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AI Music Video Generation: 10 Tools That Automate Your Creative Workflow in 2026

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Creating a music video no longer requires expensive software or advanced editing skills. Now, AI can turn ideas, songs, or images into engaging videos in just a few steps, helping creators save both time and effort.

However, with so many AI music video generators available, choosing the right one can be difficult. This guide highlights 10 tools worth trying in 2026 and explains what to look for before making your choice. [Read more…] about AI Music Video Generation: 10 Tools That Automate Your Creative Workflow in 2026

How AI Navigation is Improving the Performance of Robotic Pool Cleaners

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Robotic pool cleaners used to be judged mostly by suction, brushes, and how much debris they could collect. Those things still matter, but they are no longer the whole performance story.

The bigger shift is navigation.

A pool robot that moves randomly may clean some areas well and miss others. It may repeat the same route, struggle near steps, or leave the waterline looking unfinished. That is why AI navigation is becoming a core part of robotic pool cleaner performance. It helps the machine understand the pool as a space, not just a container of water. [Read more…] about How AI Navigation is Improving the Performance of Robotic Pool Cleaners

People want robots in warehouses and factories, not hospitals or schools, Hexagon study finds

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New findings from Hexagon’s global Robot Generation study show that both adults and children are open to robots at work, but are setting clear terms for where and how they should be used.

Asked whether they would prefer a human or a robot to handle specific workplace tasks, adults consistently chose robots for physical, repetitive, and hazardous work. 68 percent prefer a robot for lifting and transporting heavy items, 54 percent for carrying and delivering, and 52 percent for monitoring hazards.

Children follow the same pattern with even greater openness, with 69 percent preferring a robot for heavy lifting, and 59 percent for carrying and delivering. [Read more…] about People want robots in warehouses and factories, not hospitals or schools, Hexagon study finds

Opinion: The AI infrastructure risk robotics leaders can’t afford to ignore

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By Nadine Akey, sales and marketing manager, Hutchinson Aerospace & Industry

The robotics industry is entering a new phase of growth. Autonomous mobile robots navigate warehouses with increasing sophistication.

Industrial robots are becoming smarter and more adaptive. AI-powered vision systems are transforming manufacturing, logistics and defense applications.

Behind every one of these advances is a rapidly expanding layer of AI infrastructure. [Read more…] about Opinion: The AI infrastructure risk robotics leaders can’t afford to ignore

Raymond partners with Third Wave Automation to expand physical AI across lift truck fleets

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Third Wave Automation has announced a technology collaboration with The Raymond Corporation, part of Toyota Material Handling North America to launch and expand AI-enabled physical automation capabilities across select automated Raymond lift trucks.

The collaboration builds on several years of collaborative development and operational learning since 2021, backed first by investments from Toyota Ventures, Toyota’s early-stage venture firm, and followed by Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth fund.

Raymond will offer Third Wave’s automation capabilities as part of its Raymond ecosystem, providing customers with a scalable path to improve warehouse performance through AI-first technology. [Read more…] about Raymond partners with Third Wave Automation to expand physical AI across lift truck fleets

RLWRLD named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for advancing physical AI infrastructure

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RLWRLD, a physical AI company developing the proprietary Robotics Foundation Model RLDX-1, has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2026.

The WEF Technology Pioneers program selects 100 innovative technology companies each year that are positioned to drive long-term, paradigm-shifting impact on global industries and society.

According to the WEF’s official analysis report, Meet the Technology Pioneers, this year’s selection centered on companies providing the foundational software and core infrastructure to support large-scale deployment of autonomous AI systems, ones that perceive, reason, and act directly in the physical world, going beyond conversational chatbots and application-layer software. [Read more…] about RLWRLD named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for advancing physical AI infrastructure

Nvidia launches AI factory manager blueprint for autonomous manufacturing

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Nvidia has unveiled a new software blueprint designed to give manufacturers a centralized AI system capable of monitoring, coordinating, and optimizing factory operations in real time.

Announced at GTC Taipei during Computex, the Nvidia Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX) is a reference design for building what the company describes as an autonomous factory manager agent. The system is designed to connect machine data, quality systems, work instructions, robot fleets, and operational alerts into a single AI-driven decision layer.

The blueprint allows manufacturers to build factory manager agents capable of orchestrating specialized AI systems responsible for quality control, material transport, process compliance, worker safety, and equipment monitoring. [Read more…] about Nvidia launches AI factory manager blueprint for autonomous manufacturing

Decart’s Oasis 3 world model streams realism into robotic training environments

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Frontier AI research lab Decart is aiming to bridge the gap between synthetic simulation and physical AI with the launch of its latest world model, Oasis 3.

Announced recently, the new video output model was designed to accelerate the training of operating system models for robots and autonomous vehicles. The goal is to create intelligent hardware that won’t be fazed by the unpredictable nature of the world it operates in.

Makers of robotics face significant challenges due to the dearth of useful data that can be harnessed to train their machines to operate in complex physical environments. [Read more…] about Decart’s Oasis 3 world model streams realism into robotic training environments

Neura Robotics raises record Series C of $1.4 billion to accelerate physical AI platform

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Neura Robotics, a pioneer in cognitive robotics and creator of the Neuraverse, has announced a landmark Series C financing with a total round size of up to $1.4 billion to accelerate its mission of building what the company says is “the world’s leading physical AI platform”.

This level of fundraising would suggest a valuation of anywhere between $8 billion and $15 billion, according to one industry expert.

The financing brings together global leaders across AI, robotics, compute, manufacturing and industrial infrastructure, including Tether, Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon, Nvidia, imec.xpand, Bosch, Schaeffler, European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, InterAlpen Partners and others.

Neura is building a new category of AI infrastructure where cognitive robots continuously learn, collaborate and operate across real world environments through a shared intelligence ecosystem called the Neuraverse. [Read more…] about Neura Robotics raises record Series C of $1.4 billion to accelerate physical AI platform

GENISOM AI steps into the global robotics spotlight at ICRA 2026 with real-world-ready robots

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Having already produced and delivered more than 10,000 robots globally, with its products deployed in real-world industrial and infrastructure scenarios, GENISOM AI made its debut at ICRA 2026 during June 2-4 with a clear message: Embodied AI is moving from research to reality.

At the event, the company demonstrated its GENISOM M1 and GENISOM L1 robot platforms alongside technologies supporting simulation, navigation, motion control, and embodied intelligence for operation in complex environments, demonstrating end-to-end capabilities from simulation to real-world deployment.

GENISOM AI builds a full-stack embodied intelligence system that connects core robotic components, robot platforms, simulation, navigation, motion control, agentic intelligence, scalable manufacturing, and real-world deployment. [Read more…] about GENISOM AI steps into the global robotics spotlight at ICRA 2026 with real-world-ready robots