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Lucid Bots has added painting capabilities to its Sherpa drone, automating commercial coating at scale to meet infrastructure demand.

Fundamental Touch is a new software architecture that enables wireless haptic feedback for high-fidelity, safer teleoperation.

Canadian startup 4D1 says its T2 precise indoor positioning system provides AI-ready operational data for manufacturing automation.

ABB Robotics invested in LandingAI to accelerate robot vision AI, making it more intuitive and accessible for faster deployment.

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

A whole-body control foundation model could help launch humanoid robots toward general-purpose capability, says Agility Robotics.

igus, which is best known for motion plastics, will show its Fairino FR20 collaborative palletizing robot in Las Vegas.

Multiply Labs uses four Universal Robots collaborative robot arms to save space and cost for manufacturing life-saving therapies.

Boston Dynamics claimed that building AI generalist robots is the most viable path to creating scalable humanoid robots.

Kodiak is integrating NXP technology into its Kodiak Actuation Control Engine, which manages vehicle actuation.

DigiKey’s Shawn Luke and onsemi’s Bob Card and Theo Kersjes recently dove into physical AI and robotics in a Q&A. 

Amtenbrink said post-processing is a highly manual process involving four distinct steps with multiple handling operations.

Drone swarms are distinguished by their decentralized behavior, which offers agility and cost savings for a range of applications.

Swarm robotics using generative AI could transform manufacturing, starting with aerospace, writes the CEO of the World Business Academy.

Adverse weather isn’t just an edge case, but it’s also a core challenge for AV developers, according to Digital Divide Data.

Swift Engineering’s president explores how solar-powered UAVs offer low-latency communications that could overcome satellite congestion.

XTEND, which has developed autonomous and human-guided drones for defense purposes, is growing U.S. and global production.

Augmentus is offering 3D scanning and AI-driven path planning, expanding its network across Asia-Pacific and North America.

PickNik is working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on multi-limbed robots for the International Space Station.

Binder said the M9 Series 702, 711, and 712 offers a wide range of protection levels, connection types, and technical configurations.

The ROBOGUIDE offline programming and simulation software has enhanced performance features and an improved user experience, says FANUC.

Realtime Robotics will show new Resolver motion-planning integrations including one with Visual Components, at Automatica.