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High school students built an autonomous ball-collecting robot! 🎾 A group of high school students built a robot that picks up balls and shoots them into a bin while moving without stopping, with impressive speed and accuracy. It combines mechanical design, sensors, and software making constant adjustments in real time while the robot is driving. When teenagers can build systems this sophisticated, the talent pipeline for the robotics industry is accelerating! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

High school students built an autonomous ball-collecting robot! 🎾 A group of high school students built a robot that picks up balls and shoots them into a bin while moving without stopping, with impressive speed and accuracy. It combines mechanical design, sensors, and software making constant adjustments in real time while the robot is driving. When teenagers can build systems this sophisticated, the talent pipeline for the robotics industry is accelerating! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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That’s insane! 🤯 A student built an acoustic levitation divide with an Arduino board. He built it using an Arduino Nano, a motor driver, and 60 ultrasonic transducers that can levitate low-density objects in place indefinitely. The transducers send out 40 kHz waves that create standing waves. The interference pattern produces nulls that trap objects. High-pressure areas form below and above the object, locking it in the low-pressure area between them. The transducers produce two sound waves moving in opposing directions at the same frequency and amplitude. The effect is that the low-pressure areas don't appear to move, like whipping a rope from both ends and having the wave meet in the middle. Sound waves are oscillating at high and low pressures. By creating a sound wave that doesn't move forward (a standing wave), you create areas of constant pressure. 🔉 Objects get trapped in the null points between high-pressure zones. The craziest part is that this was made more than 7 years ago! DIY levitation 😮‍💨 Reddit link: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

That’s insane! 🤯 A student built an acoustic levitation divide with an Arduino board. He built it using an Arduino Nano, a motor driver, and 60 ultrasonic transducers that can levitate low-density objects in place indefinitely. The transducers send out 40 kHz waves that create standing waves. The interference pattern produces nulls that trap objects. High-pressure areas form below and above the object, locking it in the low-pressure area between them. The transducers produce two sound waves moving in opposing directions at the same frequency and amplitude. The effect is that the low-pressure areas don't appear to move, like whipping a rope from both ends and having the wave meet in the middle. Sound waves are oscillating at high and low pressures. By creating a sound wave that doesn't move forward (a standing wave), you create areas of constant pressure. 🔉 Objects get trapped in the null points between high-pressure zones. The craziest part is that this was made more than 7 years ago! DIY levitation 😮‍💨 Reddit link: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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A metal origami! 🪭 This method is called Hyperbolic Metal Forming and is hypnotizing to watch. Instead of shaping metal with slow mechanical force, HMF uses controlled shockwaves to form complex geometries at extreme speed, often without the need for heavy dies or post-processing. The result is stronger, lighter parts with shapes that are almost impossible using traditional stamping. That’s why you see it popping up in aerospace, automotive structures, and defense components. Think of it like metal origami, but driven by high-energy pulses instead of presses. A small reminder that some things in manufacturing come from physics, not just automation. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

A metal origami! 🪭 This method is called Hyperbolic Metal Forming and is hypnotizing to watch. Instead of shaping metal with slow mechanical force, HMF uses controlled shockwaves to form complex geometries at extreme speed, often without the need for heavy dies or post-processing. The result is stronger, lighter parts with shapes that are almost impossible using traditional stamping. That’s why you see it popping up in aerospace, automotive structures, and defense components. Think of it like metal origami, but driven by high-energy pulses instead of presses. A small reminder that some things in manufacturing come from physics, not just automation. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Sub-40ms full self-driving on a $100 drone! 🚁 A demonstration showing a complete full-self-driving pipeline running in under 40 milliseconds on a $100 drone. The prompt: "Find the bike and land." No pre-mapping. Running real-time on commodity hardware. For context, human reaction time is around 200-250ms. This drone is processing sensor data, understanding natural language commands, identifying objects, planning motion, and executing control, all in 40ms. This is what happens when foundation models meet efficient inference. The models get smaller and faster while maintaining capability. The hardware gets cheaper while getting more powerful. The intersection makes previously impossible applications suddenly viable. A few years ago, this required thousands of dollars in compute, pre-mapped environments, and cloud connectivity. Now it runs locally on hardware that costs less than a nice dinner. Awesome stuff Chester & ! 😮‍💨 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Sub-40ms full self-driving on a $100 drone! 🚁 A demonstration showing a complete full-self-driving pipeline running in under 40 milliseconds on a $100 drone. The prompt: "Find the bike and land." No pre-mapping. Running real-time on commodity hardware. For context, human reaction time is around 200-250ms. This drone is processing sensor data, understanding natural language commands, identifying objects, planning motion, and executing control, all in 40ms. This is what happens when foundation models meet efficient inference. The models get smaller and faster while maintaining capability. The hardware gets cheaper while getting more powerful. The intersection makes previously impossible applications suddenly viable. A few years ago, this required thousands of dollars in compute, pre-mapped environments, and cloud connectivity. Now it runs locally on hardware that costs less than a nice dinner. Awesome stuff Chester & ! 😮‍💨 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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'should we get an uber?' 'naah, it's walking distance' we all have that one friend who says.. btw. cool stuff from Amazon RIVR showing how deliveries of the future might look like

'should we get an uber?' 'naah, it's walking distance' we all have that one friend who says.. btw. cool stuff from Amazon RIVR showing how deliveries of the future might look like

