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        <title>Robotics News</title>
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        <description>Stay ahead with RoboticsNews.net aggregator — your trusted source for the latest robotics news, breakthroughs, and industry trends. From AI-driven automation to cutting-edge robots, discover what’s shaping the future of technology.</description>
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                <title>GE HealthCare Announces Expanded Collaboration with RadNet’s DeepHealth Subsidiary</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[GE HealthCare has announced an expanded collaboration with DeepHealth, Inc., to further the innovation, commercialisation, and adoption of advanced AI-powered mammography tools. The announcement coincides with the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Annual Symposium, where GE HealthCare will showcase its latest advancements in...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:40:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Simple robots inspired by ants collectively build and excavate</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous for their ability to collectively build massive, intricate, climate-controlled structures, despite having neither a blueprint nor a worksite foreman.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:20:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robot Talk Episode 152 – Dexterous robot hands, with Rich Walker</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Claire chatted to Rich Walker from Shadow Robot Company about their advanced robotic hands for research and industry. Rich Walker has been at Shadow Robot since long before it was a company, working initially on software and systems engineering...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:00:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and more</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[New MIT work advances the growing field of ionotronics, in which data are transferred through ions, potentially providing a bridge between electronics and biological tissue.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:20:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI can decide. But can it act? The missing layer in Physical AI</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence has made impressive progress. Models can classify images, generate text, and even plan complex sequences of actions. But when you take AI out of the digital world and place it into a factory, a warehouse, or any...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI identifies early risk patterns for skin cancer</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A massive Swedish study shows that AI can spot people at higher risk of melanoma using routine health data. Advanced models significantly outperformed basic methods, identifying high-risk groups with striking accuracy. Some individuals flagged by the system had up...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:40:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Kinematic intelligence lets three different robots learn the same task safely</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[In today's manufacturing environments, upgrading a robot fleet often means starting from scratch—not only replacing hardware, but also reprogramming tasks. Even when two robots are built to perform similar jobs, different joint arrangements or movement limits mean that a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>This humanoid robot does all your housework for you ‪—‬ and its makers say it&apos;s ready for your home</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Panther has been filmed doing basic household chores, like making the bed and cooking breakfast.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:40:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI-guided snakebot unlocks rolling move that doubles speed per unit power</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Snake-like robots represent the future of rescue. Their slender bodies allow them to navigate narrow spaces, uneven terrain, and water surfaces, entering places that would be hazardous for humans. This could potentially save lives in earthquake-prone areas, like Japan.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:20:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Stereotaxis Announces Agreement to Acquire Robocath</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Stereotaxis has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Robocath, a venture-backed innovator of robotic technologies for interventional cardiology and neurointerventions. This acquisition significantly strengthens Stereotaxis’ position as a leading platform for the full spectrum...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:30:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Reach Surgical Receives CE Mark Approval for iREACH IRIS</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Reach Surgical has received CE Mark approval for iREACH IRIS, a next-generation powered stapling platform designed to deliver Real-Time Firing CurveTM and up to 90° articulation during surgery. Unlike conventional powered staplers that provide general firing feedback, iREACH IRIS Real-Time...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:30:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>This simple change stops robot swarms from getting stuck</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill. Harvard researchers discovered a surprising fix: adding a bit of randomness to how robots move can actually prevent gridlock and...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:30:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:10:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>​Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Teach Spot to Reason​</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want them to do, as long as you know how to ask properly. In the not-so-distant past, asking properly meant writing code, and while...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:50:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>What I’ve learned from 25 years of automated science, and what the future holds: an interview with Ross King</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[We’re excited to launch our new series, where we’ll be speaking with leading researchers to explore the breakthroughs driving AI and the reality of the future promises – to give you an inside perspective on the headlines. Our first...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:50:16 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Calyxo Secures $40 Million Series F Financing</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Calyxo, Inc. has announced the closing of a $40 million Series F financing round, led by Ally Bridge Group and Janus Henderson Investors, with continued support from Questa Capital, Avidity Partners, and CRG. The financing follows a key company...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:40:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Human-machine teaming dives underwater</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Researchers are developing hardware and algorithms to improve collaboration between divers and autonomous underwater vehicles engaged in maritime missions.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:10:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>How TIDI Products increased palletizing productivity by 30% with automation</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[TIDI Products, a global manufacturer of infection prevention and patient safety products, transformed its end-of-line operations by automating with Lean Palletizing. The result: measurable gains in productivity, safer working conditions, and more efficient use of labor. This case shows...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:00:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Curiosity Blog, Sols 4852–4858: When Data Take Their Time…</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, April 3, 2026 I was the geology science team lead on Monday for planning Sols 4852-4853, when our data did not...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:10:23 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Curiosity Blog, Sols 4845-4851: Bye-Bye Boxwork, Bye-Bye</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Written by Lucy Thompson, APXS Strategic Planner and Planetary Geologist at the University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, March 27, 2026 Last weekend’s drive took us just over the southernmost contact of the boxwork terrain with...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:10:23 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Versatile robot uses tracked flippers to traverse varying terrain</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Disaster sites vary as widely as rescue missions. Using robotics to help often requires multiple robots to survey, climb, lift, or manipulate objects. Athena unites all these capabilities in a single, rugged, autonomous platform built for search and rescue.Continue...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:40:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Video Friday: This Floor Lamp Will Do Your Chores</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>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:30:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Microbot Medical® Launches Full Market Release of the LIBERTY® Endovascular Robotic System in the U.S.</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Microbot Medical Inc. has announced that it has successfully executed its limited market release (LMR) and will commence its full market release (FMR) in the U.S. as planned. To date, LIBERTY has been adopted by multiple healthcare systems with dozens of...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:30:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI suit teaches you new skills by taking control of your muscles</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Imagine learning to operate a piece of machinery you've never previously touched, not through a tutorial, but through your own hands electrically guided through the right motions. That's the core idea behind an AI-powered suit created by researchers from...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:20:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>This robot sees danger, decides its route and powers over obstacles while carrying loads</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A KAIST research team has developed quadrupedal robot technology that not only enables walking by estimating terrain without visual information, but also allows the robot to perceive its surroundings through cameras and LiDAR sensors and make its own decisions...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>GE HealthCare Integrates bkActiv Ultrasound with Medtronic Stealth AXiS Navigation</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[GE HealthCare has announced a digital integration between the GE HealthCare bkActiv™ intraoperative ultrasound (iUS) system and the Medtronic Stealth AXiS™ surgical navigation system, which is now commercially available to provide real-time advanced imaging during cranial procedures to complement...]]></description>
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                                <description><![CDATA[NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft, carrying...]]></description>
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                <title>Robot Talk Episode 151 – Robots to study the ocean, with Simona Aracri</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Claire chatted to Simona Aracri from National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental monitoring. Simona Aracri is a researcher in the Institute of Marine Engineering at the National Research Council of Italy. Previously,...]]></description>
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                <title>Speak! Robot guide dogs converse with their owners</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Since the early 1900s, dogs have helped people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their world. Now, in a very 21st century twist, seeing-eye dogs have gone robotic and added a skill that not even the...]]></description>
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                <title>Watching Over the Deep Space Network Before Artemis II Signal Acquisition</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Description Blanca Renteria, Artemis Deep Space Network (DSN) operations chief, monitors data at the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California shortly after Artemis II launched from the agency’s Kennedy Space Flight Center in...]]></description>
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                <title>The Deep Space Network Acquires Artemis II Signal</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Description The acquisition of the radio frequency signal from the Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon by NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) is indicated by the peak in the data signal shown on the top computer screen.  Soon...]]></description>
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                <title>Ultrasonic wristband used to track hand movements like never before</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Despite decades of technological progress, robots still can’t move as smoothly as humans – they drop objects, and struggle to pick them up properly. Scientists have been trying to teach robots to move with the same precision as humans,...]]></description>
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                <title>Electrofluidic fiber muscles could enable silent robotic systems</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Muscles are remarkably effective systems for generating controlled force, and engineers developing hardware for robots or prosthetics have long struggled to create analogs that can approach their unique combination of strength, rapid response, scalability, and control. But now, researchers...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Origami-inspired robot built from printable polymers uses electric current to move</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs inside the body and help explore dangerous environments. But the squishy machines are often limited by rigid mechanical parts or external...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>GoZTASP: A Zero-Trust Platform for Governing Autonomous Systems at Mission Scale</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ZTASP is a mission-scale assurance and governance platform designed for autonomous systems operating in real-world environments. It integrates heterogeneous systems—including drones, robots, sensors, and human operators—into a unified zero-trust architecture. Through Secure Runtime Assurance (SRTA) and Secure Spatio-Temporal Reasoning...]]></description>
