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Automate 2026: Forklifts, physical AI, vision systems and more from day three in Chicago

Visitors to the Orbbec booth saw the latest offerings from the company’s camera and lidar portfolio.

Orbbec

Visitors to the Orbbec booth saw the latest offerings from the company’s camera and lidar portfolio.

Automate 2026 started to wrap up in Chicago, as robotics and automation professionals took another look at the latest technological innovations.

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1. Big Joe Forklifts

2. Boston Dynamics

3. Festo

4. Flexiv

5. Güdel

6. Hirebotics

7. Orbbec

8. RobCo

9. Universal Robots

10. Vention

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