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X Square Robot showcases full embodied AI portfolio at WRC 2026

19 August 2026 at 14:05
X Square Robot is showcasing its full portfolio of embodied AI technologies at the World Robot Conference 2026 in Beijing, presenting applications ranging from logistics automation and dexterous manipulation to household robotics and AI training-data collection. The Shenzhen-based company is exhibiting at booth C107 during WRC, which runs from August 19 to 23, bringing together […]

Hexagon starts training AEON humanoid robots at Schaeffler factories

19 August 2026 at 10:32
Hexagon Robotics and Schaeffler, a motion technology company, has announced the next milestone in their strategic collaboration as AEON enters Schaeffler’s Humanoid Gym in Germany, marking the next step towards the planned deployment of at least 1,000 AEON humanoids in the coming years. The Humanoid Gym provides a Train-Validate-Deployβ€―model in a dedicated industrial environment. Schaeffler […]

Rodriguez launches Movotrak β€˜seventh axis’ for cobots

19 August 2026 at 08:44
Rodriguez has introduced a collaborative linear transfer system that can move a cobot between multiple workstations and extend its operating range to as much as 10 metres. The company is offering Thomson’s Movotrak Cobot Transfer Unit (CTU), which it describes as β€œa movable seventh axis” designed to allow a single cobot to perform tasks at […]

Warehouse robotics company Brightpick expands partnership with Dr. Max Group

18 August 2026 at 14:44
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 to go public via business combination with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp

18 August 2026 at 14:29
FORT Robotics, a safety platform developing a β€œtrust 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 […]

Building Networks That Can Keep Up With Modern Automation

17 August 2026 at 16:56
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 raises $200 million to scale its construction robotics business

17 August 2026 at 15:38
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 […]

Predictive maintenance in the real world: Why service automation and rollout discipline matter more than models

15 August 2026 at 19:35
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 […]

Northrop Grumman launches robotic spacecraft to repair and extend life of satellites

14 August 2026 at 10:56
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 […]

Schaeffler unveils formed strain wave gearboxes for humanoid robots

14 August 2026 at 08:05
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 launches RoboShuttle Hyper for high-throughput warehouse fulfillment

14 August 2026 at 07:58
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 […]

How AI and self-driving labs could accelerate semiconductor materials discovery

14 August 2026 at 07:01
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 […]

Robot orders increase to $622 million in Q2 as automation demand broadens across industries

13 August 2026 at 10:09
New A3 data shows second-quarter growth across semiconductors/electronics, automotive components, food and consumer goods, metals and life sciences North American companies ordered 8,940 robots valued at $622 million in the second quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Compared to the second quarter of 2025, this represents […]

Einride and DAF partner to accelerate scale-up of autonomous electric freight

13 August 2026 at 09:48
Einride, a technology company driving the shift to cost-efficient autonomous and electric freight, and DAF Trucks, a giant in truck manufacturing, have announced a joint initiative to integrate Einride’s autonomous driving system, Einride Driver, into DAF’s premium vehicle platform. The collaboration marks a significant step toward the large-scale commercialization of SAE Level 4 autonomous electric […]
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