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Food and drink manufacturers looking to invest in automation could soon find it easier to deploy industrial robots following the launch of a Siemens modular robotics platform designed specifically to simplify integration, operation and maintenance. Unveiled during Siemens’ Transform 2026 event in Manchester, the open robotics platform has been developed in collaboration with Wymbs Engineering…

WILMINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Locus Robotics, the leader in Flexibility-First Warehouse Automation, today announced it has been named the winner of the 2026 Cognitive Robotics Innovation Award in the ninth annual AI Breakthrough Awards program. Locus Array was recognized for its combination of AI-based perception, mobile robotics, robotic manipulation, and autonomous execution to perform end-to-end fulfillment workflows…

A humanoid robot and a robot dog on display at the Changan booth at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2025. Credit: CnEVPost BYD told China Securities Journal it plans to unveil a humanoid robot in August. One of BYD’s offline experience centers previously posted a teaser image, hinting its first humanoid robot product will…

Researchers led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have developed a new technique that could greatly improve how scientists study the expansion of the Universe and investigate the mysterious force known as dark energy. Published in Nature Astronomy, the research introduces a framework called CIGaRS that can extract far…

Robotics training infrastructure startup XDOF said today it has raised $70 million in funding to try to solve one of the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence: teaching machines the skills they need to safely navigate and work in the real world. The round involved a number of heavyweight venture capitalists, including Thrive Capital, Spark Capital,…