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
Actuate 2026: August 18-19, 2026, San Francisco
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Figure is now able to produce 55 robots per week, which will be “allocated to our internal research and development group, data collection, end-to-end housekeeping efforts by robots, and commercial use case development.” Well, it seems like a lot of robots are being built while commercial use cases are still “in development.”
[ Figure ]
The opening of the NEO factory in Hayward, California, marks a fundamental shift in humanoid robotics. The most vertically integrated robotic factory in the United States begins full-scale production, delivering end-to-end manufacturing for NEO under one roof. Spanning 58,000 square feet and employing more than 200 team members, 1X designs and builds all critical components in-house, including motors, batteries, transmissions, sensors, structures, and final assembly, allowing for faster iterations, superior safety, and true American scale. The first robots are already rolling off the line, with consumer shipments scheduled for 2026, an important milestone in making the vision of a rich, versatile home robot a reality.
Will the scale solve everything?
[ 1X ]
Unlike a statically stable robot, a dynamically balanced robot can shift its center of gravity to accommodate loads without tipping over, so we want to see how far we can extend our software. Standing on one leg with Digit pushes the boundaries of simulation-to-realistic pipeline training methodologies. Even small mismatches in the model can cause instability.
[ Agility ]
In this study, we develop a tactile-enabled whole-body humanoid manipulation system for stable, dexterous, and touch-heavy real-world manipulation. Our system combines a multimodal policy called humanoid transformer with VR-based whole-body telecontrol, reinforcement learning-based lower-body controller, dexterous hand retargeting, distributed tactile sensing, and touch dreaming (HTD).
[ Humanoid Touch Dream ]
Thanks, yall!
Originally posted two years ago, “Can I Have a T. Rex?” is a short, interdisciplinary portrait documentary. Featuring paleontologist and CodLab postdoc Aja Mia Carter, CodLab robotics researcher Wei Shi Chen (also a postdoc), and Dr. J. Diego Caporale. student.
It’s been 2 years! where is her pet tyrannosaurus!?
[ Kod*Lab ]
I’m not sure why CMU and HEBI decided to use robots in the 2026 NFL Draft, but it definitely made it more interesting to watch.
[ HEBI Robotics ]
Thank you, Trevor!
Software engineer Ethan Lauer answers questions about robot perception, world modeling, and what’s so scary about stretch robots.
[ Boston Dynamics ]
There’s one more thing that robots consistently do better than me.
[ Generalist ]
If you’re wondering where the reported sales of humanoid robots are coming from, it’s because every large company needs one or two robots for this kind of use.
[ Impress ]
Full-color laser yo-yo zapper, a word never written in the history of the universe.
[ Ishikawa Group Laboratory ]
Is the future of L’Oréal Pro 2026 Le Hair Show…bald robots?
[ LimX Dynamics ]
Introducing our all-new dexterous hand, MagicHand H01.
[ MagicLab ]
This is one of the flattest quadrupeds I’ve ever seen.
[ DEEP Robotics ]
I appreciate that Engineered Arts didn’t try to hide the sound in this video.
[ Engineered Arts ]
This is quite impressive considering that magnets are basically indistinguishable from magic.
[ Sung Lab ]
NASA has two probes on Mars, but they are exploring very different eras of Mars’ past. The two rovers, 2,300 miles apart, are discovering clues from very different moments in Mars’ history. Perseverance is located on the rim of Jezero Crater and is studying some of Mars’ oldest landscapes ever explored, searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Meanwhile, Curiosity is climbing Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater. There, rock layers reveal how the climate changed as water dried up from Mars’ surface.
[ NASA ]
We have built a surgical robot that automates key steps in the process of accepting Neuralink implants to promote safety, reliability, and scalability.
[ Neuralink ]
The Chinese-made Unitree G1 humanoid robot is making its way to the United States. And they’re not only included in viral videos, but also in big tech companies like OpenAI and Nvidia and top academic institutions. Most arrive through Robostore, a Long Island-based robot reseller. I went there to see them unloaded from the pallet and then brought it home to see what it could actually do. Is this the future of home robots? Are there any security risks? Chinese surveillance systems on your feet? I got the answer and broke my toe.
[ New Things ]
How do autonomous robots make decisions when the world is unpredictable? From self-driving cars to swarms of drones, autonomous systems operate under uncertainty and must make real-time decisions using incomplete or unreliable data. In this video, Harvard SEAS Professor Stephanie Gill explains how AI-powered robots adjust, adapt, and stay safe in complex real-world environments.
[ Harvard University ]
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