Tesla has filed a US patent application for a touch-sensitive “skin” that can be molded around robot fingers and palms, potentially providing humanoid robots with a scalable way of detecting contact, force and pressure. The application, US 2026/0310299 A1, was published on October 8 and describes a manufacturing process in which tactile sensors can be […]

Skild AI has demonstrated a new self-play training approach that enables robots to develop physical skills without relying on human demonstrations, using its S1 robotics foundation model to learn soccer through more than 140 years of simulated play. The company says the technique could eventually allow robots to acquire increasingly complex skills in factories, construction […]