➀ The CERI team from THWS secured second place in the @Work-League at RoboCup 2025, facing logistical challenges including complex robot transportation and last-minute technical adjustments;

➁ The competition tested autonomous robotics in industrial tasks, with SWOT excelling in precision and object recognition despite transport-induced electrical issues;

➂ German teams dominated the event, and Nuremberg was announced as the 2027 host, highlighting global collaboration and enthusiasm among participants and spectators.

➀ The 13th Midwest RepRap Festival (MRRF 2025) gathered 3D printing enthusiasts in Indiana, featuring open-source innovations like Cody Bean's Printventory STL organizer and intense combat robotics competitions;

➀ Creality showcased its portable Raptor Pro 3D scanner, while young builders demonstrated TPU-armored combat robots;

➂ The event highlighted global community growth with sister festivals planned in Maryland, England, and Japan through 2026.

➀ Lockheed Martin is developing an AI Fight Club, a simulated environment to test AI systems' performance across military domains;

➁ A robotic hand with 17 embedded cameras and novel algorithms achieves tactile sensing and dual-object manipulation;

➂ Contrasting US and UK R&D tax policies highlight differing approaches to fostering innovation

➀ Fraunhofer IFF researchers developed AI-driven cognitive robotics to automate complex manufacturing tasks, enabling robots to adapt to unstructured environments and learn via simulations with domain randomization;

➁ The team introduced PARU, a patented safety system using projection and cameras for real-time workspace monitoring, and CAS software tools for risk assessment and compliance in human-robot collaboration;

➂ These innovations, including dynamic safety adjustments and pain-threshold-based speed limits, will be demonstrated at automatica 2025 to enhance trust and efficiency in industrial and care applications.

➀ The PocketBeagle 2, a quad-core development board based on TI's AM6254 SoC, is introduced as an upgrade with 1.4GHz cores, a 3D GPU, and a Cortex-M4F processor;

➁ It targets applications in IoT, robotics, and prototyping;

➂ The board remains compact, following the PocketBeagle form factor for accessibility in embedded projects.

➀ Unitree Robotics showcased its humanoid G1 robots at the China Media Group World Robot Competition in Hangzhou, where they engaged in boxing matches;

➁ The G1 model stands 4'3", weighs 35kg, offers a 2-hour battery life, and costs over $16k;

➂ Founded in 2016 by Wang Xingxing, Unitree also produces affordable robotic dogs like the XDog, priced at $1,600.

➀ Introduces the book 'Our Robotics Future' exploring automation, robotics and AI's transformative impact;

➁ Examines implications for businesses, workers and consumers in an automated world;

➂ Positioned as a guide to understand technological shifts driven by emerging technologies

➀ Septentrio (a Hexagon company) launched the mosaic-G5 series, its smallest GNSS receiver modules (23mm x 16mm, 2.2g), designed for high-accuracy positioning in drones, robotics, and industrial applications;

➁ The modules feature low power consumption and robust performance in signal-challenged environments, with models including the entry-level P1, quad-band P3, and heading-enabled P3H;

➂ Compatible with open-source autopilot systems like PX4/ArduPilot, the receivers are available for sampling, with mass production planned for later in 2025.

➀ Introduction of a modified self-docking Arduino Alvik robot (nicknamed Guacho) with autonomous charging capabilities;

➁ Demonstration of the robot navigating indoor environments independently and returning to base for self-sustaining operation;

➂ Highlights the advancement in overcoming power dependency challenges in robotics.

➀ Scientists developed a magnetic metamaterial that can reprogram its stiffness and shape without altering its composition, using embedded magnets in a rotating rhomboid matrix;

➁ The material's properties are controlled by adjusting magnet distribution or external magnetic fields, enabling applications in robotics, biomedicine, and adaptive impact protection;

➂ Potential uses include smart sports gear, vascular medical devices, and reconfigurable aerospace components.

➀ IBASE introduces EC3100, a rugged edge AI system powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano modules, featuring 8-core Arm CPU and 1024-core Ampere GPU for industrial automation and robotics.

➁ Designed for harsh environments with aluminum-steel chassis, wide temperature support (-20°C to 70°C), and 9V-36V DC input, ensuring reliability in demanding applications.

➂ Offers extensive I/O connectivity including Gigabit Ethernet, CANBus, PoE support, and expansion slots for 4G/5G/Wi-Fi modules, targeting smart cities and mobile robotics solutions.

➀ MIT engineers have developed an insect-sized hopping robot capable of crossing challenging terrains and carrying heavy loads.

➁ The robot uses a springy leg and four flapping wings, consuming 60% less energy than flying robots while jumping up to four times its height.

➂ It can adapt to various surfaces, including ice, wet glass, and uneven soil, and can even land on a hovering drone, showcasing potential applications in search and rescue operations and beyond.

➀ Researchers are developing soft, flexible robots that combine soft materials with magnetically controlled movement and integrated electronics, allowing them to move through tight spaces like earthquake debris or the human body.

➁ These robots contain tiny magnetic components within their soft bodies, enabling them to respond to external magnetic fields, bend, twist, or crawl without requiring batteries or wires.

➂ The next steps include improving the robots for specific applications such as creating a 'robot pill' to navigate the digestive system, detecting diseases, and delivering medicine precisely, offering a less invasive alternative to surgery.

➀ The Satellite Applications Catapult has upgraded its In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) facility with a new gravity offload system.

➁ The system, located at the Catapult's site in Westcott, Buckinghamshire, is designed to simulate microgravity for testing purposes.

➂ The new system allows for testing larger payloads in more unique configurations, enhancing the validation of ISAM solutions.

➀ MIT Lincoln Laboratory and University of Notre Dame researchers have developed SPROUT, a vine-like soft robot capable of navigating through tight spaces and around obstacles.;

➁ SPROUT can be deployed under collapsed structures to explore, map, and identify optimal entry routes through debris, addressing limitations of current search-and-rescue technologies.;

➂ The robot features an inflatable tube controlled by a motor, allowing it to extend up to 10 feet, with plans to increase its reach to 25 feet.

➀ Nathan Richardson, a UKESF Scholar and student at the University of Surrey, has achieved notable accomplishments in robotics and electronics.

➁ His final year project involved creating a robotic submersible for ecological research, using a Raspberry Pi and node.js for control.

➂ During his placement year at Infineon Technologies, he worked as a verification engineer, developing tests for a register block within the system.

➀ Texas Instruments (TI) has developed what it claims to be the 'first fully functional isolated modulators';

➁ These modulators, AMC0106M05, AMC0136, and AMC0106M25, offer increased precision and resolution for phase current sensing and DC voltage sensing;

➂ The modulators are designed to be compact, enabling more precise motor control in robotics designs.

➀ Texas Instruments (TI) has launched the industry's first functionally isolated modulators designed to enhance motor control in compact robotics.

➁ These modulators improve precision and resolution, with 12 to 14 effective number of bits (ENOB) for accurate current and voltage sensing, housed in a small leadless package.

➂ Suitable for various industries including automotive, medical, and aerospace, these modulators enable more precise and reliable operations in smaller form factors.

➀ A research team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has developed an e-skin that detects and tracks magnetic fields with high precision.

➁ The technology is designed to be light, transparent, and permeable, mimicking the human skin's interactions with the brain.

➂ The e-skin uses a magnetosensitive layer as a global sensor to localize magnetic signals and is capable of reconstructing signals similar to how the human brain processes touch.