Force- and power-limited robot arms, are only as safe as the quality of cobot workspace design, explains a columnist.
Symbotic acquires autonomous forklift maker Fox Robotics
Most of Fox Robotics’ customers are not Symbotic customers, but it appears the two companies share one large customer.
Destro AI launches Agentic AI Brain for human-robot collaboration
Destro AI says its new Agentic AI Brain is hardware-agnostic and treats both people and robots as agents for unified, cloud-based management.
How ADR and Intel went underground with edge AI
Mat Allan, the co-founder and CTO of ADR, explains how its collaboration with Intel has helped mining automation.
Bedrock Robotics’ $270M Series B paves the way for operator-less excavators
Bedrock Robotics has raised money to scale autonomous construction fleets, tackling labor shortages with operator-less machines.
InOrbit adds Steve Cousins to board, to offer OpenRobOps as open-source fleet manager
InOrbit is working with academia, industry, and the open-source community to bring OpenRobOps to robotics fleet developers.
Overland AI raises $100M to scale autonomy with the U.S. armed forces
Overland AI is already working closely with formations across the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and SOCOM to provide autonomous ground systems.
Road to rail: Slashing costs and carbon with automation
The podcast guest this week is Kevin Damoa, founder and CEO of Glid Technologies.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover completes its first AI-planned drive
During the demonstration, NASA engineers used vision-language models, or VLMs, to create waypoints on Mars for Perseverance.
Webinar examines evolving automated storage and retrieval systems
Automated storage and retrieval systems offer efficiency, and AI and robotic shuttles are expanding their capabilities.
9 weeks to 9 days: How autonomous drilling is transforming data center construction
DEWALT and August Robotics launched an autonomous drilling robot to accelerate concrete floor preparation for data centers.
Big robot on campus: Starship finds 97% student approval rating
As delivery robots become more common on campus, they are finding wide acceptance, found a Starship survey.
Vention raises $110M to accelerate physical AI deployments in manufacturing
Vention has raised Series D funding to continue commercializing its robot control platform and expand into Europe.
State of robotics industry report 2026
This report draws on reporting, interviews, and analysis from across the global robotics ecosystem, spanning industrial automation, mobile robots, humanoids, autonomous vehicles, investments, and emerging technologies and applications.
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.
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.
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.
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.
X Square Robot secures $140M in funding for AI foundation models
X Square Robot has raised $140 million to build the WALL-A model for general-purpose robots just four months after raising $100 million.
Buildroid AI expands simulation-first robotics platform to U.S. sites
Buildroid says its block-laying robot and supporting mobile robots, validated in simulation, can automate 80% of masonry work.
Doosan Bobcat unveils RX3 autonomous concept loader
Bobcat unveiled the RX3 and other AI-powered and electric technologies at CES 2026 to simplify operations and boost jobsite productivity.
Qualcomm introduces general-purpose architecture for robotics
Qualcomm said its new architecture supports advanced perception and motion planning with end-to-end AI models.





















