Scaling the China-Free Supply Chain: 2,500 NDAA WÅSP Drones to Be Built in Pennsylvania
Rift Dynamics announced a contract for 2,500 WÅSP One‑Way Attack drones from American Robotics/Ondas, to be manufactured on a new Pennsylvania line with Kitron Group USA. The drones are fully compatible with Nammo AS warheads, a capability co‑developed with the Norwegian Army and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. This order serves as a real‑world test of a China‑free, NDAA‑compliant and FCC‑approved supply chain at production scale. Execution focus is emphasized, with known lead times and in‑house control of critical subsystems.
Vine-Inspired Robotic Gripper Gently Lifts Heavy and Fragile Objects
Engineers at MIT and Stanford have created a vine‑inspired robotic gripper that inflates thin pneumatic tubes to grow, wrap around, and lift objects. The system can transition from an open‑loop growth phase to a closed‑loop sling, enabling it to retrieve...
Drones and Satellites Can Measure Methane Emissions From Ruminants
A multinational research team has demonstrated that drones equipped with methane sensors, combined with flux‑tower wind data and hyperspectral satellite imagery, can accurately quantify methane emissions from African livestock, including cattle, goats, sheep, and camels. Test flights in Norway and...
Palmer Luckey Says the Coolest Thing About Anduril Expanding to Long Beach Is the Fighter Jets
Anduril Industries announced a new Long Beach campus covering 1.18 million sq ft, slated for mid‑2027 completion. The facility will create about 5,500 new jobs across engineering, manufacturing and logistics. It will serve as the production hub for the autonomous Fury fighter jet, which...
Stingrays Inspire Smarter Ocean Robots: The Physics of Fin Motion
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have built robotic fins that replicate stingray swimming mechanics, revealing how the animals achieve precise maneuverability. High‑speed video and fluid‑dynamic modeling showed that subtle fin curvature and timing generate lift and thrust efficiently....
LivsMed Completes Korean IPO to Accelerate Remote Robotic Surgery
LivsMed completed a KOSDAQ IPO, raising ₩135.9 billion ($94 million) and achieving a $1 billion market valuation. The proceeds will fund a new production base, R&D, and global expansion of its minimally invasive surgical portfolio. The company showcased its STARK robotic system in...
Airspace Link Releases New Drone Alert System Ahead of 2026 World Cup
Airspace Link has launched Alert Areas within its AirHub portal, letting users define 3‑D airspace volumes and receive instant notifications when a drone enters them. The sensor‑agnostic system pulls live telemetry from any integrated detector, delivering real‑time alerts via app...
State of Louisiana and Persona AI Launch Humanoid Pilot at SSE Steel Fabrication
Louisiana and Houston‑based Persona AI have signed an MOU to launch a humanoid robotics pilot at SSE Steel Fabrication in St. Bernard Parish. The program will collect movement and task data in a live steel‑fabrication environment to validate rugged humanoid...
EASA and DJI Collaborate to Improve Awareness of Safe and Legal Drone Operations
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has partnered with DJI to tighten geo‑awareness compliance across Europe. Starting January 2026, DJI’s drones will draw exclusively from official UAS Geographical Zone (UGZ) data published by national aviation authorities, replacing its legacy Fly...
Musk Makes Davos Debut with Promise of Robots for All
Elon Musk made his first appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, unveiling an aggressive timeline for his Optimus humanoid robots. He announced that the robots will handle more complex tasks later this year and be available to consumers...
Otto Group Enables AI-Driven Intelligent Robot Coordination With the Digital Twin Developed by Roboverse Reply
Otto Group, in partnership with Reply’s Roboverse unit and NVIDIA, has launched an AI‑driven Robotic Coordination Layer built on a high‑fidelity digital twin of its warehouse. The twin, created using Spot‑mounted scanners and NVIDIA Omniverse, enables real‑time orchestration, simulation, and...
Electric Linear Actuators For Automated Handling Equipment
TiMOTION’s electric linear actuators are positioned as a core component for modern automated handling equipment in industrial warehouses. The compact, IP‑rated devices replace pneumatic and hydraulic systems, offering maintenance‑free operation and precise, programmable control. Models such as the MA2, MA3,...
Mouser Drives Electronic Design Excellence with Motor Control Resource Hub for Engineers
Mouser Electronics has launched an online motor‑control resource hub that consolidates articles, eBooks, blogs, and reference designs for engineers working on e‑bikes, drones, robotics, and electric vehicles. The portal highlights cutting‑edge components such as NXP’s S32M276 SiP, Renesas RA8T2 dual‑core...
