Everyone asks if Atlas can bring them a drink, but this robot can bring you the whole fridge. Using AI-driven behaviors, Atlas is doing hard work and coordinating its whole body to manage heavy objects, balancing complex contact points with accuracy and reliability.
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The Allonic Hand Mk2 is a fully biomimetic robotic hand with braided tendons and pulleys, showcasing what 3D Tissue Braiding enables.
Video Credit: Allonic
Spot robot performs dynamic whole-body manipulation using a combination of reinforcement learning and sampling-based control. The behavior shown in the video is fully autonomous, including dynamic selection of contacts on the arm, legs, and body, and coordination between the manipulation and locomotion processes.
The tire weighs 15 kg (33 lbs), making its mass and inertial energy significant compared to the weight of the robot. An external motion capture system was used to simplify perception, and an external computer connected via WiFi performed the intensive computational operations.
Video Credit: RAI Institute
This video shows two ends of the same learning spectrum: a highly dynamic athletic maneuver and robust, human-like walking. The walking was debuted on the CES 2026 stage. Both are enabled by a whole-body learning framework developed by the RAI Institute and deployed by Boston Dynamics. These results reflect progress toward robust, generalist humanoid behavior that transfers zero-shot from simulation to physical performance.
Video Credit: Boston Dynamics
"Roadrunner” is a new bipedal wheeled robot prototype designed for multi-modal locomotion. It weighs around 15kg (33 lb.) and can seamlessly switch between its side-by-side and in-line wheel modes and stepping configurations depending on what is required for navigating its environment. The robot’s legs are entirely symmetric, allowing it to point its knees forward or backward, which can be used to avoid obstacles or manage specific movements.
A single control policy was trained to handle both side-by-side and in-line driving. Several behaviors, including standing up from various ground configurations and balancing on one wheel, were successfully deployed zero-shot on the hardware.
Video Credit: RAI Institute
In Science Robotics, researchers from the Tangible Media group led by Professor Hiroshi Ishii, together with colleagues from Politecnico di Bari, present Electrofluidic Fiber Muscles: a new class of artificial muscle fibers for robots and wearables.
Unlike the rigid servo motors used in most robots, these fiber-shaped muscles are soft and flexible. They combine electrohydrodynamic (EHD) fiber pumps — slender tubes that move liquid using electric fields to generate pressure silently, with no moving parts — with fluid-filled fiber actuators.
These artificial muscles could enable more agile untethered robots, as well as wearable assistive systems with compact actuation integrated directly into textiles.
Video Credit: MIT Media Lab