Scientific Articles & Papers

FDA Authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s Table-Integrated OTTAVA Surgical System

The De Novo decision created a U.S. device category for a robotic surgical system whose four arms are integrated into the operating table for specified upper-abdominal procedures.

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Waymo Reports Safety Results Across 220 Million Driverless Miles

Waymo’s June 2026 update compared rider-only crash rates with human benchmarks across five operating areas, extending an analysis method published in peer-reviewed research.

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Figure’s Helix 02 Unifies Walking, Balance and Manipulation

Figure demonstrated a hierarchical neural controller completing a continuous four-minute kitchen task with whole-body control, tactile sensing and palm cameras.

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Boston Dynamics Unveils a Product Version of Atlas for Industrial Work

The electric humanoid moved from a research platform toward a manufactured enterprise product, with initial 2026 fleets committed to Hyundai and Google DeepMind.

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SRT-H Completes a 17-Step Phase of Gallbladder Surgery

A hierarchical imitation-learning system completed the clipping and cutting phase on eight ex vivo pig gallbladders, recovering from errors without human control during the trials.

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Amazon Vulcan Adds Force Feedback to Warehouse Picking and Stowing

Amazon moved its tactile manipulation system from pilot work toward beta testing, using six-axis force sensing to work inside crowded fabric storage pods.

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Water-Powered Soft Actuators Deliver More Than 50 Newtons at 24 Volts

A peer-reviewed soft-robotics study revisited liquid-to-gas actuation with flexible heaters, closed-loop control and demonstrations in a robotic hand and quadruped.

Gemini Robotics Links Language, Vision and Robot Actions

Google DeepMind introduced a vision-language-action model for dexterous manipulation and a companion embodied-reasoning model, while keeping access limited to selected testers.

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NASA Packs Three CADRE Rovers for a Cooperative Moon Mission

Three carry-on-size lunar rovers completed shipment preparations for a mission designed to test autonomous planning, formation driving and distributed subsurface measurements.

ISO 10218:2025 Rewrites the Safety Baseline for Industrial Robots

The first major revision since 2011 separates robot-maker duties from system-integration duties and brings collaborative applications, end effectors and safety-related cybersecurity into the core standard.