IDS Introduces a Voluntary 3-Year Manufacturer’s Warranty Across All Industrial Camera Series
IDS Imaging Development Systems announced a voluntary three‑year manufacturer’s warranty covering all its industrial camera families, including uEye, uEye+, uEye Live, uEye EVS, uEye 3D and IDS NXT. The warranty, available to business customers who buy directly or through authorized distributors, offers...
This Lightweight Exoskeleton Lets You Unleash Your Inner Tony Stark Thanks to AI
The Vigx π6 is a lightweight, AI‑powered exoskeleton that assists walking, standing and light fitness activities. Weighing just 2 kg and folding to umbrella size, it uses a built‑in camera and AI processor to analyze terrain and modulate power every 30 milliseconds, improving...
Gartner Predicts Fewer Than 20 Companies Will Scale Humanoid Robots for Manufacturing and Supply Chain to Production Stage by 2028
Gartner forecasts that by 2028 fewer than 20 companies will move humanoid robots from pilot projects to full‑scale production in manufacturing and supply‑chain environments. While chief supply‑chain officers are attracted to the human‑like form factor for labor‑cost challenges, the research...
IdeaForge Indigenous Defence Tactical UAV ‘ZOLT’ to Be Showcased at India’s 77th Republic Day Parade
India's indigenous UAV maker ideaForge will display its tactical drone ZOLT at the 77th Republic Day Parade, highlighting the country's push for homegrown defence solutions. ZOLT is a multi‑role, VTOL‑capable platform built for long‑range ISR and precision payload delivery in...
Microsoft Research Reveals Rho-Alpha Vision-Language-Action Model for Robots
Microsoft Research unveiled Rho-alpha, the first robotics model built on its Phi vision-language series, extending capabilities with tactile sensing and bimanual manipulation. The model translates natural‑language commands into control signals, co‑training on physical demonstrations, simulated tasks, and web‑scale visual question‑answering...
SiFly and Taranis Launch Field Validation Program to Accelerate Aerial Crop Intelligence at Scale
SiFly Aviation and Taranis have launched a 2026 Field Validation Program to test a new operational model that pairs SiFly’s long‑endurance Q12 VTOL drone with Taranis’s AI‑driven, leaf‑level crop intelligence. The program aims to demonstrate how three‑hour autonomous flights can...
DEWALT® Unveils the World's First Downward Drilling, Fleet-Capable Robot to Accelerate Data Center Construction
DEWALT, in partnership with August Robotics, unveiled the world’s first downward‑drilling, fleet‑capable robot aimed at accelerating data‑center construction. The robot drills up to ten times faster than traditional methods and has already shaved 80 weeks off timelines across ten projects...
PI Introduces Miniaturized Alignment Engine Platform for Scalable, Parallel E/O Wafer-Level Test
PI (Physik Instrumente) unveiled a miniaturized alignment engine platform that enables parallel electro‑optical wafer‑level testing for photonic integrated circuits. The system integrates multiple piezoelectric aligners with fly‑height sensors and an interferometry‑based FAU ranging method that uses existing fiber channels, eliminating...
Handy Robot Can Crawl and Pick up Objects From Multiple Angles
Scientists have unveiled a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grasp objects from either side, breaking the traditional one‑sided design of most manipulators. The hand, available in five‑ and six‑fingered versions with a 16 cm palm, can detach from its...
NMITE And The British Army Unveil Detail Of The New Undergraduate Degree In Autonomous Robotics
NMITE, in partnership with the British Army, announced a new MEng (Hons) Integrated Engineering degree focused on Autonomous Robotics, set to admit its first cohort in September 2026. The three‑year programme compresses a traditional four‑year master’s timeline and emphasizes hands‑on...
AgiBot Claims Top Spot in Global Humanoid Robot Shipments in 2025 with More than 5,100 Units Delivered
Shanghai‑based AgiBot announced it shipped over 5,100 humanoid robots in 2025, securing roughly 39% of the global market and overtaking rivals such as Unitree and UBTech. The Omdia report shows total worldwide shipments reached about 13,000 units, highlighting rapid industry...
