MODEX 2026: Stow, Movu Robotics Demo Storage and Robotics Portfolio
At MODEX 2026, stow, the industrial storage arm of the stow Group, showcased its full racking and semi‑automated portfolio, including the newly upgraded stow Atlas 4.0 pallet shuttle debuting in the U.S. market. The exhibit also featured Movu Robotics, another stow Group brand, demonstrating how static high‑density storage can be seamlessly paired with fully automated warehouse robots. stow highlighted a broad range of racking solutions—from conventional pallet racks to high‑bay and silo systems—designed for flexibility, scalability, and durability. The company positioned its semi‑automation offerings as a middle ground for firms seeking efficiency gains without committing to full automation.
MODEX 2026: FANUC America Showcases Robotics and AMRs for Warehousing and Logistics
FANUC America unveiled five high‑performance robotic systems at MODEX 2026, highlighting a mobile manipulator (CRX‑30iA) paired with Rockwell’s OTTO 600 autonomous mobile robot. The integrated solution demonstrates palletizing, box scanning, weighing, transport and sorting, operating at up to 2 m/s while using...
MODEX 2026: Peak Technologies Introduces Peak Automation Intelligence
Peak Technologies launched Peak Automation Intelligence at MODEX 2026, an AI‑powered platform that delivers real‑time visibility and automated data capture across warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing operations. Built on machine‑vision, smart optics and mobile computing, the solution tracks every pallet,...
MODEX 2026: Linde Material Handling Debuts Connected Fleet Platform, Electric Lift Truck
Linde Material Handling unveiled its myLinde fleet management platform, featuring AI‑powered natural‑language chat, at MODEX 2026, alongside the new E18‑E20 electric counterbalance forklift. myLinde aggregates telematics data into a cloud dashboard covering safety, service, utilization and energy performance, delivering real‑time...
MODEX 2026: Yale Lift Truck Technologies to Showcase Offerings that Address Warehouse Challenges
Yale Lift Truck Technologies is showcasing its latest lift‑truck portfolio, operator‑assist systems, and automation portal at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta. The exhibit features ergonomic three‑wheel stand‑up trucks, a new lithium‑ion‑powered counterbalanced model, and the Route Runner direct‑store delivery solution. Interactive...
MODEX 2026: Stoecklin Logistics to Showcase Intelligent Automation, ASRS Technologies
Stoecklin Logistics will unveil its latest intelligent automation solutions at MODEX 2026, highlighting the FSP Shuttle System and the CasePicker platform. Both technologies are engineered to boost efficiency, accuracy and adaptability in modern distribution centers. The offerings are supported by...
MODEX 2026: SEER Robotics to Bring ‘All Robots, One Platform’ Vision and AMRs
SEER Robotics will showcase its "all robots, one platform" vision at MODEX 2026, debuting a suite of terrain‑adaptive autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for factories and warehouses. The company highlighted new hardware including the space‑saving SPT‑1500UL pallet truck and the SCT‑50UL...
MODEX 2026: Toyota Industries Corporation Announces Global Leadership of Toyota Automated Logistics
Toyota Industries Corp. announced Toyota Automated Logistics (TAL), a new global warehouse‑automation business that consolidates Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande’s warehousing unit, and viastore under a single brand. The company appointed Hitoshi Matsuoka as global CEO, Thomas Hibinger as CEO for EMEA/APAC, and...
MODEX 2026: Jacobi Robotics, ABB Robotics Collaborate to Bring AI-Powered Palletizing to ABB’s Integrator Network
Jacobi Robotics and ABB Robotics announced a partnership to embed Jacobi’s OmniPalletizer AI software into ABB’s robotics hardware and software suite. The integration offers ABB’s global network of system integrators a repeatable, brownfield‑ready solution for mixed‑case palletizing without the need...
Niantic Spatial Launches Scaniverse 3D Space Capture, VPS 2.0 Virtual Positioning Platforms
Niantic Spatial unveiled Scaniverse and VPS 2.0, two platforms that together enable end‑to‑end 3‑D capture and centimeter‑level visual positioning without specialized hardware. Scaniverse turns smartphone or 360° camera footage into navigable spatial models, while VPS 2.0 provides six‑degrees‑of‑freedom localization worldwide,...
MODEX 2026: Rockwell Automation to Highlight End-to-End Autonomous Operations Platform
Rockwell Automation will unveil its end‑to‑end autonomous operations platform at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, the first time the company presents a fully connected production logistics solution on the Material Handling Industry stage. The platform ties digital‑twin simulation, orchestration software, OTTO...