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                <title>A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Electrofluidic fibers mimic how natural muscle fibers bundle, and could enable compact, silent robotic and prosthetic systems.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:10:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Scaling Physical AI: Why grippers and sensors matter for real-world robotics</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Physical AI is evolving quickly. From imitation learning to foundation models, robotics teams are making real progress toward systems that can adapt, generalize, and improve over time. But there’s a gap. Many of these systems work well in controlled...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:30:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>meerecompany’s Surgical Robot “Revo-i” Marks 500 Surgery Cases at Korea Cancer Centre Hospital</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[meerecompany (CEO Joon Koo Kim) announced that Korea Cancer Center Hospital, under the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), has reached 500 robotic surgeries using “Revo-i” and held a commemorative event on March 24. The event was...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:30:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Alva Industries Announces New STM-190-35 Motor Size, Expanding SlimTorq™ Portfolio</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Alva Industries has announced the launch of SlimTorq™ STM-190-35, a new, larger size in its SlimTorq™ frameless, slotless motor portfolio. The STM-190-35 expands the STM range with increased torque capability and precision, enabling demanding direct-drive applications where performance, compactness,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:20:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>These AI-powered guide dogs don&apos;t just lead, they talk</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Guide dogs are powerful allies, leading the visually impaired safely to their destinations, but they can't talk with their owners—until now. Using large language models, a team of researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York has created...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:20:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Wearable robots improve coordination between pairs of violin players</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[In some settings and when completing some collaborative tasks, humans are required to coordinate their movements or actions with those of others. A clear example of this is musical performance, particularly instances in which two or more musicians play...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:10:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>How food manufacturers in Europe are automating palletizing without adding headcount</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Across Italy and the DACH region, food manufacturers are facing the same reality: 📈 Increasing production demand 👷 Labor shortages and rising costs ⚠️ End-of-line processes limiting throughput And more often than not, the bottleneck isn’t where you think....]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:50:24 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Zimmer Biomet Announces New Chief Science, Technology and Medical Affairs Officer</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Zimmer Biomet has announced the appointment of Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, M.D., as Chief Science, Technology and Medical Affairs Officer, effective April 14. In this role, Dr. Vigdorchik will oversee the strategy, delivery, and management of the company’s global end-to-end...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:50:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>ForSight Robotics Announces World’s First Fully Robot‑Assisted Cataract Surgery Performed in a Human</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ForSight Robotics has announced the successful completion of the world’s first fully robot-assisted cataract surgery performed in a human patient using its proprietary JASPER™ Platform. The landmark breakthrough introduces a new era of robotic precision in the most commonly...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:40:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Resource-constrained image generation and visual understanding: an interview with Aniket Roy</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[In the latest in our series of interviews meeting the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants, we caught up with Aniket Roy to find out more about his research on generative models for computer vision tasks. Tell us a bit about...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:50:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Advita Ortho Presents New AI-Driven Research Advancing Personalised Joint Replacement</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Advita Ortho presented 16 new research studies at the 2026 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting, highlighting how artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced imaging analytics are enabling more personalised approaches to joint replacement. Advita’s research included a featured...]]></description>
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                <title>Stereotaxis Announces Launch and FDA Clearance of Synchrony System</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Stereotaxis has announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for the Synchrony™ system. Synchrony is designed to digitise and modernise the interventional cath lab. Synchrony’s slim and stunning 55” 4K ultra-high-definition display consolidates the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:50:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>This new chip survives 1300°F (700°C) and could change AI forever</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A team of engineers has created a breakthrough memory device that keeps working at temperatures hotter than molten lava, shattering one of electronics’ biggest limits. Built from an unusual stack of ultra-durable materials, the tiny component can store data...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:10:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100× while actually improving...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:10:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Too many cooks, or too many robots? Finding a Goldilocks level of randomness to keep robot swarms moving</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Picture a futuristic swarm of robots deployed on a time-sensitive task, like cleaning up an oil spill or assembling a machine. At first, adding robots is advantageous, since many hands make light work. But a tipping point comes when...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:00:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview </title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the second flight of the Cygnus XL, the larger, more cargo-capable version...]]></description>
