Ready For Tomorrow #67

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From self-aware machines to warehouse arms that pick faster than my aunt grabs tomatoes at the market, this week delivered pure robotic gold. Here’s your short, sharp and slightly sarcastic recap of what went down.

MIT's robot looks in the mirror and learns its body. No sensors. Just vibes. And a camera.

MIT CSAIL dropped a bombshell with a new vision-only system that lets robots figure out how their body moves just by watching themselves.
It’s called Neural Jacobian Fields and yes, it does sound like a sci-fi metal band.

The robot wiggles, observes the outcome and builds an understanding of its own body. Think baby discovering its limbs, but nerdier.

No CAD files. No sensors. Just camera plus AI equals self-awareness.
They imagine a world where you film your robot with your phone and it teaches itself how to move.
I just want to remember where I parked. We are clearly on different journeys.

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Comau shows up at Automatica and says “We have cobots, AMRs and exoskeletons. Beat that”

At Automatica 2025 in Munich, Europe’s biggest robotics trade show, Italian automation giant Comau made some noise.

Here’s what they brought
MyCo: collaborative robots with 3 to 15 kilogram payloads, human-friendly
MyMR: autonomous mobile robots that carry up to 1500 kilograms
N-WG: modular spot welding guns that are serviceable in minutes
MATE: lightweight wearable exoskeletons that support your arms during overhead work

Why should you care? Because ergonomics is back in fashion. It’s smarter to support workers than replace them.
Welcome to the age of bionic teams in steel-toe boots

FANUC releases RoboGuide V10. Simulate like a boss

FANUC quietly launched RoboGuide V10, and this version is much more than a UI upgrade.

Now it’s 64-bit, comes with a modern ribbon interface, floating windows, better CAD handling and even VR support.
Yes, you can walk through your digital production line wearing goggles like a warehouse wizard.

The real value? You can build, simulate and debug your robot program offline.
That means fewer surprises, less downtime and significantly fewer moments of yelling "why is this not working" into the void.

RISE Robotics lifts more than four fully loaded Matiz cars. Seriously

RISE Robotics secured 2.5 million dollars in funding to push their hydraulic-free actuator system called Beltdraulic.

Their prototype arm, SuperJammer, lifted 3,182 kilograms.
That’s roughly the weight of four fully loaded Daewoo Matiz cars. No oil. No leaks. Just steel belts and clever engineering.

It’s cleaner, quieter and more energy efficient than traditional hydraulics.
Already in use with the US Air Force and other partners, it feels like the Spotify of actuators.
Hydraulics had a good run. Now it’s time for the belts.

Brightpick’s Autopicker 2.0 works like a warehouse worker. But faster. And it doesn’t complain

Brightpick unveiled Autopicker 2.0, a fully autonomous warehouse robot that performs 70 to 80 picks per hour
That’s human-level speed but without the coffee breaks or motivational posters.

Its standout trick is picking in motion. The robot moves to the next task while still completing the last one.
It also comes with smarter AI, a smaller body, longer battery life, LiDAR, 3D vision and even a giraffe-style high-reach arm.

And you don’t need to buy it outright. It’s available in a RaaS subscription model starting at 1,900 dollars a month.
Like Netflix, but instead of streaming shows, it organizes your warehouse.

And that’s your robotic rollercoaster for the week.

MIT made robots self-aware, Comau gave them biceps, FANUC gave them a brain, RISE gave them gains, and Brightpick made them clock in for warehouse duty.

If next week a robot learns to file taxes, I’m out.

Catch you next Sunday. Stay curious. Stay skeptical. And remember: the future’s already knocking

Cheers, Jacek