October 2, 2026 · Boston Dynamics developed new hands for its Atlas humanoid robot, with 13 degrees of freedom that are built for high-fidelity simulation and modern AI.
October 2, 2026 · Kardex and AutoStore are modernizing parts fulfillment through a high-density goods-to-person system at Warren CAT’s Midland, Texas facility.
October 1, 2026 · ANYbotics launched the Shift operational engine, which powers the company’s autonomous inspection robots that detect failing equipment and turn inspection data directly into actionable work orders.
September 30, 2026 · The Robotics 24/7 podcast series, “Robotics Recap,” takes a look at the major automation and robotics industry news from around the world in September 2026, including major mergers and acquisitions, alongside deployments in warehousing and manufacturing.
September 30, 2026 · Innodata announced the opening of a motion-capture AI lab that will generate data to train the next generation of humanoid robots.
September 29, 2026 · Kodiak and IKEA expanded their four-year partnership, as the Swedish furniture company will become Kodiak’s driverless launch shipper partner later in 2026.
September 29, 2026 · Daimon Robotics hosted its first public demo of the Daimon-TWM world model at IROS 2026, showcasing its full-stack physical AI capabilities.
September 28, 2026 · AGIBOT and Chimelong announced a large-scale embodied AI theme park in China, featuring over 300 robots from AGIBOT in multiple human-facing use cases.
September 27, 2026 · Lowe’s announced a pilot fulfillment program with delivery drone company Wing and DoorDash in the Charlotte metro area.
September 26, 2026 · e-con Systems will unveil its NetraVis active-stereo 3D depth camera at VISION 2026 in Munich, showcasing the offering alongside AI-powered imaging technologies.
September 25, 2026 · SoftBank and ASI announced that they had formed a joint venture to advance autonomous construction infrastructure.
September 25, 2026 · Amazon announced that it will build a new, $100 million robotics and fulfillment product manufacturing facility in Greenwood, Indiana.
September 24, 2026 · Flexiv’s Rizon 4 adaptive robot is now supported in NVIDIA Isaac, including a contact-rich insertion reference workflow built on Isaac Lab, Isaac ROS and Rizon 4.
September 24, 2026 · ANYbotics, in partnership with dormakaba and LEGIC Identsystems AG, added automated door access capabilities to its ANYmal mobile robot fleet for facility-wide inspections.
September 23, 2026 · This interactive webinar will discuss the barriers of humanoid deployments, focusing on the technological advancements in perception technologies that are closing the development-to-deployment gap.
September 23, 2026 · Qualcomm announced that it will acquire PickNik Robotics, reinforcing its continued investment in driving an open ecosystem for advanced physical AI and robotics.
September 22, 2026 · NVIDIA released Isaac ROS 5.0 at the ROSCon conference in Toronto, aiming to advance agentic and open-source robotics development.
September 22, 2026 · Cognex announced that it will acquire RealSense for $500 million as it enters the robotic perception market alongside its machine vision technologies.
September 21, 2026 · ANSCER Robotics received conditional approval for its AR250, AR650 and AR1250 AMRs in the latest FCC Robotics Devices Conditional Approvals release.
September 21, 2026 · Simbe announced it has surpassed 3,000 autonomous shelf intelligence units under contract, as the company expands its physical intelligence layer for retail capabilities.
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