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DHL deploys SVT Robotics platform to integrate warehouse robots up to ‘12 times faster’

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DHL Supply Chain, one of the world’s leading contract logistics providers, announced the deployment of SVT Robotics’ SoftBot platform across its global warehouse network.

With more than 8,000 collaborative robots already active across its global operations, the new plug-and-play platform allows DHL to deploy robotics integrations up to 12 times faster than traditional custom coding setups, setting the stage for the logistics giant to fast-track future automation rollouts.

Prior to implementing the technology-neutral software, automation projects required separate custom coding for every new technology, taking up to six to eight weeks to initiate new solutions. This made enterprise-wide rollouts and upgrades slow and costly. [Read more…] about DHL deploys SVT Robotics platform to integrate warehouse robots up to ‘12 times faster’

Infineon and Nvidia expand collaboration to accelerate humanoid robots using digital twins

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Infineon Technologies has announced the expansion of its collaboration with Nvidia to advance system architectures for physical AI, with a focus on humanoid robots.

Building on the collaboration announced in August 2025, the companies intend to combine Infineon’s strengths in motor control, microcontrollers, power systems and security with Nvidia’s AI, robotics and simulation platforms to help the ecosystem design and deploy humanoid robots.

Infineon will also join Nvidia Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab to examine the design of robust hardware and software safety foundations, ensuring that robots can operate safely and securely in real-world environments. [Read more…] about Infineon and Nvidia expand collaboration to accelerate humanoid robots using digital twins

NXP and Nvidia collaborate on edge computing platform for humanoid robots

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NXP Semiconductors has announced innovative robotics solutions for reliable, secure, real-time data processing and transport and advanced networking, enabling sensor fusion, machine vision and precision motor control.

First in a series of NXP’s foundational robotics solutions, these ready-to-deploy solutions were developed in collaboration with Nvidia and implement Nvidia Holoscan Sensor Bridge with NXP’s highly integrated SoCs.

This reduces discrete components, significantly shrinking footprint, power and cost, while also simplifying the software complexity of robotic sensing and actuation, including humanoid form factors. [Read more…] about NXP and Nvidia collaborate on edge computing platform for humanoid robots

RoboForce raises $52 million to build physical AI robots for industrial work

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RoboForce, a pioneer in what is being called “physical AI-powered robo-labor”, has secured a $52 million oversubscribed funding round, bringing the total raised to $67 million.

The round was led by YZi Labs (a $10 billion fund) with participation from Jerry Yang (co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!), who join existing investors Myron Scholes (Nobel Laureate economist), Gary Rieschel (founding partner of Qiming Ventures), Carnegie Mellon University, and beyond.

The new capital will accelerate the company’s next-generation robot foundation model, scale general-purpose physical AI robots, and drive manufacturing readiness for commercial deployment. [Read more…] about RoboForce raises $52 million to build physical AI robots for industrial work

Universal Robots and Scale AI launch imitation learning system for training industrial robots

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Universal Robots (UR) has unveiled the UR AI Trainer at GTC 2026 in Silicon Valley. Developed in collaboration with Scale AI, the AI Trainer marks a tectonic shift as robots move from pre-programmed applications to fully AI-driven tasks. These systems are powered by robust data generated in AI training cells where “robots imitate humans”. 

“Our customers, ranging from large enterprises to AI research labs, are no longer just asking for AI features,” said Anders Beck, VP of AI robotics products at Universal Robots.

“They need a way to collect high-fidelity, synchronized robot and vision data to train AI models on the same robots they intend to deploy. Our AI Trainer is the industry’s first direct lab-to-factory solution for AI model training.”  [Read more…] about Universal Robots and Scale AI launch imitation learning system for training industrial robots

Kodiak AI scales autonomous driving with Nvidia Drive Hyperion platform

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Kodiak AI, a provider of physical AI with a focus on AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology, has announced Nvidia technology will help power Kodiak’s next-generation autonomous-driving solution.

Kodiak intends to accelerate the deployment and scaling of driverless vehicles with the Nvidia Drive Hyperion architecture, a production-ready reference platform that is underpinned by two Nvidia Drive AGX Thor centralized computers.

Built on the Blackwell architecture, Drive AGX Thor delivers up to 1,000 INT8 TOPS / 2,000 FP4 TFLOPS of AI compute. This massive compute headroom is optimized for the latest generative AI, transformer, and Vision Language Models (VLM), enabling the Kodiak Driver to interpret nuanced and unpredictable real-world conditions in real time to enable safe and verifiable driving behavior. [Read more…] about Kodiak AI scales autonomous driving with Nvidia Drive Hyperion platform

Niqo Robotics says AI weeding business nearing profitability as platform expands to new crops

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Niqo Robotics, a physical AI company building intelligent weeding robots for farms, has announced that its core business is “on track for profitability” in its first full commercial year, a milestone “no agricultural robotics company has publicly achieved”.

The company simultaneously unveiled plans to expand its AI weeding platform into new crops, new US markets, and an entirely new product form factor, signaling the next phase of growth for the rapidly scaling enterprise. [Read more…] about Niqo Robotics says AI weeding business nearing profitability as platform expands to new crops

Why Customer Experience Teams Are Using AI and Residential Proxies for Market Research

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Customer experience teams sit on ambitious goals – predict what users want, fix what frustrates them, and shape how they feel about a product.

Easy, right? Except not really. Because the moment teams try to understand how people behave outside their home market, everything gets complicated.

Geo-blocks. Limited visibility. Automated tools that get spotted and shut out.

Meanwhile, customers keep talking. They leave reviews, share opinions, rant on forums, praise on group chats. But unless your tools can see what those customers are actually saying – right there, in their own region and in their own words – you’re not hearing the full story. [Read more…] about Why Customer Experience Teams Are Using AI and Residential Proxies for Market Research

Swedish sports retailer Stadium partners with Exotec to deploy Skypod system in Norrköping warehouse

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The retailer is Exotec’s first Swedish customer, and has invested approximately $32 million in a new automated centre to streamline logistics

Stadium Group, one of the Nordic region’s leading sports retail chains, has announced its investment in a new automated logistics centre in Norrköping, Sweden. The facility will be equipped with Exotec’s Skypod system and will be the company’s first wholly owned distribution hub.

The new facility marks a major milestone for Stadium. After decades of outsourced logistics, the company recognised the need for a more efficient supply of goods to stores, and greater control over its supply chain.

Exotec’s Skypod system will be at the heart of the new warehouse, hosting over 240 autonomous robots that move in three dimensions, horizontally and vertically up to a height of 12 metres. [Read more…] about Swedish sports retailer Stadium partners with Exotec to deploy Skypod system in Norrköping warehouse

Nulogy launches ‘Manufacturing Operating System’

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Nulogy, a provider of manufacturing operations software, has launched its “Manufacturing Operating System” (MOS): a purpose-built platform that brings production, quality, compliance, maintenance, and warehouse execution onto a shared data and workflow backbone – powered by real-time analytics and integration.

Manufacturers today face volatile demand, tight margins, rising compliance requirements, and ongoing labor constraints. Most already have software in place – enterprise systems, point solutions and homegrown tools – but those systems rarely operate as one, resulting in a disconnect that increases manual work, slows response times, and limits visibility.

With Nulogy MOS, manufacturers, contract packagers and 3PLs can unite and manage production, quality, compliance, and collaboration within one system for faster return on value, backed by decades of manufacturing expertise. [Read more…] about Nulogy launches ‘Manufacturing Operating System’