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                <title>AI Can Now Design and Run Thousands of Experiments Without Human Hands. We Aren’t Ready for the Risk to Biosecurity.</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The gap between what AI can do in biology and what governance systems are prepared to handle is growing. The post AI Can Now Design and Run Thousands of Experiments Without Human Hands. We Aren’t Ready for the Risk...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:20:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Medtronic and KARL STORZ Announce Strategic Collaboration</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/medtronic-and-karl-storz-announce-strategic-collaboration-1620.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Medtronic has announced a strategic collaboration with visualization technology innovator KARL STORZ to expand access to more integrated ENT surgical solutions for patients in the U.S., advancing its vision for a more connected, intelligent approach to sinus care through...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:30:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>New app lets anyone operate a robot from their phone</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Someone with no computing experience may soon be able to remotely control a robot from anywhere on the planet using a smartphone, thanks to new technology developed by Georgia Tech. The new technology is also set to revolutionize the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:20:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>SS Innovations Completes World’s Longest-Distance Robotic Telesurgery</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/ss-innovations-completes-world-s-longest-distance-robotic-telesurgery-1618.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Cardiac telesurgery performed by Dr. Sudhir Srivastava utilizing the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system from Guyana, at a line distance of approximately 12,500 miles (20,000 kilometers) to the patient in India. SS Innovations International, Inc. has announced that a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:40:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Adam Cook From Culper Capital Partners Named 2026 Dealmaker of the Year</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/adam-cook-from-culper-capital-partners-named-2026-dealmaker-of-the-year-1617.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Recognition follows transformative PolyCraft Tech add-on acquisition that cemented Innova Engineered Plastics’ market leadership Culper Capital Partners, a lower-middle-market private equity firm focused on building category-defining manufacturing platforms, today announced that Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer Adam Cook...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:30:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>US Army backs stealthy robotic trucks to transform military logistics</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Soldiers may soon be doing a bit less pack hauling as the US Department of Defense taps American Rheinmetall and Harbinger to develop a new generation of stealthy, inexpensive, and expendable robotic trucks designed to carry cargo to the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:24 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Curiosity Blog, Sols 4908-4912: Goodbye Campo Marte, It’s Been Fun!</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, May 29, 2026 Drilling always keeps the rover in place for a little while, and our 47th successful drill, “Campo Marte,” was...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:10:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Finding the best ways for humans and robots to work together requires &apos;swarm&apos; thinking</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[If the future of warehouse work belongs to humans and robots working side by side, a key question remains: What is the most effective way for them to collaborate?]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:40:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NVIDIA Research Unlocks Advanced Grasping, Smarter Autonomous Driving and Agent Training at Scale</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[What makes a robot gripper useful isn’t that it can pick up one object — it’s that it can pick up the next one, and the one after that, with a tool it’s never held before.  What makes an...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:30:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NVIDIA Enables the Next Era Of Physical AI Research With Agent Skills For Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics And Vision AI</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/nvidia-enables-the-next-era-of-physical-ai-research-with-agent-skills-for-autonomous-vehicles-robotics-and-vision-ai-1613.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[At CVPR, NVIDIA is unveiling new physical AI agent skills that help researchers and developers speed the development of autonomous vehicles, robots and vision AI systems. The core challenge in physical AI research isn’t simply developing stronger models. It’s...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:30:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Consistency, not complexity, is the key to teaching robots dexterity, new research suggests</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Teaching robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity has long been one of robotics' toughest challenges. Tasks such as rotating an object in-hand or coordinating two robot arms to maneuver a bulky item require constant changes in contact, grip,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Brain Navi Receives TFDA Certification for its KrystoLens</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/brain-navi-receives-tfda-certification-for-its-krystolens-1610.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Brain Navi Biotechnology Achieves Key Regulatory Milestone Following Recognition at the 22nd National Innovation Award. Brain Navi Biotechnology has announced that its KrystoLens, the single-use neuro-endoscope, has officially received certification from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), marking...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:50:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Medtronic Announces Strategic Investments</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Medtronic plc has announced strategic investments in two privately held companies focused on the development of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter technologies. ICE catheters provide real-time, high-resolution imaging of the heart during electrophysiology (EP) procedures for cardiac arrhythmias such as...