LiberAI, a physical AI startup developing foundation systems for general-purpose robots, is launching Liber-0, a World Action Model pretrained on more than 2.2 million hours of human experience to help robots learn how to interact with the physical world. (See video below.) Liber-0 combines large-scale human video with directly recorded hand motions, visual and embodiment […]

Every warehouse automation conference seems to have the same scene: a crowd gathered around a walking humanoid robot, while a quieter booth nearby showcases autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) already moving goods in thousands of facilities. Both technologies promise to change logistics. But in 2026, they are at very different stages of commercial maturity. AMRs are […]

It’s a dim and distant memory now but, once upon a time, BlackBerry was by far the world’s favourite smartphone among business users. Journalists and all sorts of other professionals were amazed that a phone could enable them to check and respond to their emails while they were out and about. There literally was no […]

Infineon Technologies says it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to accelerate the development and deployment of central car computers in software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The companies have signed a technology agreement to have a microcontroller-based design pattern (the “subsystem”) for Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Ride reference platforms for high-performance computing and in-vehicle artificial intelligence. By working together, […]

Tutor Intelligence, the robotics research and deployment company, today announced its $75 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $117 million. The round will support Tutor’s frontier robot foundation model training, as well as the manufacturing and deployment of Sonny and Cassie, Tutor’s robot workers, which run the […]

By Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts A new industrial robot can meet its cycle-time target and still fail its most important workplace test: what happens when an experienced operator believes the machine is wrong? That question deserves attention as manufacturers accelerate automation. The International Federation of Robotics reported in September that the global […]

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced the publication of ISO 21423:2026, a new international standard for communication and interoperability among industrial mobile robots (IMRs), regardless of vendor or model. ISO 21423 provides a common set of communication requirements for mobile robots from different suppliers operating in the same industrial facility. Developed by ISO […]

Between skyrocketing grocery bills and gas prices, keeping up with basic household expenses may feel harder than ever. Making matters worse, utility bills are surging coast to coast as major electricity companies raise prices to fund multibillion-dollar grid overhauls. Nationwide, electric utility providers are in a bind. Surging demand driven by electric vehicles, massive data […]

When you want to animate a still image to a music track, you quickly realize that most AI video tools are built for spoken dialogue. They flap a mouth on a static background, creating a talking head rather than a singing character. For a true musical output, you need a tool that understands the difference […]

Drug companies demand speedier launches and don’t want to relax quality standards. That puts pressure on the shop floor as well as on the software above it. Rockwell Automation’s October 1 report found that 90 percent of life sciences manufacturers call digital transformation necessary. Nearly 58 percent are already using smart manufacturing technology in their […]

North American companies ordered 10,989 robots valued at $723.5 million in the third quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Orders increased 24.8 percent in units and 26.1 percent in value compared to the third quarter of 2025, making it the strongest quarter of the year so […]

Embotech and BMW Group say they have moved “1 million vehicles using automated driving technology” across four BMW Group production sites in the UK and Germany, marking a major milestone in the use of Automated Driving In-Plant in industrial production. Automotive OEMs are increasingly turning to digitalization and automation to make production processes more efficient […]

Agility Robotics is expanding the use of its Digit humanoid robot with logistics company GXO while reporting a pipeline of more than 30 prospective customers across manufacturing, automotive, logistics and other industries. GXO has signed a new commercial agreement to introduce Digit at two additional US facilities, in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee. The […]

Humanoid robots are an emerging technology that promises to revolutionize society. Designed and modeled on the human form, humanoid robots can navigate a world made for humans, and it is their versatility that sets them apart from specialized robots, such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Similar to AGVs, humanoid robots need an energy source that […]

As robotics companies race to develop increasingly capable AI models for machines operating in the physical world, TorqueAGI is taking a different approach: supplying the intelligence layer to robot and equipment manufacturers rather than building hardware of its own. Founded by robotics researcher Dr Ashutosh Saxena, TorqueAGI has spent nearly two years developing and testing […]

Ice rarely comes up when people talk about industrial automation. It sits far from robotic arms, warehouse vision systems and predictive analytics in the popular imagination. Yet commercial ice production is going through the same quiet transformation as the rest of the manufacturing floor, driven by the same pressures: rising labor costs, tighter consistency requirements, […]

Tokio Marine HCC International (TMHCCI), an insurance company based in Houston, Texas, is partnering with Adrian Flux to launch what they say is “the UK’s first domestic humanoid robot household insurance policy”. The cover is available to UK customers through Adrian Flux’s home insurance offering, underwritten by TMHCCI. This new product class is intended to […]

Foundry Robotics has announced its oversubscribed $100 million Series A funding round led by Marlinspike Partners. Participating in the round are early backers Khosla Ventures and Red Glass Ventures, and new investors SE Ventures, Wing VC, and Axiom Ventures, as well as existing investors Hanabi and Zero Shot Fund. Foundry builds and operates autonomous factories […]

Key Points Factories installed 542,000 industrial robots in 2024, more than double the number a decade earlier, according to the International Federation of Robotics. As cells run longer and with fewer people, many manufacturers are moving coordinate measuring machines closer to production so parts are checked within minutes of machining. Temperature is the main challenge […]

Bleu Robotics, the Paris, France-based startup building AI models for industrial humanoid robots, has raised a €5 million pre-seed round, co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, Motier Ventures and Charlie Songhurst, technology investor and board member at Meta. The company will use the funds to grow its team […]