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Evan Ackerman

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Covers:  Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Science, Emerging Technology
Senior editor at @IEEESpectrum. I hug robots.

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Evan Ackerman has been writing about science, robots, and emerging technology for over 10 years. After co-founding his own robotics blog in 2007, he began contributing to IEEE Spectrum in 2011. In addition to Spectrum, Evan’s work has appeared in a variety of other websites and magazines, and you may have heard him talking about robots on NPR’s Science Friday or the BBC World Service if you were listening at just the right time. Tracking down interesting robots has taken Evan to conferences and…

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Video Friday: Do We Need Superhuman Humanoid Robots? Original

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By Evan Ackerman Verified
| Fixing the Future
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Humanoids Summit Seoul: 22–23 September 2026, SEOUL IROS 2026: 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGH CoRL 2026: 9–12 November 2026, AUSTIN Enjoy today’s videos! This is very, very cool.
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Is Shipyard Welding the Right First Job for Humanoid Robots? Original

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By Evan Ackerman Verified
| Fixing the Future
Humanoids desperately need to stop making YouTube videos and get a job already, and Persona AI is one of the few humanoid companies which seems to be entirely focused on making that happen. Persona’s approach has been to carefully select a job that is economically viable for robots right now, and they’ve found one that was also the job of one of the very first industrial robots ever sold: welding.
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Persona AI Targets Shipyard Welding as First Job for Humanoid Robots

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By Evan Ackerman Verified
| Robot Today
Persona AI is focusing on shipyard welding as the initial application for its humanoid robots, leveraging the need for skilled labor in this sector. The company aims to fill a gap in the workforce, particularly as shipbuilding requires extensive linear welds, which humanoids can perform efficiently.
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