Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How to Build a Digital Foundation for Your Robotics and Automation Strategy
A strong digital foundation brings everything together, allowing automation initiatives to scale, adapt and perform as intended. Without it, automation efforts often stall before they reach their full potential.
Facility Maintenance: Lavo Bot AI and NVIDIA Bring Autonomy to Exterior Surface Cleaning
Equipped with advanced mapping, multi-sensor vision and zone-based safety, the system navigates real-job sites with confidence—handling up to 6,000 sq ft/hour and supporting pressure-wash rigs up to 12 GPM and 4,500 PSI.
The ifm Obstacle Detection System (ODS)
The ifm Obstacle Detection System (ODS) optimizes the robot's overall performance by treating obstacle detection as a holistic system rather than just a camera. It provides reliable obstacle detection to protect people, equipment, and mobile robots.
Physical AI and Autonomy in the Construction Industry
Bedrock is taking advantage of the dramatic accessibility of GPUs and frameworks for scaled data access and training, combining it with our unique understanding of how to build and create autonomy solutions quickly and efficiently.
Robot-Driven Manufacturing Enables "Lights-Out" Production
The required solution would need to provide seamless connectivity and communication with the RoboDrill machines, as well as additional factory machinery throughout the company targeted for robotic automation moving forward.
Robotecki Redefines Robotics Precision Cutting and Drilling Applications with RoboDK
With their application, the team at Robotecki not only reduced labor-dependency for these key tasks, they improved the quality of production and throughput.
The Future of Autonomous and Wireless Charging
The real driver of change has been the need to reduce manual intervention and lower operational costs. When a robot can charge itself safely and autonomously, maintenance downtime drops dramatically, and so does total cost of ownership.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories
Powering Robotics: How Networks Enable the Era of "Physical LLMs"
Physical AI describes intelligent systems that can sense, interpret, and act in real environments. Think of self-driving cars navigating busy streets, robotic arms assembling machinery with precision, or smart grids adapting in real time to energy demands.
International robotic safety conference 2025: Key takeaways shaping the future of safe automation
The International Robotic Safety Conference highlighted how rapidly the safety environment is evolving, driven by new standards that reflect innovative robotics technologies and tightening global regulations.
How to Overcome Cobot Design Challenges
Although collaborative robots have become widely available and used in numerous industries, the professionals who design them frequently encounter and must overcome various challenges in cobot design. How should designers address them?
Robotics and Automation - News Headlines
Comau's Role in Shaping Future Leaders: Harvard Business School Explores Italian Advanced Automation and Robotics
The recently announced acquisition of Automha fits perfectly into this trajectory, further strengthening Comau's ability to offer scalable, high-performance solutions and underscoring the company's commitment to consolidating its roots and operations in Italy.
Autonomy Without Assumptions: infiniDome and Wonder Robotics Introduce IroNav
infiniDome and Wonder Robotics have announced a strategic collaboration to develop IroNav, a new class of full-stack resilient autonomy solution designed for a reality where reliable navigation can no longer be assumed, providing end-to-end mission autonomy that combines vision-based navigation with resilient flight control in a single, integrated architecture.
RoboSense Ranked No.1 in Global 3D LiDAR Sales Volume for Robotic Lawn Mowers
Leveraging the generational-leading advantages of its digital LiDAR, such as the E1R, RoboSense has established deep partnerships with multiple global leading robotic lawn mower companies, including Mammotion and Segway Navimow. These collaborations have set a new benchmark for the next-generation boundary-free intelligent robotic lawn mowers driving industry development.
GrayMatter Robotics Awarded AFWERX Phase II Contract to Develop AI-Powered Robotic System for Canopy Sanding
Advanced Smart Robotic Canopy Sanding System Will Transform Maintenance Operations, Extend Service Life, and Enhance Mission Readiness for Aircraft
RoboSense Achieves 303,000 Robotics LiDAR Sales in 2025, Up 1,142% Year-over-Year; Ranks No. 1
In 2025, the global robotics industry grew at a blistering pace. Leveraging its full-stack in-house chip design, RoboSense built a high-performance digital LiDAR portfolio and gained strong traction across smart robotic lawn mowers, autonomous delivery, and humanoid robots, securing partnerships with leading players.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Product
ElectroCraft's Motion Control for Mobile Robots
ElectroCraft is showcasing its award-winning mobile robot technology including their powerful and compact wheel drives, high-torque-density brushless DC motors, precision linear actuators as well as servo motor drive technology at a variety of conferences and tradeshows including the Boston Robotics Summit. Robotics Summit is the premier symposium for the sharing of ideas, technology, and market developments for robotic technologies across industries. Beyond a showcase and pitch of product, ElectroCraft is eager to participate in the collaborative discussion of challenges and opportunities that will shape the near and long-term robotic marketplace.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
e-con Systems
Since 2003, e-con Systems® has been designing, developing & manufacturing custom and off-the-shelf OEM camera solutions. Backed by a large in-house team of experts, our cameras are currently embedded in 350+ customer products. So far, we have shipped over 2 million cameras to the USA, Europe, Japan, South Korea, & more. Our portfolio includes MIPI, GMSL, GigE, USB cameras, ToF & Stereo cameras & smart AI cameras. They come with industry-leading features, including low-light performance, HDR, global shutter, LED flicker mitigation, multi-camera synchronization, & IP69K-rated enclosure. e-con Systems® also offers TintE™ - an FPGA-based ISP with all necessary imaging pipeline components. It provides a full ISP pipeline as a turnkey solution, featuring optimized, customizable blocks like debayering, AWB, AE, gamma correction and more. Our powerful partner ecosystem, comprising sensor partners, ISP partners, carrier board partners, & more, enables us to offer end-to-end vision solutions.
