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11 stories taggedindustrial AI.
Australia's robot gap just got a new fix: an AI tool that writes your automation business case for you
A new national platform called AutomationFinder.com.au uses AI to help Australian manufacturers describe, cost and pitch automation projects, without needing to hire an engineering consultant first.
Caterpillar Is Spending $100 Million to Retrain Its Workers for the AI Age
The construction and mining giant is moving AI from the pit to the office. Here is what its approach tells every business owner about the real cost of adopting AI.
Two ex-Meta researchers want warehouse robots to finally understand what they're looking at
Perceptron's Isaac 0.5 is an open-weight vision model built to help industrial robots handle complex, multi-step tasks on their own. The startup raised $21 million and is targeting factories, warehouses and logistics hubs.
RoboBusiness 2026 early-bird discount ends August 31: what you need to know
Save $200 on a full conference pass to the 20th annual RoboBusiness show in Santa Clara this October, but the deadline is one week away.
The clever gearbox trick that could make humanoid robots affordable by 2027
German engineering giant Schaeffler has cracked a manufacturing problem that has kept robot joints expensive and slow to produce. Its answer: stamp them out in seconds instead of machining them over minutes.
How Agentic AI Is Helping Chipmakers Find the Root Cause of Defects Faster
When a yield problem hits a semiconductor factory, the clues are scattered across dozens of systems. A new wave of AI-driven analytics tools promises to pull those clues together automatically.
Hadrian Raises $1.37 Billion to Build AI-Powered Defense Factories Across the US
The automated manufacturing startup, valued at $7.87 billion after the round, now controls nearly three million square feet of factory space and plans to expand into munitions and autonomous weapons production.
A data-center parts maker replaced all hand welding with 58 robots. Here's what happened.
Tate Inc. says a 12-times jump in per-welder output and an end to costly rework followed its shift to cloud-connected robotic welding across three U.S. factories.
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.
AI Is Quietly Reshaping Warehouse Robotics, and One Founder Explains How
OSARO co-founder Derik Pridmore says the real breakthroughs in warehouse automation come not from flashy demos, but from continuous learning, hardware flexibility, and safety you can actually trust.
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.