Robotics & Automation News

By Tristan Harrison, MD, BearJam Every business experimenting with AI-powered automation eventually asks the same question: how far do we take this? Get it wrong in one direction and you move slowly, while competitors don’t. Get it wrong in the other and you scale problems as fast as you scale output. At BearJam, an AI-powered […]

By James Hilditch, co-founder and executive creative director, BearJam AI automation has a messaging problem, but it’s not about capability. It’s about trust. Most businesses selling AI-powered services talk about speed, scale and output. Far fewer talk about the human oversight behind those results, the limitations that still exist, or what any of it means […]

Manufacturing payroll involves serious challenges. Between piece-rate workers on the floor, salaried supervisors, seasonal contractors, and rotating shift schedules, the best manufacturing payroll software has to handle the demands that generic platforms weren’t built around. Keeping up with FLSA rules, state tax codes, and union agreements across multiple facilities adds another layer enti…

In flexible food packaging, controlling material permeability is essential for preserving freshness and reducing global food waste. While Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) regulates gas exchange between the product and its environment, its success relies entirely on the microscopic precision of film perforations. Spark Machinery has elevated this standard by integrating state-of-the-art machine…

Manufacturers are under growing pressure to produce more parts with shorter lead times, consistent quality, and fewer interruptions. For many CNC shops, this naturally leads to one question: when should production move from manual loading toward automation? The answer is rarely as simple as replacing an operator with a robot. The productivity of CNC machining […]

Glass breaks. That single fact has made automotive glass manufacturing one of the most stubbornly difficult lines to automate, and one of the most expensive to run manually. A 1.5-meter laminated windshield blank weighs around 20 kilograms, flexes unpredictably under load, and shatters the moment positioning goes wrong. For decades, factory managers accepted high breakage […]

Kodiak AI, a provider of physical AI-powered autonomous driving technology, has announced a collaboration with chipmaker AMD to implement its AMD EPYC Series processors to power Kodiak’s seventh-generation autonomous truck platform. Kodiak is the first company to deploy the advanced AMD EPYC processors into their hardware platform for driverless trucking. High-performance AMD EPYC Series CPUs [&#…

GUSS Automation, a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary and a pioneer in autonomous high-value crop operations, plans to incorporate Ouster’s Rev8 OS0 native color digital lidar sensors, powered by the breakthrough L4 Ouster Silicon, into the next generation of its Autonomous Orchard Machine Fleet. The integration is expected to further expand machine capabilities while underscoring […]

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Agibot made its debut at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games, securing 18 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze medals. With 46 medals in total, Agibot ranked first on both the gold medal table and the overall medal table. The World Humanoid Robot Games is an international competition designed to test humanoid robots across sports, […]

Teradyne Robotics A/S, a Danish-based subsidiary of Teradyne, Inc., has initiated a patent infringement case at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Copenhagen against a German subsidiary of the Chinese robot company JAKA. The case concerns the alleged infringement of patents – both software and hardware – held by Teradyne Robotics A/S and related to […]

For retailers in tourist-heavy destinations, international shoppers are a goldmine, but they can be a logistical headache at the register. Language barriers, passport verification, and tax-free eligibility can turn a simple purchase into a slow, error-prone process that frustrates travelers and ties up your staff. Your store can ease the process by deploying multilingual, card-accepting […]

Motion, the company behind what it says is Europe’s first Humanoids-as-a-Service (HaaS) platform, has raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Extantia Capital, with participation from Norrsken Evolve. The funding will take Motion’s five live pilots with Belgian industrial, warehouse and logistics players into full production, expand the team and grow its robot fleet, […]

Water Quality Monitoring equipment choices that cut maintenance hours offer a reliable way to prevent costly regulatory excursions for large site maintenance teams, operators, and facilities managers. This guide reviews 5 equipment categories and products from top brands, comparing what each tool measures, the manual tasks it eliminates, and how it reduces maintenance hours. We […]

Equipment Choices for large estates offer critical time savings for grounds managers, estates teams, facilities teams, and municipal maintenance crews. This guide reviews five practical equipment upgrades from industry leaders like HeavyLift Direct and WillyGoat, comparing routine mowing time, vehicle servicing, irrigation checks, and surfacing upkeep. We have analyzed operational efficiency data…

Automation has not reduced headcount pressure on the plant floor; it has concentrated it. The team is smaller now, the roles are more specialized, and each person who leaves takes institutional knowledge that takes months to rebuild, not weeks. When a skilled technician walks out, the ripple hits coverage schedules, training load, and output simultaneously. […]

The gap between a signed capital purchase order and first saleable output is almost always longer than project timeline estimates. Most of that gap does not originate in the robotics or automation, because those systems typically perform as specified once running. Delays trace to logistics, power infrastructure, regulatory paperwork, and documentation gaps surfacing at the […]

Truck accident settlements are not the same as other traffic accidents. A rear-end tap might produce soft-tissue complaints, and a rollover could result in a spinal cord injury. They are more complex and may involve more than two parties liable to the incident. What holds up better is the structural difference. Truck claims are not […]

Commercial trucking is regulated differently than ordinary driving, and that difference is largely why liability in a truck crash usually doesn’t fall on a single individual. FMCSA hours-of-service rules state that property-carrying CDL drivers can be on the road for as long as 11 hours after taking 10 consecutive hours off, yet they must stop […]

Burns & McDonnell and Gritt have entered into a strategic partnership focused on evaluating and deploying AI-powered robotics technology on utility-scale solar projects. The technology will help improve safety, enhance project predictability and support construction teams as demand for new energy infrastructure continues to grow. Gritt combines AI and robotics to automate labor-intensive task…