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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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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 22 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
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EAIGLE, a provider of AI-native gate and yard automation technologies, announced a long-standing, strategic partnership with PortCity, a port-focused logistics provider offering warehousing, drayage, brokerage, transload and over-the-road services. The companies said that the partnership looks to expand deployment of its proprietary gate and yard automation platform across PortCity's high-velocity distribution network. Automating port logistics EAIGLE and PortCity said that…
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Germany-based Festo prides itself on seamless automation for all of its products, whether it’s software or hardware, which was the basis for its GripperAI technology. Though other providers are offering AI-based software for robotic grippers, their approach involves more training and becomes increasingly complex as the number of items to be gripped grows, according to Eberhard Klotz, Festo's head of…
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Labor shortages are plaguing industries around the world. Nowhere is that more prevalent than in jobs that require repetitive, menial tasks in hazardous environments. Advancements in robot durability, longevity and safety have made them an appealing answer to combat the shrinking labor force. Instead of humans working in dull, dirty and dangerous environments, what if robots supplant them in favor…
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As warehouses become increasingly automated, robotics developers are discovering that artificial intelligence alone isn't enough. Physical AI - the ability for robots to perceive, reason and safely interact with dynamic environments - depends just as much on the automation architecture beneath the surface as it does on advanced algorithms. Dexterity, a provider of physical AI and robotics, selected Beckhoff Automation's…
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Drone delivery service Wing and retail giant Walmart announced another expansion of their partnership, adding seven U.S. metro areas to its drone delivery network. After announcing plans to add 150 Walmart locations across the U.S. at NRF 2026, Wing and Walmart said that the following cities are now part of its delivery area: Memphis New Orleans Philadelphia Phoenix San Diego…
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Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, today announced the release of LingBot-VA 2.0, an embodied-native world-action model. The company said that this release marks a key transition in robotics foundation models, shifting from repurposing digital world models to designing them natively for the physical world. Instead of relying on fine-tuned digital content generation models, Robbyant said that LingBot-VA…
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