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Spiders as robotic grippers? 🕷️ Researchers made a stunning discovery at Rice University. Dead spiders are being used as mechanical grippers. Yes, they use dead spiders as grippers... But how? 👀 It turns out that spiders use hydraulics to move their legs. They extend their legs by contracting their prosoma chamber, which sends fluid into their bodies. Scientists selected wolf spiders that can lift 130% of their weight. Using such a solution could be useful for pick-and-place processes in electronics assembly, for instance. Their discovery might start the field of necrobotics. Given my arachnophobia, I'm not sure how I'd react to such a grip. 🕸️ ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Spiders as robotic grippers? 🕷️ Researchers made a stunning discovery at Rice University. Dead spiders are being used as mechanical grippers. Yes, they use dead spiders as grippers... But how? 👀 It turns out that spiders use hydraulics to move their legs. They extend their legs by contracting their prosoma chamber, which sends fluid into their bodies. Scientists selected wolf spiders that can lift 130% of their weight. Using such a solution could be useful for pick-and-place processes in electronics assembly, for instance. Their discovery might start the field of necrobotics. Given my arachnophobia, I'm not sure how I'd react to such a grip. 🕸️ ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Multi-axis 3D printing with curved layers! 🖨️ Researchers from the The University of Manchester introduced a neural network-based computational pipeline as a representation-agnostic slicer for multi-axis 3D printing. Traditional 3D printing works like stacking pancakes, flat layers on top of each other. 🥞 This often requires temporary support structures that get thrown away after printing, wastes material, and creates weaker parts. Multi-axis 3D printing can print along curved paths that follow the object's natural shape. This eliminates support structures and makes stronger parts. But figuring out these curved paths is mathematically complex, you need to avoid collisions, respect what the printer can physically do, and optimize for strength. The neural network solves this automatically. It learns to create a "field" around the object, then extracts curved printing paths from this field. Because the entire process is differentiable (translation for non-math specialists, meaning you can optimize it end-to-end), the AI can directly optimize for manufacturing goals like "no support structures needed" and "make it as strong as possible." Here's the project: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Multi-axis 3D printing with curved layers! 🖨️ Researchers from the The University of Manchester introduced a neural network-based computational pipeline as a representation-agnostic slicer for multi-axis 3D printing. Traditional 3D printing works like stacking pancakes, flat layers on top of each other. 🥞 This often requires temporary support structures that get thrown away after printing, wastes material, and creates weaker parts. Multi-axis 3D printing can print along curved paths that follow the object's natural shape. This eliminates support structures and makes stronger parts. But figuring out these curved paths is mathematically complex, you need to avoid collisions, respect what the printer can physically do, and optimize for strength. The neural network solves this automatically. It learns to create a "field" around the object, then extracts curved printing paths from this field. Because the entire process is differentiable (translation for non-math specialists, meaning you can optimize it end-to-end), the AI can directly optimize for manufacturing goals like "no support structures needed" and "make it as strong as possible." Here's the project: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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High-speed labeling is harder than it looks! 🍼 I remember when I was programming robots myself and the struggle of making an application really repeatable. It was hard. Super hard. That's why seeing a machine working as smooth as here, it's incredible! 🤯 Applying shrink sleeves without wrinkles or misalignment becomes a real bottleneck at scale. Krones machine solves that by combining fast application with precise servo-controlled cutting. It can handle up to 50,000 containers per hour, keep labels perfectly aligned, and switch between bottle shapes with minimal downtime. For manufacturers, that reliability matters. Magic!!! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

High-speed labeling is harder than it looks! 🍼 I remember when I was programming robots myself and the struggle of making an application really repeatable. It was hard. Super hard. That's why seeing a machine working as smooth as here, it's incredible! 🤯 Applying shrink sleeves without wrinkles or misalignment becomes a real bottleneck at scale. Krones machine solves that by combining fast application with precise servo-controlled cutting. It can handle up to 50,000 containers per hour, keep labels perfectly aligned, and switch between bottle shapes with minimal downtime. For manufacturers, that reliability matters. Magic!!! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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When robots take the night shift shopping spree! 🛍️ Robots navigate through dm-drogerie markt Deutschland stores at night to create a digital replica of the store's layout, known as a "digital twin." Developed Ubica Robotics GmbH, these autonomous robots scan shelves to provide real-time information about item positions, pricing, stock gaps, and store layouts. 🏪 This data serves multiple purposes, such as improving staff routes, enhancing inventory management, and informing the creation of planograms for more efficient store layouts. It combines digital twin with robotics and it's really cool use case. What are your thoughts?

When robots take the night shift shopping spree! 🛍️ Robots navigate through dm-drogerie markt Deutschland stores at night to create a digital replica of the store's layout, known as a "digital twin." Developed Ubica Robotics GmbH, these autonomous robots scan shelves to provide real-time information about item positions, pricing, stock gaps, and store layouts. 🏪 This data serves multiple purposes, such as improving staff routes, enhancing inventory management, and informing the creation of planograms for more efficient store layouts. It combines digital twin with robotics and it's really cool use case. What are your thoughts?

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When robots take the night shift shopping spree! 🛍️ Robots navigate through dm-drogerie markt Deutschland stores at night to create a digital replica of the store's layout, known as a "digital twin." Developed Ubica Robotics GmbH, these autonomous robots scan shelves to provide real-time information about item positions, pricing, stock gaps, and store layouts. 🏪 This data serves multiple purposes, such as improving staff routes, enhancing inventory management, and informing the creation of planograms for more efficient store layouts. It combines digital twin with robotics and it's really cool use case. What are your thoughts? ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

When robots take the night shift shopping spree! 🛍️ Robots navigate through dm-drogerie markt Deutschland stores at night to create a digital replica of the store's layout, known as a "digital twin." Developed Ubica Robotics GmbH, these autonomous robots scan shelves to provide real-time information about item positions, pricing, stock gaps, and store layouts. 🏪 This data serves multiple purposes, such as improving staff routes, enhancing inventory management, and informing the creation of planograms for more efficient store layouts. It combines digital twin with robotics and it's really cool use case. What are your thoughts? ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Autonomous excavator building a wall! 🪨 This will blow your mind! 🤯 Researchers from ETH Zürich have used an autonomous excavator to build a 65-meter-long, six-meter-high dry-stone wall. The autonomous system, called "Heap," precisely firstly scanned and then placed stones, forming a wall. Through computer-aided design and control, the robot was able to handle and position over 900 individual elements, some weighing over 1000 kilograms. What about autonomous excavators? Perhaps tele-op is also an option that could let people work remotely even as an excavator operator! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Autonomous excavator building a wall! 🪨 This will blow your mind! 🤯 Researchers from ETH Zürich have used an autonomous excavator to build a 65-meter-long, six-meter-high dry-stone wall. The autonomous system, called "Heap," precisely firstly scanned and then placed stones, forming a wall. Through computer-aided design and control, the robot was able to handle and position over 900 individual elements, some weighing over 1000 kilograms. What about autonomous excavators? Perhaps tele-op is also an option that could let people work remotely even as an excavator operator! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Autonomous excavator building a wall! 🪨 This will blow your mind! 🤯 Researchers from ETH Zürich have used an autonomous excavator to build a 65-meter-long, six-meter-high dry-stone wall. The autonomous system, called "Heap," precisely scanned and placed stones, forming a wall. Through computer-aided design and control, the robot was able to handle and position over 900 individual elements, some weighing over 1000 kilograms. What about autonomous excavators? Perhaps tele-op is also an option that could let people work remotely even as an excavator operator!

