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Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.ICRA 2026: 1–5 June 2026, VIENNAEnjoy today’s videos!Suzumori Endo Lab, Science Tokyo has developed a dog musculoskeletal robot using thin McKibben muscles. This robot mimics the flexible “hammock-like” shoulder structure to investigate the biomechanical functions of dog musculoskeletal systems.[ Suzimori Endo Robotics Laboratory ]HOLEY SNAILBOT!!![ Freeform Robotics ]We present a system that transforms speech into physical objects using 3D generative AI…

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) isn’t just another ESG checkbox to tick off in an annual report. In this blog, Everest Group’s Peter Bendor-Samuel and Richard Sear bring together their perspectives from years of experience advising global enterprises and shaping advanced science and technology strategy. They argue that the urgency of climate change doesn’t leave us room for optimism dressed up as strategy. Instead of lofty promises or headline-grabbing announcements that fail to materialize, they call for a clear, business-driven approach, one grounded in innovation, scale, and economic reality. CCU isn’t fiction, but it’s not turnkey, either Carbon capture and…

The Transformer architecture revolutionized sequence modeling with its introduction of attention, a mechanism by which models look back at earlier inputs to prioritize relevant input data. However, computational cost increases drastically with sequence length, which limits the ability to scale Transformer-based models to extremely long contexts, such as those required for full-document understanding or genomic analysis.The research community explored various approaches for solutions, such as efficient linear recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and state space models (SSMs) like Mamba-2. These models offer fast, linear scaling by compressing context into a fixed-size. However, this fixed-size compression cannot adequately capture the rich information…

As the world relies on technology and data more and more, countless businesses have embraced new predictive tools. That includes predictive analytics software, which utilizes data to forecast everything from sales figures to supply chain issues. This invaluable tool uses machine learning to go through large volumes of data, saving businesses lots of time and money.  Not only can you access data faster than you previously could, but it’s also more in-depth and useful. This has led to the rise of real-time, in-depth predictive analytics, which have become crucial in risk management. Predictive analytics is inarguably the most useful way…

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models are increasingly shared across organizations, fine-tuned, and deployed in production systems. Cisco’s AI Defense offering includes a model file scanning tool designed to help organizations detect and mitigate risks in AI supply chains by verifying their integrity, scanning for malicious payloads, and ensuring compliance before deployment. Strengthening our ability to detect and neutralize these threats is critical for safeguarding both AI model integrity and operational security. Python pickle files comprise a large share of ML model files, but they introduce significant security risk because pickles can execute arbitrary code when loaded, even a…

Microsoft today pushed updates to fix at least 56 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and supported software. This final Patch Tuesday of 2025 tackles one zero-day bug that is already being exploited, as well as two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Despite releasing a lower-than-normal number of security updates these past few months, Microsoft patched a whopping 1,129 vulnerabilities in 2025, an 11.9% increase from 2024. According to Satnam Narang at Tenable, this year marks the second consecutive year that Microsoft patched over one thousand vulnerabilities, and the third time it has done so since its inception. The zero-day flaw…

VANCOUVER — A new Clean Energy Canada report finds that while B.C. faces a triple threat—more extreme heat days, energy bills contributing to affordability concerns, and worsening climate impacts—there is one simple solution that has the potential to ease all three: the humble heat pump. The report, More for Less, draws on independent modelling from McDiarmid Climate Consulting and finds that a provincewide switch to heat pumps for space heating and cooling—paired with a mix of electrified water heating technologies—would slash British Columbians’ collective electricity bills by $675 million a year. For individual households, this translates to savings of about…

I’m drawing a cut-out hole in CAShapeLayer using UIBezierPath, this is the code I have so far: let view = UIView( frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: CGSize(width: 500.0, height: 500.0)) ) view.backgroundColor = .clear let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer() shapeLayer.frame = view.bounds shapeLayer.fillColor = UIColor.systemMint.cgColor let mainPath = UIBezierPath( roundedRect: CGRect( origin: CGPoint(x: 50.0, y: 50.0), size: CGSize(width: 400.0, height: 400.0) ), cornerRadius: 10.0 ) let cutOutArc = UIBezierPath() cutOutArc.addArc( withCenter: CGPoint(x: 50.0, y: 250.0), radius: 50.0, startAngle: .pi / 2.0, endAngle: .pi + .pi / 2.0, clockwise: false ) cutOutArc.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 50.0, y: 200.0)) cutOutArc.close() mainPath.append(cutOutArc) shapeLayer.fillRule = .evenOdd shapeLayer.path =…

– Advertisement – Any 5G device that has been upgraded to Rel 17 NTN can directly connect to the satellite using an onboard module that supports NB-IoT. Barcelona-based To democratise access to the Internet of Things, Sateliot launched Sateliot_0 “The GroundBreaker,” the first-ever 5G standard LEO satellite. After three unsuccessful attempts due to weather, the launch took place Friday night at 11:47 p.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg US Space Force Base in California. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”block” ihc_mb_who=”unreg” ihc_mb_template=”1″ ]- Advertisement – The GroundBreaker is the first in a constellation of 250 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites that will serve as virtual…

What you need to knowDisney is dropping $1 billion into OpenAI to bring Sora into its ecosystem starting in 2026.Users will be able to generate short videos with 200+ licensed characters across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars.The deal excludes real actor likenesses and voices, meaning you can’t create clips with digital versions of the stars.Not long ago, the entertainment industry saw AI as a major threat. Now, Disney has changed direction by investing $1 billion in equity in OpenAI, marking a major shift in how studios work with generative AI.Beginning in early 2026, this partnership will connect OpenAI’s Sora…