Anton Grabolle / Autonomous Driving / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0
By Susan Kelley
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been tested as taxis for decades in San Francisco, Pittsburgh and around the world, and…
Category: Engineering
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Weekly Robotics #338
Today is the last day to submit your proposal to our FOSDEM 2026 Robotics and Simulation DevRoom. It’s going to be glorious. If you can, I highly recommend being there! In other news, on December 11th, I’m attending the Paris HW Meetup….
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Electric Toy Stoves: A Hot History Lesson
Introduced in 1930 by Lionel Corp.—better known for its electric model trains—the fully functional toy stove shown at top had two electric burners and an oven that heated to 260 °C. It came with a set of cookware, including a frying pan, a…
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Scientists uncover the brain’s hidden learning blocks
Artificial intelligence can now craft award-winning essays and help doctors detect disease with impressive accuracy. Yet when it comes to true mental flexibility, living brains still have the clear advantage.
Humans can adjust to new situations…
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Robot Talk Episode 135 – Robot anatomy and design, with Chapa Sirithunge
Claire chatted to Chapa Sirithunge from University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa.
Chapa Sirithunge is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow in…
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Learning robust controllers that work across many partially observable environments
In intelligent systems, applications range from autonomous robotics to predictive maintenance problems. To control these systems, the essential aspects are captured with a model. When we design…
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Toshiba’s Lithium Ion Packs Power New Ventures
Toshiba has carved out a significant share of the lithium-ion battery market in industrial, automotive, and energy sectors—despite championing a more expensive anode material with lower energy density. The Japanese company is using lithium…
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Human-robot interaction design retreat – Robohub
Robohub highlights 2025
Lucy Smith
29 Dec 2025We take a look back at some of the interesting blog posts,…
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Remote Robotics Expand Access to Stroke Treatment
When treating strokes, every second counts. But for patients in remote areas, it may take hours to receive treatment.
The standard treatment for a common type of stroke, caused by large clots interrupting blood flow to the brain, is a procedure…
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Weekly Robotics #337
Today, I’m in travel mode, so let’s get to the point and look at some robots (and children’s toys)!
What if you could automate video segmentation, cut annotation time, improve temporal consistency, and scale datasets for VLA models? On…
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