At China’s 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, several robotics companies showcased their latest research and development progress. Humanoid robots

Nike's Project Amplify and consumer exoskeletons like Hypershell X are bringing wearable robotics to market, with powered footwear targeting 2028 release.

AI-powered autonomous robots that automate complex lab workflows, improve reproducibility and traceability, connect multi-vendor instruments, and allow laboratories to scale faster while freeing researchers for higher-value work showcased.

Students and researchers at ASU investigate generalizable AI and robotics with real-world applications across industries.

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"Our vision is to turn the world's most powerful photosynthetic cell into a platform for scalable drug production that could one day be in every city. Partnering with Persist AI gives us the robotic precision and AI-driven optimization needed to bring oral biologics from the lab to patients faster than ever before."

When the Year of the Horse arrived in 2026, all eyes were on China's Spring Festival Gala. What unfolded was more than a cultural spectacle – it was a hard-tech showcase. Robot collectives from Unitree Robotics,

It is not hard to find popular depictions of robots in the future. What comes to my mind is Rosie the robot maid from the animated comic “The Jetsons.” Ever faithful and dependable, she is as much a part of the Jetson family as any human relative.

The Jackal robot is part of Michigan Tech's Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab (RRSL), led by Ashraf Saleem, assistant professor of applied computing, and Mazen. Saleem and Mazen bring a combined expertise in remote sensing, computer vision and artificial intelligence, autonomous robots and vehicles, mechatronics system integration and more to their vision of pioneering a fusion of robotic ...

Gabriel Gomes built an agent that turns plain English into physical experiments, enabling research that humans alone could never sustain