Automate 2026: Teradyne Robotics unveils wide range of production-ready physical AI applications

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Teradyne Robotics, the company behind Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), will demonstrate how physical AI is transforming industrial automation at Automate 2026 in Chicago.

The company said that its Automate presence will focus on the future of intelligent automation. 

PolyScope X introduces PLC-style logic for multiple work cell control

Teraydne said that the foundational layer for physical AI advancements is PolyScope X, UR’s next-generation software platform. The company said that PolyScope X still relies on the long-standing and powerful motion-control foundation from UR, while modernizing the operator experience on the technology stack. This includes modern web technologies, containerized applications and native ROS 2 support, which allow developers and engineers to program automation applications the way they are most comfortable.   

"Physical AI is on full display across our robotic solutions at Automate," said Jean-Pierre Hathout, president of the Teradyne Robotics Group. "The demos we are presenting are real and deployable. Manufacturers can purchase the physical AI‑enabled applications we have on display, including our first physical AI-product the MiR1200 Pallet Jack, today - delivered through our global ecosystem of system integrators and partners - to automate tasks that have traditionally been difficult or impractical for robots, including those in dynamic and unstructured environments.”

The company said that PolyScope X also introduces Logic Programs, continuously running, multi-threaded programs that execute in parallel with the main robot program. Teradyne said that this native, PLC-style background logic lets programmers coordinate and control multiple work cell components, exchange data, and, in many deployments, reduce or replace external PLCs, running independently of safeguard stops, program pauses, and robot power state.

A new era of data centers and AI training

Teradyne Robotics said that its booth highlights the company’s strategic focus on the infrastructure of the future, specifically addressing the needs of electronics manufacturers and AI data centers:

• The UR AI Trainer: Developed with Scale AI, UR’s imitation learning platform allows users to physically guide a UR robot through tasks like smartphone packaging, capturing high-fidelity, force-aware data to train sophisticated Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for direct factory deployment. The AI Trainer also supports integration with cloud services, with examples of how users can take data from the Trainer to train the NVIDIA GR00T open VLA model or use the NVIDIA Isaac Sim open simulation framework to validate and test robot behavior.

• Generalist: Two UR12e robots running autonomously on Generalist’s GEN-1 model, showcasing complex dexterous manipulation capabilities. Teradyne said that GEN-1 is a class of general-purpose robotic foundation models delivering general intelligence from the physical world at levels of speed and reliability that demonstrate traction toward the practical thresholds required for real deployments.
• Cambrian: Directly supporting the global build-out of AI infrastructure, this booth demo uses dual-arm UR7e robots and Cambrian’s AI vision system to identify and insert copper cables into high-density server racks, a process traditionally plagued by manual errors and labor shortages.

"With physical AI deployed with UR and MiR robots, we are providing solutions enabling automation to work with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be," Hathout added.

For more details on Teradyne Robotics’ booth at Automate 2026, click here.