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Sortera uses physical AI to double capacity in a Tennessee sorting facility
11+ hour, 20+ min ago (260+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 24, 2026 Sortera creates recycled fractions from existing scrap streams, enabling the domestic production of metals for manufacturing. | Source: Sortera Technologies Sortera Technologies Inc. announced that its second state-of-the-art processing facility in Lebanon, Tenn. , is moving…...
The future of physical AI isn't humanoid; it's task-specific and cost-efficient
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1123+ words) By Yaniv Sulkes | May 23, 2026 Robots need edge processing to act safely in the real world, says Hailo. Source: Hailo AI But across all of these stages, artificial intelligence'has largely remained confined to the digital world. That is now changing. The…...
Robotics Summit keynote to present open foundation for AI-powered robots
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (449+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 22, 2026 Open Robotics will discuss the open-source robotics ecosystem and AI at the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo. Source: Open Robotics Developments in artificial intelligence and robotics are converging and accelerating, making open source more critical than…...
GE Vernova to acquire Robotech Automation to expand robotics integration
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (387+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 22, 2026 GE Vernova has worked with ANYbotics to automate energy asset inspections. Source: GE Vernova GE Vernova Inc. , a global energy company, yesterday said it has signed an agreement to acquire Robotech Automation, a specialized…...
Brain Corp partners with UC San Diego to help robots operate in complex environments
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (503+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 21, 2026 Brain Corp and UC San Diego are creating a contextual grounding layer for robot autonomy. | Source: Brain Corp Brain Corp this week announced an expanded research collaboration with the University of California, San Diego....
FANUC partners with Google to advance physical AI in its robots
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (406+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 21, 2026 By working with Google, FANUC plans to deliver smarter, more adaptive robots for modern manufacturing environments. | Source: FANUC FANUC Corp. this week announced a strategic collaboration with Google to advance physical AI in its…...
Humanoid partners with Bosch, Schaeffler to scale robot production
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1177+ words) By Eugene Demaitre | May 21, 2026 Humanoid and Bosh are collaborating on production and distribution of HMND in Europe. Source: Humanoid The race to develop commercially viable humanoid robots continues to prompt industry partnerships. London-based Humanoid today said it is working with…...
Inside Verobotics' edge AI robotics deployment at NVIDIA's Israel campus
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (715+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 20, 2026 Verobotics engineered a lightweight, surface-agnostic fa'ade robot to bring real mobility, not just suspended access, to exterior cleaning and inspection. | Source: Verobotics At NVIDIA's Israel campus, fa'ade cleaning became something far more significant than…...
Rovex and Sphaira pioneer autonomous patient transport
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1261+ words) By Oliver Mitchell | May 20, 2026 Rovex is conducting the first pilot of its hospital transportation system in Florida. Source: Rovex An equally impressive plenum of speakers included household name-brand CEOs, generals, influencers, and even the president's son. Clearly, the nexus of…...
Mind Robotics raises $400 M to scale AI-powered robots in manufacturing
1+ week, 3+ day ago (405+ words) By The Robot Report Staff | May 14, 2026 Rivian is the first customer for the general-purpose robots in development. Source: Mind Robotics Mind Robotics Inc. yesterday said it has raised $400 million, bringing its total investment to more than $1 billion. The company said…...