Prospector-1—first commercial interplanetary mining mission

by Kassie Perlongo

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Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots

MIT News 24 Oct 2025

New tool from MIT CSAIL creates realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of real-world objects, scaling up training data for robot foundation models.

Robot Talk Episode 130 – Robots learning from humans, with Chad Jenkins

Robot Talk 24 Oct 2025

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Chad Jenkins from University of Michigan about how robots can learn from people and assist us in our daily lives.

Robot Talk at the Smart City Robotics Competition

Robot Talk 22 Oct 2025

In a special bonus episode of the podcast, Claire chatted to competitors, exhibitors, and attendees at the Smart City Robotics Competition in Milton Keynes.

Robot Talk Episode 129 – Automating museum experiments, with Yuen Ting Chan

Robot Talk 17 Oct 2025

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Yuen Ting Chan from Natural History Museum about using robots to automate molecular biology experiments.

What’s coming up at #IROS2025?

Lucy Smith 15 Oct 2025

Find out what the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems has in store.

From sea to space, this robot is on a roll

Texas A&M University 13 Oct 2025

Graduate students in the aptly named "RAD Lab" are working to improve RoboBall, the robot in an airbag.

Robot Talk Episode 128 – Making microrobots move, with Ali K. Hoshiar

Robot Talk 10 Oct 2025

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Ali K. Hoshiar from University of Essex about how microrobots move and work together.

Interview with Zahra Ghorrati: developing frameworks for human activity recognition using wearable sensors

Lucy Smith and AIhub 08 Oct 2025

Zahra tells us more about her research on wearable technology.