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News•Feb 21, 2026
Visual Drone Detection Moves Into Critical Infrastructure Playbooks
Unauthorized drone activity around critical infrastructure is surging, prompting agencies like CISA to issue updated guidance for operators. Incidents have risen dramatically—over 217% across facilities and up to 300% at European airports—driving demand for specialized visual detection systems. The global counter‑drone market is projected to grow nearly 30% CAGR, reaching $30.5 billion by 2034. Visual drone detection solutions combine ruggedized cameras, high‑zoom optics, thermal imaging, AI analytics, and multi‑sensor fusion to identify and classify threats in real time.
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News•Feb 19, 2026
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada to Deploy Agility Robotics’ Digit Humanoids
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has signed an agreement with Agility Robotics to deploy its Digit humanoid robots across its Ontario assembly plants after a successful year‑long pilot. The rollout will add seven additional Digits to load and unload totes...
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News•Feb 19, 2026
NVIDIA Adds Cosmos Policy to Its World Foundation Models
NVIDIA introduced Cosmos Policy, a post‑trained robot control policy built on its Cosmos Predict‑2 world foundation model. By encoding actions, future states and reward signals as latent video frames, the single diffusion‑based model achieves state‑of‑the‑art results on the LIBERO and...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
Mitsubishi Electric Follows Digital-First Strategy for Advanced Air Mobility
Mitsubishi Electric United States is rolling out a digital‑first strategy that blends SaaS platforms, data‑driven tools, and AI to bridge physical and digital operations. Its flagship AnyMile logistics software orchestrates cargo‑drone missions, handling fleet, airspace, payload, and regulatory complexities. The...
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News•Feb 17, 2026
IFR Releases Position Paper on AI in Robotics
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) published a position paper outlining how artificial intelligence is reshaping robotics, from enhanced vision and navigation to generative code creation. It highlights rapid advances in physical AI, deep‑learning perception, reinforcement learning, and natural‑language interfaces...
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News•Feb 17, 2026
ARM Institute Opens Project Call for Military Supply Chain Technology
The Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing (ARM) Institute has issued a member‑only project call to modernize the Department of Defense’s organic industrial base (OIB) supply chain. The call seeks proposals that combine digital operations, AI‑driven robotic process planning, real‑time sensors, in‑situ...
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News•Feb 14, 2026
Manifest 2026 Recap
In episode 230 of The Robot Report podcast, hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre recap the Manifest 2026 supply‑chain trade show in Las Vegas and interview eight robotics CEOs, including leaders from Gather AI, Robust.AI, Slamcore, Slip Robotics, Ambi Robotics, Corvus Robotics, Glid Technologies and AutoPallet. The episode...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Symbotic Acquires Autonomous Forklift Maker Fox Robotics
Symbotic announced the acquisition of autonomous forklift developer Fox Robotics during its Q1 2026 earnings call, though financial terms were undisclosed. Fox Robotics operates over 100 FoxBot forklifts across 54 sites, with about 25 pilot customers, including Walmart, Symbotic’s largest...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter Steps Down
Robert Playter announced his retirement, stepping down as Boston Dynamics CEO on February 27, 2026. He guided the firm since 2019, overseeing Hyundai’s 2020 acquisition and the commercial rollout of Spot, Stretch, and the electric Atlas. Under his leadership the...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
APEM Launches Dual Icon Series of LED Indicators
IDEC Corp., operating as APEM, introduced the Dual Icon series of 14 mm panel‑mount LED indicators. The bi‑color devices combine green and red icons in a single compact unit, delivering three states—off, green, and red—while fitting standard panel holes. Built with...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Stryker Introduces Mako Handheld Robotics with RPS Launch
Stryker announced a limited market rollout of its new Mako RPS handheld robotic system for total knee replacement, merging the company’s established Mako robotic platform with power‑tool functionality. The device features intra‑operative planning, a robotically enabled saw, and patented active‑adjustment...
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Deals•Feb 10, 2026
Symbotic Acquires Autonomous Forklift Maker Fox Robotics
Symbotic announced it has acquired Fox Robotics, an autonomous forklift developer, to expand its logistics robotics portfolio. The financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition was revealed during Symbotic's Q1 2026 earnings call and aims to broaden its customer base,...
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Deals•Feb 3, 2026
Overland AI Raises $100M to Scale Autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces
Seattle-based Overland AI announced a $100 million fundraising round led by 8VC, with participation from Point72 Ventures, Ascend Venture Capital, Shasta Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, StepStone Group and a $20 million venture debt facility from TriplePoint Capital. The...
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Deals•Jan 23, 2026
Shenzhen Picea Robotics Completes Acquisition of iRobot, Emerging From Chapter 11
iRobot Corp. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after Shenzhen Picea Robotics Co. completed its acquisition, making iRobot a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal restructures iRobot under a new U.S. subsidiary to protect consumer data and provides a stronger financial...
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