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Global full-stack robotics company Genesis AI announced GENE-26.5, which the company said is the first robotic brain to give robots human-level physical manipulation capabilities. Alongside it, the company also introduced what it said is a first-of-its-kind system to unlock unlimited amounts of data and train GENE-26.5 at scale. Gensis AI said that the system combines two proprietary components: a human-scale…
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Colin Angle, the Roomba inventor and co-founder of iRobot, announced the launch of his latest venture, Familiar Machines & Magic (FM&M), at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything conference. FM&M emerged from stealth mode and introduced Familiars, which the company said are physically embodied AI systems designed to perceive their environment, develop a distinct personality and respond in ways…
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Sensor and perception for physical AI company Ouster announced the launch of its new family of OS digital lidar sensors, Rev8, powered by its next-generation L4 Ouster Silicon. Ouster said that Rev8 features the world’s first patented native color lidar sensors, provides up to double the range and resolution of the previous generation, and is designed for functional safety, reliability,…
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As more robots work alongside humans in various settings, the ongoing relationship between man and machine continues to evolve. Safety is the foremost concern of these relationships, and ensuring that these two assets can coexist in all types of environments. Sensor, camera and perception advancements enable robots to work closer than ever before to their human counterparts, but what other…
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A new report from market research firm Interact Analysis found that increased momentum and growth in humanoid robot development and deployment will result in major growth in the motion control market. The report said that motion control demand tied to humanoid applications is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 102% from 2023 through 2029. Interact Analysis said…
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Autonomous delivery company Starship Technologies (Starship) announced that its autonomous robots have completed 10 million autonomous deliveries. The company said that its fleet of more than 3,000 autonomous robots, operating around 300+ locations in 8 countries, has generated over 22 million autonomous kilometers of real-world operational data. Starship’s robots continuously learn Starship said that its robots complete over 125,000 road…
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AI and robotics company 1X announced that its NEO Factory in Hayward, Calif. has commenced full-scale production. The company said that this milestone represents the most vertically integrated humanoid robot factory in the United States and takes a major step in building advanced AI hardware and robotics manufacturing in America. The factory is producing 1X’s flagship product: NEO. The company…
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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced Hiroshi Fujiwara, executive director of the Japan Robot Association (JARA), and Robert Little, co-founder of ATI Industrial Automation, as the winners of the 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards, the world’s most prestigious robotics honor. A3 said that Fujiwara was selected as the 2026 Leadership winner for his decades of work advancing robotics,…
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AI-centric global digital transformation company GFT Technologies announced the launch of its new, AI-powered robotic arms that it said are designed for automotive manufacturing. GFT said that the new robots build on its existing work with Google on AI-powered visual inspection. GFT and NEURA Robotics announced a partnership in July 2025 to build next-generation software for physical AI. The company…
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A new report from market research firm Interact Analysis said that U.S. machine vision market appears to be highly concentrated, but the tail of smaller vendors is vast. The report, titled “U.S. Machine vision market: will it ever see consolidation?” outlines the various factors affecting this marketplace, and the major vendor players that accumulate most of the revenue. Is the…
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FANUC announced the expansion of its CRX collaborative robot series with the introduction of the CRX-3iA. The company said that the ultra-lightweight cobot is designed for fast redeployment across small, high-mix tasks. FANUC CRX 3iA details Weighing only 11 kg (24 lbs.), FANUC said that the CRX 3iA can be carried and set up in minutes, giving manufacturers a portable…
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Autonomous robotics company Robot.com announced that it has recently surpassed 2.5 million completed tasks. The company, which has 500 robots deployed, offers both robotic services with Level 4 autonomous robots for campus delivery and warehouse logistics, and a national out-of-home (OOH) advertising platform powered by its mobile robot fleet. Additionally, the company announced the appointment of Gregory D. Smith to…
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NEURA Robotics and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a strategic agreement that looks to accelerate physical AI at scale - bringing cognitive robots that can perceive, reason and act alongside humans from development into global deployment. The companies said that the collaboration combines NEURA’s cognitive robotics platform with AWS’s cloud and AI infrastructure to help train, validate and deploy the…
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