Sony’s Ace Robot Defeats Elite Table Tennis Players in Study Published in Nature
Sony's Ace robotic arm has become the first autonomous system demonstrated to be competitive with elite human table tennis players, according to a study published in…
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German Factories Look to Physical AI and Humanoid Robots to Close the Automation Gap
At Hannover Messe 2026, German manufacturers and startups showcased AI-powered robots for industrial applications, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz backing wider AI adoption as Germany seeks to…
A&K Robotics Raises CAD $8 Million to Scale Autonomous Passenger Mobility in Airports
A&K Robotics has closed a CAD $8 million Series A round led by BDC's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and Vantage Futures, funding the expansion of its…
Zoomlion Debuts Robot Ops Platform at Hannover Messe 2026, Targeting Industrial AI Deployment
Zoomlion has made the global debut of Robot Ops, an embodied intelligence operating system designed to standardize and accelerate robot deployment across industrial, construction, and logistics…
Agibot Declares 2026 “Deployment Year One”, Unveils Five Robot Platforms and Open AI Architecture
Agibot used its annual partner conference to declare 2026 the first year of large-scale commercial deployment for embodied AI, unveiling five new robotic platforms, eight AI…
NVIDIA and Partners Demonstrate Production-Ready AI Manufacturing Systems at Hannover Messe 2026
NVIDIA and more than a dozen industrial partners used Hannover Messe 2026 to demonstrate AI-driven manufacturing systems already operating in live production environments, from humanoid robots…
NEURA Robotics and AWS Partner to Scale Physical AI Training and Deploy Robots in Amazon Fulfillment Centers
NEURA Robotics and Amazon Web Services have announced a strategic collaboration to train, validate, and deploy cognitive robots at scale, with Amazon exploring deployment of NEURA…
DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB Partner to Build On-Device AI Chips for Robots
DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics LAB have announced a strategic collaboration to co-develop an ultra-low-power AI computing platform capable of running large-scale generative AI models…
Hannover Messe 2026 Marks Shift from AI Pilots to Industrial Deployment at Scale
More than 3,000 exhibitors at Hannover Messe 2026 showcased physical, generative, and agentic AI systems moving from demonstration into production, with Siemens, Schneider Electric, NVIDIA, and…
UBTECH Partners with Terra Robotics to Deploy Humanoid Robots in European Logistics
UBTECH has appointed Terra Robotics as its exclusive distributor and strategic partner in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, with an initial batch of Walker series humanoid robots…
China Southern Power Grid Trains Humanoid Robots for Substation Inspection and Maintenance
China Southern Power Grid is training humanoid and quadruped robots to perform electrical inspections and basic maintenance tasks across its network, deploying them in the field…
X Square Robot Pilots Home-Cleaning Service with Human-Robot Teams in Shenzhen
Chinese robotics startup X Square Robot has partnered with household service platform 58.com to deploy humanoid robots alongside professional cleaners in Shenzhen homes, in one of…