MODEX 2026: Datalogic Introduces Mobile Computer, Image Readers and Safety Laser Scanner
At MODEX 2026 Datalogic unveiled a new suite of logistics technologies, including next‑generation mobile computers (Falcon X60/X65 and Skorpio X40/X45), high‑speed Matrix 830/930 image readers, and the world‑first SLS 10m safety laser scanner. The Falcon line returns with enhanced long‑range...
MODEX 2026: Quicktron Robotics Highlights Integrated Warehouse Technologies
Quicktron Robotics will debut its QuickMix platform in the United States at MODEX 2026, showcasing the QuickBin Ultra tote system and QuickCube pallet automation. The integrated solution combines high‑density storage, up to 600 totes per hour per workstation, and flexible...
MODEX 2026: Cimcorp to Showcase Dreamfield for Seamless Grocery Distribution
Cimcorp will unveil its Dreamfield automation platform at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, demonstrating how modular robotics, intelligent software, and lifecycle support can modernize grocery distribution. Dreamfield is engineered for ambient, refrigerated, and frozen environments, offering scalable, phased upgrades and standardized...
MODEX 2026: Raymond to Demonstrate How It ‘Drives the Rhythm of the Warehouse’
Raymond Corporation will use MODEX 2026 to demonstrate its "Rhythm of the Warehouse" strategy, featuring new lift trucks, electric forklifts, and integrated iWAREHOUSE technologies. The company will host ten‑minute "Material Handling Moments" sessions that tackle challenges such as operator consistency,...
MODEX 2026: Sonair’s ADAR 3D Ultrasonic Sensor Makes Show Debut
Sonair unveiled its ADAR 3D ultrasonic sensor at MODEX 2026, marking the first North American debut of the sound‑based perception system. The sensor, built on patented MEMS transducer arrays from Norway’s SINTEF institute, provides a full 180°×180° field of view...
MODEX 2026: Festo, CODI Manufacturing Showcase FlexStack Pro Palletizing Offering
Festo and CODI Manufacturing are debuting FlexStack Pro, a gantry‑style palletizing system, at MODEX 2026. The solution lifts 44‑ to 110‑lb boxes at 4‑10 per minute while occupying minimal floor space. It leverages Festo’s pre‑configured FPaKit “palletizer in a box”...
RoboForce Raises $52M to Scale Physical AI Robo-Labor
RoboForce announced a $52 million oversubscribed funding round, bringing its total capital to $67 million. The investment, led by YZi Labs and backed by former Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Nobel laureate Myron Scholes, will fund the development of its physical‑AI foundation...
MODEX 2026: Ocado Intelligent Automation Debuts AI-Powered Software Suite
Ocado Intelligent Automation will unveil Ocado IQ at MODEX 2026, a cloud‑based AI platform that directs every pick, path and priority from inbound to outbound. The software powers the Chuck autonomous mobile robot and the newly‑designed Porter pallet‑moving AMR, both...
DHL Supply Chain Accelerates Automation Deployments with SVT Robotics SOFTBOT Platform
DHL Supply Chain announced deployment of SVT Robotics' SOFTBOT platform across its global warehouse network. The plug‑and‑play solution lets DHL integrate new robotics up to twelve times faster than its previous custom‑coding approach, shrinking rollout times from weeks to hours....
Omakase Robotics Completes Japan’s First Humanoid PoC at University of Tsukuba Hospital
ZEALS, together with venture Quick, completed Japan’s first hospital‑based humanoid robot proof‑of‑concept using the Unitree G1 equipped with the Omakase OS. Over three days at the University of Tsukuba Hospital, the robot demonstrated autonomous walking, obstacle avoidance, voice‑guided navigation and...
MODEX 2026: NORD to Showcase Modular Drive Technologies for Intelligent Automation
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will exhibit its latest high‑efficiency drive technologies at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, booth B14136. The lineup includes IE5+ permanent‑magnet synchronous motors delivering up to 95% efficiency, a range of centralized and decentralized NORDAC electronic controls, and the modular...
MODEX 2026: Swisslog to Showcase Flexible, Scalable Warehouse Technologies
Swisslog used MODEX 2026 to unveil AgileStore, a 4‑way roaming pallet shuttle designed for high‑density, flexible storage, and its SynQ orchestration platform that unifies WMS, WES and WCS functions. The AgileStore system can travel forward, backward, laterally and vertically, allowing...
