Video Friday: Biorobotics Turns Lobster Tails Into Gripper

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ICRA 2026: 1– 5 June 2026, VIENNA

Delight in today’s video clips!

EPFL researchers have actually incorporated disposed of shellfish coverings right into robot gadgets, leveraging the toughness and adaptability of all-natural products for robot applications.

[ EPFL ]

Ultimately, an excellent humanoid robot demonstration!

Although having claimed that, I never ever rely on video clips trials where it functions truly well when, and afterwards simply rather well every various other time.

[ LimX Dynamics ]

Many Thanks, Jinyan!

I recognize just how these frameworks function, I truly do. However seeing something stiff extrude itself from a versatile reel will certainly constantly appear a little wonderful.

[ AAAS ]

Many Thanks, Kyujin!

I’m not exactly sure what “commercial quality” in fact suggests, however I desire robotics to be “vehicle quality,” where they’ll quickly run for 6 months or a year with no upkeep in any way.

[ Pudu Robotics ]

Many Thanks, Mandy!

When you begin to think that your robotic EV charging service sets you back greater than your automobile.

[ Flexiv ]

Yeah uh if the application for this humanoid is in fact making robotic get rid of a hammer and anvil, after that I would certainly be amazed.

[ EngineAI ]

Scientists at Columbia Design have actually made a robotic that can find out a human-like feeling of cleanliness. The scientists educated the system by revealing it countless instances, not educating it certain guidelines. The outcome is a design that can take a look at a chaotic table top and reorganize spread things in an organized style.

[ Paper ]

Why have not we seen this kind of point in humanoid robotics video clips yet?

[ HUCEBOT ]

While I absolutely value in-the-field screening, it’s likewise worth asking to what level your robotic is in fact being tested by the in-the-field area that you have actually selected.

[ DEEP Robotics ]

Presenting HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal– self-governing, flexible, made for real-world influence. Integrated in 5 months, strolling stably after two days of training.

[ Humanoid ]

Unitree claims that “this is to confirm the total dependability of the robotic” however I truly need to question just how valuable this type of dependability recognition in fact is.

[ Unitree ]

This College of Pennsylvania Grip on Robotics Workshop is by Jie Tan from Google DeepMind, on “Gemini Robotics: Taking AI right into the Real World.”

Current improvements in huge multimodal designs have actually brought about the appearance of amazing generalist capacities in electronic domain names, yet their translation to physical representatives such as robotics continues to be a considerable difficulty. In this talk, I will certainly offer Gemini Robotics, an innovative Vision-Language-Action (VLA) generalist version efficient in straight regulating robotics. In addition, I will certainly go over the difficulties, discoverings and future research study instructions on robotic structure designs.

[ University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory ]