On May 17th, 2025, we celebrated the accomplishments of our Jumpstart Fellows in both the Lowell and Boston cohorts with families, mentors, and sponsors at MassRobotics headquarters in Boston. The Jumpstart Fellowship Program was founded to grow a more inclusive robotics and tech pipeline. More specifically, the program focuses on high school females. During a … Read more

Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Researchers have developed a robot that can crawl inside natural gas pipelines to map them, while also detecting and repairing their leaks when necessary. The research project, which is near completion, was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and its Rapid … Read more

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. IAS 2025: 30 June–4 July 2025, GENOA, ITALY ICRES 2025: 3–4 July 2025, PORTO, PORTUGAL … Read more

In the context of rapidly evolving industries, robotics plays a crucial role in enhancing productivity and workplace safety. As the use of industrial robots continues to grow, it is essential to prioritize robot safety to prevent accidents and injuries. While collaborative robots, also known as cobots, provide unique opportunities for human-robot interaction, they also bring … Read more

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Agricultural robots could help farmers harvest food under tough environmental conditions, especially as temperatures continue to rise. However, creating affordable robotic arms that can gracefully and accurately navigate the thick network of branches and trunks of plants can be … Read more

In the industrial realm, where efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness are the keys to success, predictive maintenance in robotic is emerging as a transformative strategy. As more manufacturing companies are incorporating robotics into their operations, the need for effective and efficient maintenance has never been greater. Predictive maintenance, a proactive approach that anticipates machinery failure before … Read more

On June 5, 2025, MassRobotics was excited to co-host Robotics and AI in Construction Environments, a half-day event in partnership with Northeastern University and sponsored by Skanska. The event brought together a mix of builders, robotics startups, investors, and academic leaders to discuss the rapidly evolving role of robotics and AI in one of the … Read more

DEEP Robotics develops a range of advanced robotic platforms, each designed for specific real-world applications across industrial, public service, and research sectors. Lite3 is an agile quadruped platform ideal for education, research, and light industrial tasks, offering versatility for developing AI and robotics solutions.Lite3 supports open source, users can develop advanced perception capabilities such as … Read more