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                <title>Resilient actuator shows potential for space-ready soft robots</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[To be safely and reliably deployed in outer space, underwater and in other extreme environments, robots need to be able to withstand harsh conditions without breaking. In addition, they should be able to promptly and rapidly adapt to dynamic...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:00:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Studying Human Attitudes Towards Robots Through Experience</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Building the next generation of robots for successful integration into our homes, offices, and factories is more than just solving the hardware and software problems – we also need to understand how they will be perceived and how they...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:00:04 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated platforms to be transported,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:10:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis program is underway. Four Artemis II astronauts are flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back, as they test how the spacecraft’s systems operate in a deep space environment....]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:50:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>National Robotics Week — Latest Physical AI Research, Breakthroughs and Resources</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[This National Robotics Week, NVIDIA is highlighting the breakthroughs that are bringing AI into the physical world — as well as the growing wave of robots transforming industries, from agricultural and manufacturing to energy and beyond. Advancements in robot...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:50:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>DroneQ Robotics Expands Offshore with R/V Mintis</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[DroneQ Robotics and Mark Offshore have formed a strategic partnership centered on the DP1 ROV Support &amp; Survey vessel, R/V Mintis. DroneQ gains exclusive deployment rights for its own, Intertek, and third-party projects, positioning the vessel as a fully...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:50:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:49 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, for the next launch delivering science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with approximately 11,000 pounds of cargo,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:10:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Video Friday: Digit Learns to Dance—Virtually Overnight</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, 03 Apr 2026 18:30:04 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Introducing MirrorBot, a robot designed to foster human connection</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[While technology has made the world "smaller," it has also pulled individuals apart, thanks to mobile phones and other devices that command our attention. Cornell University researchers are using technology, in the form of a mirror-equipped robot, to help...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Air-powered artificial muscles could help robots lift 100 times their weight</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Researchers at Arizona State University are developing bio-inspired robotic "muscles" that will enable robots to operate in boiling water, survive abrasive surfaces, bypass impediments that keep their motorized counterparts benched, and still lift up to 100 times their own...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Gill Pratt Says Humanoid Robots’ Moment Is Finally Here</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[In 2012, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). The multi-year, multi-million-dollar competition for disaster robotics resulted in Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, some absolutely incredible moments from one of the very first generations of...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:10:04 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Wi-Fi That Can Withstand a Nuclear Reactor</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Researchers have made a Wi-Fi receiver that’s tough enough to work inside a nuclear reactor. They hope the receiver might be part of a wireless communications system for robotics used to decommission reactors.Yasuto Narukiyo, a graduate student at the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:10:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>How Martin Ray Winery improved bottling efficiency with robotic palletizing</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Martin Ray Winery, a historic wine producer based in California, modernized its bottling operations by implementing a robotic palletizing solution. Results at a glance: Reduced manual palletizing labor Improved bottling line efficiency Increased operational reliability Expected ROI within 18–24...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:50:19 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Scientists Build Living Robots With Nervous Systems</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Engineers have long tried to mimic life. They’ve built machine-learning algorithms modeled after the human brain, designed machines that walk like dogs or fly like insects, and taught robots to adapt, however clumsily, to the world around them.Now they...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:03 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Back to school: robots learn from factory workers</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[By Anthony King What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was as simple as showing it how? Czech startup RoboTwin is doing exactly that, helping factory workers teach robots new skills by...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:30:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Olympus Corporation of the Americas Announces Leadership Transition</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Olympus Corporation of the Americas (OCA) has announced a leadership transition effective April 1, 2026, as part of a new global corporate strategy and operating model. Richard Reynolds, formerly President of the Olympus America Inc. (OAI) Medical Systems Group,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Researchers build a robotic swarm with no electronics, no batteries and no brains</title>
                <link>https://roboticsnews.net.jjanev.hosterfy.net/researchers-build-a-robotic-swarm-with-no-electronics-no-batteries-and-no-brains-1309.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[A LEGO brick is not smart. It doesn't compute. It doesn't plug in. It just fits. A team of Georgia Tech researchers has applied that logic to robotics. Bolei Deng, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech's Daniel Guggenheim School...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Distalmotion Announces Latest FDA Submission</title>
