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Boston University team wins MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge at Robotics Summit ↗
MassRobotics awarded prizes to university teams and showcased healthcare innovators, physical AI developers, and startups.
2026 Robotics Summit & Expo recap ↗
Listen to the podcast this week as The Robot Report editorial staff recaps the recent Robotics Summit & Expo from Boston.
Petal Surgical adds more funding for incisionless surgical robot ↗
Petal said its incisionless surgery method could create a new standard of care, making advanced treatments safer, more accessible and less traumatic for patients worldwide.
FORT Robotics acquires Mapless AI to expand teleop capabilities ↗
While FORT has traditionally worked with technology in industrial environments, Mapless AI brings experience in more unstructured settings.
NVIDIA releases new and updated tools for physical AI developers ↗
NVIDIA has released open-source physical AI agent skills and tools, as well as an Isaac GR00T humanoid reference robot.
ANSCER Robotics closes Series A round for industrial material handling ↗
ANSCER Robotics has raised $5.4 million to scale its hybrid industrial automation robots in North America and globally.
Top 10 robotics stories of May 2026 ↗
May 2026 was a busy month full of robotics news, and it was topped off by the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston.
Learn about advances in robotic case and each picking ↗
Experts from Locus Robotics, Nomagic, and RightHand Robotics will discuss progress in piece picking in this week's webinar.
Why robotic arms are now being integrated with CNC machines ↗
Robotic CNC machine tending is becoming more flexible as leading suppliers bring new software and integration to industry.
MISUMI Group invests $1B in Americas, global AI and digital manufacturing ↗
MISUMI Americas combines MISUMI's precision components with Fictiv's digital manufacturing platform for an entire bill of materials.
Software becoming the biggest bottleneck to physical AI innovation, finds QNX research ↗
As robots enter more unconstrained environments, software and security are becoming higher priorities, a QNX survey found.
NIST proposes a baseline performance benchmark for humanoid robots ↗
NIST has proposed a standardized performance benchmark and testing procedures to help developers and evaluators of humanoids.
The evolution of cobots in metal fabrication and construction ↗
Matt Bush, the co-founder and CEO of Hirebotics, talks about how cobots are becoming a necessity for manufacturers and welders.
Your guide to the last day of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo ↗
The fun continues in Boston for the second day of the Robotics Summit & Expo, which includes the Women in Robotics breakfast and more.
A guide to Day 1 of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo ↗
Today, the Robotics Summit & Expo will be full of insightful talks, hands-on robot demos, and interesting conversations.
Why robots still struggle to see the real world ↗
Making machine perception reliable enough for real deployment requires more than better AI; it requires properly calibrated sensors, says an Orbbec co-founder.