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Luxonis said it plans to scale production of its OAK camera and refine its platform to support robotics and industrial automation.

Sonair says ADAR One was assessed as a human detection sensor according to the IEC 61496 standard for electrosensitive protection devices.

ExRobotics says its ExR-2.5 inspection robot is certified for safe operations in explosive environments in North America.

While vision and language are key parts of physical AI, physical state recovery will enable robots to interact with the world, says a columnist.

X Square Robot has open-sourced XRZero-G0, a framework that reduces real-robot training data requirements by up to 20x.

At ICRA 2026, GENISOM AI may have been new to many international attendees — but it is not a concept-stage robotics startup.

Amazon says Proteus needs no special commands as it plans to deploy the mobile robot, as well as STARK and Vulcan, across Europe.

NVIDIA has released open-source physical AI agent skills and tools, as well as an Isaac GR00T humanoid reference robot.

May 2026 was a busy month full of robotics news, and it was topped off by the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston.

Making machine perception reliable enough for real deployment requires more than better AI; it requires properly calibrated sensors, says an Orbbec co-founder.

XELA Robotics will show at the Robotics Summit & Expo its improved magnetic interference compensation and uSkin in the Universal Manipulation Interface.

The vice president of physical AI at Hailo explains why the next wave of AI will run locally on specialized machines designed for real-world tasks.

Learn how agentic AI enables robotic navigation by combining perception, SLAM, reasoning, and planning in dynamic environments.

Hello Robot’s latest Stretch 4 is more capable than previous assistive robots, while still maintaining flexibility and safety.

Ouster says its Rev8 OS sensors are the first to have native color and include the OS1 Max with double the range and resolution of Rev7.

XELA Robotics will be showing its latest sensor technology at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston in May 2026.

Project CETI has deployed a new underwater glider that can monitor whales for longer than the organization’s previous methods.

Vibration sensors can aid in stability and navigation, particularly for field robots in varied terrain, writes a columnist.

In testing robotic systems, developers can fail and learn, as long as they control risk, explains Bullen Ultrasonics’ research and early innovation manager.

Antioch has raised money to scale its team and apply simulation to accelerate robotics testing and validation.

The tests ensure that Aegis robots are fully compliant with all applicable safety, security, and spectrum standards.

Orbbec and Basler unveiled at LogiMAT the Stereo mini, which combines 3D cameras and computer vision for logistics and other applications.