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:20:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Medtronic Submits 510(k) Filings to Expand Hugo™ Robotic-assisted Surgery System</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/medtronic-submits-510-k-filings-to-expand-hugo-robotic-assisted-surgery-system-1608.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Medtronic has announced significant milestones to unlock expanded indications for the Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system in the United States and to shape the future of surgery. These milestones build momentum for Medtronic’s Surgical business and its purposeful launch...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:40:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Global robotics technology roadmap</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/global-robotics-technology-roadmap-1607.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Deborah Lupton / Pop Chips / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0. Henrik I Christensen, Professor of Computer Science &amp; Engineering at University of California San Diego, has recently released a global robotics technology roadmap. This position paper focuses on Asia,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:20:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Pulmera Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for CBeam™ 3D Imaging Platform</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/pulmera-announces-fda-510-k-clearance-for-cbeam-3d-imaging-platform-1606.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Pulmera has announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its CBeam™ 3D imaging platform. CBeam is designed to transform conventional 2D surgical C-arms into intraoperative 3D imaging systems, helping surgical teams visualize complex...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:20:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robotiq releases TSF-85 Digital Twin on NVIDIA Isaac Sim</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/robotiq-releases-tsf-85-digital-twin-on-nvidia-isaac-sim-1605.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Also read NVIDIA's COMPUTEX coverage, where Robotiq appears alongside the latest Isaac GR00T updates.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:10:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Space Roboticist Challenge</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/nasa-space-roboticist-challenge-1604.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers — principal investigators, post-doctoral...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:00:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Ambassadors of STEM</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A new MIT student club for FIRST Robotics alumni aims to promote hands-on STEM education enrichment for K-12 students.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:40:02 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Look Up!</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:10:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Imagine working at a warehouse or office sometime in the near future, and you're asked to help a new trainee learn the basics of their job. The catch: It's a robot. To teach them, you might want to play...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:20:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Stryker Launches TPX HD® Power Tool</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Stryker has announced the launch of its TPX HD, a premium small bone power tool designed to support performance, control and ergonomics in a wide range of challenging orthopaedic procedures such as total joint revisions, minimally invasive surgery and...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:50:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robotiq Launches IQ to Make Palletizing Automation Faster and More Predictable</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Most manufacturers who want to automate palletizing face the same problem. Getting a straight answer on whether it fits their operation, what it costs, and how long it takes has always required weeks of back-and-forth, engineering hours, and a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:40:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Philips Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Elevate Plus for EPIQ Elite and Affiniti</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Royal Philips has announced regulatory clearance in the USA of Elevate Plus, bringing advanced imaging and a suite of AI and automation capabilities to Philips EPIQ Elite and Affiniti, its flagship ultrasound systems. With CE Mark and 510(k) clearance, Elevate...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:40:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Image credit: HIMS / Nature Synthesis. In a paper published in Nature Synthesis, researchers led by Professor Timothy Noël of the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present an advance in autonomous laboratory systems for...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Siemens Announces Intelligence Center X</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Siemens has announced Intelligence Center X, new industrial AI orchestration software designed to help organisations turn industrial AI from isolated experimentation into scalable, real world business impact through a hybrid workforce where people and AI agents work together with...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:10:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NVIDIA Jetson Brings Agentic AI to the Physical World</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Agentic AI is getting physical. At COMPUTEX on Tuesday, NVIDIA announced NVIDIA JetPack 7.2 and NVIDIA NemoClaw support on Jetson.  JetPack 7.2 brings agentic AI skills, Yocto project support, NVIDIA CUDA 13 on NVIDIA Jetson Orin, a substantial performance...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:50:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>The forgotten organ that could predict how long you live</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A long-overlooked organ may hold surprising clues to healthy aging and cancer survival. Researchers at Mass General Brigham used AI to analyze CT scans from tens of thousands of adults and found that people with healthier thymuses—a small immune-system...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:50:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Analytical Components International Launches High-Performance Seals Compatible with Major HPLC Pumps</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Analytical Components International (ACI), a leading manufacturer of precision components for analytical instrumentation and innovator in the hard materials industry, specializing in synthetic sapphire and precision ceramic components for the industrial, medical and life science industries, has announced a...]]></description>
