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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,131 stories
Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots↗ deepmind.google · HN · 558 comments · 620 points · Jul 30, 2026
Xiaomi-Robotics-1↗ robotics.xiaomi.com · HN · 325 comments · 528 points · Jul 20, 2026
Mistral's Robostral Navigate: a state of the art robotics navigation model↗ mistral.ai · HN · 111 comments · 488 points · Jul 08, 2026
Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself↗ makerspet.com · HN · 98 comments · 480 points · Jul 02, 2026
Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones↗ dronexl.co · HN · 317 comments · 720 points · Jun 11, 2026
20251,187 stories
CARA – High precision robot dog using rope↗ aaedmusa.com · HN · 182 comments · 1073 points · Jul 23, 2025
Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 386 comments · 518 points · Jul 16, 2025
Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A soft tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL↗ matthieulc.com · HN · 107 comments · 610 points · Jul 15, 2025
Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 219 comments · 580 points · Jun 10, 2025
Gemini Robotics↗ deepmind.google · HN · 561 comments · 933 points · Mar 12, 2025
20241,135 stories
Show HN: Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks↗ any-skin.github.io · HN · 66 comments · 390 points · Sep 20, 2024
Open Source Farming Robot↗ farm.bot · HN · 356 comments · 714 points · Aug 03, 2024
Robot dentist performs first human procedure↗ newatlas.com · HN · 369 comments · 351 points · Jul 31, 2024
Low Cost Robot Arm↗ github.com · HN · 248 comments · 489 points · Apr 02, 2024
Show HN: OK-Robot: open, modular home robot framework for pick-and-drop anywhere↗ ok-robot.github.io · HN · 110 comments · 542 points · Feb 23, 2024
20231,006 stories
On Robots Killing People↗ schneier.com · HN · 7 comments · 17 points · Sep 12, 2023
Factorio Friday Facts #374 – Smarter robots↗ factorio.com · HN · 14 comments · 27 points · Sep 01, 2023
Todo apps are meant for robots↗ frantic.im · HN · 15 comments · 24 points · Jul 16, 2023
Show HN:Matic Robot – A privacy-preserving autonomous home robot built w/ Rust↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 5 comments · 16 points · Apr 20, 2023
Show HN: Matic: A reimagined robot vacuum that actually works↗ matician.com · HN · 0 comments · 13 points · Apr 12, 2023
20221,077 stories
Robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less chemicals [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 303 comments · 792 points · Nov 16, 2022
Lego Is Discontinuing Mindstorms↗ brickfanatics.com · HN · 192 comments · 578 points · Oct 26, 2022
Asking robots to design stained glass windows↗ astralcodexten.substack.com · HN · 137 comments · 477 points · May 30, 2022
300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools' Day↗ dallasobserver.com · HN · 153 comments · 385 points · Apr 05, 2022
Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots↗ twitter.com · HN · 424 comments · 400 points · Feb 18, 2022
20211,080 stories
Show HN: I built four eight-foot-long handwriting robots↗ twitter.com · HN · 164 comments · 408 points · Sep 19, 2021
Where are the robotic bricklayers?↗ constructionphysics.substack.com · HN · 543 comments · 452 points · Aug 03, 2021
Open Source Farming Robot↗ farm.bot · HN · 227 comments · 409 points · Jun 25, 2021
Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers↗ freethink.com · HN · 464 comments · 684 points · Apr 26, 2021
How Boston Dynamics Taught Its Robots to Dance↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 200 comments · 368 points · Jan 07, 2021
20201,009 stories
Servo’s new home↗ blog.servo.org · HN · 308 comments · 1025 points · Nov 17, 2020
Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like?↗ mockmechanics.com · HN · 149 comments · 719 points · Oct 29, 2020
What's the future of Servo?↗ github.com · HN · 418 comments · 578 points · Aug 14, 2020
I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 114 comments · 560 points · Jul 15, 2020
Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, clever robot design↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 375 comments · 524 points · Jul 14, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

One year of sponsored Servo development↗ servo.org · HN · 144 comments · 358 points · Sep 17, 2026
The Cartesian Hand: In-Hand Manipulation with All-Linear Fingers↗ generalroboticslab.com · HN · 14 comments · 99 points · Sep 26, 2026
OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm↗ github.com · HN · 57 comments · 215 points · Sep 13, 2026
GPT-6 Astra on robot arms↗ openai.robocurve.org · HN · 190 comments · 242 points · Sep 06, 2026
Roboharm: Do frontier robot policies refuse unsafe instructions?↗ robocurve.org · HN · 23 comments · 60 points · Sep 21, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

One year of sponsored Servo development↗ servo.org · HN · 144 comments · 358 points · Sep 17, 2026
GPT-6 Astra on robot arms↗ openai.robocurve.org · HN · 190 comments · 242 points · Sep 06, 2026
OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm↗ github.com · HN · 57 comments · 215 points · Sep 13, 2026
Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development↗ norirobotics.com · HN · 66 comments · 201 points · Sep 01, 2026
Reasons robotics is hard↗ secondthoughts.ai · HN · 78 comments · 131 points · Sep 02, 2026
The Cartesian Hand: In-Hand Manipulation with All-Linear Fingers↗ generalroboticslab.com · HN · 14 comments · 99 points · Sep 26, 2026
Roboharm: Do frontier robot policies refuse unsafe instructions?↗ robocurve.org · HN · 23 comments · 60 points · Sep 21, 2026
Motor Characterization for Small Running Robots (2016)↗ robot-daycare.com · HN · 6 comments · 51 points · Sep 21, 2026
Teleoperated Humans↗ jefftk.com · HN · 46 comments · 43 points · Sep 20, 2026
AI Robots – When will they be in our homes↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 47 comments · 42 points · Sep 14, 2026

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