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February 2026 Robotics Recap
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…era. As AI-powered robots and humanoids move from controlled industrial cells into shared human environments - warehouses, factories and eventually homes - safety becomes the critical enabler of scale. Mantis said it is building the essential safety architecture required for AI and humanoids to scale from factories into everyday environments. “This safety certification represents a true breakthrough for robotics, creating…
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…creator of the general-purpose Digit humanoid robot, announced that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has signed a commercial agreement with the company. After a successful pilot, TMMC said that it plans to deploy Digit in its facilities to support employees with manufacturing, supply chain and logistics operations. Digit headed to Canada for the first time Agility said that TMMC joins…
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…the Spot robot dog, Atlas humanoid robot and Orbit fleet management program, will have to name just its third CEO since the company’s founding in 1992. Founded by Marc Raibert as a spin-off from the MIT Leg Lab, Playter soon joined the company. Raibert served as CEO of Boston Dynamics until 2020, with Playter taking over the role. “Boston Dynamics…
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AI-powered humanoid robotics company Apptronik announced a $520 million Series A-X funding round, with participation from existing investors including Google, B Capital, Mercedes-Benz and PEAK6, and new investors including AT&T Ventures, John Deere and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). The Series A-X extension round follows a $415 million oversubscribed initial Series A raise in 2025, bringing the company’s total Series A…
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…to evolve Rather than following humanoid approaches, P8S said that the system is not engineered to be “human-like” but 10x faster, reaching 2 to 3.8m high and is engineered specifically for scalable, real-world fulfillment operations. Download the Mobile robots for the supply chain Special Focus Issue today P8S said that the robot’s modular, container-based automation system connects inbound, storage, picking…
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UK-based AI and robotics company Humanoid launched KinetIQ, which the company describes as an AI framework for end-to-end orchestration of heterogeneous humanoid robot fleets across industrial, service and home applications. Humanoid said that KinetIQ acts as a single system that controls robots with different embodiments and coordinates the interactions between them. KinetIQ features and architecture overview The company said that…
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…use in AI training labs, humanoid robotics and industrial physical AI applications. “Physical AI demands more than clever algorithms - it demands reliable interaction with the real world,” said Vincent Duchaine, CTO, artificial intelligence, at Robotiq. “By combining adaptive gripping with high-frequency tactile sensing, we’re giving robots the sense of touch and control they need to generalize across objects, tasks,…
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…legged robots, especially dynamically balancing humanoids and quadrupeds, introduce hazards such as balance recovery, fall dynamics, terrain interaction, whole-body and contact during locomotion that do not map cleanly to either “robot cells” or “driverless trucks.” Notably, ISO itself reflects that gap: ISO/WD 25785-1 is a working draft under development for “dynamically stable industrial mobile robots” explicitly including legged forms (e.g.,…
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January 2026 Robotics Recap
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…touch, enhancing dexterity for grippers, humanoids and prosthetics. Revolve Surgical (Toronto, Canada) Developers of a zero-footprint surgical robotics and AI platform designed to bring accessible, scalable robotic surgery to every operating room, from academic hospitals to rural outpatient centers. Whelix (Boston, MA) Builders of intelligent, modular robotic systems for wet-lab automation, specifically targeting the manual bottlenecks of cell culture to…
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…than 100 companies will progress humanoid robot proofs of concept beyond experimentation, with fewer than 20 companies going live in production for supply chain and manufacturing use cases, according to new research from Gartner. The business and technology insights company said that most production deployments of humanoid robots during this time will remain limited to tightly controlled environments, rather than…
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…announced that the third annual Humanoid Robot Forum will be featured as part of Automate 2026. North America’s largest robotics and automation trade show, slated for June 22-25 at McCormick Place in Chicago, will introduce a dedicated Humanoid Robot Pavilion on the show floor, sponsored by NVIDIA. Humanoid robotics takes a larger role at Automate 2026 A3 said that the…
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UK-based AI and robotics Humanoid and global technology company Siemens announced the successful completion of a proof of concept (POC), demonstrating the use of humanoid robots in industrial logistics. Humanoid said its HMND 01 wheeled Alpha robot was deployed in real operations at a Siemens facility. Humanoid said this marks a significant step toward the deployment of humanoid robots in…
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UK-based AI and robotics Humanoid and motion technology company Schaeffler announced a strategic technology partnership that will bring hundreds of Humanoid’s robots into Schaeffler’s production facilities over the next five years. Beyond deployment, the companies said that the partnership covers actuator supply, data collection, skill development and other critical areas. Humanoid and Schaeffler completed a successful proof-of-concept for bin picking…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
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