Video Friday: Humans and Robots Team Up in Battlefield Triage

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, VIENNAEnjoy today’s videos! One of my favorite parts of robotics is watching research collide with non-roboticists in the real (or real-ish) world.[ DARPA ]Spot will put out fires for you. Eventually. If it feels like it.[ Mechatronic and Robotic Systems Laboratory ]All those robots rising out of their crates is not sinister at all.[ LimX ]The Lynx M20 quadruped robot recently completed an extreme cold-weather field test in Yakeshi, Hulunbuir, operating reliably in temperatures as low as –30°C.[ DEEP Robotics ]This is a teaser video for KIMLAB’s new teleoperation robot. For now, we invite you to enjoy the calm atmosphere, with students walking, gathering, and chatting across the UIUC Main Quad—along with its