The future leaves
signals in time.

RobotPlusPlus, an engineering-led developer of working-at-height robots, is extending automation across industrial maintenance with its HighMate Series for industrial cleaning and corrosion control, led by the HighMate AP-F-CO Coating Robot+VOC Recovery System. The systems, presented at SMM 2026 in Hamburg, are intended to cut workers' exposure to hazardous work at height while improving cleaning and surface-treatment efficiency.

Monolithos has launched a public alpha of Robot Brain, a long-term memory and experience system designed to let robots and embodied AI systems retain information from previous tasks and use it in future operations. The system is designed to preserve task histories, including failures, human corrections and subsequent outcomes.

FireDome, an autonomous wildfire resilience company, announced the launch of its US operations, anchored by a demonstration site at Yuba County Airport. Located in a wildfire risk-prone area, the site provides real-world conditions to validate its system as the company prepares for commercial deployment.

SafeWorld has emerged from stealth with a platform that provides testing and simulation software to help enterprises evaluate and deploy robots safely and responsibly.

Lowe's has launched drone delivery with Wing and DoorDash, a new fulfillment method that delivers select home improvement items directly to DIY and pro customers in as fast as 20 minutes. The pilot is now live at the Lowe's store in Matthews, North Carolina, adding to the retailer's same-day fulfillment options.

South Korean entertainment technology company Galaxy Corporation deployed 16 humanoid robots for a synchronized performance in New York's Times Square, which it described as a K-pop "Peace Flash Mob", part of a demonstration combining robotics with K-pop and other entertainment content.

The European TALOS project, funded through Horizon Europe, has completed three years of testing autonomous robots and AI for solar power plant maintenance, demonstrating the technology at sites in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. The system monitors solar plants, identifies performance problems and determines which maintenance jobs are economically worthwhile.

PhoneBot repurposes old smartphones as components for a two-legged robot. Smartphones combine cameras, motion sensors and powerful processors in a pocket-sized device, and the article says these features could make them useful robot components, reducing the need to buy and connect separate sensors, processors or other electronics; further details are not provided.

AI research company Odyssey announced Odyssey-3, described as its most powerful world model to date, aimed at understanding, predicting, and interacting with physical and virtual environments to control robots, humanoids, vehicles, and drones. The company says the model represents a significant advance toward general-purpose intelligence.

Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy (AFDE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance the deployment, localization and commercialization of embodied AI and robotic solutions in the United Arab Emirates and the wider GCC and Middle East markets.

Upside Parts, a Massachusetts-based custom manufacturing company, released an analysis of more than 30,000 3D-printed parts produced across hundreds of customer orders, examining how robotics companies use on-demand 3D printing. Robotics customers accounted for 82.3 percent of total part volume, as robotics production expands across the US and demand for faster production grows.

Warehouse robotics provider Exotec deployed its Skypod solution at First Supply's warehouse in West Salem, Wisconsin. Following the deployment, First Supply reports tenfold faster warehouse picking and can now offer next-morning delivery at scale for orders placed by 5 p.m.

Estonia's Auve Tech demonstrated its MiCa eight-passenger electric autonomous shuttle operating at Tallinn Airport without an onboard safety operator, under remote supervision, in cooperation with Magnetic MRO. The company frames the live-airport demonstration as a milestone in commercialising autonomous mobility.

Jabil, which works with robot developers such as Apptronik, discussed the pace of humanoid robot development and production, offering a design perspective on humanoid progress. The available context does not include specific findings or timelines.

AWS launched an open-source Physical AI Toolchain for robotics, according to The Robot Report. The toolchain combines AWS and NVIDIA tools covering synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and validation, edge deployment, and continuous improvement.

MIT Technology Review's weekday newsletter The Download covers why AI breakthroughs in robotics are argued unlikely to change daily life any time soon, even as hype around humanoid robots reaches fever pitch, and also features portable rubber dams.

Nvidia is making a big bet on physical AI aimed at safer robotaxis and humanoid robots. According to Ars Technica, its full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.