MODEX 2026 Preview: AI, Robotics & Supply Chain Innovation Take Center Stage
MODEX 2026, scheduled for April 13‑16 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center, will host over 1,000 exhibitors and more than 200 free educational sessions focused on AI, robotics, and supply‑chain digital transformation. The agenda features high‑profile keynote speakers such as...
MISUMI, Oishii Farm Corporation Announce Strategic Partnership
MISUMI Group Inc. has signed a strategic partnership with U.S. vertical farming pioneer Oishii Farm Corporation. Through its recently acquired subsidiary Fictiv, MISUMI will provide mechanical components for Oishii’s Ametalas Farm, leveraging AI and robotics to fine‑tune temperature, humidity, lighting...
AutoStore Launches CubeVerse and AutoStore Intelligence Platforms
AutoStore unveiled its Spring 2026 product suite, introducing the CubeVerse cloud platform and the AutoStore Intelligence suite powered by AI. The new tools unify system design, simulation, deployment, analytics and real‑time optimization, allowing existing robot grids to achieve higher throughput without...
NVIDIA GTC 2026: Universal Robots, Scale AI Launch Imitation Learning System to Accelerate AI Model Training
Universal Robots and Scale AI unveiled the UR AI Trainer at NVIDIA GTC 2026, a system that captures high‑fidelity force, torque and vision data to train AI models directly on production‑grade robots. The trainer uses a leader‑follower configuration to record...
NVIDIA GTC 2026: Vention Debuts Rapid Operator AI for Autonomous Bin Picking
Vention unveiled Rapid Operator AI at NVIDIA GTC 2026, a turnkey system that automates deep bin picking in unstructured environments. Built on the Generalized Robotic Industrial Intelligence Pipeline (GRIIP) and integrated with NVIDIA Isaac models, the solution delivers up to...
BlueSword’s AMR Lineup Manages Materials Across Industries and Countries
BlueSword Intelligent Technology has broadened its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and automated guided vehicle (AGV) portfolio, adding forklift‑type robots, latent mobile robots and a unified control platform. The company leverages digital‑twin simulation to pre‑validate deployments, shortening commissioning and boosting reliability....
HP Indigo Adds Mobile Robots to Its Portfolio, Developed by MoviĜo Robotics
HP Indigo announced it will sell and support autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) developed by MoviĜo Robotics to its print‑industry customers. The robots handle B‑to‑pallets, postal pallets, carts and racks for both sheet‑fed and web‑press environments. The partnership introduces the Sharko 5 RT,...
MODEX 2026: Q&A with MHI CEO John Paxton
MODEX 2026, the premier supply‑chain expo in Atlanta, will host over 1,060 exhibitors and more than 50,000 registered attendees, marking an 8% increase in physical footprint to 630,000 square feet. CEO John Paxton of MHI highlighted record growth as a...
Able Innovations Deploys ALTA Robotic Patient Delivery Platform in the U.S.
Able Innovations, a Canadian medical robotics firm, has partnered with Lahey Hospital & Medical Center to launch its ALTA robotic patient‑handling platform in the United States, marking the first U.S. deployment. The system automates lateral patient transfers, allowing a single...
HOJ Innovations’ New AMR Division Adds to Its Inventory Management Software History
HOJ Innovations, a Utah‑based warehouse inventory software veteran with over 60 years of experience, announced the launch of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) division in late October 2025. The new hardware arm integrates directly with its WarehouseOS platform, leveraging a...
Numina Group Launches AI-Driven AMR and Voice Picking Automation
Numina Group unveiled Batchbot 2.0, an AI‑driven solution that fuses its Real‑time Distribution Software with KUKA’s fifth‑generation autonomous mobile robots and a voice‑picking suite. The system claims to slash more than 20 minutes of idle operator travel per hour and...
Logic Robotics Develops a Logistics Operating System for the Space Economy
Logic Robotics unveiled a logistics operating system designed to automate the movement of palletized cargo from terrestrial factories to spaceports and beyond. The platform, called LINK, integrates an AI‑driven digital twin that models facilities, vehicles, and missions in real time,...
AgriPass Raises $7.5M to Scale Human-Inspired AI for Adaptive, Selective Weed Control
AgriPass announced a $7.5 million seed round, led by Harbor Venture Consulting, to scale its Robot of Human‑Inspired Cultivation (RHIC) platform. RHIC combines computer‑vision and real‑time AI to perform selective, root‑level mechanical weeding while preserving soil structure and eliminating chemicals. The...
New Manhattan High-Rise Looks to Pioneer Robotics-Enabled Construction
Westvue Manhattan, a 24‑story residential tower at 9th Avenue and 37th Street, is positioning itself as a technology showcase by deploying the Skyeforge Alliance—a consortium of more than a dozen robotics specialists working alongside traditional contractors. The project leverages AI‑driven...
