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Artificial intelligence is transforming the robotics field at a rapid pace, according to the International Federation of Robotics or IFR.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is working with the ARM Institute and other manufacturing innovation institutes on this project. 

Editors Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre recap the latest robotics news and their recent trip to the Manifest supply chain trade show in Las Vegas.

Bastian Solutions needed rugged and reliable bearings for its warehousing robot to load trucks, so it turned to igus motion plastics.

Most of Fox Robotics’ customers are not Symbotic customers, but it appears the two companies share one large customer.

Destro AI says its new Agentic AI Brain is hardware-agnostic and treats both people and robots as agents for unified, cloud-based management.

AutoPallet debuts magnetic, ceiling-mounted AMRs at Manifest 2026, providing high-density palletizing through a suspended swarm architecture.

Humanoid has introduced KinetIQ, an AI framework designed to orchestrate robot fleets across industrial and service applications.

The Robot Report Podcast’s guests this week are Mario Mauerer from maxon motor and David Koelle of Charles River Analytics.

InOrbit is working with academia, industry, and the open-source community to bring OpenRobOps to robotics fleet developers.

The podcast guest this week is Kevin Damoa, founder and CEO of Glid Technologies.

New York Robotics is launching with more than 80 industry partners, 20 academic partners, 40 robotics labs, and over 300 venture capital partners.

Automated storage and retrieval systems offer efficiency, and AI and robotic shuttles are expanding their capabilities.

ABB Robotics said new energy consumption measurement will allow end users to make more informed decisions and support sustainability efforts.

Gartner says that relatively few humanoid robot developers will progress proofs of concept beyond experimentation.

Waabi plans to apply its Physical AI Platform developed for autonomous trucks to robotaxis with Uber.

As delivery robots become more common on campus, they are finding wide acceptance, found a Starship survey.

Festo said the platform provides flexible deployment options that support on-premises and cloud-based environments.

Serve Robotics said it hopes to help Diligent Robotics scale deployments of its hospital delivery robot Moxi.

Chinese trends in industrial robots and cobots for 2026 include growing volumes, consolidation pressures, and international expansion.

Botsync is expanding deployments of its mobile robots and orchestration software throughout Asia-Pacific with support from Singapore.

The IFR has made its predictions of the top 5 robotics industry trends for 2026, including an increased focus on cybersecurity.