Autonomous excavator building a wall! 🪨 This will blow your mind! 🤯 Researchers from ETH Zürich have used an autonomous excavator to build a 65-meter-long, six-meter-high dry-stone wall. The autonomous system, called "Heap," precisely scanned and placed stones, forming a wall. Through computer-aided design and control, the robot was able to handle and position over 900 individual elements, some weighing over 1000 kilograms. What about autonomous excavators? Perhaps tele-op is also an option that could let people work remotely even as an excavator operator!

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AI-Powered weed control! 🌱 The LaserWeeder machine from Carbon Robotics has captured the imagination of American farmers. This technology uses AI system to identify weeds in crops and zap them with precision thermal bursts from lasers. Bit of facts about the cool robot: → The machine can remove weeds from over 40 crops and can also be used for thinning crops. → It can operate in virtually all weather conditions, with millimeter accuracy at all times, and can work through the night thanks to its built-in lighting system. → High-resolution cameras and computer machine learning enable it to distinguish weeds from crops in milliseconds. → The LaserWeeder can replace about 70 workers on farms where manual weeding is used, and can weed up to four acres per hour. What other applications can we expect to see in the future in farming applications? Btw. I believe farming robots are A HUGE THING in robotics! 🔥 ~~ ♻ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

AI-Powered weed control! 🌱 The LaserWeeder machine from Carbon Robotics has captured the imagination of American farmers. This technology uses AI system to identify weeds in crops and zap them with precision thermal bursts from lasers. Bit of facts about the cool robot: → The machine can remove weeds from over 40 crops and can also be used for thinning crops. → It can operate in virtually all weather conditions, with millimeter accuracy at all times, and can work through the night thanks to its built-in lighting system. → High-resolution cameras and computer machine learning enable it to distinguish weeds from crops in milliseconds. → The LaserWeeder can replace about 70 workers on farms where manual weeding is used, and can weed up to four acres per hour. What other applications can we expect to see in the future in farming applications? Btw. I believe farming robots are A HUGE THING in robotics! 🔥 ~~ ♻ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Digital twins make deployments! 🔄 Digital twins are more than just simulation, they let you test and fix everything before touching real hardware. The biggest win is catching problems early. You can test the complete system virtually, including all the control logic and data flows. Finding a bug in simulation takes hours. Finding it on-site during installation takes days and costs serious money. The second benefit is predictable deployment. Instead of discovering surprises when the robots arrive, you've already worked through the issues in the virtual model. The third advantage is automation. The operator interface gets generated automatically from the digital model. The old way was: build the system, write all the code, install the hardware, then spend weeks debugging on-site. Cool example here! ;-) ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Digital twins make deployments! 🔄 Digital twins are more than just simulation, they let you test and fix everything before touching real hardware. The biggest win is catching problems early. You can test the complete system virtually, including all the control logic and data flows. Finding a bug in simulation takes hours. Finding it on-site during installation takes days and costs serious money. The second benefit is predictable deployment. Instead of discovering surprises when the robots arrive, you've already worked through the issues in the virtual model. The third advantage is automation. The operator interface gets generated automatically from the digital model. The old way was: build the system, write all the code, install the hardware, then spend weeks debugging on-site. Cool example here! ;-) ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Multi-robot learning is getting a serious boost! 📚 Researchers have extended Isaac Lab to train heterogeneous multi-agent robotic policies at scale. The new framework supports high-resolution physics, GPU-accelerated simulation, and both homogeneous and heterogeneous agents working together on coordination tasks. They benchmarked different approaches (MAPPO: Multi-Agent Proximal Policy Optimization and HAPPO: Heterogeneous Agent PPO) across six challenging scenarios and showed that large-scale multi-robot training is not only feasible, but efficient. It’s an important step for real-world robotic collaboration, where teams of robots need to coordinate, split tasks, adapt roles, and interact dynamically, not just operate as identical clones. The code is open-source, and it pushes Isaac Lab closer to what robotics actually needs: scalable, physics-driven environments where many different robots can learn to work together. Here's the project page: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Multi-robot learning is getting a serious boost! 📚 Researchers have extended Isaac Lab to train heterogeneous multi-agent robotic policies at scale. The new framework supports high-resolution physics, GPU-accelerated simulation, and both homogeneous and heterogeneous agents working together on coordination tasks. They benchmarked different approaches (MAPPO: Multi-Agent Proximal Policy Optimization and HAPPO: Heterogeneous Agent PPO) across six challenging scenarios and showed that large-scale multi-robot training is not only feasible, but efficient. It’s an important step for real-world robotic collaboration, where teams of robots need to coordinate, split tasks, adapt roles, and interact dynamically, not just operate as identical clones. The code is open-source, and it pushes Isaac Lab closer to what robotics actually needs: scalable, physics-driven environments where many different robots can learn to work together. Here's the project page: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Imagine having a ping pong robot! 🏓 Researchers and developers building physical AI: meet Reachy 2 from Pollen Robotics, an open-source, humanoid robot for real-world experimentation. It’s a bimanual mobile manipulator: each 7-DOF arm mimics human proportions and can lift up to 3 kg, giving dexterity for object handling. It can be controlled with Python and ROS2 Humble, or go straight into VR teleoperation, use a headset to move Reachy’s arms, hands, and head, and see through its cameras as if you’re in the robot’s own body. Want it to move around? A mobile base with three omnidirectional wheels, rich sensors, and LiDAR lets Reachy 2 navigate and explore its surroundings smoothly. 🗺️ Under the hood, it’s powered by a CPU system that’s ready for machine learning, perfect for loading AI frameworks and testing new models from Hugging Face directly on the robot. Keep making robots more, and more accessible Pollen team! ... and keep making more open source models to make robots more mainstream clem 🤗!

