Opentrons Labworks, a laboratory automation company, has announced a $40 million Series E financing led by healthcare investor Avego, with additional investment from BroadOak Capital Partners. Opentrons will use the capital to scale its robotics, software, and data infrastructure tools, which scientists around the world increasingly rely on to accelerate discovery. While AI is transforming […]

Inbound components arrive in the morning, finished goods leave by less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload in the afternoon, and every late pallet needs someone to call the carrier, check the production schedule, and approve an expedite. Managed transportation providers take on that daily work by pairing a transportation management system (TMS) with a team that runs […]

AGIBOT unveils its AHA3 integrated hardware platform, GO-3 Preview and WITA-Omni 1.0 model, formally launches G2 Max and Link-U OS 1.0, and highlights real-world deployments AGIBOT has introduced Worken, a proposed framework for measuring the productive work performed by robots in real-world environments, at AGIBOT Innovation Day 2026 in Shanghai. Combining the words “Work” and […]

Teradyne Robotics and Sereact have formed a partnership to combine Sereact’s physical AI technology with Universal Robots’ collaborative robots for applications in retail, logistics and manufacturing. The partnership pairs Sereact’s physical AI platform with collaborative industrial robots from Universal Robots to bring intelligent, adaptable automation to real-world operations previously hard to automate, such as the […]

Siemens is collaborating with Nvidia to develop adaptive AI-powered manufacturing capabilities that combine industrial software, Siemens’ Digital Twin technology and Nvidia Cosmos to accelerate production planning, inspection preparation and optimization. The collaboration combines Siemens’ Teamcenter software for product lifecycle management (PLM) and Process Preparation X with Nvidia Cosmos to create an AI-powered workflow for printed […]

Automation company beRobox has introduced the “3D Dynamic Safety”, a new safety module for its PALTZ robotic palletizers, that brings a “fundamentally new approach to safeguarding palletizing operations”, according to the company. Instead of keeping safety detection fixed around the robot, the design aims to “make it move with the robot”. Powered by Sonair’s safety-certified […]

Web applications have become an integral part of how industrial companies track their daily operations. Instead of dealing with service requests alone or routinely tracking supply chains or equipment records, companies rely on management software to take that burden off the staff. However, industrial web applications are just as vulnerable to cyberattacks as most other […]

Toray Industries has developed a new polyester-nylon composite fiber containing “at least 93 percent recycled material” by mass, overcoming some of the technical difficulties involved in combining recycled polymers while maintaining consistent material quality. The Japanese materials company says both the polyester and nylon components of the new fiber incorporate recycled raw materials. The 93 […]

Skyports Drone Services, a provider of drone delivery and inspection services, is providing fully automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) “drone-in-a-box” surveying for the HumeLink West power lines project in New South Wales, Australia. HumeLink West forms part of Transgrid’s HumeLink project, which will deliver approximately 140 km of new 500 kV double-circuit transmission […]

Most people still think Elon Musk’s biggest projects are rockets and robots. According to long-time technology analyst Josh Baylin, they may be looking in the wrong place. Baylin, the same researcher who briefed Congress in 2004 about the coming smartphone revolution (three years before the iPhone), now argues that Musk is quietly assembling the pieces […]

At the Agrophoenix fruit processing plant in Greece, eight Stäubli SCARA robots do the opposite of cherry-picking: They pick peaches and select not the good ones, but the bad ones. The robots are part of the AI- and vision-based STAQ inspection system developed by Dutch startup QING. Eight parallel STAQ cells perform fruit grading at […]

TrinaTracker, a global provider of smart tracking systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinasolar, has launched two self-developed robotic products: Buildex PV Module Installation Robot and Aurora PV Cleaning Robot, to expand its Smart PV Ecosystem. TrinaTracker is evolving from a tracking system equipment supplier into a smart PV and robotics solution provider. By […]

Convergix Automation Solutions is pleased to announce the expansion of its Michigan footprint with a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Holland, Michigan. The investment reflects the company’s continued growth and commitment to increasing capacity, enhancing customer support, and attracting top talent across the region. Located at 1362 Lincoln Avenue, the Holland facility becomes Convergix’s fourth Michigan […]

Physical AI company Sereact, online retailer Zalando and CEVA Logistics have announced the launch of AI-powered automated returns processing across key fulfillment facilities in Germany (Greven) and Poland (Świebodzin). Powered by Cortex, Sereact’s physical AI platform, the dual-arm robotic systems have entered live operations to autonomously process returned fashion items, marking the initial phase of […]