Deal is expected to provide approximately $465 million in gross capital as Agility expands deployments of its Digit humanoid with industrial customers. The post Agility Robotics shareholders approve $2.5B humanoid SPAC merger appeared first on The Robot Report .
By Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts A new industrial robot can meet its cycle-time target and still fail its most important workplace test: what happens when an experienced operator believes the machine is wrong? That question deserves attention as manufacturers accelerate automation. The International Federation of Robotics reported in September that the global […]
Tutor Intelligence has raised funding to further develop its picking robots, networked intelligence, and commercial deployments. The post Tutor Intelligence raises Series B to scale model training, robot deployments appeared first on The Robot Report .
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced the publication of ISO 21423:2026, a new international standard for communication and interoperability among industrial mobile robots (IMRs), regardless of vendor or model. ISO 21423 provides a common set of communication requirements for mobile robots from different suppliers operating in the same industrial facility. Developed by ISO […]
Between skyrocketing grocery bills and gas prices, keeping up with basic household expenses may feel harder than ever. Making matters worse, utility bills are surging coast to coast as major electricity companies raise prices to fund multibillion-dollar grid overhauls. Nationwide, electric utility providers are in a bind. Surging demand driven by electric vehicles, massive data […]
When you want to animate a still image to a music track, you quickly realize that most AI video tools are built for spoken dialogue. They flap a mouth on a static background, creating a talking head rather than a singing character. For a true musical output, you need a tool that understands the difference […]
ThermAffyx addresses secure positioning and heating of patients for robot-assisted surgical procedures with a minimal OR footprint. The post Gentherm designs ThermAffyx to protect, move patients during robotic surgeries appeared first on The Robot Report .
Last month, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of RoboBusiness, whic is being rebranded to Robotics Summit & Expo West. The post Top 10 robotics developments of October 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report .
Cloud migration is the process of moving an application, its data, and its infrastructure from on-premises servers to a cloud provider’s environment. In legacy modernization it usually comes up first, because it promises quick gains in hosting costs and availability. Its limits often show up a few months later, when changes still take as long […]
Drug companies demand speedier launches and don’t want to relax quality standards. That puts pressure on the shop floor as well as on the software above it. Rockwell Automation’s October 1 report found that 90 percent of life sciences manufacturers call digital transformation necessary. Nearly 58 percent are already using smart manufacturing technology in their […]
Connie Bowen, the founding general partner of Farmhand Ventures, discusses the importance of return on investment for AgTech developers. The post What AgTech founders get wrong about ROI appeared first on The Robot Report .
North American companies ordered 10,989 robots valued at $723.5 million in the third quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Orders increased 24.8 percent in units and 26.1 percent in value compared to the third quarter of 2025, making it the strongest quarter of the year so […]
