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13 stories taggedfactory automation.
The AI Running Your Power Grid Cannot Afford to Guess Wrong
AVEVA's chief technologist explains why the next wave of industrial AI needs human guardrails before autonomy, and why that order matters more than the technology itself.
Inside the Montreal lab training robots to work on real factory floors
Canadian automation company Vention has opened a Physical AI Lab in Montreal where robots learn from live production data, not just controlled experiments.
Factory Robots Don't Have a Data Problem. They Have a Deployment Problem.
Inbolt's CEO says physical AI is already working on real production lines at Ford, Toyota, and Stellantis. The barrier isn't more data. It's getting robots out of the lab and onto the factory floor without months of costly setup.
IDS Imaging's New Nion Camera Gives Robots Sharp 3D Vision at Real-World Speeds
A German industrial camera maker has launched a 3D sensor that tracks fast-moving objects in tricky lighting, aiming to make precise depth sensing practical on factory floors and in logistics warehouses.
Pudu Robotics' New MP2000 Forklift Can Grab a Pallet in 20 Seconds, Without a Human Driver
The MP2000 autonomous pallet-mover reads its surroundings in real time, talks to doors and elevators, and keeps working even when the Wi-Fi drops.
Factory Robots Don't All Need to Be Supercars: Kollmorgen's Case for Right-Sizing Motion Systems
Industrial automation company Kollmorgen has expanded its Essentials motion platform to support the high-voltage power supplies standard in large factories, arguing that matching the motor to the job cuts cost and speeds installation.
Celona's Orion Platform Wants Robots to Pick Their Own Wi-Fi or 5G Connection on the Fly
A new system lets factory robots, warehouse vehicles, and mining haulers switch between private 5G, Wi-Fi, and even satellite without dropping their network identity. Here is what it costs, who it is for, and when you can get it.
This Four-Legged Robot Inspects Factories Using AI, No Cloud Connection Needed
Avnet and Weston Robot have built a dog-like inspection robot that thinks for itself on-site, spots problems in real time, and works even when the internet is not available.
Humanoid robots are nearly ready for the factory floor. The price tag is not.
The technology behind warehouse robots has come a long way. The business case still needs work, and here is why cost, not artificial intelligence, is the real obstacle.
This London startup wants factory workers to train robots the same way they would train a new hire
Reimagine Robotics says its system cuts the time to teach a robot a new task from a full day down to ten minutes, and it needs no specialist programmers to do it.
How Smarter Databases Are Helping Robots React in Real Time
A database built for time-stamped data sounds like plumbing. But for factory robots and industrial machines, it can be the difference between a system that keeps up and one that falls behind.
America's factories are booming. The problem is finding people to run them.
U.S. manufacturing hit a record $2.91 trillion in 2024, and foreign companies have poured trillions into American plants. But nearly half the jobs the industry will need by 2033 could go unfilled.
AGIBOT launches four robots at WAIC 2026, including a humanoid built for eight-hour shifts
The Shanghai company says its newest machines are ready for factories, service desks, and classrooms, not just one-off demos. What each one does, and why that distinction is harder to prove than it sounds.