Industrial robots, cobots, autonomous mobile robots, and the machines that are changing what's possible in manufacturing, warehousing, and beyond.
Munich-based Agile Robots finalizes its acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering, gaining 650 specialists and 75 years of production-line expertise to fuel its AI-driven robotics ambitions.
The world's largest industrial technology fair opens April 20 in Hannover with a sharp focus on physical AI — machines that think, sense, and act in the real world.
At GTC 2026, KION and GXO revealed the first AI-driven autonomous industrial truck operating in a live, high-volume warehouse — a milestone that signals the physical AI era has genuinely arrived.
FANUC America is building an 840,000 sq ft robot manufacturing facility in Michigan and opening the largest robotics training center in the U.S., signaling a decisive shift toward domestic automation production.
From ABB and FANUC to humanoid startups like Figure and Agility, the NVIDIA physical AI ecosystem now spans the full spectrum of industrial robotics — and 2026 is the year it goes operational.
ABB Robotics and NVIDIA say their new integrated simulation platform can achieve 99% correlation between virtual and physical robot behavior, potentially cutting commissioning times by 80%.
Mind Robotics, spun out of Rivian by CEO RJ Scaringe, has raised a massive $500 million Series A to train industrial robots using EV factory data. The funding signals a new wave of AI-native industrial robotics.
ABB's new simulation platform, powered by NVIDIA Omniverse, promises to close the gap between virtual and physical robot deployment — with Foxconn already piloting it.
The Munich-based robotics company joins DeepMind's growing roster of hardware partners, aiming to pair force-sensitive robotic arms with AI reasoning for adaptive manufacturing.
RoboForce closed an oversubscribed $52 million round to scale its physical AI robots for industrial work. The startup is targeting the persistent labor gap in repetitive, physically demanding production tasks.
Mind Robotics, created by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, has raised one of the largest Series A rounds in robotics history. The bet: factory floor data from EV production can train robots to be smarter and more adaptable than anything on the market.
A new partnership pairs DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models with Agile Robots' 20,000-unit installed base, aiming to create an AI flywheel for industrial automation.