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Warehouse Automation Starts with the Storage Plan ↗
A warehouse automation project can encounter constraints before a robot, conveyor or storage machine is selected.
Teradyne invests in Bright Machines to advance AI infrastructure manufacturing ↗
Teradyne, a provider of automated test equipment and advanced robotics systems, and Bright Machines, a next-generation manufacturer bringing AI and data center infrastructure production to the edge, have announced a…
SafeWorld emerges from stealth with $12.2 million to develop robot safety simulation technology ↗
SafeWorld, an AI lab building robot safety simulation technologies, has emerged from stealth with $12.2 million in seed funding co-led by Shine Capital and a16z Speedrun, along with Box Group, Carnegie Mellon University…
Volvo and Waabi launch autonomous freight operations in Texas ↗
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi have launched autonomous operations for logistics software company Warp in Texas, the first customer operation in the Volvo-Waabi partnership.
Wing and Walmart to expand ‘largest drone delivery network’ in the US ↗
Wing and Walmart are expanding their drone delivery service to Denver and Seattle metros in 2027, bringing fast, reliable and convenient home delivery of thousands of Walmart items to nearly 20 major US metros.
amsight leads ESA project to speed qualification of 3D-printed space components ↗
amsight has been selected to lead “DIQAM – Digital Qualification Framework for Additively Manufactured Space Components”, an ESA FIRST!
Excelerate Technology wins ESA contract for robotic security system at UK critical infrastructure site ↗
Excelerate Technology has been awarded a co-funded contract by the European Space Agency Business Applications and Space Solutions (ESA BASS) program to build and demonstrate an innovative, automated robotic response…
Where Automation Fits in Emergency Management ↗
Emergency management software should automate the repeatable coordination work that slows teams down, while leaving operational judgment with the people responsible for protecting the public.
Hello Robot awarded $3 million to develop Stretch robot for elder care ↗
Hello Robot has received a Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to advance the use of its Stretch mobile manipulator robot…
Cyngn wins repeat autonomous tugger order from Fortune 100 manufacturer ↗
Cyngn has announced a follow-on order for its DriveMod Tugger from a “Fortune 100 heavy equipment manufacturer”.
Agility Robotics partners with FORT to strengthen safety systems for Digit 5 ↗
Agility Robotics, a humanoid robotics company, and FORT Robotics, a safety platform for machinery, have formed a a partnership to further advance the safety infrastructure of Digit 5, Agility’s next-generation humanoid…
From CNC Machines to Robots: How Manufacturers Are Building More Automated Production Cells ↗
An automated production cell is a connected manufacturing system in which machines, robots, controls, sensors, and material-handling equipment work together with limited manual intervention.
How Do Autonomous Systems Drive Quality and OEE Forward? ↗
Modern factories, operating continuously throughout the day and night, face constant pressure to produce greater quantities, waste far less material, and consistently maintain tight tolerances at every stage.
Aseon CEO: ‘The opportunity is to make vehicle servicing as autonomous as driving’ ↗
The robotaxi industry has spent billions of dollars developing vehicles that can drive without a human behind the wheel.
Industry body A3 releases final part of safety standard for industrial mobile robots ↗
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced ANSI/A3 R15.08-3-2026, American National Standard for Industrial Mobile Robots, Safety Requirements, Part 3: Use of IMR Applications is now available for…
FMC³ Robotics, Vector, and PEM Motion plan embodied AI joint venture ↗
At the recent Humanoid Robots Summit 2026 in Stuttgart, Vector Informatik, PEM Motion, and FMC³ Robotics signed a memorandum of understanding at Vector’s headquarters to jointly develop a standardized data…
Getting Started With 2D CAD: A Look at nanoCAD Free ↗
nanoCAD Free is designed for people who want to learn technical drawing, open and edit DWG files, or prepare simple engineering documents without paying for a professional CAD package at the beginning.
IDC data shows Agibot led global humanoid robot shipments in H1 2026 ↗
Global humanoid robot shipments approached 25,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 432.1 percent year on year, according to the latest market data from International Data Corporation (IDC).
Neura Robotics brings physical AI to healthcare ↗
Neura Robotics is entering healthcare. The company is bringing physical AI, and the cognitive robots built on it, to one of the most structurally strained sectors in modern economies: healthcare and life sciences, where…
THG Fulfil expands distribution partnership with AutoStore ↗
THG Fulfil, the fulfilment operating system from THG Ingenuity, has announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with AutoStore.
Flow Engineering raises $50 million Series B at $750 million valuation ↗
Flow Engineering, the agentic platform for hardware development, has announced a $50 million Series B at a $750 million valuation.
Astribot brings its T1 humanoid robot to North America ↗
Astribot, a Shenzhen, China-based physical AI company, showcased its T1 humanoid robot to North America for the first time at IROS 2026, which took place from September 27 to October 1 at the David L.
Autonomous warehouse robot maker Cyngn achieves ISO 27001 Certification ↗
Autonomous warehouse robot maker Cyngn has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, an internationally recognized standard for information security management systems.
Boston Dynamics unveils new four-finger hand for Atlas humanoid robot ↗
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new four-finger hand for its Atlas humanoid robot, designed to combine the dexterity needed for complex manipulation and tool use with the strength and durability required for industrial…
Flexiv showcases force-controlled adaptive robots at IROS 2026 ↗
Flexiv, a specialist developer of general-purpose robotics, has participated at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026), which finished yesterday.
Agibot and Chimelong launch large-scale embodied AI theme park with more than 300 robots ↗
Agibot and Chimelong Group have launched the first phase of a large-scale embodied AI deployment at Chimelong Spaceship Park, with more than 300 robots integrated into entertainment, education, visitor services and…
Square Robot wins design award for its tank inspection robot ↗
Square Robot, a specialist in submersible robotic above-ground storage tank inspection, has won the 2026 NIOSH Prevention through Design (PtD) Award for its SR-3 submersible inspection robot and Side Launcher deployment…
Automating Crypto Payouts: How APIs Are Changing B2B Payment Operations ↗
For finance teams, the challenge with crypto payouts is increasingly operational.
Anscer Robotics secures FCC approval for its new autonomous mobile robots ↗
Anscer Robotics, the US sales and service subsidiary of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) maker Anscer Robotics, has announced that its AR250, AR650, and AR1250 robotic platforms have been granted Conditional Approval by…
RobotPlusPlus raises ‘tens of millions of dollars’ to scale working-at-height robots ↗
RobotPlusPlus (ROBOT++) has closed a Series C round worth “hundreds of millions of RMB (tens of millions of USD)” to accelerate global expansion and embodied AI development.