Topic: Mobile Manipulation

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VIDEO: Humanoid unveils bipedal robot that walks 48 hours after assembly

December 2, 2025 · Robotics and AI company Humanoid released HMND 01 Alpha Bipedeal, a new humanoid robot that went from design to working prototype in five months, and walks 48 hours after assembly.

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VIDEO: Mentee Robotics shows MenteeBot humanoids working together to perform warehouse tasks

November 26, 2025 · Mentee Robotics released a video of two MenteeBot humanoid robots performing a logistics task in the warehouse, demonstrating its feasibility in this environment.

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IROS 2025: RealMan Robotics unveils RealBOT embodied open platform

November 22, 2025 · At IROS 2025, RealMan Robotics debuted its RealBOT embodied open platform, demonstrating a teleoperation across 1,200 km in China.

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PickNik Robotics expands MoveIt Pro software capabilities of Franka Research 3 robot arm

November 6, 2025 · PickNik Robotics expanded capabilities for its MoveIt Pro software platform on the Ranka Research 3 robot arm, accelerating AI robotics deployment through simulation.

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Humanoid, Schaeffler complete proof of concept for bin picking with pre-alpha humanoid robot

October 29, 2025 · Humanoid and Schaeffler completed a proof of concept for a humanoid robot to complete bin picking tasks, with the pre-alpha humanoid robot picking metallic bearing rings in clutter.

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NVIDIA adds Newton Physics Engine, Isaac GR00T to Isaac Lab to accelerate robotics research and development

September 29, 2025 · NVIDIA announced new open models and simulation libraries, including Newton Physics Engine, Isaac Gr00T, Omniverse and Cosmos to accelerate robotic research and development.

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Flexiv showcases adaptive, force-controlled robotics at CIIF 2025

September 23, 2025 · Flexiv is fielding its largest appearance to date at the China International Industry Fair (CIIF) in Shanghai, showcasing its adaptive, force-controlled robots.

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Swisslog Healthcare, Diligent Robotics partner to enhance hospital logistics

September 18, 2025 · Swisslog Healthcare and Diligent Robotics announced a partnership that will utilize Swisslog Healthcare’s automation suite with Diligent’s autonomous mobile manipulation robots.

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Boston Dynamics, Toyota Research Institute demonstrate Large Behavior Model powering Atlas humanoid robot

August 29, 2025 · Through the joint research collaboration of Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute said it has taken a key step toward general-purpose humanoids with LBMs and Atlas.

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Dexterity, HIWIN partner to produce intelligent robot arm designed for warehouse applications

July 28, 2025 · Dexterity and HIWIN Technologies announced a partnership that will see HIWIN produce the robot arms for Dexterity’s superhumanoind robot platform, Mech.

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igus introduces Iggy Rob humanoid robot for industrial, service applications

July 25, 2025 · Motion plastics provider igus entered the humanoid robot space with Iggy Rob, designed to support industrial and service applications.

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Apptronik creates Elevate Robotics, a subsidiary focused on industrial automation

June 30, 2025 · Apptronik launched a subsidiary company, Elevate Robotics, that focuses on non-humanoid forms to tackle industrial automation tasks.

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Brightpick launches Autopicker 2.0 multi-purpose warehouse robot

June 25, 2025 · Brightpick launched Autopicker 2.0, the multi-purpose AI robot with Intuition software, Physical AI and Picking-in-Motion technology for warehouses.

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Automatica 2025: NVIDIA, partners highlight humanoids, automation and AI technologies

June 25, 2025 · At Automatica 2025 in Munich, NVIDIA and its partners revealed several robotic advancements in humanoids, machine vision and intelligent manufacturing.

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Automatica 2025: PAL Robotics to demonstrate humanoid embodied AI

June 22, 2025 · PAL Robotics TIAGo Pro mobile manipulation robot will perform teleoperation and interactively demonstrate embodied AI that enables machine learning at Automatics 2025.

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Automatica 2025: CynLr to demonstrate CyRo humanoid MMR

June 21, 2025 · CynLr will offer an interactive demonstration of its CyRo humanoid mobile manipulation robot at Automatica 2025, detecting, grasping, picking and placing using dual robot arms.

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PHOTOS: Robotics Invest 2025 panelists discuss physical AI, humanoids, and investment strategies

June 19, 2025 · Cybernetix Ventures hosted its third annual Robotics Invest summit, featuring panel discussions, presentations, and roundtables about physical AI, humanoids, and investment strategies.

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Hexagon launches AEON humanoid powered by NVIDIA

June 17, 2025 · Hexagon launched its AEON humanoid robot powered by NVIDIA at Hexagon LIVE 2025 in Las Vegas, and announced partnership pilots with Schaeffler and Pilatus.

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Grinding gears: Components and sensors that make robots work

June 17, 2025 · In this Special Focus issue, examine the various components that make up a robot, including sensors, cameras, motors, actuators, end-of-arm tooling and batteries/charging.

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Foxglove publicly releases SDK for toolkit integration

June 11, 2025 · Speaker applications are open for Foxglove’s Actuate 2025 robot developer conference coming to San Francisco Sept. 23-24. The company publicly released its SDK to streamline integration.

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