Dream-1(dreamlabs.ai)
143 points by GaggiX | 68 comments
Dream Labs announces Dream-1, a World Action Model offered via public API that controls unseen robots on unseen tasks zero-shot, alongside a $90M seed round.
#robotics on Hacker News
56 stories tagged robotics, newest first.
9 Mothers (YC P26) Is Hiring in Austin, TX(9mothers.com)
0 points by ukd1 | 0 comments
Careers page for 9 Mothers, a YC-backed counter-drone defense startup in Austin listing seven onsite engineering and operations roles.
Microagi: Accelerating Embodied AGI(microagi.ai)
7 points by doener | 5 comments
Landing page for MicroAGI, a company focused on accelerating embodied AGI for robots, with a "deploy with us" call to action.
LabRobotBench v0.1: Benchmarking wet lab robotics(gamowlabs.com)
11 points by wardbradt | 1 comments
Gamow Labs research post introducing LabRobotBench v0.1, a benchmark for AI agents operating wet lab robotics in simulated lab environments.
I Built a Stereo Vision Board for Hardware Hackers(rootkitlabs.com)
121 points by machinehum | 19 comments
A blog post describing the design of a low-cost stereo vision board built on the Rockchip RV1103 SoC, covering the PCB, Buildroot Linux, and SAD-based depth processing.
The Robot I Didn't Expect to Build(spectrum.ieee.org)
57 points by bojackh | 38 comments
IEEE Spectrum feature by Agility Robotics co-founder Jonathan Hurst on the design path from ATRIAS and Cassie to the bulky, commercial Digit 5 warehouse humanoid.
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I built a drone with only one motor [video](youtube.com)
624 points by hakonjdjohnsen | 139 comments
YouTube video by Joshua Bird showing how he built and flew a drone that uses only a single motor.
Retired Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot(phillyvoice.com)
20 points by johnnyApplePRNG | 3 comments
PhillyVoice news article about a retired University of Pennsylvania professor arrested for blocking an Uber Eats delivery robot in Philadelphia.
Woman arrested after blocking delivery robot in Center City Philadelphia(6abc.com)
39 points by snarky-comments | 29 comments
6abc Action News report on a woman arrested after blocking an Avride delivery robot during a confrontation in Center City Philadelphia.
How to Train Your Robot(construction-physics.com)
124 points by crescit_eundo | 40 comments
Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter on how robots are trained and the role of training data and scaling in advancing robot AI capabilities.
AlphaNIST(alpha-nist.github.io)
82 points by jasonjmcghee | 30 comments
Project page for AlphaNIST, an end-to-end reinforcement learning policy for contact-rich, high-precision robotic assembly in simulation, with paper link and upcoming code.
Physical Intelligence API Beta: Frontier Models for Every Robot(pi.website)
48 points by modeless | 2 comments
Physical Intelligence blog post announcing the beta of its API for frontier robot foundation models, showcasing partner deployments across various robots.
Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics(developers.googleblog.com)
201 points by xnx | 45 comments
Google for Developers blog post announcing Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics, a Gemini model variant aimed at robotics applications.
"Robot" Is a Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not a Robot(robotgirlgang.com)
31 points by birdculture | 39 comments
A Robot Girl Gang blog post arguing that the term "robot" is a social construct, using the example of why a dishwasher is not considered a robot.
The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton(theconversation.com)
72 points by speckx | 39 comments
The Conversation article about the growing adoption of wearable exoskeletons, illustrated with a warehouse worker using a powered back-support exoskeleton.
AI firm HUMXN offers free plumbing and HVAC service in Minnesota to train robots(humxn.io)
29 points by brunomarsjams | 35 comments
HUMXN announcement of a free home service program in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Miami that collects real-world data to train AI and robots.
OpenWAM: An Open Framework for Composable World-Action Models(openwam.stanford.edu)
9 points by ilreb | 3 comments
Project page for OpenWAM, a Stanford open framework combining video prediction and robot control via composable world-action models on a causal video backbone.
Germany’s RobCo hits $1B valuation(techfundingnews.com)
319 points by dachworker | 297 comments
Tech Funding News article reporting that German industrial robotics startup RobCo has reached a $1 billion valuation, becoming Europe's newest robotics unicorn.