Why Serve Robotics Is Acquiring a Hospital Assistant Robot Company
Serve Robotics announced a $29 million acquisition of Diligent Robotics, the creator of Moxi hospital assistant robots. Diligent, founded in 2017, has raised over $75 million, including a $25 million round in 2023. The deal marks Serve’s first move beyond its sidewalk food‑delivery...
Event in Dallas, Targeting Manufacturing Labor Shortages Facing North Texas
OnRobot will host a free, in‑person event titled “Build Your Automation Roadmap” on February 19 in Dallas to address the acute manufacturing labor shortages in North Texas. The program features live FANUC robot demonstrations, workshops, and case studies targeting sectors such...
OnLogic Launches Ultra-Compact CL260 Industrial PC for Edge Computing at Scale
OnLogic unveiled the CL260, an ultra‑compact, fanless industrial PC aimed at edge computing deployments. Measuring just 115 × 30 × 82 mm and built on Intel N‑Series processors, the device offers cost‑effective performance for data‑gateway tasks. It ships with pre‑configured integrations for ZEDEDA edge orchestration...
Event 38 Delivers E455 Systems to Florida State Guard for Emergency Response Support
Event 38 Unmanned Systems has delivered its E455 fixed‑wing VTOL drone systems and mission payloads to the Florida State Guard (FSG). The drones will support training, evaluation, and operational readiness for emergency response, disaster relief, and public safety missions across...
Sphere Calls for Rapid, Scalable Deployment of Autonomous Drone Surveillance to Protect NSW Beachgoers
Sphere, an Australian commercial drone firm, is urging the NSW Government to fast‑track a coast‑wide autonomous drone surveillance program to mitigate shark risk after a spate of recent attacks. The company proposes its HubX and HubT "drone‑in‑a‑box" systems, which launch,...
Zero-Trust UTM: TII, VentureOne, and High Lander Join Forces at UMEX to Forge New Airspace Security Standards in the UAE
High Lander Aviation, Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and venture builder VentureOne announced a strategic collaboration at UMEX 2026 to develop national‑level zero‑trust security standards for unmanned traffic management (UTM) in the UAE. The partnership will focus on end‑to‑end security...
Palladyne AI Secures Next-Generation Spacecraft Contract, Unlocking New High-Growth Opportunity
Palladyne AI announced that its GuideTech subsidiary has secured a contract with Portal Space Systems to supply navigation, guidance, modeling, embedded software and avionics for next‑generation, highly maneuverable spacecraft. The deal marks Palladyne’s first major entry into the space domain,...
A Geometric Twist Boosts the Power of Robotic Textiles
EPFL researchers have introduced an X‑Crossing textile architecture that interlaces shape‑memory‑alloy (SMA) fibers in a periodic X pattern, enabling a 4.5‑gram fabric to lift 1 kg when contracted 50 %. The design aligns each fiber crossing with the desired motion, turning individual...
Automate 2026 Brings Popular Humanoid Robot Forum and NVIDIA-Sponsored Humanoid Robot Pavilion to Show
Automate 2026, North America’s largest robotics trade show, will host the third annual Humanoid Robot Forum alongside a new NVIDIA‑sponsored Humanoid Robot Pavilion. The paid forum, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, will deliver deep‑dive sessions on humanoid development, deployment...
Galbot S1 Breaks Industry Load Limits with 50KG Heavy-Duty Capacity
Galbot unveiled the S1, a heavy‑duty embodied‑AI robot that lifts a continuous dual‑arm payload of 50 kg, shattering the industry’s long‑standing limit. The S1 is already operating on CATL’s core battery‑production lines, proving its viability in real‑world manufacturing. It runs up...
CMES Robotics Expands AI-Driven Warehouse Automation Footprint with New Logistics Projects
CMES Robotics announced new multi‑year AI‑vision automation projects with a premium North American food ingredient manufacturer, extending its warehouse automation footprint. The deployments focus on robotic bag palletizing that can handle frequent changes in product size, packaging and orientation. CMES...
Cyngn Receives Notice of Allowance for 24th U.S. Patent for Its AI-Powered Autonomous Vehicle Technologies
Cyngn announced a notice of allowance for its 24th U.S. patent covering a system and method of adaptive, real‑time vehicle system identification for autonomous driving. The patent is slated for issuance next month, bringing the company’s total U.S. patent count...
BionIT Labs Launches Adam’s Hand for Humanoids and Service Robots
BionIT Labs announced that its Adam’s Hand, a prosthetic‑derived dexterity platform, is now available for integration with humanoid and service robots. The device was showcased at CES 2026 on the industrial Robee R and medical Robee M robots, demonstrating human‑scale...
