In Houston and Phoenix, eligible customers will soon be able to order tens of thousands of items through the Zipline app.
LivsMed completes Korean IPO to accelerate remote robotic surgery
LivsMed has become a South Korean unicorn as it develops surgical robots and laparoscopic instruments.
Festo introduces AI-based predictive maintenance platform to improve automation uptime
Festo said the platform provides flexible deployment options that support on-premises and cloud-based environments.
Boston Dynamics releases Spot and Orbit 5.1 with new Spot Cam
Boston Dynamics’ updates include an upgraded AI model, enhanced door-opening capabilities, and more. It also announced the product version of Atlas.
Microsoft Research reveals Rho-alpha vision-language-action model for robots
The Rho-alpha model incorporates sensor modalities such as tactile feedback and is trained with human guidance, says Microsoft.
Serve Robotics to acquire hospital logistics provider Diligent Robotics
Serve Robotics said it hopes to help Diligent Robotics scale deployments of its hospital delivery robot Moxi.
Konnex raises funding to advance robotics-as-a-service offering
Konnex has raised funding to offer robotics and AI that it says can be deployed and scaled as decentralized labor like software as a service.
Meet MassRobotics’ 5th Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst cohort
The MassRobotics Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst Program supports startups regardless of their location.
Spencer Krause: Why hardware is the new engineering frontier
The podcast guest this week is Spencer Krause, co-founder and CEO of SKA Robotics and co-founder of Tension Dynamics.
Chinese robotics outlook for 2026 includes cobot growth, competitive pressure
Chinese trends in industrial robots and cobots for 2026 include growing volumes, consolidation pressures, and international expansion.
The hidden technology behind fluid robot motion
Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.
Botsync brings in investment from SGInnovate to continue scaling robots, software
Botsync is expanding deployments of its mobile robots and orchestration software throughout Asia-Pacific with support from Singapore.
NEURA Robotics partners with Bosch to advance German-made robotics
NEURA Robotics and Bosch plan to co-develop AI-based core and functional software, as well as intuitive user interfaces.
IFR names top 5 global robotics trends of 2026
The IFR has made its predictions of the top 5 robotics industry trends for 2026, including an increased focus on cybersecurity.
Humanoid and Siemens proof of concept shows the way to industrial deployments
Humanoid successfully demonstrated its HMND 01 Alpha wheeled mobile manipulator at a Siemens production facility in Germany.
MassRobotics opens applications for fourth Form and Function Robotics Challenge
The latest MassRobotics Form and Function challenge will culminate with in-person demonstrations at the Robotics Summit & Expo.
Mytra closes $120M funding for pallet-storing robots
Mytra Robotics has Series C funding to scale its automated warehouse storage and retrieval systems, whose shuttles can move loaded pallets.
Skild AI raises $1.4B to build ‘omni-bodied’ robot brain
Skild AI has received investment from SoftBank, NVIDIA, Bezos Expeditions, and more as it builds a brain to operate any robot.
Caterpillar partners with NVIDIA to lay the foundation for autonomous systems
Caterpillar plans to make upgrades with NVIDIA to ensure that its assets are ready for AI-assisted and potentially autonomous operations.
Patents vs. trade secrets in the age of AI robotics
Greenberg Traurig shares insights about how to choose the right IP strategy when algorithms, and not humans, drive innovation
CES 2026 robotics recap; industry experts make predictions
Catch up on CES 2026 robotics highlights; explore more 2026 predictions; and analyze major acquisitions by Mobileye, Oshkosh, and Amazon.
A3 releases full three-part national safety standard for industrial robots
A3 has published a comprehensive three-part national safety standard governing the manufacture, integration, and use of industrial robotics.





















