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Putting sign language AI into users' hands

Google DeepMind has introduced SL2T, a breakthrough sign-language-to-text AI model that translates sign language into written text, now integrated into Gboard and Live Transcribe on Pixel 11 devices starting with American Sign Language. The model addresses the unique challenges of sign language processing through computer vision and machine translation, enabling Deaf and hard of hearing users to sign instead of type for the first time in consumer products.

DeepMind Blog8/12/2026

Report looks at advances in autonomous mobile robots

A report examines the growing market for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), which is projected to expand from $5 billion in 2024 to $14 billion by 2030, driven by labor costs, operational flexibility needs, and technological advances. Recent improvements in AMRs are enabled by computer vision, sensor fusion, machine learning, and AI-powered fleet management, with applications expanding into manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and other sectors beyond traditional warehouse logistics.

The Robot Report8/6/2026

University of Florida opens new robotics lab dedicated to industrialized construction

The University of Florida has opened a new robotics lab funded by a $1 million Autodesk donation to advance industrialized construction, addressing Florida's housing shortage and skilled workforce decline. The lab supports UF's new Bachelor of Science in Industrialized Construction Engineering program launching this fall, featuring hands-on experience with 3D concrete printers, collaborative robots, digital twins, and AI-driven computer vision systems for automated construction methods.

The Robot Report8/5/2026

Founder of Maximo discusses how robotics is accelerating solar construction

Deise Yumi Asami, founder of Maximo, discussed how her AI-enabled robotics startup is accelerating solar panel installation through automated robotic systems with computer vision capabilities. The startup, incubated within parent company The AES Corp, uses robotics and AI to make utility-scale solar construction faster, safer, and more efficient.

Robotics Business Review7/17/2026

Medtronic to launch AI compute platform for the operating room

Medtronic unveiled Touch Surgery Aide, an AI-powered compute platform for operating rooms that leverages NVIDIA's accelerated computing infrastructure to deliver real-time surgical insights during procedures. The platform's first FDA-cleared application, Instrument Exit Point, uses computer vision to alert surgeons when robotic instruments move out of view, representing the initial step in Medtronic's broader effort to embed AI capabilities into its Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system.

The Robot Report7/22/2026

With new funding, Monumental plans to bring its construction robots to the U.S.

Monumental, an Amsterdam-based construction robotics company, raised $32 million in Series B funding to expand to the U.S. market and expand its autonomous brick-laying robots' capabilities beyond masonry work. The company's electric robots use computer vision and AI software to lay bricks with millimeter precision, and have already completed over 100 homes and various structures across Europe.

Robotics Business Review7/17/2026

2026 BAIR Graduate Showcase

The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab celebrates its 2026 Ph.D. graduating class, whose research spans robotics, embodied intelligence, large language models, computer vision, generative modeling, and AI safety. Graduates are pursuing positions at leading AI research labs, industry companies like OpenAI and Physical Intelligence, academic institutions, and founding their own startups.

Berkeley AI Research7/1/2026

Introducing GeneBench-Pro

GeneBench-Pro is a new benchmark designed to evaluate AI performance on genomics and biology tasks using complex, real-world datasets. The benchmark aims to advance AI capabilities in scientific research domains beyond traditional computer vision and NLP benchmarks.

OpenAI Blog6/30/2026

Robot Talk Episode 162 - The robot doctor will see you now

Robot Talk Episode 162 features a live discussion on robotics and AI in medicine and healthcare, with experts from Imperial College London, University of Bristol, and King's College London exploring surgical robotics, computer vision, and AI applications in diagnosis and surgery. The episode addresses key questions about autonomy, regulation, and equitable access to cutting-edge medical technologies.

Robohub6/26/2026

Come With Me if You Want to Weed: Autonomous Weedinator Robot back for 2026

The WEEDINATOR autonomous agricultural robot project has reached a significant milestone after nearly a decade of development, demonstrating effective mechanical weed removal using a modified commercial Iseki tractor base. The system uses computer vision (OpenCV and YOLO26n on a Jetson Nano) combined with hydraulically-controlled cultivator claws for autonomous weeding in three axes.

Hackaday Robotics6/19/2026

Building a Ceiling-Based Crane Robot to Keep a Room Clean

Nathaniel Nifong has developed Stringman, an open-source ceiling-mounted robotic crane system that uses wire suspension to autonomously identify and pick up items scattered around a room. The system uses computer vision and a robotic gripper, with firmware based on LeRobot available on GitHub, and the creator is offering both build instructions and ready-made kits for interested users.