                <link>https://roboticsnews.net.jjanev.hosterfy.net/distalmotion-announces-latest-fda-submission-1308.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Distalmotion has announced that it submitted a 510(k) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March to seek clearance for sacrocolpopexy, sacrocervicopexy, and endometriosis resection for the DEXTER® Robotic Surgery System in the US. This latest submission...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:30:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Combining the robot operating system with LLMs for natural-language control</title>
                <link>https://roboticsnews.net.jjanev.hosterfy.net/combining-the-robot-operating-system-with-llms-for-natural-language-control-1307.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[Over the past few decades, robotics researchers have developed a wide range of increasingly advanced robots that can autonomously complete various real-world tasks. To be successfully deployed in real-world settings, such as in public spaces, homes and office environments,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:10:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Restore Robotics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Two da Vinci Xi® Robotic Instruments</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Restore Robotics has announced that it has received additional 510(k) clearances from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the remanufacturing of two more da Vinci Xi® robotic surgical instruments. This milestone expands Restore Robotics’ growing portfolio of cleared...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:10:25 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>DNA robots could deliver drugs and hunt viruses inside your body</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build molecular-scale devices. By borrowing ideas from traditional robotics and combining them with DNA folding techniques, scientists are creating structures that can...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:30:11 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>From Physical AI to operational AI</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence has brought enormous excitement to robotics. Robots can now walk, navigate complex environments, and perform tasks that seemed impossible only a few years ago. But there is a major gap between robot demonstrations and real industrial deployment....]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:40:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Medicaroid Announces Changes to Management</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Medicaroid Corporation has announced the following changes to its top management, including members of the Board Directors. Background and Purpose These changes are intended to strengthen the management structure to support the expansion of the domestic and global markets...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Medicaroid Announces Changes to Top Management</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Medicaroid Corporation has announced the following changes to its top management, including members of the Board Directors. Background and Purpose These changes are intended to strengthen the management structure to support the expansion of the domestic and global markets...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:50:16 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Vicarious Surgical Announces Completion of Integrated Benchtop Testing of Full Surgical Instrument Suite for Ventral Hernia Repair</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Vicarious Surgical has announced the successful completion of initial integrated benchtop testing for its full suite of surgical instruments, required for its anticipated first clinical indication of ventral hernia repair, marking an important step toward design validation, clinical readiness,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:30:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Resource-sharing boosts robotic resilience</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The Mori3 modular origami robot. Image credit: EPFL. Reproduced under CC-BY-SA. By Celia Luterbacher If the goal of a robot is to perform a function, then minimizing the possibility of failure is a top priority when it comes to...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:10:16 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Q&amp;A: Robots can&apos;t feel, but novel sensors could change that</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A research team, including Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, James L. Henderson Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, is using pressure sensors—tiny devices, roughly the size of a paperclip, that can measure the force applied...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:00:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:10:22 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robots with different bodies can now share skills: What intention-based learning changes</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Robots are increasingly being used in manufacturing, agriculture and health care. But programming a team of robots to carry out individual tasks raises a question: How can robots learn from other robots if they are built differently? A multi-institutional...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Into the Omniverse: NVIDIA GTC Showcases Virtual Worlds Powering the Physical AI Era</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: This post is part of Into the Omniverse, a series focused on how developers, 3D practitioners, and enterprises can transform their workflows using the latest advances in OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse. NVIDIA GTC last week showcased a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:10:12 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>HEAPGrasp: A faster, smarter way for robots to handle tricky objects</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The fields of manufacturing, logistics, and even restaurants are increasingly moving toward automation, with robots being employed for a wide range of tasks. One of the most critical applications of robots is material handling, where grippers are used to...]]></description>
