Ivan Hernandez Dalas - Mechatronics

Dynamic Creatures co-founder and CEO Marc Theermann (left) and co-founder and CTO Farbod Farshidian. | Source: Dynamic Creatures | Source: Dynamic Creatures Boston Dynamics is focused on commercializing robots for industrial work, but it’s always had time for some fun, too. We’ve seen Spot and Atlas dance, flip, compete on America’s Got Talent, take part in the FIFA World Cup, and more. Now, two Boston Dynamics veterans are launching Dynamic Creatures. The new company is focused on creating robotic characters for entertainment.  Dynamic Creatures was co-founded by CEO Marc Theermann, former chief strategy officer at Boston Dynamics, and CTO Farbod Farshidian, former research leader at the Robotics and AI Institute. Theermann told The Robot Report the name company name pays homage to Boston Dynamics and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. “We always put out those videos, A, because it’s super fun, and B, because we wanted to bring the general public along,...

Editor’s Note: Andreas Friedrich, Managing Director Technology & Strategy, Allegro MicroSystems, will be speaking at RoboBusiness (Oct. 20-21 in Santa Clara). His talk will dissect the critical technological advancements that are making next-generation robotic actuation possible. Register for RoboBusiness today . RoboBusiness is produced by The Robot Report and parent company Arrowfly. The more capable a humanoid robot becomes, the more difficult it is to accommodate the hardware required to make it move. The humanoid environment is one of articulated joints and degrees of freedom, where hardware faces stringent size and weight constraints, and motion requires a slew of motors, sensing, control, power and safety systems. Artificial intelligence has helped humanoids better perceive their surroundings, interpret instructions and determine what actions to take. Translating those decisions into precise, fluid and safe physical movement presents a different engineering challe...

ViAct offers viBOT, an autonomous robotic monitor for construction. | Source: viAct Construction is entering a new era of automation. Autonomous earthmoving equipment is beginning to reshape excavation. Robotic layout systems are improving precision. Drones are inspecting hard-to-reach structures. Across the board, vision AI-powered machines are steadily moving from controlled pilots to active job sites. The global construction robotics market is estimated to reach $3.66 billion by 2030, according to  Grand View Research. Yet the success of construction robots won’t ultimately be determined by how capable the machines become. It will depend on something far less visible: how safely frontline workers and autonomous systems can work together. Let’s picture a mid-rise construction project. An autonomous compactor is completing its programmed route across the site while an inspection drone carries out its routine progress survey overhead. Everything is functioning exactly ...

Inbolt’s technology lets robots grasp parts however they can, then uses in-hand localization to adjust trajectory mid-move. | Source: Inbolt Physical AI’s consensus says progress is gated by data. More of it, better curated, better simulated. That’s true in the lab. In the factory, it’s the wrong constraint. After deploying vision-guided control across over 100 factories and 40 million-plus robot cycles, Inbolt CEO Rudy Cohen says the real bottleneck is the loop between perception and motion, and the integration tax surrounding it. At RoboBusiness , which will be on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., Cohen will give the talk, “Physical AI Doesn’t Have a Data Problem; It Has a Deployment Problem.” The talk will take place at 2:15 p.m. on the first day of the show. Cohn will reframe where physical AI actually pays off. Not in bigger models, but in closing the loop at servo frequency and collapsing the months of fixtures, wiring, and return...

Agility Robotics said it has deployed its Digit humanoid at 9 customer sites as it gears up to go public via a proposed SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp. XI. Now we’re getting a first look at Agility’s financials thanks to a new S-4 filing with the SEC. According to the S-4 , Agility generated $1.8 million in net sales in 2025, against a $140 million operating loss. The company spent $111 million on operations, up from $71 million in 2024. Agility burned about $100 million in cash in 2025. The SPAC deal values Agility at $2.5 billion and is expected to generate more than $620 million in gross proceeds. That includes about $420 million from Churchill’s trust and $200 million from a PIPE led by Foxconn. Compared with 2025 revenue of $1.8 million, Agility’s valuation equals roughly 1,400 times annual revenue. A SPAC lets a private company go public based heavily on future expectations and projections, rather than having to demonstrate a long history of public-comp...

Respondents were evenly split between favorable and unfavorable views of the FCC robotics ban. Source: MassRobotics In July 2026, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, said it has determined that foreign-made “advanced robotic devices,” including certain mobile robots and humanoids, could create supply chain vulnerabilities and pose cybersecurity risks. It banned new models of such devices, with exceptions for federal purchases and companies that obtain waivers through the U.S. Department of War or DoW. The rule covers ground-based, connected robots that weigh more than 4.4 lb. (1.9 kg), have environmental sensors such as lidar or cameras, include connectivity of at least 200 kbps, and rely on navigation and perception software. The FCC has also said that 65% of the total cost of a robot’s components must be domestic-made to qualify as U.S.-produced. It plans to increase that threshold to 75% in 2029. The policy initially caused confusion among some robot...

By Maria Jose Galvez Trigo , Cardiff University and Paul Willis , Cardiff University New BBC sitcom Ann Droid imagines a near future in which robots provide care and companionship to older people at home. The series centres on Sue, a recent widow played by Sue Johnston, her hapless son Michael and Linda, an assistive care robot played by Diane Morgan. Linda is designed to provide daily support and companionship, with predictably comic results. As researchers in social care , ageing and human-centred robotics , we obviously watched Ann Droid with a keen eye. Beneath the jokes are questions that researchers are already tackling. Could robots help address loneliness among older people? Can a machine provide companionship without replacing human connection? While the series exaggerates what robots can currently do, some of the technology it depicts is already being tested. The BBC’s Ann Droid sitcom. A social enterprise in south-west England has been piloting Comfort Companions...