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Bobs Red Mill and Columbia use the UR20 robot for palletizing in their facility. | Source: Universal Robots Teradyne Robotics this week said it brought in $100 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2026. The North Reading, Mass.-based company is a unit of automated test equipment supplier Teradyne Inc., which said it expects an increase in semiconductor and data center demand to increase sales. “Our strategy to capture test and robotics opportunities from wafer to AI data center has driven another record quarter,” stated Greg Smith, CEO of Teradyne. “This strength became evident in the year-on-year market expansion for all three of our business groups.” “In the short term, our Q3 guidance reflects robust AI-related demand,” he added. “Looking further ahead, rapid increase in wafer fab equipment investment sets the stage for continued growth in 2027 and beyond.” Teradyne Robotics includes force- and power-limited robot maker Univ...

GMEX has evolved from a fitness equipment supplier to a provider of service and social robots. Source: GMEX Robotics GMEX Robotics Corp. yesterday said it has entered a definitive share-purchase agreement with Alpha Meta AI Pte. Ltd., MetaGen AI Ltd., and other parties. The companies said the acquisition will add artificial intelligence related to human behavioral modeling to GMEX’s automation portfolio. “Social intelligence has long been the missing layer between capable AI systems and meaningful real-world human interaction,” said Mark March of MediaMeta.ai. “Joining forces with GMEX gives us the opportunity to bring contextual awareness and behavioral understanding into robotics applications where trust, empathy, and human collaboration are essential. Together, we believe we can help define the next generation of intelligent machines.” Singapore-based MediaMeta focuses on AI  and human behavioral modeling. It maps social intelligence, capturing the patterns, str...

A Unitree humanoid robot at the China Humanoid Robot Conference in Seoul. Credit: Eugene Demaitre As competition in next-generation robotics and AI intensifies, the U.S. government is restricting imports of certain robots and connected power inverters produced in foreign countries. The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, yesterday said a White House-convened executive branch interagency body has determined that such products “pose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States.” The FCC said it has determined that foreign-made “advanced robotic devices,” including mobile robots such as humanoids and quadrupeds , could create supply chain vulnerabilities and pose a cybersecurity risk to American critical infrastructure. At the same time, the commission provided an exemption for advanced robots and power inverters that receive conditional approval from the U.S. Department of War or Department of Homeland Security. The ruling does n...

With the explosion of robotics research, staying current in fields like Learning from Demonstration (LfD) is a monumental challenge. Is AI the solution to the “paper deluge,” or is it part of the problem? Read the article preview below to learn more! Download the full paper: Surviving the Paper Deluge . Authors: Aude Billard, Renaud Detry, Nadia Figueroa, Maximilian Foriest, Dongheui Lee, Kunpeng Yao Contributions: The five senior authors (A.B, R.D, N.F, D.L and K.Yao) collectively designed the study, read the papers, conducted the qualitative and quantitative analysis and writing of the paper. M. F. contributed scripts for LLM analysis and participated in LLM-Human comparison. Summary Scientists are expected to read newly published papers in their field to stay current and keep their work relevant. However, when faced with the massive number of publications, it may seem an overwhelming task to read all these papers, even if one were to reduce this to only a fraction related to ...

Registration is now open for RoboBusiness 2026, the leading event for commercial robotics developers. This year, we’ll be celebrating 20 years of RoboBusiness and looking back at how it has helped the robotics industry advance over the past two decades. RoboBusiness will be at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Oct. 20 and 21, 2026 . The event is produced by The Robot Report and parent company Arrowfly . Attendees at the show will gain the latest insights from experts in robotics and AI on cutting-edge research, industry trends, and innovative applications in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and more. Buy your full conference pass before Aug. 31 to save $200 on your registration and gain full access to all keynotes, technical sessions, networking receptions and special events. Discounts are also available for academia, associations, and corporate groups. Please email events[at]arrowfly.com for more details about our discount programs. Ma...

ATC Deploy ships software to robots wherever they are. | Source: Agency Tool Company Jack Morrison and Davis Foster, co-founders of Scythe Robotics, today launched Agency Tool Co. The new startup seeks to build fast, reliable infrastructure for robotics developers. Since leaving Scythe around a year ago, Morrison said he and Foster stayed busy getting a feel for how the robotics landscape has changed. “I wanted to see what’s out there and get my hands dirty building again,” Morrison told The Robot Report . Morrison said he found that, during his eight years at Scythe, many companies were struggling with the same problems that Scythe struggled with. It reminded him of the years he had spent wishing there was a vendor out there that understood the unique challenges that come with robotics and could then actually meet those needs. “It’s all the same problems,” he said. “We worked with a handful of companies, in mostly technical areas, some in leadership coaching, and...