",
      "link": "https://www.therobotreport.com/setting-the-rules-for-robots-in-public-spaces/",
      "description": "Explore the growing gap between what robots can do and the systems needed to support them in shared human environments.\nThe post Setting the rules for robots in public spaces appeared first on The Robot Report.",
      "published": "2026-04-07T20:52:52Z",
      "source": "The Robot Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Magnetic coil setup guides microrobots without seeing them",
      "link": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-magnetic-setup-microrobots.html",
      "description": "SMU researchers have created an electromagnetic coil system that can control microrobots without requiring continuous visual tracking of their position\u2014a significant advancement that could enable microrobots to operate inside the body, within industrial pipes and other places that aren't always visi...",
      "published": "2026-04-07T18:00:01Z",
      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
    },
    {
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      "description": "In some settings and when completing some collaborative tasks, humans are required to coordinate their movements or actions with those of others. A clear example of this is musical performance, particularly instances in which two or more musicians play their instruments together.",
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      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
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      "title": "Light-Powered Nanorobots to Capture And Remove Bacteria",
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      "description": "Nanorobots using plasmonic motors achieve high-speed propulsion and precise control, enabling efficient bacterial capture and transport in biological settings.",
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      "source": "AZoRobotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.azorobotics.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Resource-constrained image generation and visual understanding: an interview with Aniket Roy",
      "link": "https://robohub.org/resource-constrained-image-generation-and-visual-understanding-an-interview-with-aniket-roy/",
      "description": "In the latest in our series of interviews meeting the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants, we caught up with Aniket Roy to find out more about his research on generative models for computer vision tasks. Tell us a bit about your PhD \u2013 where did you study, and what was the topic of your resea...",
      "published": "2026-04-07T08:51:55Z",
      "source": "Robohub",
      "source_url": "https://robohub.org/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Too many cooks, or too many robots? Finding a Goldilocks level of randomness to keep robot swarms moving",
      "link": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-cooks-robots-goldilocks-randomness-robot.html",
      "description": "Picture a futuristic swarm of robots deployed on a time-sensitive task, like cleaning up an oil spill or assembling a machine. At first, adding robots is advantageous, since many hands make light work. But a tipping point comes when too many crowd the space, getting in each other's way and slowing t...",
      "published": "2026-04-06T20:00:01Z",
      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Scientists may finally detect hidden ripples in spacetime",
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      "description": "Scientists have taken a major step toward probing one of physics\u2019 biggest mysteries\u2014how gravity and quantum mechanics fit together\u2014by creating the first unified way to detect tiny \u201cripples\u201d in spacetime itself. These subtle fluctuations, long predicted but poorly defined, are now organized into clea...",
      "published": "2026-04-06T11:57:41Z",
      "source": "ScienceDaily Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/matter_energy/robotics/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Resilient actuator shows potential for space-ready soft robots",
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      "description": "To be safely and reliably deployed in outer space, underwater and in other extreme environments, robots need to be able to withstand harsh conditions without breaking. In addition, they should be able to promptly and rapidly adapt to dynamic changes in their surroundings.",
      "published": "2026-04-05T14:00:03Z",
      "source": "TechXplore Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://techxplore.com/robotics-news/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Studying Human Attitudes Towards Robots Through Experience",
      "link": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-spot-interaction",
      "description": "Building the next generation of robots for successful integration into our homes, offices, and factories is more than just solving the hardware and software problems \u2013 we also need to understand how they will be perceived and how they can work effectively with people in those spaces.  aspect_ratio I...",
      "published": "2026-04-05T13:00:01Z",
      "source": "IEEE Spectrum Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/topic/robotics/"
    },
    {
      "title": "National Robotics Week \u2014 Latest Physical AI Research, Breakthroughs and Resources",
      "link": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/national-robotics-week-2026/",
      "description": "This National Robotics Week, NVIDIA is highlighting the breakthroughs that are bringing AI into the physical world \u2014 as well as the growing wave of robots transforming industries, from agricultural and manufacturing to energy and beyond. Advancements in robot learning, simulation and foundation mode...",
      "published": "2026-04-04T17:00:59Z",
      "source": "NVIDIA Robotics",
      "source_url": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/tag/robotics/"
    }
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}