Brightpick, a provider of AI-powered warehouse automation, is significantly expanding its partnership with Dr. Max Group, Europe’s largest pharmacy chain. Following successful operations and progressive scaling at Dr. Max’s Prague distribution center, Brightpick will deploy an additional 44 Autopicker autonomous mobile robots across other facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The total number of […]

FORT Robotics, a safety platform developing a “trust layer” for physical AI, and Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in the combined company becoming a publicly traded company. Upon closing of the business combination, the combined company will be named […]

Soft robots that provide patients with tailored support during rehabilitation, gain a sense of touch to safely handle delicate objects, and switch between soft and rigid states depending on the task: these are among the ambitions of RESSORT, a new European research project led by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Funded by the European Union’s Horizon […]

Helldivers 2 has a sharp visual language, from sealed helmets to insectoid armor plates and heavy Automaton silhouettes. Good collectibles preserve those details without turning a shelf into clutter. The best lineup should read clearly from across a room, then reward closer inspection. For gamers who care about display quality, faction balance, and character recognition, […]

A failed gearbox used to mean a round of phone calls to every salvage yard within driving distance, hoping one of them happened to have the right unit sitting on a shelf. That search now mostly happens from a phone or laptop, scrolling through listings from sellers a buyer will likely never meet in person. […]

As robots become more intelligent, autonomous and connected, much of the attention naturally falls on increasingly powerful AI models. But underneath those models is an increasingly complex collection of sensors, processors, control systems and security hardware that must operate reliably – often within strict limits on power consumption, size and heat. Lattice Semiconductor is one […]

Serve Robotics is expanding its autonomous delivery network through a new partnership with Grubhub, while its Diligent Robotics subsidiary begins rolling out the next generation of its Moxi hospital robot across the United States. The Grubhub agreement adds a third major delivery platform to Serve’s network alongside Uber Eats and DoorDash, increasing the number of […]

Industrial networks used to have a fairly contained job: connect a few controllers, operator stations and plant systems, then keep them running for years. That model is changing quickly. A production floor may now include collaborative robots, machine-vision cameras, automated guided vehicles, connected tooling, industrial PCs and cloud-connected analytics platforms – all producing and consuming […]

Gravis Robotics has raised $200 million in a Series A investment from SoftBank to scale its autonomous heavy machinery technology across construction sites globally. The company says growing demand for energy networks, data centers, housing, transit and climate-resilient infrastructure is placing increasing pressure on the construction industry. Labor shortages are adding to the challenge, while […]

Making a publishable video no longer requires a full crew, a suite of desktop NLEs, and a week of versioning. AI can now take a brief, a product still, or a script and return motion in minutes. The bottleneck moved. It is no longer “Can we generate a clip?” It is “Can the tool carry […]

A predictive maintenance system can flag rising vibration, unusual temperature patterns, or a combination of signals that suggests a component is likely to fail. That may be technically impressive, but it does not reduce downtime by itself. Someone still has to decide whether the signal matters, how urgent it is, what action should follow, and […]

A Node.js vendor that works well for a three-month MVP may be a poor choice for a product you expect to maintain for the next five years. Long-term development puts more pressure on architecture, team continuity, documentation, and the vendor’s ability to bring in new skills when the product changes. That is the lens behind […]

South Korean electronics giant LG is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot built using Nvidia Isaac GR00T, Nvidia’s open reasoning humanoid foundation model, for a public unveiling in the first quarter of next year. LG and Nvidia signed a memorandum of understanding on August 13 at Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, with chairman and […]

Unitree Robotics’ initial public offering has reportedly been oversubscribed more than 5,000 times as investors scramble for shares in one of China’s best-known humanoid robot manufacturers. The Hangzhou-based company priced its IPO at 150.8 yuan ($22.4) per share, raising approximately $900 million and giving Unitree a valuation of around $9 billion, according to CNBC. Demand […]

Northrop Grumman has launched a sophisticated robotic spacecraft designed to service satellites in orbit, potentially allowing expensive space assets to be repaired, upgraded, moved and kept operational long after their original fuel supplies have been depleted. The company’s Mission Robotic Vehicle, or MRV, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]

AutoStore has signed a strategic supply agreement with Amazon, establishing a framework through which the e-commerce giant can procure AutoStore automation systems globally. The agreement sets out terms for the future supply of AutoStore products and solutions to Amazon, potentially expanding the relationship between two of the biggest names in warehouse automation and e-commerce fulfillment. […]

Motion technology company Schaeffler is expanding its humanoid robotics product portfolio and bringing formed strain wave gearboxes to market. Strain wave gearboxes are key components in actuators which make up around half of the total costs of manufacturing a humanoid. Strain wave gearboxes can precisely transmit motion with a high torque capacity by utilizing a […]

Geekplus, one of the world’s largest warehouse automation technology providers, has launched RoboShuttle Hyper, its next-generation tote-to-person climbing AMR solution. Engineered for high-throughput operations, including B2C e-commerce order surges, fresh-food and cold-chain fulfillment, consolidation warehouse operations and micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs), RoboShuttle Hyper delivers up to 6,000 totes per hour per 1,000 square meters. The accompanying […]

Sony has filed a US patent application for a robotic hand featuring a human-like opposable thumb, providing another intriguing indication of the electronics giant’s continuing research into humanoid and embodied robotics. The application, US 2026/0225261 A1, was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on August 6 and describes a robot hand designed to […]

By Joseph F. Krause, co-founder and CEO, Radical AI The next great semiconductor breakthrough will come down to new materials, not just engineering. The field is running into multiple walls of physics: the minimum wavelength of visible light, carrying current with less than an electron, electrical insulators with high thermal transport. As linewidths shrink below […]