CTNS, a pioneering battery pack innovator specializing in high-performance energy solutions for robotics and mobility applications, has officially joined MassRobotics as an Associated Network Member through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This strategic partnership marks a significant step in CTNS’s expansion into the U.S. robotics market. Through this collaboration, CTNS will gain access … Read more

Byungchul Kim (left) and Tsun-Hsuan “Johnson” Wang applied generative AI to improve robots designed by humans. Credits: MIT CSAIL Diffusion models like OpenAI’s DALL-E are becoming increasingly useful in helping brainstorm new designs. Humans can prompt these systems to generate an image, create a video, or refine a blueprint, and come back with ideas they … 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. London Humanoids Summit: 29–30 May 2025, LONDON IEEE RCAR 2025: 1–6 June 2025, TOYAMA, JAPAN … Read more

At the 2025 AFCEA Lexington Concord Chapter’s New Horizons Conference, MassRobotics provided a thought-provoking session that turned the spotlight on the critical challenge of finding and funding innovative technologies with dual-use potential. While previous sessions had explored updates from the Administration, defense initiatives, opportunities from the Program Executive Offices (PEOs) and AI’s transformative role in … Read more

The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership recently helped operationalize the first Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Traffic Management in the U.S. Credit: Wing. The drone industry has landed after a long flight to the implementation of drone traffic management. With a primary goal of avoiding drone-on-drone collisions, the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) recently helped operationalize … Read more

Less than three years ago, these were bare fields in humble Ellabell, Georgia. Today, the vast Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant is exactly what people imagine when they talk about the future of EV and automobile manufacturing in America. I’ve driven the 2026 Hyundai Ioniq9 here from nearby Savannah, a striking three-row electric SUV with everything … Read more

(A)-(B) An independent object transport and a cooperative object transport in ant colonies (contact object transport) [4], (C)-(D) An independent object transport and a cooperative object transport in swarm robotics (contact object transport) [5], (E)-(F) Proposed independent and cooperative contactless object transport in the air with acoustic robots (contactless object transport). Credit: Kemsaram et al. … 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. IEEE RCAR 2025: 1–6 June 2025, TOYAMA, JAPAN 2025 Energy Drone & Robotics Summit: 16–18 … Read more

Last week, representatives from Unilever and FedEx visited MassRobotics to see Black-I Robotics and interact with other residents.  Black-I Robotics highlighted its mixed-case palletization solution using two autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in conjunction with our autonomous robotic arm. This demonstration showed the potential of automation in streamlining warehouse operations and enhancing efficiency. The visit provided … Read more

A new system enables a robot to use reflected Wi-Fi signals to identify the shape of a 3D object that is hidden from view, which could be especially useful in warehouse and factory settings. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology A new imaging technique developed by MIT researchers could enable quality-control robots in a warehouse to … Read more