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GENISOM AI made its International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) debut at ICRA 2026 in Vienna, where the company presented a full-stack embodied intelligence system spanning robot hardware, simulation infrastructure, autonomous navigation, and agent-based task execution. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Beijing, GENISOM AI says it has already surpassed 10,000 units in cumulative production and delivery, placing it…
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The robotics industry has invested heavily in vision-based perception and increasingly sophisticated AI models. Yet as embodied AI advances toward physical AI and world models, robots are supposed to do more than perceive the world - they are expected to learn to understand and interact with the real world through physical contact. But when robots interact with the physical world,…
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Professional cleaning has become a proving ground for autonomous robots. Schools, hospitals, warehouses, transport hubs, commercial buildings; these are dynamic, shared spaces where people move, conditions change, and low-lying obstacles can interrupt a robot's mission at any moment. “This is where autonomous cleaning actually takes place,” explains Roger Kaiser, head of robotics at Cleanfix, a professional cleaning technology company. Perception…
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NEURA Robotics, the German cognitive robotics company and creator of the Neuraverse, announced Series C financing with a total round size of up to $1.4 billion. The company said that the funding round will accelerate its mission of building the world’s leading physical AI platform. NEURA Series C details NEURA Robotics said that the financing brings together global leaders across…
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B&R Stores, Inc., a family-owned grocery operator behind banners including Russ's Market, Allen's, Super Saver and Cash Saver, has introduced Simbe's Store Intelligence platform, powered by the company’s autonomous shelf-scanning robot, Tally, to select locations in Lincoln, Neb. By capturing real-time, shelf-level data on product availability, pricing and placement, Simbe said that Tally provides B&R store teams the visibility to…
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New York-based AI-native, industrial robotics manufacturer Standard Bots announced a $200 million Series C led by RoboStrategy and existing investors. The funding positions the company at a $1 billion valuation, which it said marks a major milestone for American robotics at a time when U.S. industry is racing to modernize and reshore. The company announced that it is also expanding…
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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced the keynote lineup for Automate 2026, as artificial intelligence reshapes industrial automation and drives manufacturers and other industries to find new ways to address workforce shortages, improve productivity and remain competitive. The Association said that these themes will take center stage this year at Automate, June 22-25, 2026, in Chicago at McCormick…
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Yale Lift Truck Technologies announced the launch of lithium-ion batteries and chargers designed specifically for its lift trucks, including the new ERC-VG2 series of electric counterbalanced lift trucks. The company stated that its purpose-built batteries and chargers eliminate the compatibility concerns that can arise with third-party power technologies, offering a high-performance, maintenance-free, zero-emission power option at a competitive price point.…
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Mitsubishi Electric opened Serendie Street Boston, the company’s first western digital transformation (DX) hub. The company said that the opening represents a major milestone in Mitsubishi Electric’s global Serendie co-creation initiative which brings together researchers, startups, customers and partners to turn ideas into deployable offerings. Serendie Street Boston details Mitsubishi Electric said that Serendie Street Boston serves as a new…
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Generalist, an embodied foundation model development company, announced a $400 million funding round, bringing its total raised to more than half a billion dollars. The company said that the capital will be used to accelerate its mission of building physical AGI, and making it useful to everyone. Generalist said that its new major investors include Radical Ventures (lead), 8VC, Union…
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A new report from market research firm Interact Analysis found that shipments of collaborative robot (cobots) are predicted to grow at an average annual rate of 17.3% from 2025 to 2030. IA’s latest market report found that cobot shipments will almost double over the forecast period to 128,918 units. This follows a positive 2025, with shipments of cobots increasing 14.5%…
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Autonomous robotic delivery technology company Serve Robotics announced a new partnership with NoScrubs, an on-demand laundry service, marking Serve’s first commercial urban delivery partnership outside of prepared food. Serve said that the pilot, launching in early June in select Los Angeles neighborhoods, will use Serve's existing fleet of autonomous sidewalk robots to deliver NoScrubs laundry orders directly to customers' doors.…
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Robotiq introduced IQ, which the company said is an AI-enabled platform designed to make robotic workcell integration faster, more predictable and easier to scale. The company said that IQ captures unstructured automation project data, coordinates engineering workflows and helps partners generate validated workcell designs based on real customer inputs and historical deployment data from thousands of previous factory installations. Shifting…
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FORT Robotics, a developer of safe control technologies for robots and mobile machines, announced the acquisition of Mapless AI, a Boston- and Pittsburgh-based provider of vehicle teleoperation and autonomy supervision technologies. FORT said that the acquisition represents a significant commercial expansion of its Trust Platform, adding two critical new capabilities: remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation and onboard active safety. Building trust in…
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Real-world AI company Brain Corp announced that its BrainOS autonomy platform has completed a SOC 2 Type II examination - a rigorous, independent audit of how it secures data and operates systems over time. With tens of thousands of autonomous robots already operating in commercial environments worldwide, the company said that the conversation around AI is shifting from proving it…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