Tampa General Hospital Adopts LIBERTY Endovascular Robotic System
Tampa General Hospital has become the first health system in Florida to adopt Microbot Medical’s LIBERTY Endovascular Robotic System, following the device’s FDA 510(k) clearance. LIBERTY is a single‑use, remotely operated robot designed for peripheral endovascular procedures, promising greater precision...
Machina Labs Raises $124M to Scale Manufacturing Infrastructure for Defense, Advanced Mobility
Machina Labs closed a $124 million Series C round led by Woven Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures and the Strategic Development Fund. The capital will fund its first 200,000‑square‑foot Intelligent Factory in the United States, featuring up to 50 RoboCraftsman...
AI² Robotics Raises over $140M in Series B Round
AI² Robotics announced a Series B round that raised over RMB 1 billion (about $140 million), pushing its post‑money valuation beyond RMB 10 billion ($1.4 billion). The Beijing‑based firm, known for its AlphaBot general‑purpose robots, has completed 12 funding rounds in just one year, reflecting an aggressive...
Mantis Robotics Achieves Safety Certification for Fenceless, High-Speed Industrial Robot
Mantis Robotics announced that its MR-1 robot arm is the first high‑speed, fenceless industrial robot to earn ISO 10218‑1 and ISO 13849‑1 safety certification. The MR‑1 combines proprietary physical AI with 47 embedded safety functions, all rated PL‑d, allowing it...
Report: Warehouse Automation Order Intake up by 7%
A new Interact Analysis report shows warehouse‑automation order intake rose 7 % in 2025 despite a weak macro environment, driven largely by inflated project values from rising steel and labor costs and large‑scale investments by retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Tesco....
Okibo Announces General Availability of Robotic BLASTER Technology for Construction Industry
Okibo has launched the general availability of its BLASTER gun, a dual‑nozzle airless spray system designed for the EG7 and EG7+ autonomous construction robots. The technology can coat a four‑foot board width and up to 24 feet in height in just...
Ottonomy Unveils Platform Connecting Robots, Drones and Smart Infrastructure on NVIDIA
Ottonomy unveiled Ottumn.AI, a cloud‑based platform that orchestrates autonomous robots, drones, and smart infrastructure across healthcare, manufacturing, and commerce. The solution runs on NVIDIA AI hardware, leveraging Jetson edge devices, Isaac Sim digital twins, and cloud GPUs for sub‑30 ms decision...
Comau Expands Wearable Robotics Portfolio with MATE-XT GO Exoskeleton
Italian automation leader Comau unveiled the MATE‑XT GO, a lightweight wearable exoskeleton aimed at improving arm and shoulder ergonomics. Weighing less than 3 kg, the device can be donned in 30 seconds and removed in 10, delivering up to 50 % reduction in perceived...
A3 Presents ‘Age of Automation,’ Global Film Series Produced by BBC StoryWorks
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) launched “Age of Automation,” a global film series produced by BBC StoryWorks that showcases how automation is reshaping industries and daily life. The series combines short films and articles that highlight real‑world applications in...
Yokogawa, ANYbotics Integrate OpreXTM Robot Management Core Software Into ANYmal Inspection Robots
Yokogawa Electric and Swiss robot maker ANYbotics announced that Yokogawa’s OpreX™ Robot Management Core software will be embedded in ANYbotics’ ANYmal inspection robot family, including the upcoming explosion‑proof ANYmal X slated for a 2026 launch. The integration links robot fleets...
NORD Launches Digital Twin Technology to Accelerate System Development
NORD Drivesystems has introduced a digital‑twin solution through its myNORD online portal, leveraging the Functional Mock‑up Interface (FMI) standard to generate simulation models of fully configured drive systems. Engineers can now perform virtual commissioning, testing drive concepts early and adjusting...
Nomagic Secures Additional $10M in Funding, Launches Shoebox Picker
Poland‑based warehouse robotics firm Nomagic raised an additional $10 million in a Series B extension, pushing total capital to over $84 million. The round, led by Cogito Capital Partners, will fund the U.S. rollout of its new Shoebox Picker robot. The Picker combines...
Apptronik Closes over $935M Series A with New $520M Extension Round
Apptronik announced a $520 million Series A‑X extension, bringing its total Series A funding to over $935 million and total capital raised near $1 billion. The round includes existing backers such as Google, B Capital and Mercedes‑Benz, and new investors AT&T Ventures, John Deere and Qatar...
