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Catch up on CES 2026 robotics highlights; explore more 2026 predictions; and analyze major acquisitions by Mobileye, Oshkosh, and Amazon.

Between advances in humanoid robotics, exciting events, and large robot orders, there was no shortage of news to cover this year. 

The editorial team reviews 2025’s top robotics stories, including iRobot’s bankruptcy, the humanoid boom, and Waymo’s scaling.

D3 Embedded and Advantech said their integrated vision systems can help autonomous mobile robots come to market faster.

The new RealSense D555 depth camera integrates with NVIDIA Jetson Thor and Holoscan Sensor Bridge to deliver ultra-low-latency perception.

In July, The Robot Report launched a new program geared toward highlighting unique and interesting startups.

Jan Zizka describes Brightpick’s innovative Giraffe Autopicker, and Charlie Kemp explains Hello Robot’s mobile manipulator.

“We want to be more than just the eyes of a robot,” said RealSense CEO Nadav Orbach. “We want to be a robot’s visual cortex — interpreting, localizing, and acting in real-time. That means pushing more intelligence to the edge, directly on the camera.”

Intel is spinning out RealSense as a standalone company in the first half of 2025. This is yet another chapter in a three-and-a-half-year saga.

“We are winding down our RealSense business and transitioning our computer vision talent, technology and products to focus on advancing innovative technologies that better support our core businesses and IDM 2.0 strategy.”