Imagine having a ping pong robot! 🏓 Researchers and developers building physical AI: meet Reachy 2 from Pollen Robotics, an open-source, humanoid robot for real-world experimentation. It’s a bimanual mobile manipulator: each 7-DOF arm mimics human proportions and can lift up to 3 kg, giving dexterity for object handling. It can be controlled with Python and ROS2 Humble, or go straight into VR teleoperation, use a headset to move Reachy’s arms, hands, and head, and see through its cameras as if you’re in the robot’s own body. Want it to move around? A mobile base with three omnidirectional wheels, rich sensors, and LiDAR lets Reachy 2 navigate and explore its surroundings smoothly. 🗺️ Under the hood, it’s powered by a CPU system that’s ready for machine learning, perfect for loading AI frameworks and testing new models from Hugging Face directly on the robot. Keep making robots more, and more accessible Pollen team! ... and keep making more open source models to make robots more mainstream clem 🤗!

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A monowheel security robot from Estonia! 🇪🇪 Rollo Robotics just raised €3.7M pre-seed led by FoodLabs and PROTOTYPE to bring the world's first stable autonomous monowheel robot to market. Founded by Arno Kütt (the mind behind Cleveron) and Sander Sebastian Agur, this Estonian startup has cracked what they call the "stability paradox" of the monowheel. Instead of clunky multi-wheeled platforms, Rollo uses high-frequency sensor fusion and proprietary balance control to create a slim, agile robot that navigates tight urban spaces and industrial corridors where traditional robots simply can't fit. The application? Autonomous security patrolling. With hybrid threats to physical infrastructure growing, the demand for scalable robotic security is massive. The funding will go toward two things: hardening the tech for extreme weather and high-traffic environments, and scaling production to meet demand from early pilot programs. 💰 P.S. Monowheels have been sci-fi for decades. Excited to see if Rollo can make them practical at scale. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

A monowheel security robot from Estonia! 🇪🇪 Rollo Robotics just raised €3.7M pre-seed led by FoodLabs and PROTOTYPE to bring the world's first stable autonomous monowheel robot to market. Founded by Arno Kütt (the mind behind Cleveron) and Sander Sebastian Agur, this Estonian startup has cracked what they call the "stability paradox" of the monowheel. Instead of clunky multi-wheeled platforms, Rollo uses high-frequency sensor fusion and proprietary balance control to create a slim, agile robot that navigates tight urban spaces and industrial corridors where traditional robots simply can't fit. The application? Autonomous security patrolling. With hybrid threats to physical infrastructure growing, the demand for scalable robotic security is massive. The funding will go toward two things: hardening the tech for extreme weather and high-traffic environments, and scaling production to meet demand from early pilot programs. 💰 P.S. Monowheels have been sci-fi for decades. Excited to see if Rollo can make them practical at scale. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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Teaching robots how to paint! 💅🏼 This painting robot, for example, mimics human movements with precision to handle repetitive, and tiring tasks. A special device memorizes points in 3D space, which are then sent to the robot's control. The result? A robot that, after a single demonstration, can perform a given action. Keep in mind that it's taught as 'fixed'. 👨🏻‍🔧 That is, it will not be able to react to an anomaly or changing environment. But ultimately, with fewer workers available and many avoiding tough, dirty jobs, robots are helping industries stay efficient and safe. ♻️ RT to help 1 robot find a new workplace!

Teaching robots how to paint! 💅🏼 This painting robot, for example, mimics human movements with precision to handle repetitive, and tiring tasks. A special device memorizes points in 3D space, which are then sent to the robot's control. The result? A robot that, after a single demonstration, can perform a given action. Keep in mind that it's taught as 'fixed'. 👨🏻‍🔧 That is, it will not be able to react to an anomaly or changing environment. But ultimately, with fewer workers available and many avoiding tough, dirty jobs, robots are helping industries stay efficient and safe. ♻️ RT to help 1 robot find a new workplace!

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Imagine robots finally handling cables and wires! 🔌 A new simulation now allows robots to practice handling flexible objects like cables, wires, and hoses in a virtual environment. Handling wires is especially difficult for robots because they are not rigid and behave unpredictably. This simulation captures realistic physics such as bending, tension, and complex movements, helping robots learn more effectively. 📚 Training with these simulated assets helps robots perform better when moving from virtual training to real-world tasks. Applications include electronic device assembly, automotive wire harness installation, smart home setup, and industrial wiring. This approach makes robot training more complete and prepares them for the challenges they will face in real environments.

Imagine robots finally handling cables and wires! 🔌 A new simulation now allows robots to practice handling flexible objects like cables, wires, and hoses in a virtual environment. Handling wires is especially difficult for robots because they are not rigid and behave unpredictably. This simulation captures realistic physics such as bending, tension, and complex movements, helping robots learn more effectively. 📚 Training with these simulated assets helps robots perform better when moving from virtual training to real-world tasks. Applications include electronic device assembly, automotive wire harness installation, smart home setup, and industrial wiring. This approach makes robot training more complete and prepares them for the challenges they will face in real environments.

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A robotic skis? ⛷️ I must admit that I wasn't surprised by robot design in the logistics sector for a long time. This time I was. 😮‍💨 Filics introduces a dual-runner system for pallet transport for modern logistics and production companies. Designed to carry loads up to 1.2 tons at speeds of up to 1.2 m/s, it features laser navigation, omnidirectional movement, and an intuitive, web-based interface that can be customized to any user's needs. Suitable for logistics, contract logistics, and manufacturing, Filics’ dual-runner system meets today’s demands while preparing for tomorrow's challenges.

