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Hello Robot, A&K Robotics to discuss how robots navigate crowded indoor spaces at RoboBusiness ↗
As robots move beyond warehouses and other controlled environments and into everyday life, navigation challenges will be critical.
Promise Robotics partners with D.R. Horton on physical AI for homebuilding ↗
Promise Robotics has signed a multi-year partnership with America's largest homebuilder by volume to bring physical AI to construction.
Closing the reality gap: Why real-time execution has become the new competitive advantage ↗
Daifuku's Cecile Dick-Calmes said success is no longer measured solely by automation density or equipment utilization.
Will ‘boring’ robots win in the real world? Why robotic form should follow workflow ↗
If we want to move physical AI from social media feeds to a sustained commercial level, we must reverse our current approach.
Why dexterity is physical AI’s real bottleneck ↗
The next major challenge in robotic dexterity is making the entire system reliable enough to turn capabilities into useful work.
Why humanoid robot demos still fail the generalization test ↗
How better data and human judgment can help robots move beyond demos toward reliable real-world performance.
Boston Dynamics gives more insight into its redesigned humanoid hand ↗
The Robot Report spoke with Alberto Rodriguez, the director of robot behavior for Atlas at Boston Dynamics, about the humanoid's new hand.
Groceryshop 2026 shows that retail robots are ready to scale, use AI ↗
Groceryshop 2026 not only featured mobile robots for taking inventory, but it also showed how retail automation is evolving.
SafeWorld emerges from stealth to build, deploy robot safety simulation technologies ↗
SafeWorld’s platform provides testing and simulation software to help enterprises evaluate and deploy robots safely and responsibly.
Jabil discusses the pace of humanoid robot development and production ↗
Jabil, which is working with robot developers such as Apptronik, provides a design perspective on humanoid progress.
Helm.ai reaches $70M in signed commercial contracts for its foundation models ↗
Helm.ai trained its foundation models using its unsupervised 'deep teaching' methodology to master the structure of the physical world itself.
AWS launches open-source Physical AI Toolchain for robotics ↗
The toolchain combines AWS and NVIDIA tools for synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and validation, edge deployment, and continuous improvement.
PTC acquisition positions Schneider Electric to challenge Siemens ↗
The Schneider Electric acquisition of PTC gives it a 'digital thread' from design through operations, but it needs to integrate data and software, says Interact Analysis.
Teradyne Robotics, Elite Robots settle cobot dispute ↗
Teradyne Robotics and Elite Robots have settled their software dispute, ending the legal case without disclosing the terms of the agreement.
Harmonic Drive to share how integrated actuators can reduce engineering at RoboBusiness ↗
Attendees will learn how integrated actuators can reduce engineering effort by simplifying system integration.
Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon exec Rohit Prasad as new CEO ↗
Before Boston Dynamics, Prasad served as senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa and artificial general intelligence at Amazon.
Pegasus 1.6 brings video understanding to physical AI, says TwelveLabs ↗
TwelveLabs says its Pegasus 1.6 model understands first-person video and supports workflows including labeling for robotics developers.
Sovereign AI, same landlord — thoughts on the physical AI race ↗
While physical AI architecture alternatives are growing in number, NVIDIA has taken a sovereign strategy to ensuring its role.
FireDome builds autonomous ‘artillery’ for wildfire defense ↗
FireDome builds autonomous wildfire defense systems to protect communities and infrastructure before firefighters arrive.
Overview AI launches OV Spark line of AI inspection cameras ↗
The OV Spark and OV Spark Pro AI inspection cameras are available now through Overview AI and its distribution partners.
Teradyne invests in Bright Machines to bring robotics to AI infrastructure manufacturing ↗
The companies plan to integrate Teradyne robotics and test technologies with the Bright Machines manufacturing platform.
FCC robot restrictions could accelerate shift to local AI ↗
Companies deploying physical AI today need to decide which AI workloads belong on the robot, what can remain in the cloud, and whether the underlying technology stack can meet rising expectations for security, safety,…
How robotics and physical AI can responsibly tackle key physical security challenges ↗
Cyber and physical security threats are rapidly evolving, but robotics and AI can evolve to meet them, writes a columnist.
The physical AI race will be won in the patent office ↗
Patent protection is important for robotics startups, but they should be strategic in determining what IP is important, says Lightbringer.
Inside Omron’s next-generation LD mobile robots ↗
In mobile robotics, software, safety, and fleet management are becoming just as important as the robot itself, according to an OMRON project manager.
Eli Lilly, Purdue to share field learnings on human robot interaction at RoboBusiness ↗
Experts from Eli Lilly and Purdue University will reveal findings about the perception of robots on the manufacturing floor.
Runway introduces Praxis-1 world action model for robotics ↗
When Runway does release Praxis-1 publicly, it plans to ship it with open weights rather than as a closed model.
Calling robotics startups: Submissions for the 2026 Robotics Startup Radar close soon ↗
Submit now to be part of the Robotics Startup Radar, which brings together some of the most promising robotics startups.
Top 10 robotics stories of September 2026 ↗
In September 2026, live events such as IMTS, ROSCon, and iROS brought a flood of robotics developments.
Boston Dynamics drops pinkie on new humanoid hand ↗
Boston Dynamics engineers taped their pinkies and ring fingers together for a day to learn what they weren’t able to do.