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Deep dive into ARM’s physical AI and robotics strategies with Drew Henry
The Robot Report Podcast · Deep Dive into ARM’s Physical AI and Robotics Strategies with Drew Henry Episode 249 of The Robot Report Podcast features Drew Henry of Arm Holdings PLC. Podcast guest: Drew Henry of Arm Drew Henry. | Credit: Arm Drew Henry is executive vice president of Arm’s Physical AI Business Unit, leading the Cambridge, U.K.-based company‘s strategy for the computing and software technologies that power automotive, robotics, and autonomous systems. These markets sit
ExRobotics launches UL-certified inspection robot for hazardous environments
The ExR-2.5 robots is now available in North America. Source: ExRobotics Oil and gas operators face mounting pressure from aging infrastructure, acute workforce shortages, and the escalating cost of unplanned downtime, noted ExRobotics B.V. The company today made the North American launch of its UL-certified ExR-2.5 autonomous inspection robot at the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit in Houston. “The inspection challenges facing oil and gas operators are intensifying — skilled labor is ha
Vention collaborates with FANUC and Universal Robots on software-defined automation
Vention’s AI-powered platform enables FANUC industrial and collaborative robots to autonomously generate collision-free motion paths while providing integrated monitoring and remote support. Source: CNW Group/Vention At Automate this week in Chicago, Vention Inc. is showcasing partnerships around software-defined automation. The company has expanded support for FANUC America industrial robots, and it has optimized a new digital twin platform for Universal Robots deployments. “We̵
CreateMe partners with Avalo and Laguna Fabrics to bring resilience to apparel supply chains
CreateMe’s platform includes Pixel micro-adhesive bonding, the MeRA robotic assembly system, and Thermo(re)set reversible adhesive science. | Source: CreateMe Technologies CreateMe Technologies Inc. today announced strategic partnerships with Avalo and Laguna Fabrics to introduce Seed to System. This initiative aims to connect climate-smart cotton, domestic textile manufacturing, and robotic garment assembly into a single AI-assisted ecosystem. The partnership aims to demonstrate how appar
Why physical AI 2.0 needs a reality check
Physical AI needs more than data to enable robots to be more effective. Source: Erika AI, via Adobe Stock The world of artificial intelligence is moving from chatbots to vision processing—AI that lives in robots and self-driving cars. While we have made major strides in training these systems using massive datasets and digital simulations, a critical gap remains: the bridge between what a robot “sees” and what is actually happening in our messy, physical world. High-level reasoning i
FORT and NVIDIA launch AI-driven Outside-In Safety blueprint
FORT extends robot perception beyond on-board sensors by including external sensors to dynamically control robot behavior and perform at maximum efficiency. | Credit: FORT Robotics FORT Robotics announced today that it has joined the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics ecosystem. The companies introduced an AI-driven “Outside-In Safety” solution. They designed this solution to boost autonomous robot productivity and worker safety by utilizing external infrastructure sensors. The company will d
GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. The latest automation push has spurred union pushback over a potentially existential issue for automakers and their workers. General Motors installed approximately 50 robot arms at GM’s Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan, according to reporting by Crain’s Detroit Business. Made by the Japan
Bear Robotics acquires Kinisi Robotics to boost its physical AI capabilities
Kinisi Robotics’ KR1 will join Bear Robotics’ portfolio of service robots. | Source: Bear Robotics Bear Robotics today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinisi Robotics. The transaction will make Kinisi part of Bear. On closing, Kinisi’s KR1 humanoid robot, its Bristol-based engineering team, and its physical AI capabilities will be integrated into Bear Robotics, completing Bear’s end-to-end physical AI robotics platform. The companies expect to cl
Eclipse Automation launches RealitySync simulation platform
Eclipse RealitySync helps manufacturers evaluate, de-risk, and scale automation faster. | Source: Eclipse Automation Eclipse Automation launched Eclipse RealitySync at Automate 2026. The company said this product offers a new approach to how manufacturers evaluate, de-risk, and scale factory automation. Factory automation has grown more complex, connected, and harder to assess using traditional methods. Eclipse RealitySync allows manufacturers to step into their future factory before it’s built.
