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By Lou Ferrell | May 31, 2026

Why robotic arms are now being integrated with CNC machines

A CNC machine tending robot from FANUC.

Robotic CNC machine tending is becoming more flexible as leading suppliers bring new software and integration to industry.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 30, 2026

MISUMI Group invests $1B in Americas, global AI and digital manufacturing

Banner showing how MISUMI Americas allows developers and manufacturers to buy, configure, and customize robot parts.

MISUMI Americas combines MISUMI’s precision components with Fictiv’s digital manufacturing platform for an entire bill of materials.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 29, 2026

Software becoming the biggest bottleneck to physical AI innovation, finds QNX research

QNX has released research looking at robotics development challenges and priorities.

As robots enter more unconstrained environments, software and security are becoming higher priorities, a QNX survey found.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 29, 2026

NIST proposes a baseline performance benchmark for humanoid robots

Rendering of a proposed apparatus for standardized testing of humanoid robot capabilities.

NIST has proposed a standardized performance benchmark and testing procedures to help developers and evaluators of humanoids.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 28, 2026

The evolution of cobots in metal fabrication and construction

Beacon is a cloud-based automation platform that lets fabricators teach, run, and monitor welding, cutting, and painting cobots without programming.

Matt Bush, the co-founder and CEO of Hirebotics, talks about how cobots are becoming a necessity for manufacturers and welders.

By Brianna Wessling | May 28, 2026

Your guide to the last day of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

A Westwood Robotics humanoid at the 2025 Robotics Summit.

The fun continues in Boston for the second day of the Robotics Summit & Expo, which includes the Women in Robotics breakfast and more.

By Brianna Wessling | May 27, 2026

A guide to Day 1 of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

Robotics Summit logo.

Today, the Robotics Summit & Expo will be full of insightful talks, hands-on robot demos, and interesting conversations.

By David Chen, VP of engineering, Orbbec | May 27, 2026

Why robots still struggle to see the real world

Orbbec offers a range of cameras for robot navigation.

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

By Sana Kazilbash | May 26, 2026

How humanoids learn to read the room

Designing for a humanoid robot is one of the most complicated applications in robotics today.

By Sana Kazilbash | May 26, 2026

GMSL and the growing ecosystem around robotic vision systems

Just a few years ago, many site owners were satisfied if a robot could move from point A to point B. That’s not quite enough anymore.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 26, 2026

XELA Robotics to show tactile sensing at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

Demonstration, in collaboration with Waseda University, shows how a sensitive robotic nail can pick up a playing card autonomously, as a learned skill, following a human demonstration.

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

By The Robot Report Staff | May 26, 2026

Allient to demonstrate advanced motion control systems at 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

Allient banner for its exhibit at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo.

Allient will exhibit and demonstrate a range of its motion and control technologies at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston this week.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 26, 2026

IntBot and Certis Group partner to scale physical AI for enterprises across Singapore

The Nylo service humanoid exhibited at CES 2026, according to IntBot, which is partnering with Certis in Singapore.

Certis is collaborating with IntBot to add humanoids to its existing service robot offerings as the partners start to expand in Singapore.

By Brianna Wessling | May 26, 2026

A guide to everything happening at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

Robotics developers gather at the Robotics Summit & Expo. Registration is now open for the May 2026 event.

Over the next two days, the Robotics Summit & Expo will bring thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors to Boston.

By Graham Wloch | May 25, 2026

Simulation vs. digital twin: A strategic lens on virtual manufacturing

Visual Components says simulation is important to planning manufacturing.

Digital twins and simulation provide distinct benefits for manufacturers designing and integrating systems including automation, explains Visual Components.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 24, 2026

Sortera uses physical AI to double capacity in a Tennessee sorting facility

Sortera creates recycled metal fractions from existing scrap recycling streams, enabling the domestic production of metals for manufacturing.

With the new facility, Sortera has increased its annual processing capacity to an estimated 240 million lbs.

By Yaniv Sulkes | May 23, 2026

The future of physical AI isn’t humanoid; it’s task-specific and cost-efficient

HAilo provides processors for edge AI devices such as robots.

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.

By Mike Oitzman | May 22, 2026

Exploring PLC and robot integration with YRG Robotics’ Chris Elston

headshot of chris elston and the podcast logo.

Chris Elston discusses PLC integration, Yamaha Robotics, and AI’s role in advancing automation accessibility and innovation.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 22, 2026

Robotics Summit keynote to present open foundation for AI-powered robots

Open Robotics produced these stickers for ROSCon 2025.

Brian Gerkey of Open Robotics will explain how the open-source community is ushering in the age of robots and AI at the Robotics Summit.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 22, 2026

GE Vernova to acquire Robotech Automation to expand robotics integration

A quadruped inspection robot. GE Vernova has worked with ANYbotics to automate energy asset inspections.

Energy company GE Vernova is already working with systems integrator Robotech on supply chain projects.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 21, 2026

Brain Corp partners with UC San Diego to help robots operate in complex environments

Brain Corp and UC San Diego are creating a contextual grounding layer for robot autonomy.

The AI collaboration with UC San Diego builds on Brain’s operational footprint, including more than 50,000 robots deployed globally.

By The Robot Report Staff | May 21, 2026

FANUC partners with Google to advance physical AI in its robots

By working with Google, FANUC hopes to blend proven automation with cutting-edge AI to deliver smarter, more adaptive robots for modern manufacturing environments.

Since FANUC released its physical AI system at IREX in Tokyo, customer interest has grown rapidly, and it is working with Google and NVIDIA.

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