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February 11, 2026 · Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter announced in a memo that he would step down as CEO of the company on February 27, 2026.
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February 11, 2026 · Symbotic announced during its Q1 2026 earnings call that it had acquired autonomous forklift company Fox Robotics for an undisclosed amount.
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February 11, 2026 · Apptronik closed its Series A with over $935 million, bringing the AI and humanoid robotics company’s total capital raised to shy of $1 billion.
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February 10, 2026 · Palladyne AI was awarded a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to make different autonomous systems work together.
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February 10, 2026 · Ambi Robotics expanded its AmbiOS physical AI platform with AI Skill Suite, a library of 3D AI robot applications for licensing.
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February 9, 2026 · At Manifest 2026 in Las Vegas, Corvus Robotics launched Corvus One for Cold Chain, an autonomous drone-based inventory management system for freezers.
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February 8, 2026 · Alva Industries launched TorqStudio, allowing engineers to design, optimize and analyze electric motors before committing to prototype building.
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February 6, 2026 · A new report from A3 found the sixth straight quarter of robot order growth and continued automation adoption broadly across industries in 2025.
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February 5, 2026 · Humanoid released its KinetIQ AI framework that orchestrates mixed humanoid robot fleets across uses and coordinates interactions between the robots.
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February 4, 2026 · At SLAS 2026, ABB will demo interoperable robotic technologies with Agilent and Mettler Toledo to showcase how AI turns to action in lab automation.
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February 3, 2026 · The National Commission on Robotics Act, proposed by Representatives Jay Obernolte, Jennifer McClellan and Bob Latta, was introduced in Congress.
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February 3, 2026 · Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA announced a long-term partnership to build and scale industrial AI and Virtual Twin technologies for wide industry use.
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February 3, 2026 · Slip Robotics released the SlipLift autonomous platform that expands trailer loading and unloading capabilities to new routes in heavy freight and more.
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February 2, 2026 · Robotiq combined its adaptive grippers with high-frequency tactile sensing to enable robots to generalize across objects, tasks and environments.
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January 31, 2026 · Orbbec and Robbyant partnered to launch the LingBot-Depth high-precision open-source spatial perception model.
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January 30, 2026 · OnRobot is hosting an Automation Roadmap event addressing Texas manufacturing labor shortages, featuring FANUC robot demos.
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January 29, 2026 · New York Robotics formally launched as the Tri-State area, and its over 100 robotics startups position the region alongside other robotics hubs.
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January 29, 2026 · Robotic safety standards are outdated, according to 3Laws founder and COO Amir Sharif, and need an overhaul to keep up with technological innovations.
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January 28, 2026 · Boston Dynamics released update 5.1 for the Spot robot dog and Orbit fleet management program, offering more real-time data analysis capabilities.
Podcasts
January 28, 2026 · The Robotics 24/7 podcast series, “Robotics Recap” takes a look at the major automation and robotics industry news from around the world in January 2026.
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