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Cortex 2.0 is designed to work across embodiments and applications. Source: Sereact Sereact GmbH today said it has raised Series B funding of $110 million to scale its Cortex 2.0 “robotic brain” and support its entry into the U.S. market. The company has opened an office in Boston and is hiring local engineering, commercial, and application staffers. “We bet early that you can’t build real robotics AI in a lab. You build it with a data flywheel fed by real deployments — shipping into production, living with the failures, and letting the model learn from what actually happens on the floor,” stated Dr. Ralf Gulde, co-founder and CEO of Sereact. “The numbers show it worked. Two hundred systems. One billion picks. One intervention per 53,000. Nobody else is close.” Founded in 2021, Sereact said it  builds  physical  AI  for warehouses and manufacturing. Its Cortex brain runs across single-arm  picking  cells, dual-arm returns stations, and  humanoid ...

Ghost Robotics said it has shipped over 1,000 robots since it was founded in 2015. | Source: Ghost Robotics For more than a decade, Ghost Robotics has operated legged robots in mission-critical applications across defense, security, and industrial environments. Its robots operate using the company’s proprietary electronics, software stack, and control system. At the Robotics Summit & Expo , which takes place May 27-28, 2026, in Boston, Mass., Gavin Kenneally, CEO and co-founder of Ghost Robotics, will lead the talk “From Prototype to Perimeter: 10 Years of Legged Robotics in Action.” At the show, Kenneally will share lessons from 10 years of deploying quadruped robots in the field. The talk will cover real-world case studies, how advances in software are unlocking new capabilities, and what the next five years may hold for legged robotics in both the public and private sectors. Gavin Kenneally, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotics. Prior to his ...

ABB Robotics’ new family of PoWa cobots includes six different categories with payloads ranging from 7-30 kg. | Source: ABB Robotics ABB Robotics this week launched its new PoWa collaborative robot (cobot) family. The company said the new cobots have higher payloads and performance than its previous offerings. ABB estimates that the global cobot market will grow by 20% annually through to 2028. The new PoWa family addresses a long‑standing gap in the market between traditional cobots. Traditional cobots , ABB said, often lack the speed and payload needed for industrial applications, while conventional industrial robots typically work best in specialized, large-scale automation environments. “Cobots are growing significantly faster than traditional industrial robots, driven by demands from both small and midsized companies starting their automation journey as well as large enterprises,” said Andrea Cassoni, Head of Collaborative Robots at ABB Robotics. “These customers are seekin...

The Robot Report Podcast · From Sci-Fi to Reality: Physical AI’s Future with Dr. Jan Liphardt Episode 239 of The Robot Report Podcast features Dr. Jan Liphardt, Stanford bioengineering professor, founder of OpenMind , and OM1 . Dr. Jan Liphardt, Stanford bioengineering professor, founder of Open Mind and OM1. Dr. Jan Liphardt is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University whose interdisciplinary career spans the fields of biophysics, computational genomics, and distributed trust systems. From his early work at Cambridge and UC Berkeley using advanced computational tools and optical tweezers to decode the complexities of RNA, Liphardt has evolved into a versatile scholar now exploring the frontiers of engineering, living matter, and blockchain technology. A recognized Searle Scholar and Sloan Research Fellow, he currently balances high-level federal research with innovative teaching that ranges from artificial intelligence in bioengineering to the applic...

Accenture aims to be a reinvention partner for its clients, using AI and technology to create unique solutions for its clients. | Source: Accenture Accenture, together with Vodafone Procure & Connect and SAP, is piloting humanoid robotics in warehouse environments. The companies hope to demonstrate how physical AI can enhance operational efficiency, improve safety, and enable new approaches to workforce and business model design. “Trained in digital twins and powered by physical AI, humanoid robots can reduce worker injuries and other warehouse safety incidents, lower overtime costs, and reduce dependency on temporary labor. Equally important, Vodafone Procure & Connect will gather valuable data and insights on robot deployment and performance as a basis for a future humanoid workforce solutions business,” Christian Souche, the Advanced Robotics lead at Accenture , said. The pilot program was conducted at Vodafone Procure & Connect’s warehouse in Duisburg, Germany, w...

Claire chatted to Chenying Liu from University of Oxford about how a robot’s physical form can actively contribute to sensing, processing, decision-making, and movement. Chenying Liu is a Junior Research Fellow and an Associate Member of Faculty in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. She leads an independent research programme focused on embodied physical intelligence, exploring how robot design can integrate geometry, materials, and control to enhance autonomy and robustness. Her work aims to develop more efficient and resilient robotic systems by embedding intelligence directly into their physical structures. View Source