Subscribe

Latest Post written about

physical-ai

Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead — From Face-Plants to Foundation Models

Part 1 of 2, Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead. What the DARPA Robotics Challenge Actually Built—and Why It Still Matters

In March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan. Radiation and structural damage made parts of the facility too dangerous for people to enter, yet the available robots could do little more than observe from a distance.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 28, 2026 in Physical AI. 13 min read time
Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead — From Face-Plants to Foundation Models

Part 1 of 2, Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead. What the DARPA Robotics Challenge Actually Built—and Why It Still...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 28, 2026
Read more 13 min read time
Tactile-Based Robot Centering as a Capability for Dexterous Manipulation

A robot does not always grip a part exactly where intended. Vision may guide the gripper close, but camera calibration, part...

Marc Giguère
By Marc Giguère
on Jul 22, 2026
Read more 2 min read time
How Robotiq Built the TSF-85 Tactile Sensor to the Spec of the Human Hand

Read the full technical article from Jennifer Kwiatkowski on Tech Brief.For teams building contact-rich manipulation, tactile...

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Jul 08, 2026
Read more 3 min read time
Robotiq releases TSF-85 Tactile Sensor Digital Twin on NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Also read NVIDIA's COMPUTEX coverage, where Robotiq appears alongside the latest Isaac GR00T updates.

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Jun 02, 2026
Read more 3 min read time
The economics of Physical AI: Why data quality beats scale

To reach the level of robustness the Physical AI community aspires to, namely generalist policies deployable zero-shot on...

Nicolas Lauzier
By Nicolas Lauzier
on May 14, 2026
Read more 4 min read time
How tactile sensing improves model performance

Vision-language-action models are the current state of the art in robotic manipulation. They still cannot pick up a potato chip...

Jennifer Kwiatkowski
By Jennifer Kwiatkowski
on May 07, 2026
Read more 4 min read time
Why Physical AI isn't scaling yet, and what's holding it back

Physical AI is advancing quickly.

AI models can now recognize objects, plan actions, and adapt to new tasks. But despite this...

Linnea Bruce
By Linnea Bruce
on Apr 21, 2026
Read more 5 min read time
AI can decide. But can it act? The missing layer in Physical AI

Artificial intelligence has made impressive progress.

Models can classify images, generate text, and even plan complex...

Louis-Alexis Demers
By Louis-Alexis Demers
on Apr 16, 2026
Read more 5 min read time
Scaling Physical AI: Why grippers and sensors matter for real-world robotics

Physical AI is evolving quickly.

From imitation learning to foundation models, robotics teams are making real progress toward...

Marc Giguère
By Marc Giguère
on Apr 09, 2026
Read more 6 min read time

Leave a comment