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.ICRA 2026: 1–5 June 2026, VIENNARSS 2026: 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEYSummer School on Multi-Robot Systems: 29 July–4 August 2026, PRAGUEActuate 2026: 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCOEnjoy today’s videos!What is the right number of legs for a robot? Two? Four? No, the answer is obviously all of them. All of the legs.[ Argus ]Sigh, yet another skill that I as a soccer-playing human should have but a robot has instead: the rabona.[ Boston Dynamics ]Robots are rapidly becoming part of our everyday lives, from drones and industrial machines to home assistants and humanoid robots. As their presence continues to grow, an important question arises: how can we choose the right robot—not only in terms of performance and cost, but also in terms of sustainability? This video introduces the Eco‑Score for Robots, a new approach to evaluating the environmental impact of robotic systems. Just as eco-labels help consumers make informed choices in other industries, the Robotics Eco‑Label provides a clear and transparent way to assess how sustainable a robot truly is.[ Robotics EcoLabel ]Thanks, Bram!Uh oh, five-fingered hands.[ Agility ]Robotic manipulation has come a long way since the 1990s. We’ve gone from the two-ball paddle juggling robot to AthenaZero, who can juggle barehanded using onboard vision feedback. By moving away from task-specific passive end-effectors such as cups or paddles and using multi-fingered hands, it can transition between a wide range of patterns including cascade, half-shower, tennis, shower, and box.There needs to be a robot circus show already.[ Robotics and AI Institute ]Zero legs. One hat. $13k.[ Astribot ]From its elegant design to the advanced technology powering every step, Luna is more than a machine—it’s a leap into the future.[ LimX Dynamics ]Thanks, Jinyan!You got a quadrotor in my quadruped! No, you got a quadruped in my quadrotor![ MARS Laboratory ]A human hand, a robot’s arm—together tracing circles of trust and precision. No missteps. No hesitation. Just pure, algorithmic grace.[ UBTECH ]Low gravity planetary exploration with a quadruped just looks like fun.[ Autonomous Robots Lab ]Here it is, that robot Kool-Aid that everyone seems to be drinking. Including me![ Generalist ]Don’t shoot Mini Pupper![ MangDang ]We show here the ARISTO (Anthropomorphic, Robotic, Integrated-Sensing, Tendon-Operated) Hand. Developed in collaboration with Sony Group Corporation, this research platform is engineered to address the complex requirements of manipulating small, thin, and fragile objects.[ University of Texas Human Centered Robotics Lab ]Okay but did you really have to call it the T800?[ EngineAI ]Moby shows what useful mobile manipulation looks like in the real world: picking up, carrying, and placing adaptable payloads. The video shows payload handling across increasing crate loads, including a 50.3-lb load, while maintaining balance, control, and mobility. This is the kind of capability that matters outside the lab—moving real objects, in real spaces, with practical reliability.[ Noble Machines ]What does it take to make a robot look human? Harvard SEAS students Hailey Block, Henry Tavistock, and Evan Crowley created “Hollow Minds,” a pair of animatronic heads capable of speaking, blinking, tracking movement, and displaying lifelike facial expressions.[ Harvard University ]The longevity here is impressive, but the obvious question here is why the heck you’d ever do this task with a bipedal humanoid robot. It also doesn’t seem to have any error recovery, which is obviously fixable, but highlights the fact that real humans are versatile and humanoid robots are not.[ Figure ]Kacper Nowicki, CEO and Co-Founder, Nomagic, recently sat down for a deep dive into the “humanoid vs. purpose-built” debate during a panel discussion at the Web Summit in Vancouver 2026.[ Nomagic ]