Eugene Demaitre

ABB, which planned to spin out its ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation group, is now selling it to SoftBank, as President Sami Atiya departs.

Energy Robotics says its hardware-agnostic fleet orchestration software delivers operational savings and worker safety to its customers.

CaPow has already successfully deployed its mobile robot charging system in the U.S., and its CEO says the technology could help humanoids.

Festo, which is celebrating 100 years in business, is supporting training initiatives on Manufacturing Day and beyond.

Machina Labs has partnered with Toyota to develop new methods of metal forming for more customizable vehicles.

Root Access has emerged from stealth with pre-seed funding and an AI-native tool for firmware and embedded systems development.

Simbe Robotics says its new Simbe for Merchants suite and Simbe Mobile 2.0 app empower retailers and brands with real-time data.

The U.S. government’s proposed tariff on robots and medical devices has sparked concern around reshoring. It is soliciting public comment.

Diligent Robotics is joining the first Physical AI Fellowship cohort, which will have access to technical, compute, and ecosystem resources.

ASI CEO Mel Torrie, who will be speaking at RoboBusiness 2025, explains how his company has brought autonomy to different markets.

HowToRobot has launched a service that uses AI to match company needs for tasks such as welding with vendors and automation.

At the end of 2024, Rethink Robotics relaunched with a portfolio of white-labeled cobots, AMRs, and MMRs from a German robotics startup.

Figure AI is a new humanoid robotics unicorn as its valuation passes $39 billion and it plans to scale production.

UBTECH and Infini Capital plan to jointly establish regional headquarters, an R&D center, and a superfactory in the Middle East.

Nuro has reached a valuation of $6 billion with investments from Uber and NVIDIA as it commercializes the Nuro Driver.

DiffuseDrive says its physical AI system can build photorealistic data based on existing domain knowledge to speed physical AI performance.

J.P. Morgan found that long-term investment trends for robotics, semiconductors, aerospace, and defense are positive.

Unitree has launched the R1 humanoid, which is smaller than its predecessor. It is available in standard and educational versions.

Gatik has partnered with NVIDIA to build Arena, a simulation platform for testing, training, and validation of its self-driving software.

Richtech Robotics says its ADAM robot has served more than 16,000 drinks as its robots enter new venues beyond hospitality.

Loomia created its tactile sensing developer kit after surveying 100 engineers as part of the NSF I-Corps program.

Cohesive Robotics says its latest workcell uses its Argus OS and 3D sensors to automate common welding tasks with minimal programming.