The field of robotics is moving towards more sophisticated human-robot collaboration and haptic interfaces. Researchers are exploring new ways to enhance payload manipulation, improve immersion in virtual reality, and develop more effective teleoperation systems. A key direction is the development of collaborative schemes that allow robots and other machines to work together seamlessly, enabling more precise and efficient manipulation of objects. Another area of focus is the creation of advanced haptic interfaces that can provide users with a more realistic and immersive experience. Noteworthy papers in this area include: HapticGiant, which presents a novel large-scale kinesthetic haptic interface with hierarchical force control, enabling natural user locomotion and full haptic feedback. Whole-Body Bilateral Teleoperation, which introduces an object-aware whole-body bilateral teleoperation framework for wheeled humanoid loco-manipulation, combining whole-body bilateral teleoperation with online multi-stage object inertial parameter estimation.