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SMART and NUS pioneer neural blueprint for human-like intelligence in soft robots - Robotics & Automation News

The research conducted at SMART was supported by the National Research Foundation Singapore under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme. Main image: The soft robotic arm can safely operate close to the human body without causing discomfort or injury. The AI control system is well-suited for assistive scenarios like showering, where the arm can help wipe the back – supporting people with limited mobility and easing the load on caregivers (Photo credit: NUS) ### Share this: [...] This breakthrough brings soft robotics closer to human-like adaptability for real-world applications, such as in assistive robotics, rehabilitation robots, and wearable or medical soft robots, by making them more intelligent, versatile and safe. Unlike regular robots that move using rigid motors and joints, soft robots are made from flexible materials such as soft rubber and move using special actuators – components that act like artificial muscles to produce physical motion. While their flexibility makes them ideal for delicate or adaptive tasks, controlling soft robots has always been a challenge because their shape changes in unpredictable ways. [...] “This work redefines what’s possible in soft robotics. We’ve shifted the paradigm from task-specific tuning and capabilities toward a truly generalisable framework with human-like intelligence. It is a breakthrough that opens the door to scalable, intelligent soft machines capable of operating in real-world environments,” said Professor Cecilia Laschi, Principal Investigator at M3S, Provost’s Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Design and Engineering and Director of the Advanced Robotics Centre at NUS, and co-corresponding author of the paper.

KinetIQ framework from Humanoid orchestrates robot fleets - The Robot Report

Home News Technologies + Batteries / Power Supplies + Cameras / Imaging / Vision + Controllers + End Effectors + Microprocessors / SoCs + Motion Control + Sensors + Soft Robotics + Software / Simulation Development + Artificial Intelligence + Human Robot Interaction / Haptics + Mobility / Navigation + Research Robots + AGVs + AMRs + Consumer + Collaborative Robots + Drones + Humanoids + Industrial + Self-Driving Vehicles + Unmanned Maritime Systems Business + Financial - Investments - Mergers & Acquisitions - Earnings + Markets - Agriculture - Healthcare - Logistics - Manufacturing - Mining - Security + RBR50 - RBR50 Winners 2025 - RBR50 Winners 2024 - RBR50 Winners 2023 [...] Working in unison across multiple embodiments and timescales, Humanoids claimed that the four cognitive layers of KinetIQ can achieve complex goals that require fleet orchestration, reasoning, dexterous manipulation, dynamic recovery, and stability control. --- ### Tell Us What You Think! Cancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. #### Related Articles Read More > ##### How ADR and Intel went underground with edge AI ##### Stanford, Princeton scientists launch MedOS AI-XR-cobot clinical system ##### LimX Dynamics picks up $200M for humanoid robot expansion ##### Overland AI raises $100M to scale autonomy with the U.S. armed forces ## Search The Robot Report [...] - RBR50 Winners 2024 - RBR50 Winners 2023 - RBR50 Winners 2022 - RBR50 Winners 2021 Resources + Automated Warehouse Research Reports + Digital Issues + eBooks + Publications - Automated Warehouse - Collaborative Robotics Trends + Search Robotics Database + Videos + Webinars / Digital Events Events + RoboBusiness + Robotics Summit & Expo + DeviceTalks + R&D 100 + Robotics Weeks Podcast + Episodes Advertise Subscribe

This Video of Hilariously Slow Robots Putting Olive Oil in a Bag Is Actually Pretty Impressive - Gizmodo

Explore more on these topics humanoid robots Share this story Copied! ## Join our Newsletters Subscribe and interact with our community, get up to date with our customised Newsletters and much more. ## Related Articles ### Something Is Making Humanoid Robot Makers Worry: The Robots Suck This entire product category is starting to look like a bunch of overpriced junk. Robots Mike Pearl ### Humanoid Robot Hype Is Officially Scaring China China says do something interesting with your humanoid robot or GTFO. Robots Mike Pearl ### Tesla Reportedly Shuts Down AI Project Weeks After Musk Called It “Spectacular” [...] In this video, just released today, Humanoid is demonstrating a conceptual system it calls KinetIQ, a combination of interlinked pieces of AI software and robot hardware, meant to, theoretically, coordinate and carry out complex tasks across home and industrial settings. “Each layer treats the layer below as a set of tools, orchestrating them via prompting and tool use to achieve goals set from above,” according to a descriptive statement from Humanoid. If you watch the first part of this video and all you see is a robot in a kitchen doing literally nothing, you’re actually meant to be seeing the robot as one appendage in a super-entity, conveying the verbal instructions it received from its human to its counterparts, the warehouse robots with wheels. [...] But it should also give you some pause when it comes to big promises from tech leaders about companies like Hyundai and Tesla reinventing factories by filling them with hyper-competent humanoid robots. This is unproven technology, and tech companies are increasingly worried about that. So if you’re watching a video in 2026 where robots prance, twerk, or make cocktails, what you’re seeing is little more than a sizzle reel, designed to stimulate wonderment and little else. Or you’re just missing the fine print where it says you’re actually looking at a human-controlled robot. If, on the other hand, you see a robot shambling, shuffling around, and struggling to open a dishwasher, pay attention. That boring video might just tell you something about where this technology currently is.

Deft Robotics Secures Seed Funding to Tackle Manufacturing’s “Last 20%” with AI-Powered Humanoid Robots - Wowtale

Next up, Deft plans to expand beyond North America into manufacturing facilities worldwide, building out its data pipeline and refining its AI models to steadily push robot autonomy higher. ### MORE FROM THE POST CarbonSix Raises $4.3M Seed Round to Advance AI-Driven Manufacturing Automation ‘A.PLA’ Secures Investment to Advance AI-Powered 3D Motion Solutions Magnendo Gains Backing from BASS Ventures, Kakao Ventures for Robotic Brain Neurotherapy Holiday Robotics Secures KRW 17.5 Billion in Seed Funding for Humanoid Robot Development The Invention Lab Completed pre-Series A investment for FutureGate and dSPECTER #### Share ## 버섯돌이(Taehyun Kim) ### Leave a Reply Cancel reply ## Most Read 1 TeamKai Secures Seed Funding for AI Customer Service Agent Platform 2 [...] PlugLink Secures $13.8M to Accelerate EV Charging… 3 1ST Biotherapeutics Closes $21.8M Series D, Taps IPO… 4 [[Korean Startup Weekly News #104] South Korea Unveils…]( 5 Korean AI Cloud Startup aieev Secures $415K Pre-Series A Investment ### Wow Partners, Inc. TIN : 469-87-00966 5th Floor, Room S9, 12, Daewangpangyo-ro 645beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea Registration Number : Gyeonggi, A53600 Publisher/Editor : Taehyun Kim Registration date : April 14, 2023 Issue date : March 6, 2019 Youth Protection Officer : Jongchul Kim Tel : 010-4712-2002 YouTube Facebook X LinkedIn RSS Feed Copyright (c) 2023 WOWTALE. All rights reserved. No reprinting, redistribution, or use of AI learning without permission. [...] Founded by Shinhee Lee (CEO) and Jungwon Shin (CTO), Deft Robotics builds drop-in automation workcells using wheeled humanoid robots for automotive and electronics manufacturers. The company operates as a systems integrator tackling the messy, unpredictable tasks that conventional industrial robots simply can’t handle. Where traditional industrial robots shine at repetitive work in controlled settings, Deft Robotics focuses on AI-powered perception and learning that lets robots adapt on the fly. The goal is automating tasks that need human judgment—aligning parts, inserting cables, flexible assembly—pushing into territory machines haven’t been able to crack.