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Humanoids, industrial and service robots, robot learning breakthroughs, and the companies and deals behind them.

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A wearable system offers a way to capture human activity data for robot training, addressing the coordination needed for everyday manual tasks.

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Wearable system captures human activity data for robot training

Researchers describe a wearable system that captures human activity data for training robots. The item identifies coordination of movement, posture and object contact as essential for humanoids performing everyday tasks, but provides no performance results.

Why it matters: Human activity capture could support robot training, though the available information does not establish whether this system improves task performance.

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  1. Tue, Nov 36 itemsAgility Robotics cleared a shareholder vote on its $2.5 billion SPAC deal, while a new ISO standard targets coordination across mobile robot fleets. Research also showed humanoids combining walking and manipulation skills without demonstrations of complete task sequences.
  2. Mon, Nov 23 itemsJR East is putting a chainsaw-equipped humanoid to work trimming trees, while Iron is receiving a solid-state battery. A mountain-climbing competition also provided a concrete test of robot mobility and endurance.
  3. Sun, Nov 12 itemsNew reports add details to Meta’s humanoid effort, including a three-month prototype build and second-generation development. Matrix Robotics also plans to establish an R&D center in Korea next year.
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  5. Fri, Oct 308 itemsAgility Robotics lowered its expected SPAC proceeds to $465 million, while a U.S. investigation concluded that dependence on imported robotics poses a national security risk. Atlas component production plans and new robot capability demonstrations rounded out the edition.
  6. Thu, Oct 295 itemsCommercial scale-up led this edition: Bedrock Robotics secured $600 million, GXO plans Digit deployments at two more sites, and North American robot orders rose 24.8%. Research updates included touch-sensing electronic skin and biomimetic underwater locomotion.
  7. Wed, Oct 287 itemsUnitree reported strong quarterly revenue growth, while Agility added customers and Neura opened a major robotics facility with TUM. Audi’s humanoid logistics tests and new soft-robot and mobility research rounded out the edition.

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  • Agility RoboticsCompany6
  • TeslaCompany5
  • FigureCompany4
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