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Automotive, aerospace, and other engineering-driven industries are working within shorter development cycles while performance targets continue to rise. Electric vehicle (EV) programs must translate aerodynamic gains into measurable range improvements. Aircraft programs must assess performance in cruise and off-cruise conditions such as takeoff, landing, and other demanding operating scenarios. Engineering teams also need reliable insight before physical prototypes are available…
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Stuttgart-based AI-powered robotics for warehouse automation company Sereact announced the expansion of its partnership with Arvato, a global supply chain and e-commerce service provider. As part of the agreement, Sereact’s intelligent single-arm robotic systems are being deployed across three Arvato sites within the next few months: one robot in Memphis (U.S.), four robots in Dortmund (Germany), and one robot in…
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UK-based AI and robotics company Humanoid announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million. The company said that the funding round was led by Prime Movers Lab, a venture capital firm focused on investments in breakthrough scientific startups working to revolutionize the world's…
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Wilder X, a pre-seed technology company that said it is developing the proposed missing layer between AI decisions and real-world action, has publicly introduced the Wilderson Coordinated Sufficiency Architecture, or WCSA, a proposed machine-facing governance layer intended to sit between an intelligent request and consequential physical action. The company said that it is also launching a bounded robotic-arm validation initiative…
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A report from the New York City Economic Development Corporation found that e-commerce is one of the fastest-growing retail subsectors in New York City, with new consumer brands launching constantly, and 2.5 million packages delivered across the city each day. In an effort to manage this major growth, companies that manufacture, print, fulfill and automate for these brands are racing…
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NVIDIA announced that NVIDIA Agent Toolkit now includes NVIDIA Omniverse libraries - a collection of software components that give AI agents tools and skills to add physical AI capabilities to existing applications and prepare 3D content for simulation. The company made the announcement as part of its presence at SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles. Enhancing simulation capabilities with advanced 3D…
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Robotics development software provider Foxglove announced the speaker lineup and programming for Actuate 26, its annual robotics developer conference for engineers, software developers, AI/ML practitioners, founders and technical leaders building production robots and physical AI systems. The company said that Actuate 26 will take place August 18-19 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Foxglove said that Actuate 26 is expected…
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ABB Robotics announced a global collaboration with Roche Diagnostics to develop and bring to market new robotic offerings for clinical laboratories. The company said that the collaboration with Roche lays the foundation for a new era of connected labs that are flexible, fast and reliable to meet the growing demands of modern healthcare. Range of ABB Robotics’ technologies to be…
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Robust.AI, a provider of AI-driven warehouse automation, announced a partnership with ShipLab, a San Diego-area e-commerce fulfillment and third-party logistics provider, to deploy Carter collaborative mobile robots at ShipLab's Vista, Calif., facility. The company said that the deployment follows a phased model designed to let ShipLab validate performance at each stage before expanding, with an initial go-live planned for July…
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Luxonis, the robotics and industrial automation company behind the OAK camera and DepthAI software, announced the close of a $14 million Series A round led by Denali Growth Partners, with participation from Taiwania Capital. The company said that the funding will accelerate Luxonis's commercial expansion, advance the product roadmap and scale production of its OAK camera platform to meet the…
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Viam, a software platform for building, deploying and managing robotics applications, is expanding access to a faster path for robotics engineers. The company’s new course, Viam 101, launches July 23 and offers a free, self-paced way for engineers to learn the platform entirely in simulation, with no hardware required to get started. The company said that the course includes over…
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Swisslog announced that the company has repositioned its monorail system under the new name FastMove. The company said that the updated product identity reflects enhanced customer value, with a focus on performance, flexibility and improved equipment lifecycle for long-distance pallet transport. High pallet throughput while maintaining flexibility With enhanced throughput management, Swisslog said that it is strengthening its commitment to…
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NVIDIA announced the introduction of the T3000 and T2000, new modules based on the NVIDIA Thor architecture, which the company said enables mass-market robotics and edge AI applications at scale. The company said that general-purpose robots and autonomous machines are moving from research labs to real-world mass-market deployment, creating demand for compact, power-efficient AI supercomputers capable of running foundation models…
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Construction automation company Xpanner announced the release of its X1 Panel Lift. The company said that the X1 Panel Lift is an intelligent, excavator-based panel installation system engineered to address one of the solar industry's most persistent constraints: the availability of skilled installation labor at scale. Xpanner said that the platform, which was previously deployed on pile drivers for solar…
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The inner workings of robots: Components and sensors
From geometry preparation to AI-assisted analysis, integrated CFD workflows…
Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