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                <title>Zydus Hospitals, Gujarat Completes 1000 Robotic Joint Replacement Surgeries</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/zydus-hospitals-gujarat-completes-1000-robotic-joint-replacement-surgeries-1592.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Zydus Hospitals has completed a large number of robotic joint replacement surgeries, including Total Knee, Partial Knee and Hip Replacement across Gujarat. The expert team includes some of the renowned names in orthopaedics and joint replacement surgeries.  Zydus Hospitals has USFDA-approved Mako Robotic systems, which leverage advanced software and CT imaging to construct...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:50:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint Gives Factories a New AI Brain</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[As factories move from isolated automation to plant-wide intelligence, manufacturers need AI systems that can connect live machine signals, quality systems, work instructions and operational alerts into a unified decision layer.  Today at GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX, NVIDIA announced...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:40:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>How Cosmos 3 Helps Physical AI Think Before It Acts</title>
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                <title>Dual-mode magnetic elastomer moves on command, vanishes on demand</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The rapid expansion of soft robots and smart electronic devices is driving demand for materials that can not only move and adapt, but also complete their missions without leaving behind unwanted traces. As these technologies are increasingly explored for...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 16:40:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>This DIY Bipedal Robot Used Pneumatic “Air-Muscles” Instead of Motors</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/this-diy-bipedal-robot-used-pneumatic-air-muscles-instead-of-motors-1588.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[In 1987, Richard Greenhill, a British photographer who was fascinated by (but had no actual training in) robotics, decided he wanted to build a life-size humanoid that could do useful things, like carrying luggage. He was working at a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 15:10:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>New 3D silicon chip breakthrough could extend Moore’s Law for years</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[As traditional chip miniaturization slows, researchers have found a way to pack more computing power into the same space by stacking silicon circuits in multiple layers. The new process uses ultra-thin silicon membranes and low-temperature manufacturing techniques to overcome...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 12:50:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Stanford quantum computing breakthrough uses twisted light to work without extreme cooling</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A new room-temperature quantum device uses twisted light to entangle photons and electrons, overcoming one of the biggest hurdles in quantum technology. The breakthrough could pave the way for smaller, cheaper quantum systems with applications ranging from secure communications...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 08:30:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Video Friday: Extreme Omnidirectional Robot</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 21:50:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>A tiny underwater antenna is changing how robots talk in dark, murky seas</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[From the shallow shores of Lake Wahlberg to the salty depths of the ocean, University of Florida researchers are dropping robots in the water and training them to communicate more efficiently in murky conditions.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 20:20:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>A stair-climbing robot that catches itself when it falls</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[SUTD researchers have developed a reinforcement-learning-based safety system that teaches a stair-traversing service robot to brace itself mid-fall, addressing one of the biggest barriers to deploying autonomous robots on staircases.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:00:16 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Apollo Hospitals Chennai Performs World’s First Robotic Lymph Node Removal Using Hugo RAS</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/apollo-hospitals-chennai-performs-world-s-first-robotic-lymph-node-removal-using-hugo-ras-1582.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Apollo Hospitals Chennai has performed the world’s first Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy (VEIL) using the Hugo Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) system through a lateral approach, a minimally invasive technique that accesses the groin lymph nodes from the side of the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:40:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Space-bound humanoid takes a four-armed approach to astronaut assistance</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/space-bound-humanoid-takes-a-four-armed-approach-to-astronaut-assistance-1581.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[In microgravity, walking doesn't exist. Balance doesn't exist. What does exist is the need to grip surfaces, manipulate tools, move through narrow corridors, and not go flying every time you push against something. Two legs solve none of those...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:30:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robot Talk Episode 158 – Autonomous robot deliveries, with Ahti Heinla</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/robot-talk-episode-158-autonomous-robot-deliveries-with-ahti-heinla-1580.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Claire chatted to Ahti Heinla from Starship Technologies about their AI-powered delivery robots that operate independently on streets and pavements. Ahti Heinla is the co-founder and CEO of Starship Technologies, the world’s leading autonomous delivery company building AI-powered robots...