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Cybathlon Challenges: 02 February 2024, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

Eurobot Open 2024: 8–11 Might 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE

ICRA 2024: 13–17 Might 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

Get pleasure from at present’s movies!

Wishing you and your family members merry Christmas, comfortable holidays, and a cheerful New Yr from everybody on the Autonomous Methods Lab at ETH Zürich!

[ ASL ]

Merry Christmas and sustainable 2024 from VUB-imec Brubotics & Fysc!

[ BruBotics ]

Thanks, Bram!

Embark on MOMO (Cellular Object Manipulation Operator)’s thrilling quest to ignite pleasure and pleasure! Watch as MOMO skillfully locations the tree topper, making certain that each KIMLAB member’s vacation season is full of happiness and brightness. Joyful Holidays!

[ KIMLAB ]

Merry Christmas from AgileX Robotics and our little wheeled bipedal robotic, T-Rex! As we step into 2024, could the enjoyment of the season accompany you all year long. Right here’s to a festive vacation full of heat, laughter, and modern adventures!

[ AgileX Robotics ]

To have a good time this superb yr, we’d wish to share a particular vacation video showcasing our most requested demo! We hope it brings you a smile as vivid because the lights of the season.

[ Flexiv ]

The Robotnik workforce remains to be working to make even smarter, extra autonomous and extra environment friendly cell robotics options out there to you in 2024. Merry Christmas!

[ Robotnik ]

Season’s Greetings from ABB Robotics!

[ ABB ]

Should you have been at ICRA you bought a sneak peak at this, however right here’s a stunning Spot tango from the AI Institute.

[ The Institute ]

CL-1 is among the few humanoid robots all over the world that achieves dynamic stair climbing primarily based on real-time terrain notion, primarily due to LimX Dynamics’ superior movement management and AI algorithms, together with proprietary high-performing actuators and {hardware} system.

[ LimX Dynamics ]

We wrote about Parallel Methods a pair years in the past, and right here’s a quick replace.

[ Parallel Systems ]

After 1,000 Martian days of exploration, NASA’s Perseverance rover is learning rocks that present a number of eras within the historical past of a river delta billions of years outdated. Scientists are investigating this area of Mars, often called Jezero Crater, to see if they’ll discover proof of historical life recorded within the rocks. Perseverance undertaking scientist Ken Farley offers a guided tour of a richly detailed panorama of the rover’s location in November 2023, taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument.

[ NASA ]

It’s been many, a few years since we’ve seen a brand new steampunk robotic from I-Wei Huang, but it surely was well worth the wait!

[ CrabFu ]

Okay apparently this can be a loop of Digit standing in entrance of a hearth for 10 hours, fairly than a really spectacular demonstration of battery life.

[ Agility ]