How Intrinsic eliminates manual robot coding
Intrinsic Intelligence aims to unlock new value for the industry through adaptive AI-enabled industrial robotics. | Credit: Intrinsic Alphabet’s Intrinsic debuted a modular, software-first robotic workcell design powered by IntrinsicOS. With the platform, Intrinsic aims to democratize industrial AI by replacing complex robot coding with drag-and-drop automation. This comes ahead of Intrinsic’s major manufacturing pilot with Foxconn later this year. The company is demonstrating the Int
NVIDIA releases Halos, a full-stack safety system for robotics
Agility Robotics is the first to use NVIDIA Halos for Robotics to build safety into its humanoids working in factories, warehouses, and logistics operations for customers including Amazon, GXO, Schaeffler, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. | Source: NVIDIA NVIDIA today launched NVIDIA Halos for Robotics. This is a full-stack, comprehensive safety system for robotics and physical AI that unifies AI compute and safety. NVIDIA said autonomous robots will need AI foundation models, accelerated
Cobot’s Proxie Gen 2 robot adds autotasking, mobile manipulation
Collaborative Robtics’ Proxie 2.0 offers bimanual manipulation and autotasking. | Credit: Collaborative Robotics Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) unveiled the second-generation version of its Proxie mobile robot, adding greater payload capacity, self-swapping batteries, autonomous task identification, and a new two-armed manipulation option as the company looks to expand deployments across healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company introduced Proxie Gen 2
Güdel to show grinding beyond stationary robots with vertical, horizontal motion at Automate 2026
Gudel will demonstrate a grinding application at Automate 2026. Source: Titan Robotics Grinding and surface finishing of fabricated parts is one of the classic dull, dirty, or dangerous applications that are suitable for robot automation. Unfortunately, this requires multiple robots and complex part repositioning, which adds significant cost and extends cycle times while introducing new sources of variation in the process, noted Güdel AG. At Automate 2026, the company plans to show a system desi
Defense manufacturing readiness hinges on autonomous finishing, says GrayMatter Robotics
GrayMatter Robotics uses its Factory SuperIntelligence AI architecture across industries, environments, materials, geometries, and applications. | Source: GrayMatter Robotics Workforce shortfall and attrition in defense manufacturing are measurable, and their effects are showing up in readiness data. GrayMatter Robotics said that its autonomous surface-finishing systems represent one structural response to the trades shortage driving that attrition. According to the Government Accountability Off
U.S. robotics industry saw double-digit growth in 2025, says IFR
A chart showing annual installations of industrial robots in the U.S. | Source: IFR The number of industrial robot installations in the United States rose by 11% year over year, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. U.S. robotics installations reached 38,000 units in 2025. Robust growth in the food industry and other non-manufacturing sectors drove this recovery, said the Frankfurt, Germany-based organization. However, the automotive industry still remains the largest ad
Large Portuguese building 3D printed in record 9 Days
Portuguese construction 3D printing company Havelar has delivered a public building for the municipality of Matosinhos using construction 3D printing technology. The project, a 500 m² (5,400 ft²) recycling center office at the Ecocentro de Perafita in Porto, was printed in 9 days on budget using a COBOD BOD2 construction 3D printer operated by a […]
Why Reliable Backup Power is Becoming Essential for Modern Robotics Systems
Modern robotics systems are transforming industries by improving efficiency, accuracy, and productivity. From manufacturing plants to logistics facilities, organizations increasingly depend on automated systems to keep operations running smoothly around the clock. Businesses researching backup power solutions for robotics infrastructure can find valuable information through Nite & Day Power, which specializes in uninterruptible power systems […]
Massachusetts awards $2 million to six local robotics companies
Massachusetts’ Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Innovation Institute, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech), has awarded nearly $2 million through the Massachusetts Robotic Digital Twin Initiative to six organizations advancing robotics innovation across the state. The funding will help accelerate commercialization pathways for robotics hardware developers by expanding access to digital twin technologies. Digital […]
Richtech Robotics launches livestream for ADAM AI-powered humanoid
The ADAM robot will interact with people via livestream in addition to service locations. Source: Richtech Robotics One aspect of humanoid robotics development is building public trust. Richtech Robotics Inc. today launched a round-the-clock interactive streaming platform featuring its ADAM robot. “Richtech Robotics has always focused on creating robots that seamlessly integrate into human environments and improve the way businesses operate,” said Wayne Huang, CEO of Richtech Robotics. “With the
Microbot Medical to expand veteran access to robotic surgery with LIBERTY
LIBERTY is a single-use, remotely operated endovascular robotic system. | Source: Microbot Medical Robotics can help improve the quality of care for U.S. military veterans. Microbot Medical Inc. this week said it is working with Lovell Government Services Inc. to serve federal healthcare systems. This includes those run by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, the Military Health System (MHS), which is run by the U.S. Department of War, a
Kinova launches KIMA medical robotic arm
