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The article recounts a warehouse robotics team that spent eleven weeks debugging an AMR stalling near a charging dock; software logs looked clean until an engineer put a scope on the motor rail and found a voltage sag was the cause.

A new approach is being explored to address the shortage of physical therapists for stroke patients, who suffer long-term impairments. This method combines artificial intelligence with human therapy, according to Johannes Lachner, an assistant professor and former MIT postdoc.

Tech Xplore reports that LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are increasingly used to help robots perform tasks, raising concerns that they could potentially be exploited to turn helpful robots into harmful ones.

Reservoir has launched an agricultural robotics incubator for Washington growers, aiming to place agricultural robotics startups to work in orchards, vineyards and berry fields alongside researchers and growers.

Warehouse robotics company Exotec announced the commissioning of two new Skypod systems in Japan with food distributor Mitsubishi Shokuhin and industrial distributor Trusco Nakayama, deployed in partnership with IHI Logistics Industrial Systems to strengthen its presence in the Japanese market.

RoboBusiness has rebranded as Robotics Summit & Expo West, which reportedly sharpens the focus on deploying robotics and AI in the real world, complementing the East Coast flagship event.

Avenda Health has expanded its Unfold AI platform with a Surgery Mode that provides patient-specific 3D maps, offering an enhanced view of cancer anatomy during robotic prostate procedures to support intraoperative prostate cancer care.

The Robot Report has compiled a schedule of everything happening on the first day of RoboBusiness 2026 in Santa Clara, California.

The article discusses how confidentiality gaps around AI tools are becoming a liability for robotics firms, noting that compressed deadlines and growing demand make browser-based AI assistance tempting for developers.

Robotics & Automation News reports that automation projects, sold on efficiency gains, often leave workforces unprepared to operate new equipment on arrival. The article argues robots and automated systems do not eliminate the need for skilled people.

Agility Robotics announced that Nyobolt, a pioneer in high-power, ultra-fast charging solutions, is the technology provider for its Digit 5 humanoid. This fast recharge battery system enables Digit to operate for more than 20 hours within a 24-hour day.

ABB Robotics has expanded its industrial robot portfolio with two new compact, high-performance robots, the IRB 1700 and IRB 1700ID, which the company says deliver up to 20 percent shorter cycle times than comparable robots. Managing director Craig McDonnell says they target precision manufacturing across electronics, automotive, and general industries.

Technology developed by an Australian engineer to explore wombat burrows has been sent to eastern Türkiye to assist in the search for the biblical Noah's Ark.

A robot AI system has reportedly been developed that can understand human instructions, predict what a scene will look like after an action, and then carry out the task. Rather than simply translating instructions into physical movements, the technology also uses anticipated action outcomes to control the robot.

An industry article notes that industrial robots are becoming more compact and more dependent on electronics, with servo drives, power converters, motion controllers, sensors and onboard computing sharing limited space and a common challenge: heat. It discusses cooling issues that robot builders may overlook in compact servo drives and controllers.

ASTM International's robotics committee (F45) is developing a proposed standard, WK100792, to measure the task performance of manipulators and mobile manipulators under controlled optical-signal degradation. Member Aarati Noronha notes that real-world conditions can degrade performance; the method would quantify how degraded optical information affects robot task performance.

Primepick, a New York-based maker of robotic food kiosks, is expanding, bringing MealMate—a fully certified, unattended kiosk serving hot dishes in 5–7 minutes—to a hospital and a nursing home in the Tri-State area, its fourth and fifth sites.