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Daifuku’s Cecile Dick-Calmes said success is no longer measured solely by automation density or equipment utilization.

If we want to move physical AI from social media feeds to a sustained commercial level, we must reverse our current approach.

The next major challenge in robotic dexterity is making the entire system reliable enough to turn capabilities into useful work.

How better data and human judgment can help robots move beyond demos toward reliable real-world performance.

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 not only featured mobile robots for taking inventory, but it also showed how retail automation is evolving.

SafeWorld’s platform provides testing and simulation software to help enterprises evaluate and deploy robots safely and responsibly.

Jabil, which is working with robot developers such as Apptronik, provides a design perspective on humanoid progress.

Helm.ai trained its foundation models using its unsupervised ‘deep teaching’ methodology to master the structure of the physical world itself.

The toolchain combines AWS and NVIDIA tools for synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and validation, edge deployment, and continuous improvement.

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 and Elite Robots have settled their software dispute, ending the legal case without disclosing the terms of the agreement.

Attendees will learn how integrated actuators can reduce engineering effort by simplifying system integration.

Before Boston Dynamics, Prasad served as senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa and artificial general intelligence at Amazon.

TwelveLabs says its Pegasus 1.6 model understands first-person video and supports workflows including labeling for robotics developers.

While physical AI architecture alternatives are growing in number, NVIDIA has taken a sovereign strategy to ensuring its role.

FireDome builds autonomous wildfire defense systems to protect communities and infrastructure before firefighters arrive.

The OV Spark and OV Spark Pro AI inspection cameras are available now through Overview AI and its distribution partners.

The companies plan to integrate Teradyne robotics and test technologies with the Bright Machines manufacturing platform. 

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, and supply-chain transparency.

Cyber and physical security threats are rapidly evolving, but robotics and AI can evolve to meet them, writes a columnist.

Patent protection is important for robotics startups, but they should be strategic in determining what IP is important, says Lightbringer.