Hacker News - Newest: ""robot" "robotics" "robots""https://news.ycombinator.com/newestHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:07:17 +0000<![CDATA[Solving a Giant Rubik's Cube with a Quadruped Robot]]>Article URL: https://leggedrobotics.github.io/rubik-skills/

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]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:09:39 +0000https://leggedrobotics.github.io/rubik-skills/thedreammachinehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220510https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220510<![CDATA[Show HN: 27B open model to grade robot data 48x cheaper/27x faster vs. 6 Astra]]>Article URL: https://twitter.com/josefchen/status/2113687649131336039

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]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:32:24 +0000https://twitter.com/josefchen/status/2113687649131336039josefchenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50217573https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50217573<![CDATA[Biggest Fails from the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in China [video]]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgnBN8BLc-o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215485

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:18:33 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgnBN8BLc-oaanethttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215485https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215485<![CDATA[RoboJev: Grade robot task success 48x cheaper than 6 Astra]]>Article URL: https://huggingface.co/spaces/josefchen/RoboJev

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213160

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:13:09 +0000https://huggingface.co/spaces/josefchen/RoboJevjosefchenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213160https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213160<![CDATA[Do pricier robot vacuums get better reviews? 737 reviews]]>Article URL: https://www.bettascore.ai/research/robot-vacuum-prices

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50212341

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:16:30 +0000https://www.bettascore.ai/research/robot-vacuum-pricestsxnghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50212341https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50212341<![CDATA[Benchmarking Multimodal Agents for Robot Use Across Diverse Tasks, Embodiments]]>Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10409

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:08:07 +0000https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10409devyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211266https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211266<![CDATA[The Miniaturization of Military Robots]]>Article URL: https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/10/23/the-miniaturization-of-military-robots/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50208731

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:33:17 +0000https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/10/23/the-miniaturization-of-military-robots/snarky-commentshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50208731https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50208731<![CDATA[A live zoo of bots visiting one site, with a trap for those ignoring robots.txt]]>Article URL: https://crawlerzoo.com/

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:58:57 +0000https://crawlerzoo.com/entryleveljobschttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50208296https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50208296<![CDATA[Robot Will Draw Your Blood Now]]>Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/blood-draw-robot-vitestro-aletta

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:11:09 +0000https://spectrum.ieee.org/blood-draw-robot-vitestro-alettadonk8rhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206694https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206694<![CDATA[Fortescue is using KUKA welding robots to handle 6 MW charging cables]]>Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/10/22/fortescue-is-using-kuka-welding-robots-to-handle-6-mw-charging-cables-video/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206190

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]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:57:31 +0000https://electrek.co/2026/10/22/fortescue-is-using-kuka-welding-robots-to-handle-6-mw-charging-cables-video/cischttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206190https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206190<![CDATA[Backdoored robot tries its hand at finger chopping and cat cooking]]>Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/backdoored-robot-tries-its-hand-at-finger-chopping-and-cat-cooking/5304870

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:21:46 +0000https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/backdoored-robot-tries-its-hand-at-finger-chopping-and-cat-cooking/5304870Benderhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200482https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200482<![CDATA[Delivery robots have moved to the street]]>Article URL: https://brandondonnelly.com/delivery-robots-have-moved-to-the-street/

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:22:32 +0000https://brandondonnelly.com/delivery-robots-have-moved-to-the-street/speckxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50199157https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50199157<![CDATA[AI-powered robots can be tricked into slicing off fingers]]>Article URL: https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-powered-robot-slices-fingers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195373

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:53:47 +0000https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-powered-robot-slices-fingers/nephihahahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195373https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195373<![CDATA[Kansas farm equipment factory will put humanoid robots to work in 2027]]>Article URL: https://www.techspot.com/news/114297-kansas-farm-equipment-factory-put-humanoid-robots-work.html

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:58:29 +0000https://www.techspot.com/news/114297-kansas-farm-equipment-factory-put-humanoid-robots-work.htmlspeckxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194714https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194714<![CDATA[Huang shrugs off protestors to kick off GTC Berlin with DSX Pods, Robots]]>Article URL: https://www.nextplatform.com/control/2026/10/21/huang-shrugs-off-protestors-to-kick-off-gtc-berlin-with-dsx-pods-robots/5304447

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:44:17 +0000https://www.nextplatform.com/control/2026/10/21/huang-shrugs-off-protestors-to-kick-off-gtc-berlin-with-dsx-pods-robots/5304447rbanffyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194574https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194574<![CDATA[Show HN: VLDA-learn compact Deltas as actionable transition interfaces for robot]]>Introducing LoongForge-VLDA, a Vision-Language-Delta-Action model trained with LoongForge: 98.5% on LIBERO, 84.5% zero-shot on LIBERO-Plus, and +17–18 points over π0.5 on real robots

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:30:11 +0000https://baidu-baige.github.io/LoongForge/projects/vlda.htmlnullnonenilNULLhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194415https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194415<![CDATA[Talking to the robots (my first encounter with an AI agent)]]>Article URL: https://blog.excelpricefeed.com/2026/10/22/talking-to-the-robots/

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]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:29:01 +0000https://blog.excelpricefeed.com/2026/10/22/talking-to-the-robots/andysinclairhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50193919https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50193919<![CDATA[Asimov-1 $20000 open source DIY human robot]]>Article URL: https://menlo.ai/asimov-1

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]]>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:26:40 +0000https://menlo.ai/asimov-1vpjhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185381https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185381<![CDATA[The Robot I Didn't Expect to Build]]>Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/agility-robotics-digit-5-redesign

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50178003

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]]>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:23:25 +0000https://spectrum.ieee.org/agility-robotics-digit-5-redesignsohkamyunghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50178003https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50178003<![CDATA[Delivery Robots Accused of Scanning Customers' Faces and Sharing Biometric Data]]>Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/chicago-food-delivery-robots-biometric-data-lawsuits-16ead54eb7dc7c6eacbf011c53b9b20d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176483

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]]>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:38:03 +0000https://apnews.com/article/chicago-food-delivery-robots-biometric-data-lawsuits-16ead54eb7dc7c6eacbf011c53b9b20darmcathttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176483https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176483