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Agile Robots teams up with Google DeepMind for brainier industrial bots

The collaboration promises adaptable factory bots amid a global race to capture the physical intelligence market.

Mar 26

Jeff Bezos seeks $100 billion to automate old-line industry with AI

The effort, rivalling SoftBank’s Vision Fund, marks one of the most ambitious attempts yet to wire AI directly into the foundations of heavy industry

Mar 24

BMW brings humanoid ‘physical AI’ robots into German car plant

The carmaker will use the AEON robot from its partner Hexagon in a multifunction pilot at its Leipzig plant.

Mar 10

Humanoid Robots in Manufacturing: Costs, Deployments, and What Comes Next

Humanoid robot deployments at BMW, Toyota, and others are moving beyond concept. This post examines what manufacturers are actually doing, what it…

Mar 2

February 2026

Humanoid Robots in Manufacturing: What the Forrester 2026 Report Reveals

Forrester's 2026 humanoid robots report finds 69% of automation decision-makers are already adopting or planning deployments in manufacturing and…

Feb 25

Toyota moves Agility’s Digit humanoids a step closer to scale deployment

Agility also counts Amazon, GXO and Schaeffler among its customers and is pitching Digit as a general-purpose, “human-centric” machine

Feb 21

Venkatesh Prasad at Ati Motors on designing the Sherpa AMRs

Quick insights from our conversations with CxOs and industry experts.

Feb 14

Bedrock Robotics, Machina Labs raise fresh funding to advance software defined hardware

Bedrock, founded by ex-Waymo executives, hits $1.75 billion in valuation after funding. Machina plans to deploy its first 'intelligent factory'.

Feb 9

AI in robotics: IFR paper examines how the next wave of robots will be enabled

AI-driven robots are set to move from narrow, repetitive tasks to ever more autonomous roles in factories and services, reshaping how work is organised…

Feb 3

January 2026

Humanoid robot adoption will likely see three waves: Bain & Co analysis

Over the next decade, Bain expects humanoid robots to move from experimental deployments to large-scale use across three successive waves.

Jan 30

Physical AI moves: Microsoft unveils Rho-alpha model, AsiaInfo and ABB Robotics launch new lab

The efforts are particularly focused on developing software that can run humanoids.

Jan 26

Conversations with industry experts from the world of robotics and industrial automation.

Jan 19

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