Evan Ackerman

3 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Can a real dog do this? 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 inclusion. Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! Just when I thought quadrupeds couldn’t impress me anymore…

3 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Atlas uses full body motion and autonomous perception to grasp a part. Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics is the master of dropping amazing robot videos with no warning, and last week, we got a surprise look at the new electric Atlas going “hands on” with a practical factory task. This video is notable because it’s the first real look we’ve had at the new Atlas doing

3 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Halloween costume compatibility is the unspoken reason for building humanoid robots. Boston Dynamics 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 inclusion. Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! We’re hoping

3 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. It takes a very fast human to outpace Swiss-Mile’s delivery robot. Swiss-Mile 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 inclusion. Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! Swiss-Mile’s robot (which

3 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. One of the world’s most recognizable mobile robots gets stronger and faster. 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 inclusion. ROSCon 2024: 21–23 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK ICSR 2024: 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE,

6 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. A new partnership with Toyota Research should bring new capabilities to Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot. Photo Collage: Randi Klett/IEEE Spectrum Today, Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced a new partnership “to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots utilizing TRI’s Large Behavior Models and Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot.” Committing to working towards a general purpose robot may make this partnership sound like

5 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Reachy 2’s gripper can easily take an apple that you hand to it. IEEE Spectrum 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 inclusion. IROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024:

8 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Plumbing integration makes the SwitchBot S10 the most convenient floor cleaning robot ever. Evan Ackerman/IEEE Spectrum I’ve been reviewing robot vacuums for more than a decade, and robot mops for just as long. It’s been astonishing how the technology has evolved, from the original iRobot Roomba bouncing off of walls and furniture to robots that use lidar and vision to map your entire house and

2 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. This quadruped climbs! ETH Zürich RSL 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 inclusion. IROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024: 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024: 25–27 October

5 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Happy birthday ICRA! Fraunhofer 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 inclusion. IROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024: 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024: 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH