Six Degrees of Robotics
Aaron PratherYour Weekly Look At What Is Going On In Robotics And How It Is All Connected
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Robot Dexterity Has a Benchmarking Problem
"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it."— Peter Drucker
Robot dexterity is having a moment. Manipulators are folding laundry, sorting parcels, picking fragile tomatoes off a line, and handing tools to workers on factory floors. Y...
Manipulation Is the New Frontier
“Without hands there would be no humanity.” — André Leroi-Gourhan
On May 18, 2026, Boston Dynamics posted a video that, on its surface, was almost mundane. Its electric Atlas humanoid bent its knees, wrapped both arms around a 23-kilogra...
Why the Biggest Threat to Robotics Isn’t Technical
“Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.” - Lewis Mumford
Late one afternoon at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, a humanoid robot stood beneath the open belly of a cargo aircraft and carefully moved...
China Just Made Physical AI the Center of Its Economy. What's Washington's Answer?
“Control the infrastructure, and you control the possibilities.” — Susan Crawford
When the National People’s Congress adopted China’s 15th Five-Year Plan in March, the Western reaction settled quickly into a familiar groove. Commentary f...
The Quiet Robotics Revolution: How SMEs Are Actually Automating in 2026
“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” — William Gibson
A 60-person metal-fab shop in the English Midlands is running an extra shift this quarter. There’s no humanoid, no headline-grabbing AGI pilot, no glossy “l...
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