It’s really important for robotics to be as open source as possible,” says Clément Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face.

When Figure AI, a high-profile humanoid robot startup, announced a commercial agreement with automaker BMW early last year, it was a signal to venture investors and the rest of the robotics ...

This work offers new ideas and routes for the development of micro-robots. "Future applications include equipment diagnostics, geological surveys, and hazardous environment operations," Zhang said.