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🤖 When wheels and legs fail, evolution takes over. I find this fascinating — Ground Control Robotics, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology, is rethinking how robots move through the world. Instead of wheels or rigid legs, they’ve developed elongated multi-legged robots that can navigate cluttered, uneven,...

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Multi legged robots built for tough terrain! 🐛 Unlike wheeled or long-legged machines that stall in cluttered fields, their multi legged design provides stable, low-profile locomotion through confined and unstructured environments. The robots from Ground Control Robotics move close to the ground, giving direct access to crops while carrying precision sensors, from hyperspectral cameras to soil moisture and VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) detectors, without disturbing fragile gases. Applications range from agriculture to defense, search & rescue, and pest control, but the team is first targeting the multi-billion dollar specialty agriculture market, where traditional robots fail to operate effectively. Developed in collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →
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179,005 views • 9 months ago

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All right, who wants a robot worm? 🪱 Researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a robot inspired by earthworms. Worms move by using wave-like muscle contractions called peristalsis. This version of the worm-inspired robot has a flexible outer mesh that can continuously change shape. Using this mesh, the robot's fixed parts can move smoothly between each other, providing power and control. This project is referred to as a "soft hyper-redundant robot," due to its highly flexible nature and ability to adapt to various environments. This design could prove useful in scenarios where traditional rigid robots struggle, such as navigating tight spaces or uneven terrain. Please let me know what your thoughts are! 👀 🔔 Hit the bell on my profile to never miss a robot story!

Lukas Ziegler

24,755 views • 1 year ago

I figure we've got about 7 years left until the vast majority of human jobs today are gone. The automation cliff represents a stark departure from how we typically think about automation happening gradually. Rather than a steady staircase of incremental improvements where humans slowly hand over control to machines, we're heading toward a precipitous drop where entire industries and job categories will transition from human to automated control virtually overnight. This cliff is becoming possible because of two key developments: humanoid robots that can seamlessly replace humans in physical tasks, and AI agents that can take over knowledge work through standard computer interfaces. Unlike previous waves of automation that required custom infrastructure and careful human oversight, these technologies are "drop-in" solutions - they can simply step into existing human roles and take over completely. The transformative power comes from eliminating the need for human involvement entirely. Partial automation often performs worse than either full human control or full automation, since managing the handoffs between human and machine creates new problems and cognitive burden. We've already seen this with systems like pharmaceutical manufacturing and agricultural harvesting, where removing humans from the loop actually improved performance dramatically. While technical complexity and economics have historically prevented this kind of complete automation, advanced AI and robotics are rapidly eliminating these barriers. Once these systems exceed human capabilities in strength, dexterity, and intelligence - which is already beginning to happen - we'll see wholesale replacement of human labor across industries, potentially within the next 5-7 years. This isn't the gradual automation story we've been telling ourselves. A cliff is coming, and we need to be ready for the profound economic and social changes it will bring.
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I figure we've got about 7 years left until the vast majority of human jobs today are gone. The automation cliff represents a stark departure from how we typically think about automation happening gradually. Rather than a steady staircase of incremental improvements where humans slowly hand over control to machines, we're heading toward a precipitous drop where entire industries and job categories will transition from human to automated control virtually overnight. This cliff is becoming possible because of two key developments: humanoid robots that can seamlessly replace humans in physical tasks, and AI agents that can take over knowledge work through standard computer interfaces. Unlike previous waves of automation that required custom infrastructure and careful human oversight, these technologies are "drop-in" solutions - they can simply step into existing human roles and take over completely. The transformative power comes from eliminating the need for human involvement entirely. Partial automation often performs worse than either full human control or full automation, since managing the handoffs between human and machine creates new problems and cognitive burden. We've already seen this with systems like pharmaceutical manufacturing and agricultural harvesting, where removing humans from the loop actually improved performance dramatically. While technical complexity and economics have historically prevented this kind of complete automation, advanced AI and robotics are rapidly eliminating these barriers. Once these systems exceed human capabilities in strength, dexterity, and intelligence - which is already beginning to happen - we'll see wholesale replacement of human labor across industries, potentially within the next 5-7 years. This isn't the gradual automation story we've been telling ourselves. A cliff is coming, and we need to be ready for the profound economic and social changes it will bring.

