
Steve Crowe, chair of RoboBusiness, introduced the “State of Robotics” panel at RoboBusiness 2025. RoboBusiness 2026, which will be on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., opened its call for speakers. It has been the premier event for discussions around commercial robotics development and industry trends for 20 years. The deadline for submitting speaker proposals is July 8, 2026. Tracks at this year’s event will include: Physical AI: Explore approaches and technologies that
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RoboBusiness is an annual conference focused on commercial robotics development and industry trends that has operated for 20 years. The 2026 event will take place in October in Santa Clara, California, and is currently accepting speaker proposals with a deadline of July 8, 2026. The conference will feature six track areas covering topics including physical AI, enabling technologies, humanoids, field robotics, development methodologies, and business deployment strategies. Speakers receive complimentary full registration and can bring up to two guest attendees at no cost.

The new Flexley Stack F712 autonomous forklift can work in storage and retrieval. Source ABB Robotics. ABB Robotics today launched the Flexley Stack F712, an autonomous forklift. The company said the latest addition to its mobile robot portfolio creates a more complete, interoperable ecosystem. ABB said it designed the Flexley Stack F712 for demanding material handling, end-of-line storage, and warehouse operations across industries, including automotive manufacturing. The company said its new a

Tesollo is developing high degree-of-freedom hands for use with any humanoid robot. | Credit: Tesollo Robotic hand developer Tesollo Inc. has officially begun preparations for an initial public offering, or IPO, in the coming year and has completed its Series B funding round to fuel its global expansion. The Incheon, South Korea-based company specializes in manufacturing core robotic components, advanced end effectors, and systems designed to enhance robot autonomy and human-robot collaboration.

In a world where self-driving robotaxis glide through major city streets without drivers behind the wheel and delivery drones autonomously fly through the skies to drop off orders at customers’ homes, the idea of general-purpose robots helping humans with various tasks in workplaces or even homes may not seem far-fetched. But that future hinges on developing increasingly autonomous robots powered by modern artificial intelligence—an ambitious vision that has motivated many researchers to become
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