Hackaday Robotics6/15/2026

Carnegie Mellon Team Helps Farmers Fight Crop Disease With Robots

Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute developed Erwin, an autonomous robot that detects fire blight disease in orchards using computer vision and robotic arms, winning the Amiga Innovation Award at the 2026 Farm Robotics Challenge. The system combines GPS, LIDAR, and AI-trained cameras to navigate orchard rows, identify infected trees, classify disease severity, and create spatial disease maps to assist farmers in targeted pruning during dormant seasons.

CMU Robotics Institute6/11/2026

Pathak Receives 2026 PAMI Young Researcher Award

Deepak Pathak, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, received the 2026 PAMI Young Researcher Award for his contributions to computer vision, machine learning, and robotics. Pathak's research focuses on enabling AI systems to learn from visual data and experiences with minimal human-labeled training, and he co-founded Skild AI, a robotics foundation model startup valued at over $14 billion.

CMU Robotics Institute6/10/2026

Surgical Drones and Counter-Drone Weapons Share the Same Technology Stack

Two recent funding announcements—one for battlefield surgical drones, another for autonomous anti-drone systems—reveal an uncomfortable truth: the same AI, computer vision, and robotics technologies are being deployed for both saving and taking lives. This convergence raises questions the robotics industry can no longer ignore.

Creative Robotics6/8/2026Original

ACS raises $200M to scale autonomous counter-drone system

Allen Control Systems (ACS) raised $200 million in Series B funding to scale production of Bullfrog, an autonomous counter-drone weapon station that uses AI, computer vision, and robotics to detect and neutralize unmanned aerial systems. The system is already deployed with the U.S. Army and Navy, and achieved a 100% success rate in recent military testing, with the funding supporting expanded manufacturing and new product development.

The Robot Report6/8/2026

Robot Talk Episode 159 - Robot sensing and manipulation, with Maria Koskinopoulou

Robot Talk Episode 159 features an interview with Maria Koskinopoulou, an Assistant Professor in Robotics and Computer Vision at Heriot-Watt University, discussing her research on autonomous robotic manipulators for surgery, industry, and related applications. Her work spans robotic manipulation, perception, robot vision, medical robotics, and machine learning, supported by major UKRI and EU-funded projects.

Robohub6/5/2026

Locus Array expands picking ability with Nexera Robotics' NeuraGrasp

Locus Robotics acquired Nexera Robotics to integrate its NeuraGrasp gripper technology into the Locus Array mobile manipulator, significantly expanding the robot's ability to handle diverse SKUs in warehouse environments. NeuraGrasp combines soft compliant membranes with computer vision and AI to dynamically grasp items ranging from porous polybags to irregularly shaped products, addressing a major bottleneck in robotic picking that suction cups alone cannot solve.

The Robot Report5/19/2026

Automated Tire decloaks with new autonomous tire-changing SmartBay

Automated Tire Inc. unveiled SmartBay, an AI-powered robotic platform that automates tire changes and vehicle inspections without removing wheels from vehicles. The system can reduce service times to 30 minutes while enabling one technician to manage three bays simultaneously, addressing labor shortages in automotive service by replacing manual, injury-prone work with computer vision and robotics.

The Robot Report5/12/2026

Resource-constrained image generation and visual understanding: an interview with Aniket Roy

Aniket Roy, a PhD graduate from Johns Hopkins University, discusses his research on resource-constrained image generation and visual understanding, focusing on making advanced generative AI and computer vision systems more efficient and practical. His work spans diffusion models, few-shot learning, personalized image generation, and multimodal learning, with techniques like FeLMi, Cap2Aug, DiffNat, and DuoLoRA designed to enable models to operate effectively with limited data and computational resources.

Robohub4/7/2026

GroundedPlanBench: Spatially grounded long-horizon task planning for robot manipulation

GroundedPlanBench is a research benchmark for spatially grounded long-horizon task planning in robot manipulation, enabling robots to understand and execute complex multi-step tasks in physical environments. The work combines computer vision and AI planning to improve robots' ability to interpret spatial relationships and execute manipulation tasks.

Microsoft Research3/26/2026

Building a Robot Partner to Play Air Hockey With

A maker built a robot air hockey opponent featuring a custom-drilled air hockey table and a dual-motor gantry system controlled by computer vision. The robot uses an overhead camera with Python/OpenCV to track the puck position and Arduino code to actuate the paddle, demonstrating practical applications of robotics control and real-time image processing for game-playing automation.