F.02 Decommission(figure.ai)
65 points by ad_hockey | 25 comments
Figure AI news post announcing the decommissioning of its Figure 02 (F.02) humanoid robot, with a linked YouTube video.
Show HN: JBR-001 – An open-source 3D printable desktop robot(projecthub.arduino.cc)
118 points by gvuksic | 28 comments
Arduino Project Hub page for JBR-001, an open-source 3D-printable desktop companion robot powered by Arduino UNO Q with camera, servos and object recognition.
Getting out of the way: my robotics crash course(thisismypersonalblog.com)
61 points by systemerror | 15 comments
Personal blog post by Rob Bercik recounting his crash course in robotics while building and working with an SO-101 robot arm.
HomeBody: A humanoid that explores, remembers, and acts on its own(tml.stanford.edu)
23 points by famouswaffles | 2 comments
Project page for HomeBody, a Stanford/Caltech research humanoid robot that autonomously explores a home environment, remembers it, and acts on its own.
The Cartesian Hand: In-Hand Manipulation with All-Linear Fingers(generalroboticslab.com)
87 points by AareyBaba | 12 comments
Project page from the General Robotics Lab presenting the Cartesian Hand, a robotic hand with all-linear fingers designed for in-hand manipulation.
Show HN: InstinctFlash – Run 5B world-action models in real time on Jetson Thor(github.com)
17 points by guanming0717 | 2 comments
GitHub repository for InstinctFlash, an AGPL-licensed high-performance serving runtime for robotics VLA and world-action models on RTX GPUs and Jetson Thor.
Motor Characterization for Small Running Robots (2016)(robot-daycare.com)
42 points by loughnane | 4 comments
A 2016 Robot Daycare blog post characterizing cheap hobby brushless motors to evaluate their suitability for small running robots like the Mini Cheetah.
Microduck(pollen-robotics.com)
721 points by robotswantdata | 229 comments
Product page for Microduck, a 25 cm open-source bipedal robot from Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face trained with reinforcement learning, pre-ordering for $399.
Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots(deepmind.google)
605 points by ai2027 | 490 comments
Google DeepMind blog post announcing Gemini Robotics 2, a model bringing whole-body intelligence to robots.
Xiaomi-Robotics-1(robotics.xiaomi.com)
495 points by ilreb | 317 comments
Project page for Xiaomi-Robotics-1, a robot foundation model trained on over 100K hours of real-world manipulation trajectories, with links to report, code, and model.
Mistral's Robostral Navigate: a state of the art robotics navigation model(mistral.ai)
454 points by ottomengis | 99 comments
Mistral AI announcement introducing Robostral Navigate, a robotics navigation model, shown with a demo of navigating an office space.
Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics(startupfortune.com)
896 points by ck2 | 380 comments
Startup Fortune article reporting Hyundai is buying SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, taking full ownership.
CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog”(aaedmusa.com)
443 points by hakonjdjohnsen | 54 comments
Aaed Musa's project page for CARA 2.0, a homemade quadruped robot dog that uses rope-based capstan speed reducers.
Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges(news.bloomberglaw.com)
599 points by nreece | 732 comments
Bloomberg Law news article reporting that iRobot, maker of the Roomba, filed for bankruptcy with control passing to its Chinese supplier and lender Shenzhen PICEA Robotics.
Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot(figure.ai)
378 points by lairv | 376 comments
Figure AI's announcement page introducing Figure 03, its third-generation humanoid robot, dated October 9, 2025.
OpenMower – An open source lawn mower(github.com)
532 points by rickcarlino | 166 comments
GitHub repository for OpenMower, an open source project to upgrade cheap robotic lawn mowers into RTK GPS-based smart mowing robots.
CARA – High precision robot dog using rope(aaedmusa.com)
972 points by hakonjdjohnsen | 168 comments
Project page for CARA, a homemade quadruped robot dog using rope-based capstan drives for high precision, with an embedded YouTube video.
Hand: open-source Robot Hand(github.com)
414 points by vineethy | 103 comments
GitHub repository from Pollen Robotics for AmazingHand, an open-source robot hand with CAD files, Arduino and Python control code, and assembly docs.
Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction(techcrunch.com)
480 points by boulos | 362 comments
TechCrunch article on Bedrock Robotics, a startup from ex-Waymo engineers that raised $80M to automate construction equipment like excavators.
Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills
552 points by charleszyong | 214 comments
Launch HN post for Vassar Robotics' $219 desktop robot arm kit based on LeRobot SO-101, with cameras and an MCP server letting LLMs invoke learned skills.
Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first(tudelft.nl)
343 points by picture | 299 comments
TU Delft news article reporting that its autonomous drone won the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi and beat human champion pilots.
Ask HN: How do I learn robotics in 2025?
331 points by srijansriv | 85 comments
An Ask HN post asking how to start learning robotics in 2025 to build something, noting tech giants dominate the conversation.
LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego(avalovelace1.github.io)
530 points by nkko | 135 comments
Project page for LegoGPT, a Carnegie Mellon research model that generates physically stable, buildable LEGO structures from text prompts, with paper, code, and demo links.
Gemini Robotics(deepmind.google)
887 points by meetpateltech | 532 comments
Google DeepMind blog post from March 2025 announcing Gemini Robotics, models that bring Gemini AI into physical robot control.
Making my first robot as a software engineer(github.com)
349 points by robertleoj | 63 comments
A GitHub markdown write-up by a software engineer describing how he built his first robot, a vision-controlled pen plotter.
Show HN: Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks(any-skin.github.io)
365 points by raunaqmb | 62 comments
Project page for AnySkin, a plug-and-play magnetic skin touch sensor for robots from NYU, CMU, Columbia and Meta, with paper, CAD files and design tool links.
Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project(decarpentier.nl)
364 points by steveridout | 42 comments
Blog post by Giliam de Carpentier describing the Carpentopod, a wireless walking wooden coffee table built from software-optimized leg mechanisms.
Show HN: We made a small and cheap network switch(docs.murexrobotics.com)
625 points by Hello9999901 | 155 comments
Documentation page from MUREX Robotics, a high school team, describing their open-source low-cost Ethernet networking switch board.
Low Cost Robot Arm(github.com)
457 points by pbrowne011 | 228 comments
GitHub repository for a low-cost robot arm, containing hardware design files, pictures, and Python code for Dynamixel servo control.
Show HN: OK-Robot: open, modular home robot framework for pick-and-drop anywhere(ok-robot.github.io)
494 points by MahiShafiullah | 103 comments
Project page for OK-Robot, an open, modular framework for zero-shot, language-conditioned pick-and-drop tasks by robots in arbitrary homes.
YC: Requests for Startups(ycombinator.com)
457 points by sarimkhalid | 483 comments
Y Combinator's Requests for Startups page listing idea categories YC wants founders to work on, such as ML for robotics, defense, manufacturing, and space.
I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner(willempennings.nl)
2346 points by dutchkiwifruit | 365 comments
Willem Pennings' personal project page describing a self-designed cube that balances itself on a corner, with photos of the build.
Show HN: Dobb·E – towards home robots with an open-source platform(dobb-e.com)
360 points by MahiShafiullah | 103 comments
Project page for Dobb·E, an open-source framework for teaching household robots manipulation tasks via imitation learning, with paper, code, and dataset links.
Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall(ethz.ch)
499 points by belter | 163 comments
ETH Zurich news article about researchers teaching an autonomous excavator to build a six-metre-high dry-stone wall from boulders and demolition debris.
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The coolest robot I've ever built [video](youtube.com)
331 points by superasn | 137 comments
A YouTube video by Thomas Burns showing a homemade robot with animatronic eyes and a small CRT screen as its mouth.
Disney packed big emotion into a little robot(spectrum.ieee.org)
361 points by rbanffy | 123 comments
IEEE Spectrum news article on how Disney combined animation techniques and reinforcement learning to create an expressive, free-roaming bipedal robot.
Toyota Research claims breakthrough in teaching robots new behaviors(tri.global)
362 points by geox | 222 comments
Toyota Research Institute announcement of a claimed breakthrough in teaching robots new behaviors; the page returned a CloudFront 403 error.
Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?
459 points by guzik | 604 comments
An Ask HN thread inviting founders of hardware startups (IoT, robotics, consumer electronics) to share what they are building.