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:00:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>MMI Earns Gold Edison Award for Symani®</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/mmi-earns-gold-edison-award-for-symani-1579.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Symani honoured for advancing lymphatic microsurgery, from treating lymphedema to enabling exploration of new disease pathways. MMI has announced its Symani® Surgical System has earned the top award in the 2026 Edison Awards in the Health, Medical and Biotech category. Widely regarded as one...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:20:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Intuitive Reports New Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Current Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer Henry Charlton to become SVP of Global Business Operations Intuitive has announced the promotion of Global Senior Vice President of Intuitive’s endoluminal business, Taylor Patton, to Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, effective July 1....]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 08:30:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Scientists found the optimal robot body, and it has 20 legs ‪—‬ watch it scale walls and move through trees</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/scientists-found-the-optimal-robot-body-and-it-has-20-legs-watch-it-scale-walls-and-move-through-trees-1577.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[A sea-urchin-like robot could offer a new blueprint for making more versatile robots, research suggests.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 23:10:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Curiosity Blog, Sols 4900-4907: Pasadena, We Have a Drill Sample!</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/curiosity-blog-sols-4900-4907-pasadena-we-have-a-drill-sample-1576.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, May 22, 2026 I spent this past weekend eagerly awaiting the downlink from Mars that would show us the results...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 22:10:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/nasa-uses-mineralogical-marker-to-understand-ancient-martian-climate-1575.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Scientists analyzed 20 Martian samples collected by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and found that differences in hematite crystallite size at varying elevations could serve as a new mineralogical marker for understanding Mars’ ancient climate.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 21:10:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NVIDIA Research Advances Robotics From Simulation to the Real World</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Robotics is entering a new phase: moving from controlled demos and scripted automation toward generalizable, reliable embodied autonomy in the real world.  At the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), eight of NVIDIA Research’s 28 accepted papers show...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 19:10:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robot learns to play music by ear, opening new possibilities in medicine and therapy</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a robotic hand that can hear a melody once and play it back after just two minutes of self-taught practice on a keyboard, without relying on sheet music or...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 18:00:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI listens to insect body signals to guide cyborg cockroaches</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/ai-listens-to-insect-body-signals-to-guide-cyborg-cockroaches-1572.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Cyborg insects have long been studied as bio-hybrid systems that combine living organisms with small electronic devices. These systems may one day support tasks such as disaster search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and sensing in spaces too small or...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 17:40:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>PROCEPT BioRobotics® Announces Expanded IDE Approval</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/procept-biorobotics-announces-expanded-ide-approval-1571.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[PROCEPT BioRobotics has announced two milestones in its WATER IV prostate cancer clinical program: completion of enrollment in the randomised WATER IV study evaluating Aquablation® therapy versus radical prostatectomy, and FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for a second...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:40:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>THINK Surgical Completes 5,000th Procedure Using TMINI® Miniature Robotic System</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/think-surgical-completes-5-000th-procedure-using-tmini-miniature-robotic-system-1570.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[THINK Surgical has announced that its TMINI® Miniature Robotic System has been used in its 5,000th total knee (TKA) procedure.  The 5,000th case was recently completed by Dr. John Tiberi of Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics in Los Angeles, CA. This announcement comes just one...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 10:30:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Zydus Hospitals Completes 1000 Robotic Joint Replacement Surgeries</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/zydus-hospitals-completes-1000-robotic-joint-replacement-surgeries-1569.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Joint Replacement surgeries are well-established, but robotic surgeries are replacing the traditional methods at a rapid pace. Patients across domestic and international markets are seeking robotic-assisted procedures, and a combination of surgical excellence and advanced technology is making strong inroads. Zydus Hospitals have...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 10:20:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Pea-size liquid-metal pump runs robot butterfly on under 0.1 V</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/pea-size-liquid-metal-pump-runs-robot-butterfly-on-under-0-1-v-1568.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Engineers have invented an ingenious liquid-metal pump that could make future soft robotics and wearable devices much more portable and agile. The innovation, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Nature Communications, presents a low-voltage...