Topic: Perception

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MODEX 2026: FANUC America showcases robotics and AMRs for warehousing and logistics

April 10, 2026 · At MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, FANUC America is showcasing its robotics and AMR portfolio for warehousing and logistics operations.

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MODEX 2026 Q&A: Robotics leaders on supply chain, automation & innovation

April 2, 2026 · Preview MODEX 2026 with Amir Sharif of 3 Laws, Mok Yun of Contoro Robotics, Nikhil Ramaswamy of CynLr, John Santagate of EMP Advisors, Kait Peterson of Locus Robotics, Erik Nieves of Plus One Robotics and Owen Nicholson of Slamcore.

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LogiMAT 2026: Orbbec, Basler announce industrial 3D vision partnership

March 26, 2026 · At LogiMAT 2026 in Germany, Orbbec and Basler entered into a partnership aimed at developing 3D vision technologies for robotics and logistics applications.

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NVIDIA GTC 2026: Vention debuts Rapid Operator AI for autonomous bin picking

March 17, 2026 · At NVIDIA GTC 2026, Vention released Rapid Operator AI, a physical AI system for autonomous bin picking through a unified hardware, vision and software stack.

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Ambi Robotics introduces AmbiVision AI-powered item intelligence and perception software

March 11, 2026 · Ambi Robotics’ AmbiVision utilizes five AI skills from Ambi's AI Skill Suite, including measurement, tracking, reading, inspection and quality control.

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Rhoda AI exits stealth mode with $450M Series A

March 10, 2026 · Rhoda AI announced a $450 million Series A and unveiled FutureVision, an intelligence layer to expedite robot development to deployment.

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Dexterity launches Foresight world model and 4D packing agent

March 10, 2026 · Dexterity unveiled Foresight, a new world model and 4D packing agent, to help solve some physically demanding tasks such as truck loading.

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PlusAI launches SuperDrive 6.0 to accelerate commercial driverless autonomous trucking

March 7, 2026 · PlusAI launched SuperDrive 6.0, utilizing 10x faster AI training that enables new features to accelerate commercial driverless autonomous trucking.

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NVIDIA GTC 2026: Texas Instruments, NVIDIA partner to accelerate safe deployment of humanoids

March 5, 2026 · Ahead of NVIDIA GTC 2026, Texas Instruments and NVIDIA announced a partnership to accelerate the path from simulation to safe deployment of humanoid robots.

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Helm.ai Driver achieves vision-only urban autonomy

February 26, 2026 · Helm.ai expanded its Helm.ai Driver software stack, advancing Level 2+ systems through Level 4 urban autonomy for driverless vehicles.

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Ottonomy unveils platform connecting robots, drones and smart infrastructure on NVIDIA

February 23, 2026 · Ottonomy released the Ottumn.AI physical AI orchestration platform, connecting robots, drones and smart infrastructure through NVIDIA.

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e-con Systems launches DepthVista Helix 3D CW iToF Camera

February 20, 2026 · Embedded vision provider e-con Systems launched its DepthVista Helix 3D CW iToF Camera for robotics and industrial automation offerings.

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Nomagic secures additional $10M in funding, launches Shoebox Picker

February 17, 2026 · Nomagic received $10 million in a Series B extension and launched the Shoebox Picker system, designed to handle two-piece and unsealed shoeboxes.

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RobCo raises $100M to scale autonomous industrial robotics platform

February 2, 2026 · RobCo secured $100 million in funding, which will be used to scale its autonomous industrial robotics platform and expand physical-AI driven technologies.

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Orbbec, Robbyant launch LingBot-Depth open-source spatial perception AI model

January 31, 2026 · Orbbec and Robbyant partnered to launch the LingBot-Depth high-precision open-source spatial perception model.

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Rethinking robotic safety: Why yesterday’s standards are inadequate for new robot architectures

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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Multiply Labs uses NVIDIA platforms to scale robotics in advanced biomanufacturing

January 16, 2026 · By integrating NVIDIA’s digital twins, foundation models and perception AI, Multiply Labs is scaling robotic biomanufacturing systems for next-gen cell and gene therapies.

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Pudu Robotics launches D5 Series of industry-grade autonomous, quadruped robots

December 28, 2025 · Pudu Robotics launched its first autonomous quadruped robot line, the D5 Series of industry-grade robot dogs for large-scale outdoor environments.

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CES 2026: e-con Systems launches Darsi Pro, a NVIDIA Jetson-powered AI compute box

December 21, 2025 · At CES 2026, e-con Systems is launching the Darsi Pro, an edge AI vision box built on the NVIDIA Jetson platform to handle autonomous workloads in physical AI applications.

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RealMan Robotics launches RealSource, a multi-modal real-world robot dataset

December 20, 2025 · RealMan Robotics launched its RealSource multi-modal real-world robot dataset, based on 10 real-world simulated environments from its Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.

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Daimon Robotics, Galbot launch RobOmni to see how tactile sensing improves robot manipulation
Daimon Robotics, Galbot launch RobOmni to see how tactile sensing improves robot manipulation

World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…

Automate 2026: Forklifts, physical AI, vision systems and more from day three in Chicago
Automate 2026: Forklifts, physical AI, vision systems and more from day three in Chicago

North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down

Automate 2026: Industrial robots, humanoids, software systems and more from day two in Chicago
Automate 2026: Industrial robots, humanoids, software systems and more from day two in Chicago

Automate’s largest day ever draws huge crowds to McCormick Place