David Shapiro (L/0)

24,217 views • 1 year ago

A robot that works with 1 to 6 legs? This reconfigurable robot adapts like a spider, switching between different movement styles on the fly. SnapBot isn’t just a legged robot: it’s a shape-shifting machine. With up to 700 configurations, it can walk, crawl, or row its way through any terrain. Why this is exciting: ✅ Changes its setup from one to six legs for different tasks ✅ Moves in multiple ways, including walking, rowing, and crawling ✅ Adapts to its environment like nature’s best climbers and crawlers ✅ A step toward robots that adjust to real-world challenges instantly Nature-inspired robotics is unlocking new ways to move. SnapBot proves that flexibility is key to the future of locomotion.
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A robot that works with 1 to 6 legs? This reconfigurable robot adapts like a spider, switching between different movement styles on the fly. SnapBot isn’t just a legged robot: it’s a shape-shifting machine. With up to 700 configurations, it can walk, crawl, or row its way through any terrain. Why this is exciting: ✅ Changes its setup from one to six legs for different tasks ✅ Moves in multiple ways, including walking, rowing, and crawling ✅ Adapts to its environment like nature’s best climbers and crawlers ✅ A step toward robots that adjust to real-world challenges instantly Nature-inspired robotics is unlocking new ways to move. SnapBot proves that flexibility is key to the future of locomotion.

Ilir Aliu

78,006 views • 1 year ago

This robot can be torn apart and still keeps moving. Northwestern researchers built modular robot legs that each operate as fully independent machines: > Own battery > Own motor > Own sensors > Own brain A single module can jump, roll, and turn on its own. Bolt a few together and they become entirely new species of robot that can walk, flip, and sprint across outdoor terrain. Some move like lizards, others drag themselves forward like seals. Every behavior was learned in simulation and transferred to the real world with zero fine-tuning. The goal is to mass-produce these parts so anyone can snap them together like Lego bricks, building robots on-site in disaster zones or hazardous environments, customized to whatever the situation needs. Wild!
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This robot can be torn apart and still keeps moving. Northwestern researchers built modular robot legs that each operate as fully independent machines: > Own battery > Own motor > Own sensors > Own brain A single module can jump, roll, and turn on its own. Bolt a few together and they become entirely new species of robot that can walk, flip, and sprint across outdoor terrain. Some move like lizards, others drag themselves forward like seals. Every behavior was learned in simulation and transferred to the real world with zero fine-tuning. The goal is to mass-produce these parts so anyone can snap them together like Lego bricks, building robots on-site in disaster zones or hazardous environments, customized to whatever the situation needs. Wild!

Rowan Cheung

41,760 views • 3 months ago

Sub-1 hour? Chasing the human half-marathon record? That’s suddenly the conversation around Beijing’s humanoid robot race this Sunday. 🏃‍♂️🤖 A year ago, this event was mostly about finishing. Now the bar is speed, stability, and full-course autonomy. More than 100 teams and 300+ humanoid robots are expected on the line, and nearly 40% of them are entering the autonomous navigation group instead of relying on remote control. The course is not getting easier either. Same 21.0975 km, but with more urban slopes, rolling sections, and park terrain built to expose weak points in control, perception, and endurance. That is what makes this race worth watching. If some of these machines really get close to one hour, the story is no longer “robots can run.” It becomes “humanoids are starting to hold speed, balance, and navigation together over real distance.” And that matters far beyond a race course. This is one of the clearest public tests yet for where humanoid robotics actually stands in hardware, motion control, power systems, and autonomous mobility. Sunday’s headline will be the time. The bigger takeaway will be how much of that pace is still there at kilometer 15, 18, and 21. I want to see who is actually fast, who is truly autonomous, and who can finish without falling apart. That is where the real signal will be.
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Sub-1 hour? Chasing the human half-marathon record? That’s suddenly the conversation around Beijing’s humanoid robot race this Sunday. 🏃‍♂️🤖 A year ago, this event was mostly about finishing. Now the bar is speed, stability, and full-course autonomy. More than 100 teams and 300+ humanoid robots are expected on the line, and nearly 40% of them are entering the autonomous navigation group instead of relying on remote control. The course is not getting easier either. Same 21.0975 km, but with more urban slopes, rolling sections, and park terrain built to expose weak points in control, perception, and endurance. That is what makes this race worth watching. If some of these machines really get close to one hour, the story is no longer “robots can run.” It becomes “humanoids are starting to hold speed, balance, and navigation together over real distance.” And that matters far beyond a race course. This is one of the clearest public tests yet for where humanoid robotics actually stands in hardware, motion control, power systems, and autonomous mobility. Sunday’s headline will be the time. The bigger takeaway will be how much of that pace is still there at kilometer 15, 18, and 21. I want to see who is actually fast, who is truly autonomous, and who can finish without falling apart. That is where the real signal will be.

RoboHub🤖

209,428 views • 3 months ago