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 21:40:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>La NASA ofrece información actualizada sobre rovers, módulos de alunizaje y misiones de Base Lunar</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/la-nasa-ofrece-informacion-actualizada-sobre-rovers-modulos-de-alunizaje-y-misiones-de-base-lunar-1567.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Durante una sesión informativa sobre el programa Base Lunar, celebrada en la sede de la NASA en Washington, la agencia anunció nuevos contratos para el desarrollo de vehículos lunares con capacidad para transportar tripulación y módulos de aterrizaje de...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 21:20:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>It looks like a sea urchin, but this strange 20-legged machine is rewriting what robots can do</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/it-looks-like-a-sea-urchin-but-this-strange-20-legged-machine-is-rewriting-what-robots-can-do-1566.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Symmetry is everywhere in nature, from the bilateral form of vertebrates to the radial geometry of starfish. For decades, roboticists have tried to copy these shapes and their abilities with bodies that look like humans, dogs or insects.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 20:00:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/students-build-moon-robots-for-nasa-s-2026-lunabotics-challenge-1565.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Forty-seven teams...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 17:50:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Why Do Palletizing Automation Projects Fail? 5 Pitfalls and How to Fix Them</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Palletizing automation is one of the clearest wins in end-of-line operations. The ROI is real, the labor savings are immediate, and the technology is mature. Yet many manufacturers stall out, spending months on projects that should take weeks, or deploying...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 17:20:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base. NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge put those traits on full display, as college student engineers from across the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:10:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed cargo landers bound for the Moon. NASA leaders also shared target launch timeframes and...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:40:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Affordable humanoid robot aims for the teaching hands of developers</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Until now, pretty much all humanoid robots have come with an eye-watering price tag. Rotaku, a startup from the San Francisco Bay Area, thinks that's a solvable engineering problem and made its first move to change that.Continue ReadingCategory: AI...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 18:10:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Microbot Medical® Announces International Regulatory Approval for the Commercialisation of the LIBERTY® Endovascular Robotic System</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Microbot Medical Inc. has announced that it has achieved a significant regulatory milestone as Israel becomes the second jurisdiction, and the first outside of the U.S., to grant marketing clearance for the LIBERTY System. The regulatory approval from the Israeli Ministry of Health’s AMAR Division, the authority...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 16:20:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Olympus Announces Acquisition of BioProtect</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Olympus Corporation has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioProtect Ltd. (BioProtect), a medical device manufacturer aiming to advance cancer care through innovative spacing solutions. This marks an important expansion of Olympus’ contributions to oncology and urology...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 16:20:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>DePuy Synthes Announces Agreement to Acquire Gemtrack Technology Across its Joint Reconstruction Portfolio</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/depuy-synthes-announces-agreement-to-acquire-gemtrack-technology-across-its-joint-reconstruction-portfolio-1557.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[The agreement will bring first-to-market capabilities to eliminate line-of-sight dependency, designed to improve simplicity and surgical flow. DePuy Synthes has announced a definitive agreement to acquire selective rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize Gemtrack technology across its Joints portfolio,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 16:10:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AiM Medical Robotics Announces Collaboration Agreement with Siemens Healthineers</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[AiM Medical Robotics has announced a collaboration agreement with Siemens Healthineers for the implementation of an interface enabling AiM’s robotic platform to operate with MRI systems from Siemens Healthineers. The interface supports the integration of AiM’s compact, MRI-compatible robotic...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 16:10:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI-powered spectrometer chip shrinks lab technology to the size of a grain of sand</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A new AI-powered chip from UC Davis can analyze light and chemicals using a device tiny enough to fit almost anywhere. By combining smart silicon sensors with machine learning, it achieves lab-style spectral analysis without the bulky equipment.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 16:00:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>&apos;5-in-1&apos; seed-sized surgical robot switches tools in under one second</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/5-in-1-seed-sized-surgical-robot-switches-tools-in-under-one-second-1555.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a tiny seed-sized robot that can navigate across soft and uneven surfaces to perform five surgical functions wirelessly, paving the way for developing robots to make surgeries and medical...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 13:50:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moon </title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[For Jaclyn Kagey, preparing astronauts to put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work.  