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Kodiak and IKEA Supply have announced that the companies will embark on the next step in their four-year partnership. The companies said that IKEA will be Kodiak’s driverless launch shipper partner later in 2026, and will become the first company to take advantage of the safety and efficiency benefits that result from Kodiak’s driverless freight capabilities. Kodiak and IKEA expand…
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Shanghai, China-based embodied AI and robotics company AGIBOT and Chimelong Group launched the first phase of a large-scale embodied AI deployment at Chimelong Spaceship Park, with more than 300 robots integrated into entertainment, education, visitor services and hotel operations. AGIBOT said that the deployment goes beyond standalone demonstrations, embedding robots into a range of guest-facing and operational scenarios supported by…
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Lowe's launched a pilot program to deliver select home improvement items directly to DIY and Pro customers in as fast as 20 minutes via drones from Wing. Lowe’s said that the launch builds on Wing and DoorDash's existing drone delivery operations in the Charlotte area, adding Lowe's to the growing list of brands now available for delivery via drone. Home…
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Global provider of embedded machine vision systems e-con Systems will showcase its latest AI-powered vision cameras for mobility, humanoids, robotics and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) at VISION 2026, October 6-8, at Messe Stuttgart, Germany. The company said that booth visitors can experience live demos, including the debut of NetraVis, e-con Systems’ active-stereo 3D depth camera. The booth will also feature…
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Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) announced that it has formed a joint venture with SoftBank Group Corp., focusing on the development and commercialization of autonomous construction equipment for large infrastructure projects. The company said that the joint venture has been capitalized by SoftBank Group to meaningfully scale across several construction use cases, substantially enhancing ASI's capacity to meet the market's need…
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Amazon announced plans to invest more than $100 million in a new, 585,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility located in Greenwood, Ind., that will produce products that power Amazon's fulfillment and robotics network across North America. The company said that the new facility will create 300 skilled manufacturing and engineering jobs and is expected to launch by 2028. Amazon invests in Indiana…
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Flexiv announced that its flagship Rizon 4 adaptive robot is now supported in NVIDIA Isaac. Flexiv said that this support includes a new contact-rich insertion reference workflow from NVIDIA built on NVIDIA Isaac Lab, Isaac ROS and Rizon 4. The company said that the milestone brings Flexiv’s force-controlled technology into one of the most widely used robotics software platforms, giving…
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AI-driven robotic inspection technology company ANYbotics announced a partnership with dormakaba and LEGIC Identsystems AG to add automated door access capabilities to its ANYmal robot fleet. ANYbotics said that until now, closed doors presented a hard physical boundary for mobile robotics operating in processing industries like energy, metals, mining and chemicals, restricting inspection routes to isolated rooms. Unlocking facility-wide inspections…
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Humanoid robots are advancing rapidly, but a fundamental challenge remains: turning perception and intelligence into fast, reliable physical action. In dynamic, unstructured environments, robots must continuously sense, interpret, decide and act - and today that loop is often still too slow and uncertain to match human performance. This webinar will explore what it takes to close the perception-to-action gap, including…
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Qualcomm Technologies announced an agreement to acquire PickNik Robotics (PickNik Inc.) at ROSCon Toronto. Qualcomm said that the acquisition is intended to strengthen its commitment to fostering an open robotics ecosystem, providing developers with the tools, software and frameworks needed to move more efficiently from research and experimentation to prototyping, deployment and production at scale. Open robotics frameworks According to…
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NVIDIA announced the release of Isaac ROS 5.0, a collection of GPU-accelerated packages built on ROS, at the ROSCon conference in Toronto. The ROS open framework is a project from Open Robotics that helps humans build robots. The company said that Isaac 5.0 helps humans and AI agents build robots together. Expanded physical and agentic AI capabilities To build and…
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Industrial machine vision company Cognex Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RealSense, a provider of depth-sensing cameras and vision technology for robotic perception and physical AI. Cognex said that the acquisition advances its strategy to diversify its growth engine by entering the robotic perception market, a high-growth adjacency that expands its served market opportunity.…
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ANSCER Robotics Inc., the U.S. sales and service subsidiary of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) maker ANSCER Robotics, today announced that its AR250, AR650, and AR1250 robotic platforms have been granted Conditional Approval by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In an email to Robotics 24/7, the company said that the approval is effective as of September 18, 2026, and is…
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Simbe announced that it has surpassed 3,000 autonomous units under contract. The physical intelligence for retail company said that according to its internal research, the milestone represents the largest commercially committed fleet of shelf intelligence technology on the market today. Tally celebrates 10 years Simbe said that since introducing its inventory robot Tally a decade ago, it continues to build…
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MISUMI Americas, a specification-driven sourcing partner for mechanical components and assemblies, announced the launch of MISUMI Ventures, a $50 million venture fund investing in early-stage companies at the intersection of frontier hardware, robotics, aerospace, medtech, clean energy, eVTOL, automation and industrial AI. MISUMI Americas said that the fund’s sole limited partner is MISUMI Group Inc. MISUMI Ventures is structured as…
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