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Tennis-playing robot debuts at technology trade show IFA

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Acemate, a sports-tech innovator dedicated to improving sports lives with AI, has unveiled the Acemate Tennis Robot at IFA 2025, the world’s first AI-powered tennis robot capable of true rally play.

Engineered for players of all levels, from beginners to seasoned competitors, Acemate brings an authentic, human-like rally experience to courts worldwide, forever changing the way tennis is practiced.

Visitors to IFA 2025 can find Acemate at booth #H1.2-164, Messe Berlin. [Read more…] about Tennis-playing robot debuts at technology trade show IFA

ETH Zurich’s ANYmal robot learns to play badminton using reinforcement learning

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ETH Zurich researchers have pushed their quadruped robot, ANYmal, into new territory: the badminton court.

A new video released by the university shows the four-legged robot attempting to return shots using a racket, advanced vision systems, and reinforcement learning-based controls. (See video below.)

ANYmal, built by ANYbotics, developed as a versatile quadruped platform, uses dual cameras to track the shuttlecock in flight. The system looks for the shuttle’s color, calculates its trajectory, and then directs the robot’s motors to move into position and execute a return shot. [Read more…] about ETH Zurich’s ANYmal robot learns to play badminton using reinforcement learning

ABB and B&R bring joint automation technologies for brewery and beverage to drinktec 2025

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ABB and its machine and factory automation business, B&R Industrial Automation, will exhibit brewery and beverage technologies together at drinktec 2025, the world economic summit for the beverage and liquid food industry.

The event, running between September 15 and 19 at the Trade Fair Center Messe in Munich, Germany, will give visitors a chance to see how ABB technologies combine to optimize operations across the full production cycle.

Spanning process control, adaptive manufacturing and digital optimization, ABB and B&R solutions can be combined into a single, interoperable platform to support safer operations, improve quality control and reduce resource utilization. [Read more…] about ABB and B&R bring joint automation technologies for brewery and beverage to drinktec 2025

Kuka launches new autonomous mobile robot platform

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Kuka has expanded its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) lineup with the launch of the KMP 250P, a mobile platform designed to carry goods and components weighing up to 250 kilograms.

The system, which can also be fitted with a lifting unit, will be available for order in December 2025.

The German automation specialist said the new model adds to its existing AMR portfolio, which already includes platforms with payloads of up to 3,000 kilograms. [Read more…] about Kuka launches new autonomous mobile robot platform

After doing the laundry, Figure AI humanoid robot loads the dishwasher

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Helix, humanoid robotics specialist Figure AI’s Vision Language Action (VLA) model, has shown it can “adapt to dramatically different real-world challenges with nothing more than new data”.

After folding laundry and rearranging packages, Helix is now taking on another everyday task: loading a dishwasher.

At first glance, loading a dishwasher sounds like a simple task – just pick up each object and place it in the dishwasher. [Read more…] about After doing the laundry, Figure AI humanoid robot loads the dishwasher

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and HSE partner to develop new lab tech

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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher company and a specialist in laboratory automation and innovation, says it is “redefining nucleic acid quantification” through a strategic collaboration with Hombrechtikon Systems Engineering, a Swiss provider of customized automation and engineering solutions for the life sciences and diagnostics sectors.

This partnership updates and miniaturizes traditional nucleic acid quantification, powered by an automation-first approach that integrates high-throughput liquid handling directly into molecular biology workflows.

By streamlining critical processes – from normalization to yield characterization – it bridges existing workflow gaps and empowers real-time, data-driven decision-making within a unified platform. [Read more…] about Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and HSE partner to develop new lab tech

JR Automation unveils plans for $72.8 million global headquarters in Michigan

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JR Automation, a Hitachi Group company and global automation specialist, has unveiled plans for a new global headquarters in Zeeland, Michigan. The project is expected to cost $72.8 million. 

The announcement follows a strategic meeting in Tokyo between Hitachi executives, JR Automation leadership, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, underscoring the company’s commitment to innovation, global collaboration, and investment in Michigan’s advanced manufacturing sector.

JR Automation will officially break ground on the new headquarters September 17, 2025, with construction expected to be completed by late Fall 2026. [Read more…] about JR Automation unveils plans for $72.8 million global headquarters in Michigan

HappyRobot raises $44 million to build a digital workforce for the real economy

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The operations of most organizations still rely on high-volume manual labor – millions of conversations, documents, and updates every day just to keep things moving.

For decades, this work has been handled by overwhelmed teams or outsourced to call centers, with inefficiencies and crucial tasks slipping through the cracks amidst the chaos. HappyRobot aims to change that.

The San Francisco-based startup’s $44 million Series B funding will scale their platform to “build & deploy AI workers”, bringing the next generation of automation to the backbone of global trade. [Read more…] about HappyRobot raises $44 million to build a digital workforce for the real economy

Dürr builds automotive paint shop for Volkswagen plant in Mexico

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Dürr has built a paint shop designed to slash CO2 emissions at one of the Volkswagen Group’s largest manufacturing facilities. The plant in Puebla, Mexico, was inaugurated in January 2025.

The turnkey project includes two identical painting lines that are particularly environmentally friendly due to their electrified equipment, such as the electric drying system.

Dürr is also implementing key components of its new “Paint Shop of the Future” concept with a high-bay warehouse and driverless transport systems. [Read more…] about Dürr builds automotive paint shop for Volkswagen plant in Mexico

Universal Robots selects Technicon as solutions partner in pharmaceuticals

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Universal Robots, the world’s largest collaborative robot company and a part of Teradyne Robotics, has selected its long-time partner Technicon, an automation company based in the Nordics, as its UR global Certified Solution Provider for the pharmaceutical industry.

A UR distributor and integrator in Denmark since 2019, Technicon is a vertically integrated engineering company, designing, developing, and producing automation solutions in-house.

The company has extensive experience integrating UR’s user-friendly, flexible cobots into innovative automated solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, delivering increased efficiency and stability across the Life Science value chain – from optimizing fill and finish lines to improving lab quality control and strengthening packaging and assembly. [Read more…] about Universal Robots selects Technicon as solutions partner in pharmaceuticals