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General Robotics says GRID can automate entire robot development and deployment lifecycle

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General Robotics, a company building the intelligence layer for physical AI, has announced a major milestone for GRID, its robot intelligence platform.

Built from the ground up as an agentic system that continuously improves itself and every robot connected to it, GRID is now auto-engineering its own processes, from robot onboarding to skill deployment. The result is a significant reduction in the time and specialized robotics expertise required to bring robots into production.

Ashish Kapoor, founder and CEO of General Robotics, says: “People have been trying to deploy advanced robotic systems the same way for 50 years. With the rapid advances in AI, it’s time to rethink the approach. [Read more…] about General Robotics says GRID can automate entire robot development and deployment lifecycle

Predictive Maintenance for Robot Fleets, from Condition Data to Work Order

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Most predictive maintenance projects in robotics stall at the same point. The sensors are installed, the models are trained, the dashboard turns amber, and then nothing happens.

An anomaly score is not a decision. Somebody still has to allocate a technician, confirm the spare reducer is on the shelf and find a slot where the cell can stand still for four hours.

That gap between detection and execution is where the return on a monitoring programme is either realised or lost. For a single robot it can be bridged by a diligent maintenance lead with a spreadsheet. For a fleet of two hundred arms across six lines, it cannot. [Read more…] about Predictive Maintenance for Robot Fleets, from Condition Data to Work Order

Kodiak AI and AMD collaborate to advance computing power for driverless trucking

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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 provide the compute performance needed to quickly and reliably aggregate and preprocess the massive volume of sensor data required to safely operate the Kodiak Driver, Kodiak’s autonomous driving system. [Read more…] about Kodiak AI and AMD collaborate to advance computing power for driverless trucking

Abacus.AI Complete Guide: ChatLLM, Personal Agents, Supercomputer and Studio Explained

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If you’ve searched “Abacus.AI” recently, you’ve probably landed on a review that covers one or two products and leaves you wondering how everything fits together. That’s the gap this guide fills.

Abacus.AI does not consist of a single chatbot; instead, it’s an ecosystem of products which include personal autonomous agents, multilayered chat app, AI code editor, AI creative studio for images and video creation, cloud services for developers, and many others.

Every product is independent, but they are designed to be used alongside each other. [Read more…] about Abacus.AI Complete Guide: ChatLLM, Personal Agents, Supercomputer and Studio Explained

BrainChip launches symphony community Akida bundle for IBM’s workload management solution

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BrainChip, a provider of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based neuromorphic AI, has released the Symphony Community Akida Bundle, a free, open-source software bundle that lets developers run BrainChip Akida neuromorphic processors alongside their existing compute under a workload scheduler built on IBM Spectrum Symphony Community Edition.

IBM Spectrum Symphony Community Edition, a workload management and orchestration tool many enterprises already use, automatically routes each workload task to CPU, GPU and other accelerators based on whichever processor runs it best.

Adding Akida to that scheduling pool ensures that lightweight, event-driven inference can run rather than simply defaulting to a GPU. This unifies CPU, GPU and neuromorphic workloads, enabling heterogeneous computing without compromising on performance and accuracy. [Read more…] about BrainChip launches symphony community Akida bundle for IBM’s workload management solution

Waymo reveals Nvidia-powered compute system behind its robotaxis

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Waymo has revealed new technical details about the onboard computing system that powers its autonomous driving technology, including a purpose-built 5 nm ASIC delivering more than 1,000 TOPS of machine learning performance.

The company says its latest compute architecture is designed to provide millisecond-level response times while operating under the vibration, temperature extremes and other demanding conditions encountered by its autonomous vehicles.

Nvidia accelerated computing provides part of the foundation for the system, alongside technology from AMD, Micron, Samsung, Sandisk, Socionext and TSMC. [Read more…] about Waymo reveals Nvidia-powered compute system behind its robotaxis

How Data-Driven Quality Control Prevents Costly Defects in Modern Manufacturing

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A defect found at final inspection is rarely a final-inspection problem. It usually signals that a process changed earlier, continued unchecked, and produced a growing batch of nonconforming parts.

How Data-Driven Quality Control Prevents Costly Defects in Modern Manufacturing comes down to timing. Data-driven quality control identifies variation while adjustment is still possible, turning quality from a sorting exercise into a real-time operational discipline.

Instead of waiting for defect detection to expose bad output, teams monitor the conditions that create it. That earlier response limits scrap, rework, machine disruption, and delivery pressure while protecting the cost of quality. [Read more…] about How Data-Driven Quality Control Prevents Costly Defects in Modern Manufacturing

Best Managed Detection and Response Services for Enterprises With Industrial Operations

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Short answer: The strongest general-purpose MDR services are well documented. Forrester’s Q1 2025 Wave evaluated the ten most significant vendors across 21 criteria and named CrowdStrike, Expel and Red Canary as Leaders, with eSentire and Binary Defense as Strong Performers.

None of that evaluation tells you which service can monitor a programmable logic controller without knocking it over.

If your enterprise runs a plant floor, a substation, a water treatment process or a warehouse full of robotic cells, the shortlist is different from the one a purely IT organization would build. This article covers what changes, and which providers handle it. [Read more…] about Best Managed Detection and Response Services for Enterprises With Industrial Operations

AI and the Future of Character Design: From Concept to Complete Visual Worlds

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Creating a memorable character has always been one of the most demanding parts of visual storytelling. Whether it is a film protagonist, a game character, an animated mascot, or a digital influencer, a character needs more than an attractive appearance. It needs personality, consistency, context, and a visual identity that audiences can recognize.

Artificial intelligence is changing how creators approach this process.

Instead of developing every character element manually from the beginning, creators can now use AI to explore concepts, test visual styles, and build character-driven worlds much faster. [Read more…] about AI and the Future of Character Design: From Concept to Complete Visual Worlds

Hexagon starts training AEON humanoid robots at Schaeffler factories

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Hexagon Robotics and Schaeffler, a motion technology company, has announced the next milestone in their strategic collaboration as AEON enters Schaeffler’s Humanoid Gym in Germany, marking the next step towards the planned deployment of at least 1,000 AEON humanoids in the coming years.

The Humanoid Gym provides a Train-Validate-Deploy model in a dedicated industrial environment. Schaeffler and Hexagon Robotics can teach AEON new industrial capabilities while building the expertise within Schaeffler required to operate, train, and integrate humanoids into production.

This prepares both the robots and the manufacturing ecosystem for deployment while expanding the breadth of use cases on the factory floor. [Read more…] about Hexagon starts training AEON humanoid robots at Schaeffler factories

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