Microsoft launched Rho-alpha in late January 2026, a robot model that uses vision, language, and touch sensors for two-armed tasks.

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

Researchers argue that the problem that has been lurking in the margins of many papers about touch sensors lies in the robotic skin itself. Researchers at Northwestern University and Israel's Tel Aviv ...

Robotiq says it has combined adaptive gripping with high-frequency tactile sensing, enabling robots to generalize across objects.

They have team names like Bovine Intervention, Jabots, Dogs of Steel, Ursa Major and Vae Victis. They come from high schools in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia or represent their family and communities ...

Microsoft introduces Rho-alpha, an AI that understands human commands and controls two-armed robots with near-human precision.

The enhanced FANUC connector driver expands robot-to-machine interfacing interoperability, real-time robot awareness and secure bi-directional control across automated production environments and ...

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