A robotic skis? ⛷️ I must admit that I wasn't surprised by robot design in the logistics sector for a long time. This time I was. 😮‍💨 Filics introduces a dual-runner system for pallet transport for modern logistics and production companies. Designed to carry loads up to 1.2 tons at speeds of up to 1.2 m/s, it features laser navigation, omnidirectional movement, and an intuitive, web-based interface that can be customized to any user's needs. Suitable for logistics, contract logistics, and manufacturing, Filics’ dual-runner system meets today’s demands while preparing for tomorrow's challenges.

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A 40-year-old patent has finally been brought to life. That's the Y-zipper. A 3D-printed three-sided fastener that transitions any object from flexible to rigid and back again. The robotics application is the one that caught my attention. A quadruped robot that adjusts its leg stiffness depending on terrain, switching between rigid and flexible in real time without additional motors or complex mechanical systems. But this goes way beyond robotics. A wrist cast that loosens during the day and stiffens at night. A tent that pops into shape in 90 seconds instead of six minutes. The idea sat in a patent filing for four decades. It took 3D printing to finally make it real. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

A 40-year-old patent has finally been brought to life. That's the Y-zipper. A 3D-printed three-sided fastener that transitions any object from flexible to rigid and back again. The robotics application is the one that caught my attention. A quadruped robot that adjusts its leg stiffness depending on terrain, switching between rigid and flexible in real time without additional motors or complex mechanical systems. But this goes way beyond robotics. A wrist cast that loosens during the day and stiffens at night. A tent that pops into shape in 90 seconds instead of six minutes. The idea sat in a patent filing for four decades. It took 3D printing to finally make it real. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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That's how parts get inspected! 🪡 The pace is ridiculous. Imagine people still doing this instead of machines. Renishaw system is one of the biggest shifts in coordinate-measuring machines (CMMs). Instead of moving the entire machine to capture each point, REVO uses a 5-axis scanning head that collects data through rapid angular motion. Combined with automated probe and stylus changes, the system can handle complex geometries and full surface scans that traditionally required slow, point-by-point probing. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

That's how parts get inspected! 🪡 The pace is ridiculous. Imagine people still doing this instead of machines. Renishaw system is one of the biggest shifts in coordinate-measuring machines (CMMs). Instead of moving the entire machine to capture each point, REVO uses a 5-axis scanning head that collects data through rapid angular motion. Combined with automated probe and stylus changes, the system can handle complex geometries and full surface scans that traditionally required slow, point-by-point probing. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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🧵The quiet revolution in robotics isn't humanoid, or world models.. It's the rise of inspection & maintenance robots, quietly scaling across dirty, dangerous, and distant industrial environments. This sector is projected to hit $8.3B by 2030. Let's break down why it's growing so fast. [Save this thread for later 📌]

🧵The quiet revolution in robotics isn't humanoid, or world models.. It's the rise of inspection & maintenance robots, quietly scaling across dirty, dangerous, and distant industrial environments. This sector is projected to hit $8.3B by 2030. Let's break down why it's growing so fast. [Save this thread for later 📌]

171,019 views • 19 days ago

Open-source magnetic tactile sensor for $5! 🧲 Researchers introduced a magnetic tactile sensor that's low-cost, and easy to fabricate, democratizing tactile sensing for robotics. Operating in unstructured environments like homes and offices requires robots to sense forces during physical interaction. Yet the lack of a versatile, accessible tactile sensor has led to fragmented solutions and often force-unaware, sensorless approaches. Building an eFlesh sensor requires four components: a hobbyist 3D printer, off-the-shelf magnets (less than $5), a CAD model, and a magnetometer circuit board. The sensor is 3D printed with magnets embedded in the middle layer. Based on chosen mechanical properties, magnets displace in response to contact forces, measured by a magnetometer underneath. An open-source design tool converts simple OBJ/STL files into 3D-printable STLs. This enables application-specific sensors for robot hands, grippers, quadruped feet, and more. Slip detection generalizes to unseen objects with 95% accuracy. Visual-tactile control policies improve manipulation by 40% over vision-only baselines, achieving 90% success on precise tasks like plug insertion and credit card swiping. All design files, code, trained models, and conversion tools are openly available. Project page: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Open-source magnetic tactile sensor for $5! 🧲 Researchers introduced a magnetic tactile sensor that's low-cost, and easy to fabricate, democratizing tactile sensing for robotics. Operating in unstructured environments like homes and offices requires robots to sense forces during physical interaction. Yet the lack of a versatile, accessible tactile sensor has led to fragmented solutions and often force-unaware, sensorless approaches. Building an eFlesh sensor requires four components: a hobbyist 3D printer, off-the-shelf magnets (less than $5), a CAD model, and a magnetometer circuit board. The sensor is 3D printed with magnets embedded in the middle layer. Based on chosen mechanical properties, magnets displace in response to contact forces, measured by a magnetometer underneath. An open-source design tool converts simple OBJ/STL files into 3D-printable STLs. This enables application-specific sensors for robot hands, grippers, quadruped feet, and more. Slip detection generalizes to unseen objects with 95% accuracy. Visual-tactile control policies improve manipulation by 40% over vision-only baselines, achieving 90% success on precise tasks like plug insertion and credit card swiping. All design files, code, trained models, and conversion tools are openly available. Project page: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

287,352 views • 1 month ago

A robot with 20 legs! 🐛 Duke University researchers published a study presenting a sea-urchin-like robot with 20 legs. The robot, called Argus, has no front or back. Twenty telescoping legs radiate from a central body, with a depth camera at each leg tip. The design allows it to move in any direction, stabilize after being pushed, cross rough terrain, carry 10-pound payloads, and even climb walls. The researchers didn't ask "what animal should we copy?" Instead, they focused on a mathematical concept called dynamic isotropy, how symmetrically a robot can accelerate in every direction. A score of 1 means perfect symmetry in all directions. Most robots today, including advanced quadrupeds and humanoids, score below 0.6. Argus scored 0.91, close to theoretical maximum. How? They arranged the body around a regular dodecahedron (a shape with 12 pentagonal faces), giving Argus a nearly uniform field of view and eliminating the need to orient itself the way conventional robots do. When tested on uneven ground, concrete, grass, sand, wet surfaces, Argus handled obstacles, kept moving with broken legs, and pushed heavy objects while rolling. Read the article here: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

A robot with 20 legs! 🐛 Duke University researchers published a study presenting a sea-urchin-like robot with 20 legs. The robot, called Argus, has no front or back. Twenty telescoping legs radiate from a central body, with a depth camera at each leg tip. The design allows it to move in any direction, stabilize after being pushed, cross rough terrain, carry 10-pound payloads, and even climb walls. The researchers didn't ask "what animal should we copy?" Instead, they focused on a mathematical concept called dynamic isotropy, how symmetrically a robot can accelerate in every direction. A score of 1 means perfect symmetry in all directions. Most robots today, including advanced quadrupeds and humanoids, score below 0.6. Argus scored 0.91, close to theoretical maximum. How? They arranged the body around a regular dodecahedron (a shape with 12 pentagonal faces), giving Argus a nearly uniform field of view and eliminating the need to orient itself the way conventional robots do. When tested on uneven ground, concrete, grass, sand, wet surfaces, Argus handled obstacles, kept moving with broken legs, and pushed heavy objects while rolling. Read the article here: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

30,807 views • 5 days ago

A drone or a submarine? 🫧 A student just built a drone that flies through the air and swims underwater — and it actually works. As part of his Bachelor’s project, Andrei Copaci created a 3D-printed, hybrid drone with variable pitch propellers, meaning the blades shift mid-flight to adapt between air and water. Just a laptop, a printer, and a smart idea. The drone is fully custom-coded and transitions seamlessly between flying and swimming. We're entering a new era, where curious students can prototype what once took massive funding and R&D efforts.

A drone or a submarine? 🫧 A student just built a drone that flies through the air and swims underwater — and it actually works. As part of his Bachelor’s project, Andrei Copaci created a 3D-printed, hybrid drone with variable pitch propellers, meaning the blades shift mid-flight to adapt between air and water. Just a laptop, a printer, and a smart idea. The drone is fully custom-coded and transitions seamlessly between flying and swimming. We're entering a new era, where curious students can prototype what once took massive funding and R&D efforts.

1,957,381 views • 10 months ago

Spiderman's stuntman is a robot! 🕸️ The Walt Disney Company Imagineers designed an advanced robotics figure that flies 25 meters in the air making its own real-time decisions as it tucks, somersaults, slows down, and climbs. 🤹🏼‍♀️ The result is Spider-Man in Avengers Campus, flying above with gravity-defying feats never before seen in a Disney park. That's incredible to see how robotics is changing different verticals! That's pure magic to me! 🔮 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Spiderman's stuntman is a robot! 🕸️ The Walt Disney Company Imagineers designed an advanced robotics figure that flies 25 meters in the air making its own real-time decisions as it tucks, somersaults, slows down, and climbs. 🤹🏼‍♀️ The result is Spider-Man in Avengers Campus, flying above with gravity-defying feats never before seen in a Disney park. That's incredible to see how robotics is changing different verticals! That's pure magic to me! 🔮 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

799,607 views • 5 months ago

Welcome to the pico world! 🔬 Micro-dispensing at the picoliter scale is incredible when you compare it to everyday numbers: a single raindrop is about 50 microliters, roughly 50 million times larger than a picoliter. Being able to place droplets this small without touching the surface is key for biotech, diagnostics, and micro-electronics, where tiny volumes matter. And at this scale, two basics become critical: → Accuracy = how close you are to the real value. → Precision = how repeatable each droplet is. I could watch it all day long! 🤯 ~~ ♻ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Welcome to the pico world! 🔬 Micro-dispensing at the picoliter scale is incredible when you compare it to everyday numbers: a single raindrop is about 50 microliters, roughly 50 million times larger than a picoliter. Being able to place droplets this small without touching the surface is key for biotech, diagnostics, and micro-electronics, where tiny volumes matter. And at this scale, two basics become critical: → Accuracy = how close you are to the real value. → Precision = how repeatable each droplet is. I could watch it all day long! 🤯 ~~ ♻ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

773,456 views • 5 months ago

It's a 3D printer, and 3D assembly station! 🖨️ The Functgraph developed at Meiji University starts as a regular 3D printer but upgrades itself into a mini factory. It can print parts for its own tools, pick them up, clean them, and put them together, all by itself. Think of it like a robot that can 3D print a spatula, assemble it, and then use it to flip pancakes. 🥞 Instead of just printing objects, the Functgraph can actually perform physical tasks, like folding laundry or slicing vegetables, by using printed and assembled tools. It’s a step toward the idea of a robot that can download "apps" as physical skills, much like your phone downloads software! 👀 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

It's a 3D printer, and 3D assembly station! 🖨️ The Functgraph developed at Meiji University starts as a regular 3D printer but upgrades itself into a mini factory. It can print parts for its own tools, pick them up, clean them, and put them together, all by itself. Think of it like a robot that can 3D print a spatula, assemble it, and then use it to flip pancakes. 🥞 Instead of just printing objects, the Functgraph can actually perform physical tasks, like folding laundry or slicing vegetables, by using printed and assembled tools. It’s a step toward the idea of a robot that can download "apps" as physical skills, much like your phone downloads software! 👀 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

138,786 views • 1 month ago

74 seconds to print a 3D Benchy! 🚢 Someone just printed a 3D Benchy in 74 seconds! For context: Benchy is the standard benchmark for 3D printing quality. Getting it done in 74 seconds required pushing every variable to its limit. Pulley and belt systems optimized for minimal slop, machine rigidity improvements to eliminate flex under high acceleration, input shaping to cancel out resonance frequencies that cause ringing artifacts at high speeds. A 3D scanner to analyze print quality objectively. Frequency analysis to identify and cancel specific resonance modes in the frame and motion system. Check it out here: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

74 seconds to print a 3D Benchy! 🚢 Someone just printed a 3D Benchy in 74 seconds! For context: Benchy is the standard benchmark for 3D printing quality. Getting it done in 74 seconds required pushing every variable to its limit. Pulley and belt systems optimized for minimal slop, machine rigidity improvements to eliminate flex under high acceleration, input shaping to cancel out resonance frequencies that cause ringing artifacts at high speeds. A 3D scanner to analyze print quality objectively. Frequency analysis to identify and cancel specific resonance modes in the frame and motion system. Check it out here: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

108,284 views • 1 month ago

This drone becomes a flying manipulator! 🥏 Researchers at the The University of Tokyo developed this aerial robot. Built with four pairs of ducted fans linked by actuated joints, Dragon can reshape itself mid-flight. This allows it to grasp objects and perform tasks typically reserved for ground-based manipulators. Each segment has dual rotors, and its navigation stack calculates the most efficient shape for each object. Total payload? More than 3 kilograms. P.S. To increase Dragon's battery life, they consider allowing it to walk on the ground.

