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Friday video is your weekly selection of impressive robotics videos, collected by your friends in Spectrum ieee robotics. We also publish a weekly calendar for the next robotics events for the coming months. Please Send us your events for inclusion.

RSS 2025: June 21-25, 2025, Los Angeles

Eth Robotics Summer School: June 21-27, 2025, Geneva

IAS 2025: June 30-July 4, 2025, Genoa, Italy

Icres 2025: 3-4 July 2025, Porto, Portugal

IEEE World Haptics: July 8-11, 2025, SUWON, South Korea

IFAC symposium on robotics: July 15-18, 2025, Paris

Robocup 2025: July 15-21, 2025, Bahia, Brazil

RO-MAN 2025: August 25-29, 2025, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Clawar 2025: 5-7 September 2025, Shenzhen

Corl 2025: September 27-30 2025, Seoul

IEEE HUMANOIDIDS: September 30 to October 2, 2025, Seoul

World Robots Summit: October 10-12, 2025, Osaka, Japan

IROS 2025: 19-25 October 2025, Hangzhou, China

Take advantage of today’s videos!

This is the first successful vertical takeoff of a reaction flying humanoid robot, developed by artificial and mechanical intelligence (friend) to Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). The robot has lifted ~ 50 cm from the ground while maintaining dynamic stability, thanks to advanced AI -based control systems and aerodynamic modeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1bnhot4D5Q

We will have much more about this in the coming weeks!

[Nature] via [IIT]

As a first step towards our mission to deploy robots for general use, we push the borders of what IA models from start to finish can achieve in the real world. We have formed models and evaluated their capacities for sensorimotor policies dextured through different modes of realization, environments and physical interactions. We share demonstrations of capacity on tasks highlighting different aspects of manipulation: fine engine control, spatial and temporal precision, generalization between robots and parameters, and robustness with external disturbances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHFLECK_IAI

[Generalist AI]

Thank you, Noah!

Ground Control Robotics introduces Scuttle, our new Multinilade Platform elongated for mobility everywhere!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwcnynpjnm0

[Ground Control Robotics]

Teleoperation has existed for some time, but what has not been is precise and in real time. This is where Flexiv intervenes to make things happen. Now, whether you are on the other side of the room or around the world, you can feel a transparent and high fidelity remote manipulation with a feeling of contact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udkddqxth5q

This kind of thing generally takes on human training, for which you would be better served by robot weapons with specific and real -time comments. Hmm, I wonder where you will find them …?

[Flexiv]

The 1x world model is a data -based simulator for humanoid robots built with an anchored understanding of physics. It allows us to predict – or “hallucinate” – the results of Neo’s actions before being taken in the real world. Using the world model 1x, we can instantly assess the performance of AI models – compressing development time and providing a clear reference for continuous improvement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

[1X]

Slapbot is an interactive robotic work by Hooman Samani and Chandler Cheng, exploring the dynamics of physical interaction, the artificial agency and power. The installation includes a robotic arm equipped with a soft and inflatable hand which provides slaps by pneumatic action, transforming a visceral human gesture into a programmed robotic response.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atr87nwq3eq

I asked, of course, if Slapbot slaps people, and he does not do it: “Despite his provocative concept and evocative design, Slapbot does not make physical contact with human participants. He simulates slap the gesture without offering a real strike. The movements of the robotic arm are precisely choreographed to suggest the act, but it maintains a safe distance. ”

[SLAPBOT]

Thank you, Hooman!

Inspecting the bowels of ships is something that we would really like the robots to do for us, please and thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHT3NVC9D-I

[Norwegian University of Science and Technology] via [GitHub]

Thank you, Kostas!

H2L Corporation (hereinafter referred to as H2L) has unveiled a new product called “interface capsule”, which transmits movements and an entire body force, allowing new experiences shared with robots and avatars. A product introduction video representing synchronization never known by humans has also been published.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a46uap367k

[H2L Corp.] via [RobotStart]

How do you make sure a safe robot without requiring it to look at yourself? Radar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

[Paper] via [IEEE Sensors Journal]

Thank you, Bram!

We offer an aerial elephant trunk, an aerial continuum manipulator inspired by the elephant trunk, with a small -scale quadrotor and a continuum arm focused on the conforming tendons and compliant with versatile operation in the interior and exterior environment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

[Adaptive Robotics Controls Lab]

This video shows a heavy goods vehicle test using the Dex Armstrong robot, focusing on a 40 kg biceps curl movement. Armstrong Dex is a hydraulic dual -arm robot of human size currently under development at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Kaeri) for applications for disasters. Designed to perform tasks in a flexible way as a human while providing high power, Armstrong Dex is capable of managing complex operations in dangerous environments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Qloi1pokw

[Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute]

Micro -robots that can inspect water pipes, diagnose cracks and repair them independently – reducing leaks and avoid expensive excavation work – have been developed by a team of engineers led by the University of Sheffield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Love5_nce

[University of Sheffield]

We grow up in size, scale and impact! We are delighted to announce the opening of our serial production plant in the San Francisco Bay region, the very first Robotaxi assembly installation built for the United States. More space means more innovation, production and opportunities to evolve our fleet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFAT803DQMW

[Zoox]

Look at the multiplick in action while our pickle robot identifies, chooses and quickly places several boxes in a single swing of an arm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0d4lyjhqi

[Pickle]

And now this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_7inyAzyq

[Aibo]

The MultiSeed Installation of Amsterdam of Cargill Enfole and Orbit to inspect the machines and perform visual checks, improved by all the new AI features, as part of their “Plant of the Future” program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

[Boston Dynamics]

This Plenary Conference of ICRA 2025 comes from Raffaello d’Andrea, entitled “Models Are Dead, Long Live Models!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSSLBGKTCU

[ICRA 2025]

Will data solve robotics and automation? Absolutely! Never! Who knows?! Let’s discusse ourselves on this subject!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfvctjompk8

[ICRA 2025]