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Whatever happened to BlackBerry? QNX takes on the software-defined vehicle era
It’s a dim and distant memory now but, once upon a time, BlackBerry was by far the world’s favourite smartphone among business users. Journalists and all sorts of other professionals were amazed that a phone could enable them to check and respond to their emails while they were…
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Infineon and Qualcomm team up on car computers for automated driving
Infineon Technologies says it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to accelerate the development and deployment of central car computers in software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The companies have signed a technology agreement to have a microcontroller-based design pattern (the…
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Tutor Intelligence raises $75 million to scale robot workforce
Tutor Intelligence, the robotics research and deployment company, today announced its $75 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $117 million. The round will support Tutor’s frontier robot foundation model training, as well as…
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Opinion: What happens when the robot is wrong?
By Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, CEO, Disaster Avoidance Experts A new industrial robot can meet its cycle-time target and still fail its most important workplace test: what happens when an experienced operator believes the machine is wrong? That question deserves attention as…
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New ISO standard enables mobile robots from different vendors to work together
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced the publication of ISO 21423:2026, a new international standard for communication and interoperability among industrial mobile robots (IMRs), regardless of vendor or model. ISO 21423 provides a common set of…
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Minnesota’s solar energy model could lead to budget relief for millions of Americans
Between skyrocketing grocery bills and gas prices, keeping up with basic household expenses may feel harder than ever. Making matters worse, utility bills are surging coast to coast as major electricity companies raise prices to fund multibillion-dollar grid overhauls.…
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11 Best Singing Photo Generator Tools in 2026
When you want to animate a still image to a music track, you quickly realize that most AI video tools are built for spoken dialogue. They flap a mouth on a static background, creating a talking head rather than a singing character. For a true musical output, you need a tool that…
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Lift and Shift or Refactor? Where Cloud Migration Fits in Software Modernization
Cloud migration is the process of moving an application, its data, and its infrastructure from on-premises servers to a cloud provider’s environment. In legacy modernization it usually comes up first, because it promises quick gains in hosting costs and availability. Its limits…
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Top Life Sciences Technology Solutions Firms for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Process Automation
Drug companies demand speedier launches and don’t want to relax quality standards. That puts pressure on the shop floor as well as on the software above it. Rockwell Automation’s October 1 report found that 90 percent of life sciences manufacturers call digital transformation…
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North American robot orders increase 25 percent in third quarter of 2026
North American companies ordered 10,989 robots valued at $723.5 million in the third quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Orders increased 24.8 percent in units and 26.1 percent in value compared to the third quarter…
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BMW and Embotech move ‘1 million vehicles using automated driving technology’
Embotech and BMW Group say they have moved “1 million vehicles using automated driving technology” across four BMW Group production sites in the UK and Germany, marking a major milestone in the use of Automated Driving In-Plant in industrial production. Automotive OEMs are…
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Agility Robotics says more than 30 companies considering Digit humanoid robot
Agility Robotics is expanding the use of its Digit humanoid robot with logistics company GXO while reporting a pipeline of more than 30 prospective customers across manufacturing, automotive, logistics and other industries. GXO has signed a new commercial agreement to introduce…
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What battery technology will power the next generation of humanoid robots?
Humanoid robots are an emerging technology that promises to revolutionize society. Designed and modeled on the human form, humanoid robots can navigate a world made for humans, and it is their versatility that sets them apart from specialized robots, such as automated guided…
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Interview with TorqueAGI founder: ‘Most robot AI is a language or vision model with robot data added to it’
As robotics companies race to develop increasingly capable AI models for machines operating in the physical world, TorqueAGI is taking a different approach: supplying the intelligence layer to robot and equipment manufacturers rather than building hardware of its own. Founded by…
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How to Buy Car Policy Online for Sedan, Hatchback, and SUV
Discussions about car insurance typically focus on premium costs and renewal dates. The vehicle category itself, whether you are driving a hatchback through city traffic or a sedan for daily office commutes, rarely gets the attention it deserves in that conversation. The type of…
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How Automation is Changing Commercial Ice Production: 6 Shifts Manufacturers Are Making
Ice rarely comes up when people talk about industrial automation. It sits far from robotic arms, warehouse vision systems and predictive analytics in the popular imagination. Yet commercial ice production is going through the same quiet transformation as the rest of the…
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‘First’ insurance policy for domestic humanoid robots in the UK
Tokio Marine HCC International (TMHCCI), an insurance company based in Houston, Texas, is partnering with Adrian Flux to launch what they say is “the UK’s first domestic humanoid robot household insurance policy”. The cover is available to UK customers through Adrian Flux’s home…
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Foundry Robotics raises $100 million to build ‘America’s first autonomous factory for assembly’
Foundry Robotics has announced its oversubscribed $100 million Series A funding round led by Marlinspike Partners. Participating in the round are early backers Khosla Ventures and Red Glass Ventures, and new investors SE Ventures, Wing VC, and Axiom Ventures, as well as existing…
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Why Automated Cells Are Pulling Inspection Onto the Shop Floor
Key Points Factories installed 542,000 industrial robots in 2024, more than double the number a decade earlier, according to the International Federation of Robotics. As cells run longer and with fewer people, many manufacturers are moving coordinate measuring machines closer to…
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Bleu Robotics raises €5 million to scale humanoid robot deployment in factories
Bleu Robotics, the Paris, France-based startup building AI models for industrial humanoid robots, has raised a €5 million pre-seed round, co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, Motier Ventures and Charlie Songhurst,…