This drone becomes a flying manipulator! 🥏 Researchers at the The University of Tokyo developed this aerial robot. Built with four pairs of ducted fans linked by actuated joints, Dragon can reshape itself mid-flight. This allows it to grasp objects and perform tasks typically reserved for ground-based manipulators. Each segment has dual rotors, and its navigation stack calculates the most efficient shape for each object. Total payload? More than 3 kilograms. P.S. To increase Dragon's battery life, they consider allowing it to walk on the ground.

741,005 views • 7 months ago

3D printing is getting wild! 🧊 A one-piece printed bar counter just dropped: 1.1 meters tall and over 4 meters long, made entirely from PETG with millimeter-level precision. A single continuous organic surface with integrated LED backlighting. A giant monolithic print. Every week we’re seeing 3D printers take on bigger, more complex, more architectural pieces. And this one shows just how far large-format additive manufacturing has come. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

3D printing is getting wild! 🧊 A one-piece printed bar counter just dropped: 1.1 meters tall and over 4 meters long, made entirely from PETG with millimeter-level precision. A single continuous organic surface with integrated LED backlighting. A giant monolithic print. Every week we’re seeing 3D printers take on bigger, more complex, more architectural pieces. And this one shows just how far large-format additive manufacturing has come. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

119,334 views • 1 month ago

Awesome Robotics! 💾 Building your own robot just got a lot easier. MathWorks have released an open-source GitHub repository packed with robotics resources for anyone interested in getting hands-on. The repo includes examples for robot arms, ground vehicles, and drones, with projects that show how to connect with ROS and ROS2 or even deploy Simulink models directly as ROS nodes. There are also more advanced demos, like modeling off-road environments and testing navigation algorithms in photorealistic simulations. Everything is well-documented, with tutorials and links that make it easy to go from concept to prototype. 📑 Whether you’re a student, researcher, or just curious, there’s material here for every level. And since it’s an open community project, you can not only explore but also share your own contributions. For anyone looking to learn robotics by doing, this is a solid place to start! Here’s the link: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Awesome Robotics! 💾 Building your own robot just got a lot easier. MathWorks have released an open-source GitHub repository packed with robotics resources for anyone interested in getting hands-on. The repo includes examples for robot arms, ground vehicles, and drones, with projects that show how to connect with ROS and ROS2 or even deploy Simulink models directly as ROS nodes. There are also more advanced demos, like modeling off-road environments and testing navigation algorithms in photorealistic simulations. Everything is well-documented, with tutorials and links that make it easy to go from concept to prototype. 📑 Whether you’re a student, researcher, or just curious, there’s material here for every level. And since it’s an open community project, you can not only explore but also share your own contributions. For anyone looking to learn robotics by doing, this is a solid place to start! Here’s the link: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

57,592 views • 18 days ago

🧵 Farming robots are no longer experimental. They're deployed, profitable, and reshaping agriculture. In orchards, vineyards, vegetable fields, and beyond, they're tackling labor shortages, precision spraying, and chemical reduction at scale. This is how robotics is quietly becoming the backbone of next-gen agriculture [Save this thread for later 📌]

🧵 Farming robots are no longer experimental. They're deployed, profitable, and reshaping agriculture. In orchards, vineyards, vegetable fields, and beyond, they're tackling labor shortages, precision spraying, and chemical reduction at scale. This is how robotics is quietly becoming the backbone of next-gen agriculture [Save this thread for later 📌]

779,222 views • 9 months ago

JUST IN: microagi is opening its Global Robotics Research HQ on Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich, and choosing it over San Francisco. Eight months ago microagi was five people in a Munich hacker house. Today they operate in 15+ countries. The reasoning behind Zürich is compelling: → Highest density of robotics talent in the world, ETH Zürich, EPFL, University of Zürich, IBM Research, Google, NVIDIA, Meta, Apple and Microsoft all run serious ML and robotics teams here → ABB, one of the most important industrial automation companies on earth, is headquartered in the city itself → Within a 6-hour radius: German automotive, Italian manufacturing, French aerospace, Benelux logistics and Swiss machine tools But the line that stuck with me most: "Europe was late to consumer internet. Europe was late to cloud. Europe was late to the foundation-model wave. But Europe is not late to robotics." That is exactly right. The industrial base that physical AI sits on top of has been in Europe for 150 years. Precision mechanics. Machine-tool culture. Safety-critical engineering. Automation-grade manufacturing. The next decade of AI value will be created where bits meet atoms. And Europe is finally in the right position at the right moment. microagi gets it. And they're planting their flag right in the heart of it. 🇨🇭🇪🇺 Bercan, Yoan Iliev, Zeno, Gianni Hodel LFG! 🔥 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

JUST IN: microagi is opening its Global Robotics Research HQ on Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich, and choosing it over San Francisco. Eight months ago microagi was five people in a Munich hacker house. Today they operate in 15+ countries. The reasoning behind Zürich is compelling: → Highest density of robotics talent in the world, ETH Zürich, EPFL, University of Zürich, IBM Research, Google, NVIDIA, Meta, Apple and Microsoft all run serious ML and robotics teams here → ABB, one of the most important industrial automation companies on earth, is headquartered in the city itself → Within a 6-hour radius: German automotive, Italian manufacturing, French aerospace, Benelux logistics and Swiss machine tools But the line that stuck with me most: "Europe was late to consumer internet. Europe was late to cloud. Europe was late to the foundation-model wave. But Europe is not late to robotics." That is exactly right. The industrial base that physical AI sits on top of has been in Europe for 150 years. Precision mechanics. Machine-tool culture. Safety-critical engineering. Automation-grade manufacturing. The next decade of AI value will be created where bits meet atoms. And Europe is finally in the right position at the right moment. microagi gets it. And they're planting their flag right in the heart of it. 🇨🇭🇪🇺 Bercan, Yoan Iliev, Zeno, Gianni Hodel LFG! 🔥 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

