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Warehouse, factory, and logistics automation.
Industrial robotics is where the money is: warehouses, factories, and the logistics that connect them.
The story is consolidation — fewer, larger deployments — and the slow shift from fixed automation to mobile manipulation.
Pudu Robotics on October 30, 2026 announced the opening of its European headquarters in Neuss, Germany, bringing sales, product demonstrations, training, warehousing and after-sales services together in a single facility. The company said office operations, a product showroom, warehousing, training, sales, after-sales service and repair capabilities at the site are all now operational. A Regional…
President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation on October 28, 2026, concurring with a Commerce Department finding that imports of robotics, industrial machinery, and their parts and components threaten to impair U.S. national security, and directing negotiations with trading partners to adjust those imports. The proclamation records that, within the preceding 90 days, the Secretary of Commerce…
The German defense company formed Quantum Systems Japan K.K. and plans to expand industrial cooperation with Mitsubishi Chemical and Panasonic under signed memorandums of understanding. Quantum Systems announced on October 28, 2026 that it is establishing a permanent presence in Japan through a new subsidiary, Quantum Systems Japan K.K., and a local office in Tokyo. […]
A walking robotic hand, from Fingers as Legs: Learning Self-Supported Locomotion and Manipulation with an Anthropomorphic Hand, Amirhossein Kazemipour, Hehui Zheng, Robert Katzschmann. By Emmet Cole In our monthly series, we showcase a selection of robotics stories from society, business, research and culture, as we track the field’s ongoing journey from specialized industrial machines to […]
Sereact and Teradyne have already shipped hundreds of UR robots in dual-arm systems to live customer sites across Europe.
Insects have long been a source of inspiration for robotics engineers. They are small, agile, and can squeeze into spaces where people can’t. Such robots are very useful for space exploration, inspecting industrial equipment, and even carrying out search-and-rescue operations. For certain purposes, researchers turn real insects into cyborgs – which raises some ethical concerns – so sometimes,…
Generative Bionics says it hopes to advance European robotics sovereignty by ensuring that humanoid data is are generated on the continent.