Collaborative Carting: Advances in Human-Robot Biomechanics
The latest research on collaborative carting demonstrates how tightly coupled human‑robot systems can share material handling tasks while preserving operator comfort. By embedding force‑feedback sensors and biomechanical models into autonomous carts, the platform dynamically adjusts assistance to match a worker’s...
Comau’s Role in Shaping Future Leaders: Harvard Business School Explores Italian Advanced Automation and Robotics
Comau hosted Harvard Business School professors and students for the third consecutive year, integrating the Immersive Field Course into its Comau Academy workshop. The program highlighted Comau's latest collaborative robots, intelligent intralogistics, and flexible automation platforms, including hands‑on sessions with...
NARMA Strengthens U.S. Presence Amid FCC Covered List Expansion
NARMA is reinforcing its U.S. market strategy after the FCC added more foreign‑produced UAS to its Covered List. The company is advancing through the AUVSI Green UAS Cleared program, targeting cybersecurity, data handling, and supply‑chain validation, which will qualify its...
Spencer Krause: Why Hardware Is the New Engineering Frontier
In the latest episode of The Robot Report, SKA Robotics co‑founder and CEO Spencer Krause argues that hardware development is the next engineering frontier in the post‑AI era. He draws on 23 years of field‑robot experience, including rugged solutions for...
Autonomy Without Assumptions: InfiniDome and Wonder Robotics Introduce IroNav
infiniDome and Wonder Robotics announced a strategic partnership to launch IroNav, a full‑stack autonomous system that fuses vision‑based navigation with resilient GNSS protection. The solution assumes GNSS interference as a persistent condition, automatically switching between satellite‑aided and fully denied modes....
Micro Nano Robots Aim to Cut Carbon Buildup in Closed Life Support Systems
Researchers at Guangxi University unveiled micro‑nano reconfigurable robots (MNRM) that capture and release carbon dioxide using sunlight as an energy source. In laboratory tests the robots sequestered 6.19 mmol CO₂ per gram of sorbent and regenerated at just 55 °C, maintaining over...
GA-ASI Breaks Ground on a New Hangar in El Mirage
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems broke ground on a new 85,000‑square‑foot hangar at its El Mirage Airfield on Jan 14. The facility will house testing of the MQ‑9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft and accommodate up to a dozen certifiable ground control stations....
GA-ASI Makes Another Autonomous Aerial Intercept in Company-Funded Demo with MQ-20 Avenger(r)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) demonstrated its MQ‑20 Avenger executing a fully autonomous aerial intercept using government‑reference autonomy software. The jet employed an Anduril infrared search‑and‑track sensor to locate, track, and compute a simulated kill‑shot against a manned aggressor without...
From Manual to Fully Automated: The Evolution of Loading Dock Workflows
Loading docks are finally catching up with broader warehouse automation as large carriers roll out dedicated trailer‑unloading robots. UPS has ordered 400 Pickle Robot units and DHL plans to add over 1,000 Boston Dynamics Stretch machines, moving the technology from pilots...
How to Prevent Charge Buildup in a Lunar Rover
Future lunar rovers risk hazardous triboelectric charge buildup on wheels as they traverse the Moon’s insulating regolith. While solar‑wind plasma normally dissipates excess charge, plasma‑starved regions such as night‑side wakes and permanently shadowed craters limit this natural discharge path. Researchers...
How YC-Backed Bucket Robotics Survived Its First CES
Bucket Robotics, a Y Combinator Spring 2024 graduate, made its CES debut after founder Matt Puchalski drove 12 hours to Las Vegas to avoid flight delays. The startup showcased a vision‑based surface‑inspection system that generates simulated defects from CAD files,...
The Hidden Technology Behind Fluid Robot Motion
Fluid robot motion is reshaping automation by replacing rigid, jerky mechanisms with smooth, adaptable actuation. The article highlights five core technologies—pneumatic artificial muscles, strain‑wave gears, central pattern generators, electroactive polymers, and shape‑memory alloys—that enable softer, more precise movements across sectors...
Parrot – Programs Coordinator NORTH AMERICA (F/M)
Parrot, a global leader in professional drone solutions, is hiring a Programs Coordinator for North America. The role bridges customer success, technical enablement, and programme delivery, guiding high‑value defence, law‑enforcement and enterprise clients through onboarding, deployment, training and ongoing operations....