{"id":620282,"date":"2026-10-04T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620282\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:36:10","slug":"robotics-videos-bioinspired-robotics-modular-arm-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620282\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics Videos: Bioinspired Robotics, Modular Arm, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video Friday<\/a> is your weekly selection of awesome robotics<\/a> videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events<\/a> for inclusion.<\/p>\n

CoRL 2026<\/a>: 9\u201312 November 2026, AUSTINHumanoids 2026<\/a>: 6\u20139 December 2026, SANTA CLARA, CA<\/p>\n

Enjoy today\u2019s videos!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve developed ALBATROSS, a hybrid aerial\u2013marine robot that can be released from the air, autorotate down to the water without a parachute, passively self-right after landing, and then reuse the same rigid wings as sails for autonomous wind-powered navigation.The key idea is to make the physical structures do as much of the work as possible. Rather than carrying separate systems for aerial descent, landing, and marine propulsion, ALBATROSS uses the same wings for both autorotation and sailing, with minimal actuation. Ultimately, we\u2019re interested in whether platforms like this could combine rapid aerial deployment with persistent, energy-efficient marine sensing.<\/p>\n

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[ Singapore University of Technology and Design<\/a> ] paper via [ Science Robotics<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Thanks, Shane!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just getting so burnt out on the humanoid publicity stunts<\/a>, you know?<\/p>\n

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[ Figure<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Sharpa unveiled three major proprietary new products at the IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS<\/a>): D01, the first integrated tactile-sensing robot built for dexterous manipulation; W02, a next-generation fully tactile, ultra-compact, lightweight dexterous hand; and AE01, a high-fidelity haptic exoskeleton data glove.<\/p>\n

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[ Sharpa<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Why will Boston Dynamics<\/a> win the humanoid robotics race? We\u2019ve already commercialized autonomous mobile robots<\/a>, creating markets with Spot and Stretch. Now we\u2019re doing it again with Atlas: learning in real environments, designing for manufacturing at scale, and introducing a new era of physical intelligence.<\/p>\n

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[ Boston Dynamics<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

This work presents a lightweight, compliant footpad that enhances the terrain adaptability of a hopping robot. The design combines a planar foot supported by a compliant spherical joint for self\u2011alignment with embedded spines to improve traction on uneven or slippery surfaces.<\/p>\n

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[ CLIMB Lab, University of Toronto<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Heterogeneous robot teams distribute complementary capabilities across specialized agents, but their physical roles and capacities typically remain fixed throughout a mission. We present HARP, a Heterogeneous Aerial Robotic modules Platform in which independently deployable aerial robots<\/a> physically reconfigure to compose their capabilities for field operations.<\/p>\n

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[ General Robotics Lab<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Some very impressive mobility from ANYmal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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[ ETH Zurich RSL<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Daniel writes, \u201cI\u2019m a high school student in Canada<\/a>, and I built a self-constructing robot arm<\/a> that assembles itself. It\u2019s designed to be low-cost, with disaster response in mind: small robots can squeeze through gaps in rubble but are too weak to move things, while big arms are strong but can\u2019t fit through. My arm is split into three wheeled modules that travel separately, then dock together using a spring-lock mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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[ Daniel Zhu<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Autonomous highway driving<\/a> not impressive enough for you? Try this.<\/p>\n

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[ XPENG<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

The IT Imperial team has connected MaleCNS\u2014a published connectome<\/a> of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)\u2014to a physical Unitree<\/a> G1 humanoid robot. The system creates a closed loop: camera \u2192 fruit-fly neural model \u2192 motor decoding \u2192 physical robot movement. The robot receives visual input through its stereo camera. The images are transformed into a representation adapted to the fly\u2019s visual system, processed by the computational model based on the reconstructed nervous system, and then converted into movement commands for the robot.<\/p>\n

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[ IT Imperial<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Thanks, Anna!<\/p>\n

My guess is that this is far easier than it looks or far harder than it looks and I\u2019m honestly not sure which.<\/p>\n

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[ Paper<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

I cannot believe that this is still a thing, but good on them!<\/p>\n

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[ Tevel<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

In Part 1 of Dexterity Explained, we break down what manual dexterity is, why it matters, and how robotic hands and Physical AI work together to bring greater skill, precision, and control to physical tasks.<\/p>\n

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[ Sanctuary AI<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

XPENG has a lot of money to build a lot of these robots. They do look very human. I\u2019m not sure what they\u2019re going to do, though?<\/p>\n

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[ XPENG<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot of robots! Tell me what they\u2019re all going to do!<\/p>\n

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[ UBTECH<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

When floods swept away roads and bridges in Nepal, local drone pilots stepped in to help map the damage, support search teams, and deliver essential supplies to communities cut off from help. In this episode of Ground Truth with Flying Labs, host Leka Tingitana speaks with Uttam Pudasaini, an advisor to Nepal Flying Labs, and Raj Bikram Maharjan, co-founder of Airlift Technology, about the drone community\u2019s response to the devastating floods of 26 August 2026.<\/p>\n

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[ WeRobotics<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

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