Hackaday Robotics3/12/2026

Defense official reveals how AI chatbots could be used for targeting decisions

A US Defense official disclosed that the military may use generative AI chatbots to rank target lists and make strike recommendations, which would then be reviewed by human operators. The Pentagon is fielding these systems for classified settings alongside its existing Maven computer vision platform, representing a shift toward using large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok to accelerate targeting decisions, though the systems remain less battle-tested than traditional military AI.

MIT Technology Review AI3/12/2026

Fish Drives Tank

A hobbyist engineer built a mobile robotic platform controlled by a fish's swimming movements, using computer vision to track the fish's position and translate it into tank movement commands. The project demonstrates creative application of robotics and computer vision technology to an unconventional pet ownership concept.

Hackaday Robotics3/1/2026

I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches

Researchers at the University of Limerick developed a drone-based system combining aerial surveillance with machine learning algorithms to detect and map plastic litter on beaches. The technology uses computer vision to identify plastic as small as 1cm from 30 meters altitude, paired with a free mobile app that provides volunteers with GPS coordinates for targeted cleanup efforts.

Robohub2/26/2026

The Morning After: The Nex Playground channels the spirit of Xbox's Kinect

You might not have heard of the Nex Playground, but it's a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can track...

Engadget1/30/2026

Light Following Robot Does It The Analog Way

A maker demonstrates an analog-based light-following robot using only simple components like light-dependent resistors (LDRs), op-amps, and 555 timer ICs, without requiring a microcontroller or computer vision system. The design evolves from simple binary steering to PWM-based motor control for smoother navigation, showcasing how classic analog electronics principles can solve robotics problems without digital processing.

Hackaday Robotics1/29/2026

Snap is spinning off its AR glasses into a separate business

Snap is spinning off its augmented reality glasses business into a separate subsidiary called Specs Inc. to attract external investors and partnerships while competing with Meta's AR initiatives. The new entity will launch next-generation standalone AR glasses this year with improved form factor, lighter design, and AI-powered capabilities that use computer vision and behavioral understanding to assist users.

Engadget1/28/2026

UniRG: Scaling medical imaging report generation with multimodal reinforcement learning

Researchers have developed UniRG, a system that scales medical imaging report generation using multimodal reinforcement learning to improve the accuracy and efficiency of automated diagnostic reporting. The work demonstrates advances in applying reinforcement learning and multimodal AI to the healthcare domain, combining computer vision and natural language processing for clinical applications.

Microsoft Research1/27/2026

How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES

Bucket Robotics, a YC-backed startup founded by former autonomous vehicle engineer Matt Puchalski, made its debut at CES 2026 with an AI-powered vision inspection system for manufacturing quality control. The company uses advanced computer vision and synthetic data generation from CAD files to automate surface defect detection on industrial parts like car door handles, addressing a gap in manufacturing automation that currently relies on manual inspection.

TechCrunch Robotics1/18/2026

Generations in Dialogue: Embodied AI, robotics, perception, and action with Professor Roberto Martín-Martín

This podcast episode features Professor Roberto Martín-Martín from the University of Texas at Austin discussing his research in embodied AI, robotics, computer vision, and machine learning for autonomous agents. The conversation explores how robots can perceive, learn, and act in the real world, covering topics from manipulation tasks to mobile robotics and human-robot interaction.

Robohub12/8/2025

LWiAI Podcast #226 - Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Nano Banana Pro, LeJEPA

This podcast episode covers major AI and robotics developments from late November 2025, including new model releases (Google's Gemini 3, Anthropic's Opus 4.5, OpenAI's GPT-5.1) and robotics innovations like Sunday Robotics' Memo humanoid robot and a $5.6B funding round for Physical Intelligence. The episode also discusses AI safety, policy updates including European GDPR/AI Act changes, Meta's SAM 3 computer vision model, and research advances in self-supervised learning and embodied AI.

Last Week in AI11/30/2025

This Khosla-backed startup can track drones, trucks, and robotaxis, inch by inch

Point One Navigation, a San Francisco-based startup, raised $35 million in Series C funding led by Khosla Ventures, bringing its valuation to $230 million. The company has developed precise location technology using augmented GNSS, computer vision, and sensor fusion that achieves centimeter-level accuracy for autonomous vehicles, robotics, drones, and agricultural equipment, with over 150,000 vehicles already deployed and tenfold growth in manufacturer adoption over the past year.

TechCrunch Robotics11/20/2025

Amazon launches $68 million AI PhD Fellowship program