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                <title>SS Innovations Announces Regulatory Approval of the SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System in Colombia, Oman, Sri Lanka and Kenya</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[SS Innovations International has announced that the Company has received regulatory approval for the SSi Mantra surgical robotic system (the “SSi Mantra”), for multiple indications in Colombia, Oman, Sri Lanka and Kenya. The Company received regulatory approval for the...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>HistoSonics Announces First Patients Treated in WOLVERINE Trial</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[HistoSonics has announced the successful treatments of the first patients in WOLVERINE, a prospective feasibility trial evaluating the Edison® Histotripsy System for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) at Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong, a teaching...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:40:14 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Stäubli Launches TX2‑60L MedX Ready Medical Robotics</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Stäubli Robotics recently launched the TX2-60L MedX Ready, a high precision six-axis robot engineered for medical and surgical applications. Developed within an ISO 13485-compliant Quality Management System (QMS) and in accordance with the requirements of medical environments, the robot...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:10:15 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>Robotic legs skate, climb stairs, and balance on one wheel in demo video</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[The Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) has just released a video of its Roadrunner robot. Although it lacks a torso, the bipedal bot more than makes up for it by rolling, stomping, stair-climbing, and even showing off while using...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:10:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>AI benchmark helps robots plan and complete their chores in the real world</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[No matter how sophisticated they are, robots can often be indecisive and struggle with multi-step chores in the real world. For example, if you tell a robot to tidy a messy room, it might understand the goal but not...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:30:21 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title>NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science and technology to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program. This lunar delivery, which includes seven...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:20:21 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Video Friday: Beep! Beep! Roadrunner Bipedal Bot Breaks the Mold</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, 27 Mar 2026 17:40:03 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Medtronic Announces FDA Clearance of Stealth AXiS™ Surgical System for Cranial and ENT Procedures</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Medtronic has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the Stealth AXiS™ surgical system for cranial and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) procedures. Cleared for spine procedures in February, the Stealth AXiS™ surgical system unifies surgical planning,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:20:15 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Alive or not? Tiny 3D-printed robots that swim and navigate just like animals</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Leiden researchers Professor Daniela Kraft and Mengshi Wei have created microscopic robots that move without sensors, software, or external control. Instead, their behavior emerges entirely from their shape and the way they interact with their environment. They are only...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:40:20 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Robot Talk Episode 150 – House building robots, with Vikas Enti</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Claire chatted to Vikas Enti from Reframe Systems about using robotics and automation to build climate-resilient, high-performance homes. Vikas Enti is the co-founder and CEO of Reframe Systems, a physical AI company rethinking how homes are built through automation...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:20:19 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Stäubli’s TX2‑60L MedX Ready Medical Robot Shines at WHX Dubai 2026</title>
                <link>https://roboticsnews.net.jjanev.hosterfy.net/staubli-s-tx2-60l-medx-ready-medical-robot-shines-at-whx-dubai-2026-1284.html</link>
                                <description><![CDATA[WHX Dubai brings healthcare innovators and industry leaders together from around the world. With medical robotics development accelerating in the Middle East, Stäubli Robotics showcased the capabilities of the TX2‑60L MedX Ready, which advancesclinical development and strengthens collaborative partnerships...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:40:15 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Curiosity Blog, Sols 4838-4844: Wrapping Up the Boxwork Terrain</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, March 20, 2026 Curiosity has just concluded a very intense week of science observations and engineering activities, as it...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:10:25 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Philips Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for EchoNavigator R5.0 with DeviceGuide</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Philips has announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for EchoNavigator R5.0 with DeviceGuide, an AI-powered software solution that assists physicians during one of interventional cardiology’s most technically demanding procedures – repairing leaking mitral valves...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:10:14 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Video-based AI gives robots a visual imagination</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[In a major step toward more adaptable and intuitive machines, Kempner Institute Investigator Yilun Du and his collaborators have unveiled a new kind of artificial intelligence system that lets robots "envision" their actions before carrying them out. The system,...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:20:26 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>Sweet success: How a world-renowned candy manufacturer in Germany scaled palletizing across multiple lines</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Automation rarely starts with a full factory transformation. More often, it begins with a single line. One challenge, one opportunity, one team ready to try something different. What matters is what happens next.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:50:24 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title>AI system learns to prevent warehouse robot traffic jams, boosting throughput 25%</title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[Inside a giant autonomous warehouse, hundreds of robots dart down aisles as they collect and distribute items to fulfill a steady stream of customer orders. In this busy environment, even small traffic jams or minor collisions can snowball into...]]></description>
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                                <description><![CDATA[CMR Surgical has announced that more than 45,000 patients worldwide have now been treated using the Versius® Surgical Robotic System, marking a major milestone for the Cambridge, U.K.-based surgical robotics company as it prepares to expand into the United States....]]></description>
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                                <description><![CDATA[A team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Nitin J. Sanket has shown that ultrasound sensors and a form of artificial intelligence (AI) can enable palm-sized aerial robots to navigate with limited power and computation through fog, smoke,...]]></description>
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