September 2026
ISSUE 01 — SEPTEMBER 2026
FRICTION ENERGY
The first September issue looks at robotics through the energy of friction: not as the spectacle of a machine, but as a distribution of effort, attention and responsibility across human systems.
Theme of the month
The Issue
SHOWBOTS
The strongest signal in robotics is not resemblance to us. It is useful participation in a human system. Five working cases show why the real measure is not the robot’s silhouette, but the effort, attention and responsibility it redistributes.
Beyond the monthly theme
Field
THE ROBOT BETWEEN US
AUTISM SPECTRUM WITH LESS DISORDER
REAL LIFE IS NOT A DEMO
Robotics evidence gets stronger when we can see the task, the setting, the denominator and the person who remains responsible. A four-question method for separating possibility, pilots and repeatable work without flattening any of them into hype.
BELGRADE CITY, OPEN CITY
WordCamp Belgrade 2026 returns to Dom omladine on 18–19 September — and opens a larger question about who still gets to build, own and publish on the web.
LANGUAGE ROPE BRIDGE
A language version is not complete when every sentence has crossed the border. It is complete when a reader on the other side can feel that somebody expected them.
ŠABAC BUILDS HUMANOIDS
AGIBOT and Minth Group opened the first phase of their China–Serbia humanoid robot project in Šabac on 29 August. The robots are the news; the deeper question is how much engineering, knowledge and ownership will remain in Serbia.
HUSENOID BOLT
Tiangong Ultra covered 100 metres in 8.64 seconds, almost a second inside Usain Bolt's world record. Then the finish line became a wall. Robot sport is becoming a serious test — once we stop pretending it is the same test humans take.
OPTIMISED INTO NONSENSE
SEO can help a reader find a text. It cannot be allowed to change what the text says.
THE READER WAS EXPECTED
Language reaches a reader before an argument does. Rhythm, distance and relation decide whether information is merely delivered or actually received.
Afterthought
Back Page
H.E.D. OFFICE: THE EDITORIAL TEAM IS IN TREATMENT
Despite half the editorial team—and the entire H.E.D. Office—being in treatment, the first September issue arrived on time.
THE MISSING SCENE FROM BICENTENNIAL MAN
A robot spends two centuries becoming human. The first real crisis begins after breakfast.
SHIT—STOP!
Robot Olympic repair crews are training across western Serbia for Surčin 2046. The fastest hands may never touch the finish line.