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by Alex Kirkpatrick

12 October 2016

CoRL2025 – RobustDexGrasp: dexterous robot hand grasping of nearly any object

Hui Zhang 11 Nov 2025

A new reinforcement learning framework enables dexterous robot hands to grasp diverse objects with human-like robustness and adaptability—using only a single camera.

Robot Talk Episode 132 – Collaborating with industrial robots, with Anthony Jules

Robot Talk 07 Nov 2025

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Anthony Jules from Robust.AI about their autonomous warehouse robots that work alongside humans.

Teaching robots to map large environments

MIT News 05 Nov 2025

A new approach could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings.

Robot Talk Episode 131 – Empowering game-changing robotics research, with Edith-Clare Hall

Robot Talk 31 Oct 2025

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Edith-Clare Hall from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency about accelerating scientific and technological breakthroughs.

A flexible lens controlled by light-activated artificial muscles promises to let soft machines see

The Conversation 30 Oct 2025

Researchers have designed an adaptive lens made of soft, light-responsive, tissue-like materials.

Social media round-up from #IROS2025

Lucy Smith 27 Oct 2025

Take a look at what participants got up to at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.

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.