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A new benchmark from Fraunhofer IPA is intended to enable the first standardized and neutral analysis of humanoid robots for industrial use based on six key criteria.
read more...QNX has published the study "Inside the Robot: Architecture Benchmark Report". The results of the global survey of 1000 robotics developers show that software and safety requirements are increasingly becoming the central bottleneck for innovations in robotics. In Germany in particular, safety requirements, certification processes and deterministic system behavior are having a significant impact on the development of modern robotic systems.
read more...Physical AI - AI that can act more freely in the physical world beyond predefined processes - is regarded as the next evolutionary stage of artificial intelligence. Companies see great potential in this, especially for robotics, in the coming years. This is shown by the Capgemini study "Physical AI: Taking human-robot collaboration to the next level".
read more...International Federation of Robotics
With its 15th five-year plan, China has placed robotics at the center of its new industrial strategy. The aim is to focus AI research on physical applications and use robotics as the main driver of economic growth.
read more...Filics presents the latest generation of the 'Filics Unit', which consists of two synchronized, physically separate robots and is designed for ground-based Euro pallet transport.
read more...The Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (TUM MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Neura Robotics are joining forces to create the world's largest research and training center for robotics in the scientific field. The new robotics hub is being built in the TUM Convergence Center at Munich Airport.
read more...Vention launches 'GRIIP (Generalized Robotic Industrial Intelligence Pipeline)'. The end-to-end pipeline for physical AI enables the use of autonomous robot cells in highly unstructured manufacturing environments.
read more...Dr. Olaf Munkelt, co-founder and Managing Director of MVTec Software, is the new Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association. He succeeds Dr. Dietmar Ley, former CEO of Basler, who stepped down from the board for statutory reasons.
read more...A recent report by IDTechEx analyzes the global market for service robots and examines key applications such as delivery and logistics robots, cleaning and disinfection robots, social robots, agricultural robots, kitchen and restaurant robots, underwater robots, search and rescue robots and construction and demolition robots.
read more...The robotics industry is developing faster than ever. According to Anders Billesø Beck, Vice President AI Robotics Products at Universal Robots, four key trends are emerging that will fundamentally change how robots create value from 2026.
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