Robots were legion in the aisles of VivaTech, testifying to the spectacular advances in robotics. The Chinese company Unitree Robotics particularly made an impression by presenting the European exclusivity of its very first functional humanoid robot. This articulated biped, derived from Unitree’s famous range of quadruped robots, performed demonstrations of dynamic movements that attracted amazed crowds. “Robotics has reached a new milestone this year,” noted an observer seeing the crowd gathered in front of this humanoid, a scene still unthinkable not long ago. On the utility robot side, quadrupeds from Unitree or the American Boston Dynamics showed how machines can assist humans, from industrial inspection to rescue in dangerous zones. And what about space? Notably, space tech is now inviting itself to VivaTech, driven in particular by progress in robotics. We thus discovered projects for swarm micro-robots to explore the Moon or Mars, capable of operating where traditional rovers reach their limits. Airbus took advantage of the show to communicate on its research into astronaut assistance robots and its future orbital platforms. Space was also present via the startup Latitude (formerly Venture Orbital Systems) which develops satellite micro-launchers, or by the delegation of the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) highlighting collaborations with NewSpace startups. Finally, the convergence between AI and robotics was illustrated by NVIDIA: Jensen Huang announced the creation of the first industrial AI cloud in Europe, intended notably to train and simulate intelligent robots in virtual factories. A way to emphasize that robotics, on Earth as in space, will fully benefit from computing power and digital twins. From humanoids to space robots, VivaTech 2025 offered an exhilarating panorama of the latest technological frontier about to be conquered.
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