Robotics

World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

5 min read This is a guest post. The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum, The Institute, or IEEE. A human’s well-being and socioeconomic progress are deeply connected to the environment. People’s livelihoods, businesses, industries, and biodiversity depend on a stable and healthy environment. Sustainability is the foundation of our survival and the future of humanity. Yet decades of environmental degradation have profoundly impacted us, posing

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San Murugesan March 4, 2025
Robotics

Viam raises $30M to scale robotics development platform

Viam maintains high levels of security for its customers, their machines, and data stored in the cloud. | Credit: Viam Viam AI secured a $30 million Series C round, led by existing investor Union Square Ventures, with participation from Battery Ventures and Italian investment group Neurone. The round brings Viam’s total amount raised to $117 million since its founding in 2020. The Viam platform operates across multiple domains, including robotics, IoT, smart home applications, and

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Mike Oitzman March 4, 2025

We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

If there’s one thing we could do now to hasten the transition to electric vehicles, it’s this: Build a robust public EV-charging infrastructure. While the media has focused on vehicle performance and range, consumers have always been clear that they want electric cars to do essentially everything their old vehicles do—including long overnight trips. To those who don’t yet own an EV, a robust infrastructure may seem unimportant. Studies, after all, show that in developed

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Wally Rippel March 4, 2025

Cut IC Development Time With Shift-Left DRC

03 Mar 2025 3 min read Siemens EDA’s new shift-left verification strategy is a game-changer for early IC design stages. Siemens EDA The most successful semiconductor companies know that the increasing complexity of integrated circuit (IC) designs is straining our traditional design rule checking (DRC) methods. The iterative “construct by correction” approach that worked well for simpler, custom layouts is now creating substantial runtime and resource bottlenecks, hindering design teams’ ability to efficiently verify their

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John Ferguson March 3, 2025
Robotics

ABB Robotics survey predicts EV production growth in 2025

ABB’s IRB-7720 modular industrial robot arm. | Credit: ABB ABB Robotics’ third Automotive Manufacturing Outlook Survey offers some great insights into how automotive manufacturing leaders and key suppliers view electric vehicle (EV) production objectives. According to the survey, there is a positive outlook from manufacturing leaders on the growth of EV production in 2025. Thirty-one percent of the 434 survey respondents predicted EV output would increase by more than 10%. A further 44% said production

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Steve Crowe March 3, 2025

The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

2 min read Harry Goldstein is Editor in Chief of IEEE Spectrum. Nicole MIllman Why build an industry around a scale that cuts across established verticals? This question occurred to me on a long flight to Paris, to attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), at UNESCO headquarters last month. I was part of an IEEE delegation led by 2025 IEEE President Kathleen Kramer. The event celebrated

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Harry Goldstein March 3, 2025
Robotics

Top 10 robotics developments of February 2025 – The Robot Report

Humanoids continue to dominate the conversation in robotics. Half of our top stories this month were about humanoids. Additionally, our readers were drawn to stories about surgical robotics, advances in AI, and industry trends. Here are the 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in the past month. Subscribe to The Robot Report Newsletter and listen to The Robot Report Podcast to stay updated on the latest robotics developments. 10. ISO 10218 industrial robot safety standard receives

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Brianna Wessling March 3, 2025
Robotics

Schneider Electric partners with SEER Robotics

SEER Robotics’ mobile robot portfolio. | Credit: SEER Robotics Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, is leveraging SEER Robotics’ technology to transform its logistics and production processes. With a strong presence in energy efficiency and automation, Schneider Electric continues to push the envelope in smart manufacturing by integrating intelligent robots and advanced logistics management systems into its global operations. Schneider Electric’s commitment to innovation has earned several of its global production

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The Robot Report Staff March 3, 2025

Could This Tiny Jumping Robot Unlock the Secrets of Saturn’s Icy Moon?

4 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. LEAP, or “Legged Exploration Across the Plume,” is a small jumping robot designed for low gravity mobility. NASA/Justin Yim Salto has been one of our favorite robots since we were first introduced to it in 2016 as a project out of Ron Fearing’s lab at UC Berkeley. The palm-sized spring-loaded jumping robot has gone from barely being able to chain together a few open-loop jumps

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Evan Ackerman March 3, 2025
Robotics

ABB, AUAR creating sustainable construction research facility

AUAR and ABB Robotics have been automating building processes with robotic mobile micro-factories. | Source: ABB Robotics ABB Robotics is once again partnering with Automated Architecture (AUAR), a construction technology company. The companies are building “ConstrucThor”, a research facility in Belgium to showcase advances in sustainable construction. The project will harness AUAR’s micro-factory technology and is assembled using an automated construction process powered by ABB robots. Once completed, the facility will serve as a living

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The Robot Report Staff March 3, 2025

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