Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Scaling Battery Disassembly: Why the Real Challenge Is Not Automation
The emerging circular economy introduces new challenges and new application areas for automation. One of them is EV battery disassembly. Unlike traditional industrial environments, battery disassembly operates without stable geometries, consistent designs, or reliable data.
How the Modular Concept Can Help You Build a Future-Proof and Secure Robotic Computing Platform
Today, an intelligent robotic platform simultaneously has to run real-time multi-axis motion control, processes multiple data streams from various sensors including 2D and 3D vision cameras and/or LIDAR.
Argonne Researchers to Develop Learning-Based Robots as Step Toward a Scientific Assistant
What if robots could not only perform experiments but also adapt and improve alongside human scientists? The goal is to create robots that can work alongside scientists in real lab environments and adjust to changing conditions.
Autonomous Mobile Picking Robots: Bridging the Gap Between Warehouse Automation and Retail Fulfillment
This article examines how an integrated autonomous picking system — combining a lightweight 6-DOF robotic arm, depth-camera-based vision, adaptive grasping, and intelligent task management — was developed and deployed to address these challenges.
Brushless DC (BLDC) Machines — Where They Outperform
Learn where Brushless DC (BLDC) machines outperform traditional drives in UAVs, robotics, e-bikes, & industrial drives, and how Mosrac helps optimize next-gen motion control.
The $500 Delivery Robot Is Coming — and It Will Reshape the Industry
Cheap AI accelerators and simulation-trained neural policies are about to collapse the
cost of autonomous delivery. The business implications are bigger than the technical
ones.
IDS: Digital precision transforms aircraft construction with Ensenso 3D vision
An Ensenso 3D camera integrated into an automated process chain ensures accurate detection and alignment of drilling positions in aircraft cabin assembly.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories
How Manufacturers Can Move from Basic Automation to Autonomous Material Movement in Production Logistics
For too long, material movement has been treated as a background function. But advanced motion and robotics are changing that by giving manufacturers the tools to treat material flow as a strategic and competitive lever that they can tune, optimize, and adapt.
139th Canton Fair Sets New Record with Overseas Buyer Attendance
The number of new products introduced rose 27%, and events for emerging future industries increased 30%. The fair also showcased AI-enabled scenarios for the first time, including robotic patrol inspections and drone flight demonstrations.
The Manufacturing Executive's New Shield: Closing the Records Liability Gap
Regulators are no longer content to penalize the company name on the factory gate; they are naming the specific executives who run the manufacturing floor.
Robotics and Automation - News Headlines
OLO Robotics completes commercial launch with three international manufacturing and distribution partnerships
Sheffield-based startup brings robotics development onto the browser for mainstream developers
Igus® to Showcase New Machine Planner Tool And Palletizing Cobot at Automate 2026
Visitors to the igus booth will discover a fast, inexpensive way to plan automation workstations and see an innovative palletizer cobot that optimizes productivity and space savings.
Allient Inc. to Present at Upcoming Webinar on Engineering Thermally-Optimized Joints for Humanoids
The webinar will explore the key challenges in humanoid joint design and how motor data should be interpreted in a system-level context rather than relying on standard specifications. It will also look at practical engineering approaches to motor selection and performance optimization for humanoid and advanced robotics applications, with a focus on achieving reliable, thermally efficient performance.
Lake Superior State University's Jim Devaprasad Named 2026 A3 Educator of the Year
Veteran robotics professor to be recognized as Automate 2026 spotlights the next generation of automation talent
Locus Robotics Acquires Nexera Robotics, Advancing a Patented Breakthrough in Mobile Manipulation
Nexera's patented NeuraGrasp™ technology vastly expands the range of SKUs Locus Array can pick autonomously, opening new SKU categories and mobile manipulation capabilities that have historically been beyond reach in warehouse operations
Robotics and Automation - Featured Product
BANNER ENGINEERING - RSio Remote Safe I/O Blocks
Built for flexible safety architectures, Banner Engineering's I/O blocks support EtherNet/IP and CIP Safety™ with configurable inputs for e-stops, light curtains, and switches. The in-series diagnostics function reduces cable usage by supporting up to 192 safety devices per block with device-level status. The RSio series is innovative, scalable, and robust, making it ideal for large conveyor networks and modular machine designs.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
IDS Imaging Development Systems Inc.
World-class image processing and industrial cameras "Made in Germany". Machine vision systems from IDS are powerful and easy to use. IDS is a leading provider of area scan cameras with USB and GigE interfaces, 3D industrial cameras and industrial cameras with artificial intelligence. Industrial monitoring cameras with streaming and event recording complete the portfolio. One of IDS's key strengths is customized solutions. An experienced project team of hardware and software developers makes almost anything technically possible to meet individual specifications - from custom design and PCB electronics to specific connector configurations. Whether in an industrial or non-industrial setting: IDS cameras and sensors assist companies worldwide in optimizing processes, ensuring quality, driving research, conserving raw materials, and serving people. They provide reliability, efficiency and flexibility for your application.
