Video Friday is a weekly selection of great robotics videos from our friends. IEEE spectrum Robotics. We’ll also post a weekly calendar of robot events happening over the next few months. please Please send an event to include.
ICRA 2026: June 1-5, 2026, Vienna
RSS 2026: 13-17 July 2026, Sydney
Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems: 29 July – 4 August 2026, Prague
Enjoy today’s video!
It takes more than flashy shoes to make Digit dance. Our AI team can teach Digit new whole-body control functions overnight. Using raw motion data from motion capture, animation, and caption techniques, Digit acquires new skills through simulation-to-realistic reinforcement training.
[ Agility ]
[ Generalist ]
Unitree will open source the UnifoLM-WBT-Dataset, a high-quality real-world humanoid robot whole-body telecontrol (WBT) dataset for open environments. Datasets that have been publicly available since March 5, 2026 will continue to receive frequent rolling updates. We aim to establish the most comprehensive real-world humanoid robot dataset in terms of scenario coverage, task complexity, and operational diversity.
[ Hugging Face ]
Autonomous mobile robots operating in indoor environments shared by humans often require paths that reflect humans’ spatial intentions, such as avoiding pedestrian flow interference or maintaining comfortable spacing. This paper describes MRReP, a mixed reality-based interface that allows users to draw hand-drawn reference paths (HRPs) directly on a physical floor using hand gestures.
[ MRReP ]
Thank you, Masato!
Eye contact, even fleeting, between strangers plays a vital role in nurturing relationships, promoting happiness, and increasing a sense of belonging. Through autonomous navigation and adaptive mirror control, Mirrorbot dynamically shifts reflections from self-centeredness to mutual awareness, encouraging eye contact, shared awareness, and playful engagement to foster serendipitous nonverbal interactions.
[ ARL ] via [ Cornell University ]
Experience PAL Robotics’ new remote control system for TIAGo Pro, an AI-enabled mobile manipulator designed for advanced research. This real-time VR telecontrol setup enables precise control of TIAGo Pro’s dual arms in Cartesian space, making it ideal for remote control, AI data collection, and robot learning.
[ PAL Robotics ]
Supreme brilliance with robust AI. There are no notes.
[ Robust AI ]
Join Nick L., our Senior Test Engineer, as we take you on a tour of our home test lab at iRobot headquarters.
[ iRobot ]
By automating the last “magic 5%” of production – precisely trimming the silicone gaskets of swim goggles based on individual facial scans – UR cobots enable THEMAGIC5 to offer affordable, custom-fit goggles, helping the company expand from a Kickstarter sensation to selling more than 400,000 goggles worldwide.
[ Universal Robots ]
Sanctuary AI has once again demonstrated its industry-leading approach to training advanced hydraulic hand dexterity handling policies. In this video, a unique hydraulic hand autonomously manipulates a letter cube, continuously changing direction to match a specified target (shown in the bottom left corner of the video).
[ Sanctuary AI ]
China’s Yuxing 3-06 commercial experimental satellite, the first of its kind to carry a flexible robotic arm, has recently completed in-orbit refueling tests and key technology verification. The test paves the way for Yuxing 3-06, dubbed the “Space Refueling Station,” to refuel other satellites in orbit, manage space debris, and provide other in-orbit services.
[ Sanyuan Aerospace ] via [ Space News ]
This is a demonstration of natural locomotion, full-body telecontrol, and motion tracking by a custom-built humanoid robot. The control policy is trained using massively parallel reinforcement learning (RL). By deploying robust policies learned in a physics simulator to real hardware, we achieve dynamic and stable whole-body motion.
[ Tokyo Robotics ]
Faced with aging railway infrastructure, a shrinking workforce and rising construction costs, JR West commissioned construction innovator Serendix to rebuild an old wooden building at Hatsushima Station using the company’s 3D printing technology. Thanks to ABB robots, the company was able to assemble the new building overnight in preparation for the next day’s first train service.
[ ABB ]
Humanoid, SAP, and Martur Fompak are collaborating to test humanoid robots in automotive manufacturing logistics. This joint proof of concept explores how robots can streamline operations, improve efficiency, and shape the future of smart factories.
[ Humanoid ]
This MIT Robotics Seminar is about “Avian-Inspired Drones” by Dario Floreano of EPFL.
[ MIT ]
This MIT Robotics Seminar by Ken Goldberg of the University of California, Berkeley, discusses how “Good old-fashioned engineering can close a 100,000-year ‘data gap’ in robotics.” “is.
[ MIT ]
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