Interesting Engineering

China’s humanoid robot powered by solid-state battery to greet shoppers in 2026

Xpeng unveiled the second-generation IRON humanoid robot at the 2025 AI Day in Guangzhou, showcasing lifelike movement and real-time interaction.
Tech Xplore

Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world

Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move ...

Mimic raises $16M to build AI models for human-like robotic hands

Switzerland-based Mimic Robotics AG said Monday it has raised $16 million in seed funding from Elaia and Speedinvest to ...

Are humanoid robots on the verge of remaking the economy, or ‘doomed to fail’?

Massachusetts robotics entrepreneurs focus on specialized machines, while West Coast companies pour billions into humanoid ...
IEEE

A System for Automatic Recognition of Robotic Hand Gesture Based on Raspberry Pi and Convolutional Neural Network by Using Specklegram

Abstract: A robotic hand gesture recognition system is developed on a Raspberry Pi by effectively analyzing the specklegrams from five single-mode–multimode fiber (S–M) structures fixed on the robotic ...
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This Robot Hand Just Learned Human Behavior on Its Own

The curious minds at ColdFusion reveal a robot hand that learned human behavior on its own. This matters because it demonstrates the potential for machines to adapt, interact, and learn like humans.
IEEE

Fine Teleoperation of an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand by Combining Joint-Cartesian Space

Abstract: Mapping human hand motion to an anthropomorphic robotic hand is crucial for dexterous hand teleoperation. However, numerous challenges remain due to the high Degrees-of-Freedom (DoF) of ...