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How Most Manufacturers Are Adopting Agentic AI Without A Governance Plan

Most coverage of this research treats the gap as evidence that governance is behind schedule. Fewer accounts explain what closing it actually requires once the AI in question is not summarizing a report but deciding whether a robot should act on what it just detected.

The Invisible Nervous System: Wireless Connectivity for Physical AI and Humanoids

As AI moves from labs into homes, warehouses, and factory floors, wireless connectivity has become as critical to a robot's intelligence as the AI model driving it. Here we look inside the low-latency, low-power, high-speed, multi-radio stack making embodied AI possible.

Inventory Intelligence: How AI is Leading the Third Wave of Warehouse Automation

We have automated the movement of goods and the tracking of goods, but we have not yet automated the truth about goods. Closing that gap is the third wave of warehouse automation, and it is being driven by AI and computer vision.

How Multiway Robotics Transformed a Malaysian Manufacturer’s High-Bay Smart Warehouse with 5,000+ Storage Locations

Featuring 5,000+ storage locations, multi-model autonomous forklift collaboration, and 30%+ improvement in storage density, the solution enables efficient, scalable, and digitalized warehouse operations, supporting the customer's ongoing supply chain transformation.

Sunrise Robotics Accelerates Automation with AI-powered GoFa™ cobot cells

Sunrise Robotics needs its autonomous cells to perform precise manipulation for high-mix manufacturing, including pick & place, positioning, and machine-tending operations in human-centric environments.

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The integrated machine vision software MVTec MERLIC significantly enhances quality assurance in the assembly process by displaying all relevant information for assembling the component to the production worker, then verifying the process and documenting quality.

How to Select the Best Motor for Mobile Robots and Automation

A mobile robot is a chain of compromises where the motor, gearbox, controller, battery, wheels, and mechanical layout constantly influence one another. Looking at any of them in isolation almost always leads to a second design iteration.

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What Robotics and Automation Investment Can't Fix If Your Data Is Still Manual

Plants keep adding automation and robotics without fixing the underlying data foundation. Here's why that gap quietly caps the ROI on every new investment.

Automation and Robotics Will Not Solve Your Workforce Problem. They Will Move It.

While there is real innovation happening, the driver of productivity growth for the near term does not lie in automation. It lies in training and upskilling and it will become an even bigger bottleneck for manufacturers across the automotive and machine-building industries.

What It Really Takes to Integrate AGVs into a Busy Hospital

Here AGV system specialists, Aerocom, take a look at what it takes to integrate AGVs successfully into hospitals by looking at the planning, the importance of staff buy-in, and the benefits and constraints of this essential technology.

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NEURA Robotics and SECO Join Forces to Scale Physical AI from Europe

NEURA and SECO will collaborate on electronic compute modules for NEURA's cognitive robots, including the humanoid 4NE1, supporting scalable series production in Europe

DC MOTORS/DRIVES vs AC MOTORS/DRIVES

AC drives, also known as adjustable speed drives or variable frequency drives (VFD's) control motor speed by changing the frequency of the electrical supply to the motor. With DC drives, the motor turns at a speed directly proportional to the voltage applied to the armature.

How peak torque values are affected by the Output Planet Carrier Tooth Count

When installing a motor, gearmotor, motor control or servo amplifier into any system or equipment, universally accepted engineering practices should always be observed.

OPEN MIND Joins FANUC 5-Axis Integrated Technology Initiative

Though providing benefits to manufacturers in all markets, the motivation of the FANUC Initiative is to improve efficiency, accuracy, and repeatability in the production of complex parts, which will be especially beneficial for the U.S. aerospace market.

D-Robotics at IFA 2026: The Computing Platform Powering the Next Generation of Home Robots

From TCL's hey AiMe family companion robot and Vbot's household quadruped to the xLean TR1 floor washer, D-Robotics' AI chips and robotics developer kits now power hundreds of robot products worldwide.

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PI USA - Hexapod for Industrial Alignment

PI USA - Hexapod for Industrial Alignment

This new compact 6-axis hexapod was designed with 24/7 industrial precision alignment tasks and easy serviceability in mind. It is equipped with absolute encoders (no need for referencing) and motor brakes that automatically engage during a loss of power, for extra safety. Debuting at Photonics West 2025 last month, applications include camera lens alignment, micro assembly, and fiber optical alignment applications.

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FORT Robotics

FORT Robotics

We believe all smart machines are robots, and have set out to give companies control over the robot future. Our mission is to realize a world where automation leads to the betterment of humankind and humans and robots work side by side productively.