As the Artemis extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, Kagey plays a central role in preparing astronauts to safely explore the lunar surface.  During Artemis missions, astronauts will explore the Moon’s South Pole, a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:10:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Humanoids are heading to school as China readies them for real life</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The first humanoid "training school" for robots of all shapes and sizes will open its doors in July, bringing together more than 100 different models made by a host of companies. As well as mastering real-world skills, the humanoids...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Motion tracking system shows robots the path most traveled by, keeping them on task</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[There's a delicate art to teaching robots, even when you're preparing them for predictable environments like factories, where they'll repeat the same tasks a little differently depending on the obstacles they face. Whether a human is suddenly in their...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 18:40:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI won’t replace you but someone using AI might</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Generative AI is transforming the workplace faster than ever, but new research from the University of Vaasa suggests the biggest threat may not be AI itself — it’s falling behind in learning how to use it. Researcher Zhe Zhu...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:00:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI scans 400,000 Reddit posts and finds hidden Ozempic side effects</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[By analyzing over 400,000 Reddit posts, researchers discovered that users of popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs frequently discussed unexpected symptoms like menstrual irregularities, chills, and hot flashes. The findings suggest AI could turn social media into a powerful early-warning system...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 15:10:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>New AI body map reveals obesity’s hidden attack on facial nerves</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/new-ai-body-map-reveals-obesity-s-hidden-attack-on-facial-nerves-1549.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Scientists have created an AI-powered system that can scan and map an entire mouse body in extraordinary detail — and it just uncovered a surprising new effect of obesity. Beyond disrupting metabolism, obesity appears to damage facial sensory nerves...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 17:00:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effectively “see” and recognize individuals — even if...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:30:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT and last roughly five hours. Watch NASA’s...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 21:50:16 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>3-sided zipper from 1980s gets reborn in flexible/rigid form-shifting tech</title>
                <link>http://roboticsnews.net/3-sided-zipper-from-1980s-gets-reborn-in-flexible-rigid-form-shifting-tech-1546.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[A patent filed in 1985 is being dusted off as a source of inspiration for a new 3D-printed triangular-shaped zipper that seamlessly fastens chairs, tents, robots and purses, making them simpler to pack and set up just with a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 20:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Video Friday: Atlas Versus a Fridge</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:04 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Unlocking soft robotics control with AI&apos;s cousin: Reservoir computing</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Soft robotics—machines made of flexible, muscle-like materials—can bend and stretch in fluid ways that put the rigid robots of old sci-fi movies to shame. But the flexibility that lets them pick ripe tomatoes or navigate a search-and-rescue site comes...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:20:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>SCHOTT Announces Launch of “Semicon next”</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[As the semiconductor industry accelerates the adoption of glass-based technologies driven by demanding AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications, SCHOTT is launching Semicon next, a freely accessible knowledge hub dedicated to speciality materials for next‑generation semiconductor architectures. The platform provides...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:50:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>New framework helps robots turn complex language into precise 3D actions</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Over the past few decades, roboticists worldwide have introduced increasingly advanced robots that can understand human instructions, move in their surroundings and reliably complete basic manual tasks. While they perform well in some scenarios, many of these robots still...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:40:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robot Talk Episode 157 – Generating new robot designs, with Josie Hughes</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Claire chatted to Josie Hughes from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne about using AI to develop new designs for robotic manipulators. Josie Hughes is an Assistant Professor at EPFL, where she established the CREATE Lab in 2021. She completed...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:20:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA to Showcase Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Media are invited to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday, June 17, to view Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, carrying a Katalyst robotic spacecraft that will attempt to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory....]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:40:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to a successful and scheduled end, surpassing its planned two-year mission. Installed on the exterior of the International...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:10:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robotic collective flows like matter, adapting without centralized control</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Cornell engineers have developed a robotic collective that behaves less like a machine and more like a material that flows, reshapes, and adapts to its environment without centralized control. The system, called the Cross-Link Collective, consists of dozens of...