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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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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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