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The University of Rhode Island announced the opening of its new Ocean Robotics Laboratory, part of a $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the institution’s Narragansett Bay Campus. The facility opened with a ribbon-cutting performed by Rhody, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) piloted by students Elliot Roman and Jake Bonney. The ceremonial ribbon was cut underwater in the building’s 20-foot-wide by…
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Agentic AI and physical AI are among the top supply chain technology trends for 2026, according to new research from Gartner. The report said that advances in AI technologies are enabling chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) to drive business value, strengthen resilience and reimagine operating models, as Gartner’s top technology trends for 2026 illustrate. These trends are shaped by three…
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Norway-based ultrasonic sensor company Sonair announced that its 3D ultrasonic sensor, ADAR (Acoustic Detection and Ranging), has achieved safety certification. The company said that its ADAR One was assessed as a human protection sensor according to the IEC 61496 standard for electrosensitive protection devices. Additionally, Sonair said that the product meets two foundational standards: IEC 61508, the functional safety standard…
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Shanghai, China-based embodied AI and robotics company AGIBOT announced that its 15,000th robot has officially rolled off the production line. The company said that the milestone unit is the AGIBOT G2, an industrial-grade embodied task robot designed for industrial and real-world operational scenarios. How AGIBOT scaled to 15,000 Units Founded in February 2023, AGIBOT said that it has rapidly achieved…
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Ambi Robotics and Pickle Robot announced the successful integration of their robotic systems in response to demand from Fortune 500 retail and logistics operators. The companies said that their integration fully automates the movement of packages from trailer unloading through pallet stacking and warehouse receiving operations. Ambi Robotics and Pickle Roboto integration details The deployment combines Pickle Robot’s trailer-unloading robots…
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Automated material handling and software provider Trew, and AI-powered robotic fulfillment system provider Brightpick announced a partnership. The companies said that the partnership combines Trew’s system development, software platforms and integration background with Brightpick’s technology to give clients flexible automated fulfillment. Brightpick and Trew partnership details Through the partnership, Trew said that it will integrate two Brightpick technologies: Gridpicker: a…
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Agility Robotics, “Agility,” a humanoid robotics and physical AI company, and Churchill Capital Corp XI, “Churchill, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. According to Agility and Churchill, upon closing of the transaction, the combined company is expected to operate as Agility and be listed on a major North American…
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Global offline programming and simulation software for robots provider RoboDK showcased its newly launched RoboDK CAM software at Automate 2026 in Chicago. The company said that the platform is designed to help people deploy robots with ease, and can cut robotic machining deployment time by up to 40%. The company’s Automate booth demonstrated how robotic machining programs can be generated…
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Hirebotics announced the release of what the company said is the first explosion-proof cobot offering, built using its no-code Beacon platform and the FANUC CRX-10iA/L Paint hardware. The company said that the Cobot Painter is available now, offering metal fabricators and manufacturers a practical, high-mix, low-volume alternative to manual spraying and complex automated lines. Painting with cobots is safer, more…
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At Automate 2026 in Chicago, Kawasaki Robotics and Dexterity announced an expanded collaboration around Kawasaki Robotics' RL030N 8 DoF robot arm platform and Dexterity's Mech “superhumanoid” robots for warehouse logistics. Kawasaki showcased the new RL030N 8 DoF robot arm platform at its booth during Automate. Mech grows with Kawasaki’s robot arms Dexterity said that it is expanding production and scaling…
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At Automate 2026 in Chicago, FORT Robotics announced that it joined the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics ecosystem that’s bringing safety to autonomous robots. FORT said that the NVIDIA Outside-In Safety Blueprint combined with the FORT Trust Layer extends robot perception beyond onboard sensors by using external infrastructure sensors and visual AI agents to deliver real-time, safety-certifiable functional safety to maximize…
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At Automate 2026 in Chicago, Aptiv announced that Robust.AI has selected Aptiv’s intelligent perception offerings, including AI and machine learning based sensor fusion powered by the Aptiv PULSE sensor for its Gen 3 Carter collaborative mobile robot. The companies said that the selection builds on the companies’ existing collaboration to combine Aptiv’s technologies with Robust.AI’s robotics human-centered design to accelerate…
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It was quite a week in Chicago for Automate 2026, North America’s largest robotics and automation event. Despite some travel hiccups that extended our stay, it was an enlightening week at McCormick Place to check in on all the latest global innovations in automation, components, robotics and vision. I had some (extra) time to think about my time in Chicago,…
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NEURA Robotics, the developer of cognitive robotics and creator of the Neuraverse, showcased its full industrial robot portfolio at Automate 2026 in Chicago. The company said that its Automate booth featured live demos across its full portfolio, from cobots and mobile autonomous transports to humanoids, all connected through the Neuraverse platform. NEURA added that its Automate presence comes on the…
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