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:40:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Intuitive Announces Recent and Upcoming Innovations</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Intuitive has announced several recent and upcoming innovations, including enhancements across da Vinci 5 and its supporting ecosystem, extended‑use Force Feedback instruments, and advancements designed to enhance product and instrument security and reliability. “Intuitive is guided by a commitment to helping...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:50:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Open-Source Software Is Starting to Help Robots Think</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[When a group of academics started making open-source robotics hardware, a generation of roboticists got years of their lives back. Now, the bigger challenge is getting robots to think—and that’s starting to be open-sourced too.The shift is still early,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:10:04 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>China&apos;s real-life &apos;transformer&apos; mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The new 'mecha' robot, which weighs over 1,000 pounds and stands nearly 10 foot tall, is designed for urban mobility.]]></description>
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                <title>NASA Highlights 2025 International Space Station Science Results</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[To dive deeper into the International Space Station research achievements from the past year, browse the 2025 Annual Highlights of Results, which NASA released in May 2026. In 2025, researchers using the orbital laboratory conducted more than 750 investigations...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:10:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>The Future of Physical AI Isn’t Smarter Robots, It’s Smarter Interfaces</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[This sponsored article is brought to you by Wetour Robotics.A field technician on a wind turbine, harness clipped, both hands on a wrench, needs to send a command to the diagnostic device hanging at her belt. A logistics worker...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:50:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Distalmotion Announces US Commercial Momentum in Ambulatory Surgery Centers</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Distalmotion has announced continued commercial progress in the US, with growing adoption of the DEXTER® Robotic Surgery System across ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). As more procedures shift out of the hospital, ASCs are seeking practical solutions that address longstanding...]]></description>
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                <title>Johnson &amp; Johnson Announces Collaboration with Department of Health – Abu Dhabi</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Johnson has announced a collaboration with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, UAE, launching a global program to develop an open surgical intelligence network— establishing Abu...]]></description>
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                <title>Lunar Robots: NASA Spotlights Moon Base at 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Robotics will play a critical role in NASA’s ambitious plan to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, presenting opportunities for the next generation of engineers, technologists, and innovators to contribute to a bold vision for the future. That...]]></description>
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                <title>NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:10:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Medtronic Announces Intent to Acquire SPR Therapeutics, Inc.</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Medtronic plc has announced its intent to acquire SPR Therapeutics, Inc. (SPR), a privately held medical technology company and a recognized leader in temporary, percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) therapies for chronic pain management. The transaction consists of an...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:50:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The recently launched Robotics Café is a weekly online seminar series to bring together researchers, students and industry practitioners working in the field of autonomous robotics. One of the key aims of the initiative is to provide a dedicated...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:10:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Sentante Receives CE Mark Approval for Endovascular Robotic Platform</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Sentante has announced it has secured CE mark approval for its flagship device, marking a major transition from research and development to full commercial readiness. The certification enables Sentante to begin marketing and selling its multi-domain robotic platform technology...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:13 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Will Robotics Have a ChatGPT Moment?</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Over the next few decades, billions of autonomous, AI-powered robots will work alongside people in factories, perform tedious tasks in warehouses, care for the elderly, assist in unsafe disaster areas, deliver packages and food to our doorsteps, and eventually,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:10:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Turning surroundings into a &apos;virtual screen&apos; could help machines see better in 3D</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Imagine navigating a city street during rush hour—cars and bikes zipping by, pedestrians hustling down a crowded sidewalk, your eyes adjusting to the shop windows' glare in one moment and a dark underpass the next. Our brain, of course,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The day is coming when you may walk past a robot and have no idea it was a robot. Over years of engineering, we've given robots skeletons, brains, senses, and even a nervous system. Muscles have proven particularly complex...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 03:10:17 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. This flyby used a gravity assist from Mars to provide a critical boost in speed and to...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:50:23 +0200</pubDate>
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