3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1714+ words) July 24, 2026 by David Edwards Rockwell Automation’s July 2026 survey of 1,560 manufacturing decision-makers across 17 countries found that 93% of manufacturers already run MES software. Only 28% have it enterprise-wide, just 23% fully integrated across ERP, PLM, quality, and OT. This is a vendor survey, not…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (323+ words) July 17, 2026 by Sam Francis Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, has announced the upgrade and open-source release of LingBot-VLA 2.0. While the embodied AI industry is witnessing rapid advancements in hardware and control systems, the lack of a truly…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (885+ words) July 17, 2026 by Sam Francis Noetra, along with its core member companies and investors – Sony, SoftBank, NEC, and Honda Motor – launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model that will serve as the foundation for AI-enabled robots and physical…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1096+ words) July 6, 2026 by Sam Francis Behind every self-driving laboratory at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a team most people never see. Facilities and Operations (F&O) workers are building and maintaining the infrastructure that makes autonomous science…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (290+ words) June 16, 2026 by Sam Francis ANYbotics, a provider of AI-driven robotic inspection solutions, has opened a new office in Barcelona, Spain. Located at the DFactory Barcelona campus, the new engineering and AI hub will be the company’s third global location, alongside…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (463+ words) June 15, 2026 by Sam Francis The global mining industry is embracing profound transformation driven by artificial intelligence, robotics and full automation. Along with the upgrade of mining machinery, the standards and demands for professional mining machinery parts have also been continuously…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1313+ words) June 10, 2026 by Sam Francis Neura Robotics, a pioneer in cognitive robotics and creator of the Neuraverse, has announced a landmark Series C financing with a total round size of up to $1.4 billion to accelerate its mission of building what the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (362+ words) June 4, 2026 by Sam Francis Genesis AI has launched Genesis World 1.0, a new robotics simulation platform designed to dramatically reduce the time required to develop, test, and evaluate robotic AI systems. According to Genesis AI, a robotics foundation model evaluation that…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (890+ words) May 15, 2026 by David Edwards ShengShu Technology has unveiled Motubrain, a world action model that replaces multiple task-specific systems with a single, unified model that functions as a robotic brain for the physical world. ShenShu describes Motubrain as one brain that…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (271+ words) May 7, 2026 by David Edwards The agreement establishes a framework for the two companies to evaluate joint development in key areas of focus including advanced robotics, autonomous systems, and automated warehouse and logistics systems. Jay Bellissimo, senior vice president and president,…...