Open 7B action model, all-linear hand
Black Forest Labs opens a 7B world action model that tops a public robot benchmark, a Duke lab builds a hand from linear motion, and HFlow opens data tooling.
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PickNik to Qualcomm, Intrinsic goes open
Qualcomm buys the steward of MoveIt, Google's Intrinsic open sources its industrial stack, Boston Dynamics starts Atlas training, and a VLM drives a humanoid.
Cognex buys RealSense, Agility eyes wheels
Cognex buys RealSense for about $500M, Agility explores wheels, Tesla's Optimus line hits hand limits, and two papers make demonstrations go further.
Five million robots, and no refusal layer
The IFR counts five million industrial robots, frontier agent policies follow harmful commands, ANYmal learns to pass doors, and a Jetson runs targeting.
Qualcomm buys PickNik, keeps MoveIt open
Qualcomm acquires PickNik and keeps MoveIt open source, Arduino's VENTUNO Q targets robot builders, rclrs 0.8 ships, and Joby flies across the US autonomously.
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Isaac ROS 5.0 lands at ROSCon
NVIDIA ships Isaac ROS 5.0 with agent skills, Intrinsic open sources its industrial robot runtime, and a new serving layer cuts VLA latency on Jetson Thor.
Atlas Metaplant opens, Halos safety stack
Boston Dynamics starts training Atlas inside Hyundai's Metaplant America, NVIDIA argues safety has to be a whole stack, and robot policies rarely refuse.
Gorai, Jetson strike drone, humanoid recycling
A Go and NATS robotics framework, autonomous target selection running on a Jetson Orin Nano, and why retired humanoids are a hard recycling problem.
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Gazebo armhf EOL, NSF physical AI
Gazebo ends 32-bit ARM binaries, NSF opens a physical AI funding topic, Hirebotics adds line tracking and a rail, and a defense for backdoored VLA policies.
Digit 5, SoftBank RAI, JOY microgravity
Agility's Digit 5 adds a cooperative safety architecture, SoftBank moves to buy the Robotics and AI Institute, and Icarus tests a free-flying robot in microgravity.