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A columnist writes that cyber and physical security threats are rapidly evolving, and argues that robotics and physical AI can evolve to meet them responsibly. The piece is an opinion column; no specific results or deployments are reported.

Humanoid robotics company Agility Robotics and FORT Robotics, a safety platform for machinery, have formed a partnership to further advance the safety infrastructure of Digit 5, Agility's next-generation humanoid robot engineered for cooperatively safe work at scale. The partnership deepens a multi-year engagement that grew from a single custom hardware project.

Manufacturers are building more automated production cells — connected manufacturing systems in which machines, robots, controls, sensors, and material-handling equipment work together with limited manual intervention, according to the report. Work that once required an operator to load every blank, start every cycle, remove every finished component, and carry parts onward can now happen as one coordinated sequence.

Lightbringer argues that patent protection is important for robotics startups, but that they should be strategic in determining which intellectual property matters most. The item is a brief opinion post with limited further detail.

According to an Omron project manager, in mobile robotics, software, safety, and fleet management are becoming just as important as the robot itself. The article looks inside Omron's next-generation LD mobile robots.

Experts from Eli Lilly and Purdue University will share field learnings at RoboBusiness about how robots are perceived on the manufacturing floor.

The robotaxi industry has spent billions developing vehicles that can drive without a human behind the wheel, but removing the driver creates another problem: vehicles still need people and infrastructure to charge, clean, inspect and keep them ready. Aseon's CEO says the opportunity is to make vehicle servicing as autonomous as driving.

Runway has introduced Praxis-1, a world action model for robotics. When the model is released publicly, the company plans to ship it with open weights rather than as a closed model.

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced that ANSI/A3 R15.08-3-2026, Part 3 of the American National Standard for Industrial Mobile Robots safety requirements, is now available for purchase. Focusing on user responsibilities when operating IMR applications, it completes the three-part R15.08 series.

At the Humanoid Robots Summit 2026 in Stuttgart, Vector Informatik, PEM Motion, and FMC³ Robotics signed a memorandum of understanding at Vector's headquarters to jointly develop a standardized data infrastructure for industrial embodied AI, combining their complementary strengths in production engineering, standardized industrial data technologies, robotics, and embodied AI.

The Robot Report is calling on robotics startups to submit entries for the 2026 Robotics Startup Radar, an initiative that brings together some of the most promising robotics startups, with submissions closing soon. The announcement offers no further details beyond the call for entries.

Neura Robotics is entering healthcare, bringing its physical AI and the cognitive robots built on it to healthcare and life sciences. The company describes the sector as strained by staff shortages and capacity limits that leave care teams too little time for patients, with the gap widening.

THG Fulfil, the fulfilment operating system from THG Ingenuity, announced an expanded distribution partnership with AutoStore. The agreement allows THG Fulfil to offer AutoStore systems through both traditional CapEx ownership and its existing Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, extending its distribution authorisation beyond RaaS.

Boston Dynamics has dropped the pinkie from its new humanoid hand. According to the report, its engineers taped their pinkies and ring fingers together for a day to learn what they were not able to do without them.

Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed a nature-inspired robotic platform that falls like a maple seed when released from the air, rights itself after landing on water, and then sails autonomously using wind energy. It aims to help monitor remote waters where boats are slow to reach and aircraft cannot remain for extended periods.

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) plans to showcase custom sensing capabilities for humanoid robotics at RoboBusiness 2026. The company notes that as humanoid robots move from research labs into factories, warehouses, homes, and other shared spaces, accurate physical feedback becomes crucial.

The Robot Report notes that a robot can follow its safety rules and still act on manipulated information. The piece discusses what this means for robot safety and how teams can strengthen their testing and evidence.