Designed for precision-driven surgical robotics, KIMA combines calibrated accuracy, repeatable motion control, and compact clinical integration. | Source: Kinova Kinova Inc. recently marked its 20th anniversary by launching KIMA, a medical robotic arm purpose-built for clinical environments. The company said KIMA can support practitioners across a broad spectrum of applications, from endoscopy and bronchoscopy to complex surgical interventions. “KIMA represents a shift in how medical robot
As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military
Taiwan’s existence as a self-governing democracy may depend heavily on having enough military drones to discourage any attempted invasion by China’s military. As the Taiwanese government aims to boost domestic production of military drones and Taiwanese citizens sign up for drone flight training, Taiwanese companies are forming international partnerships to sell more drones to the US military and other overseas buyers. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense proposed a special budget that would sp
Genesis AI launches first general-purpose humanoid robot
Genesis AI, a “global full-stack robotics company”, has unveiled Eno, the company’s first general-purpose robot. The company describes Eno as “a next-generation robot that breaks free from traditional form factors through its minimalist design”. GENE, Genesis AI’s foundation model and the industry’s most advanced robotic brain, will operate Eno as a true physical agent: reasoning, […]
From backflips to folding laundry: How X Square Robot is building the missing ‘brain’ for embodied AI
While robotics companies around the world continue to showcase humanoids performing backflips, running obstacle courses, and dancing on stage, one Chinese firm is pursuing a more difficult – and arguably more consequential – goal: teaching robots to operate in the messy, unpredictable environments where people actually live and work. According to X Square Robot founder […]
How Kodiak uses AI and probabilistic risk assessment to measure autonomous trucking safety
Rapid AI advances now enable engineers to develop autonomous driving technology faster than ever, but the true frontier of autonomous driving is the ability to couple those advances with demonstrable and rigorous safety. Increasingly, depth and rigor is achieved not through the biggest budgets nor the largest fleets, but by distilling the most precise insights […]
Raymond partners with Third Wave Automation to expand physical AI across lift truck fleets
Third Wave Automation has announced a technology collaboration with The Raymond Corporation, part of Toyota Material Handling North America to launch and expand AI-enabled physical automation capabilities across select automated Raymond lift trucks. The collaboration builds on several years of collaborative development and operational learning since 2021, backed first by investments from Toyota Ventures, Toyota’s […]
RLWRLD named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for advancing physical AI infrastructure
RLWRLD, a physical AI company developing the proprietary Robotics Foundation Model RLDX-1, has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2026. The WEF Technology Pioneers program selects 100 innovative technology companies each year that are positioned to drive long-term, paradigm-shifting impact on global industries and society. According to the WEF’s official analysis report, Meet […]
Fennec Engineering earns T2 qualification for Advanced Safety Acceleration Platform
Fennec Engineering has worked with clients including Amazon Robotics. Source: Fennec Engineering Functional safety is critical for robots and related technologies to earn trust and adoption, and it must be considered as early as possible in development, according to Fennec Engineering. The company today said it has received independent certification from TÜV Rheinland for its Advanced Safety Acceleration Platform, or ASAP. The year-long Tool 2 (T2) qualification process demonstrated that ASAP me
Sanctuary AI validates physical AI performance at Tier 1 automotive supplier
Sanctuary demonstrates a wire-plugging task at an automotive customer. Source: Sanctuary AI While the race for commercially viable humanoid robots continues, some developers are applying physical AI and advanced manipulation to existing platforms. Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp. today said it has achieved “world-class performance” in a complex wire-plugging task with a global Tier 1 automotive supplier. The result was a 99.5%+ task success rate at a cycle time of 2.54 seconds, vali
Evaluating humanoids for surface finishing applications
Manufacturing processes such as sanding, polishing, blasting, grinding, coating, and painting are used in a wide variety of industries. These manufacturing tasks are ergonomically challenging and pose significant health risks for humans (please see image above). There is considerable interest in using robots to automate these operations. When parts are large, the robot arm needs to be repositioned around to ensure that the entire part surface can be covered. People often ask if humanoids would
Autonomique deploys semi-humanoid robots and AI at Canadian Tier 1
Autonomique’s AI platform and mobile manipulator are moving from the lab into factories. Source: Autonomique Manufacturers face persistent labor shortages, rising costs, and growing production complexity. However, traditional automation, built for fixed and repetitive tasks, often struggles to adapt, according to Autonomique Inc. The company today said that its physical AI platform, which is designed to address this challenge, is progressing toward production deployment at Tier 1 automotiv
Nvidia reveals AI robots that taught themselves to install GPUs into motherboards — video shows robot ‘solve high-precision tasks like… installing GPUs all by itself’
Nvidia showcases agentic robots that can teach themselves high-precision and dexterous tasks - like PC building - in the real world.
Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital
In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One.