79,526 views • 27 days ago

3D printing is getting wild! 🧊 A one-piece printed bar counter just dropped: 1.1 meters tall and over 4 meters long, made entirely from PETG with millimeter-level precision. A single continuous organic surface with integrated LED backlighting. A giant monolithic print. Every week we’re seeing 3D printers take on bigger, more complex, more architectural pieces. And this one shows just how far large-format additive manufacturing has come. Cool combination with robotics :) ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

3D printing is getting wild! 🧊 A one-piece printed bar counter just dropped: 1.1 meters tall and over 4 meters long, made entirely from PETG with millimeter-level precision. A single continuous organic surface with integrated LED backlighting. A giant monolithic print. Every week we’re seeing 3D printers take on bigger, more complex, more architectural pieces. And this one shows just how far large-format additive manufacturing has come. Cool combination with robotics :) ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

437,889 views • 6 months ago

Gravity-defying robot! 🦎 VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot created by Disney Research and ETH Zürich that can transition between ground and wall. The robot can move on a wall quickly and with agility. VertiGo has four wheels, two tiltable propellers, and two tiltable propellers. One pair of wheels is steerable, and each propeller has two degrees of freedom for adjusting the direction of thrust. The choice of two propellers rather than one enables a floor-to-wall transition, thrust is applied both towards the wall using the rear propeller and in an upward direction using the front propeller, resulting in a flip onto the wall. P.S. Can you guess the year of development? 👀 ~~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Gravity-defying robot! 🦎 VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot created by Disney Research and ETH Zürich that can transition between ground and wall. The robot can move on a wall quickly and with agility. VertiGo has four wheels, two tiltable propellers, and two tiltable propellers. One pair of wheels is steerable, and each propeller has two degrees of freedom for adjusting the direction of thrust. The choice of two propellers rather than one enables a floor-to-wall transition, thrust is applied both towards the wall using the rear propeller and in an upward direction using the front propeller, resulting in a flip onto the wall. P.S. Can you guess the year of development? 👀 ~~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

189,501 views • 2 months ago

Engineering through destruction! 🔨 Dyson's testing philosophy: break it until it fails, then rebuild it better. Here's what that actually means in practice: vacuum batteries go through 1,200 charge/discharge cycles, the Supersonic hair dryer cable gets wrapped and unwrapped 7,800 times, Corrale straightener plates open and close 400,000 times, and purifiers run 24/7 until they fail. By testing to failure, Dyson discovers the exact limits of materials, mechanisms, and electronics before the product ever reaches a customer. Dyson tests until things break, studies why they broke, then redesigns around those failure modes. It's the same principle behind Tesla's rapid iteration on Starship (blow them up until you understand what fails). The difference between "it works" and "it lasts" is understanding failure modes. This is what separates consumer products that last 2 years from ones that last 10. The engineering discipline to destroy your own work, learn from it, and build the next version smarter. P.S. Would love to see more robotics companies adopt this level of durability testing. Most demos show success. Few show the 400,000 cycles of wear that prove it actually works. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Engineering through destruction! 🔨 Dyson's testing philosophy: break it until it fails, then rebuild it better. Here's what that actually means in practice: vacuum batteries go through 1,200 charge/discharge cycles, the Supersonic hair dryer cable gets wrapped and unwrapped 7,800 times, Corrale straightener plates open and close 400,000 times, and purifiers run 24/7 until they fail. By testing to failure, Dyson discovers the exact limits of materials, mechanisms, and electronics before the product ever reaches a customer. Dyson tests until things break, studies why they broke, then redesigns around those failure modes. It's the same principle behind Tesla's rapid iteration on Starship (blow them up until you understand what fails). The difference between "it works" and "it lasts" is understanding failure modes. This is what separates consumer products that last 2 years from ones that last 10. The engineering discipline to destroy your own work, learn from it, and build the next version smarter. P.S. Would love to see more robotics companies adopt this level of durability testing. Most demos show success. Few show the 400,000 cycles of wear that prove it actually works. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

279,857 views • 4 months ago

🧵The quiet revolution in robotics isn't humanoids. It's the rise of inspection & maintenance robots, quietly scaling across dirty, dangerous, and distant industrial environments. This sector is projected to hit $8.3B by 2030. Let's break down why it's growing so fast. [Save this thread for later 📌]

🧵The quiet revolution in robotics isn't humanoids. It's the rise of inspection & maintenance robots, quietly scaling across dirty, dangerous, and distant industrial environments. This sector is projected to hit $8.3B by 2030. Let's break down why it's growing so fast. [Save this thread for later 📌]

479,124 views • 9 months ago

A system with moving transfer plates! 🍽️ Modular transfer plates that move items in any direction! These systems from Festo give factories something traditional conveyors can’t: fine, reconfigurable motion that adapts as layouts or processes change. Because they can route items in multiple directions, you can run inspections, branch flows based on sensor data, or perform operations directly on the moving parts. It could even power fully automated storage: shelves that reposition items based on real-time demand. I'd love to see more of them in 3PL centers. Where would you use them? 👀 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

A system with moving transfer plates! 🍽️ Modular transfer plates that move items in any direction! These systems from Festo give factories something traditional conveyors can’t: fine, reconfigurable motion that adapts as layouts or processes change. Because they can route items in multiple directions, you can run inspections, branch flows based on sensor data, or perform operations directly on the moving parts. It could even power fully automated storage: shelves that reposition items based on real-time demand. I'd love to see more of them in 3PL centers. Where would you use them? 👀 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

327,408 views • 6 months ago