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Europe’s most important industrial lubrication conference celebrates its 10th anniversary in Bilbao

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Europe’s most important conference on industrial lubricants will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the Euskalduna Convention Centre in Bilbao.

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, 200 professionals from Europe, Asia and America will attend this new edition of LUBMAT, a leading international biennial event specialising in lubricants, tribology and production equipment monitoring.

For two consecutive days, companies, manufacturers, technology centres and researchers will share the sector’s most recent scientific and technological innovations to address challenges such as sustainability, digitisation and industrial efficiency. The forum is co-organised by the Tekniker technology centre, the Jost Institute for Tribotechnology of the United Kingdom, Bureau Veritas and ATTEN2.

Currently rated as one of Europe’s main meeting points for the lubrication industry and R&D, LUBMAT 2026 features an extensive scientific and technical programme focused on areas such as advanced lubricants, friction and wear reduction, condition-based maintenance, online equipment monitoring, smart sensors, AI applied to industrial maintenance and the development of solutions that are safer and more sustainable. [Read more…] about Europe’s most important industrial lubrication conference celebrates its 10th anniversary in Bilbao

Volvo and Boliden complete dam construction milestone with autonomous transport

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Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Boliden have completed the autonomous transport project at Boliden’s Garpenberg site in Sweden.

The project was the first step under the memorandum of understanding signed between Volvo and Boliden in 2023, and it marks an important milestone in a collaboration that also includes future projects.

As a part of the project, material was moved from an on-site quarry on Boliden premises and used to reinforce a local dam and heighten the dam wall. [Read more…] about Volvo and Boliden complete dam construction milestone with autonomous transport

Why robotics can’t advance without physical AI

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The next leap in robotics won’t come from faster processors or more sophisticated mechanical design. It will come from better data, specifically, from training environments that replicate how the physical world actually behaves.  [Read more…] about Why robotics can’t advance without physical AI

Neolix partners with QuikBot to develop autonomous delivery network

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Neolix, a developer of Level 4 autonomous logistics vehicles, has announced a strategic partnership with Singapore-based deep-tech company QuikBot Technologies, to build an end-to-end autonomous delivery solution spanning public roads, building interiors and individual doorsteps.

The collaboration will support Neolix’s Singapore pilot deployment and compliance preparation, while advancing both companies’ autonomous delivery offerings across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and other global markets.

In this collaboration, the two companies will co-develop and integrate Neolix’s autonomous mobility capabilities and fleet operations with QuikBot’s Autonomous Final-Mile Delivery Platform-as-a-Service (AFMD PaaS) to create a continuous delivery chain from public roads into buildings and to individual doors. [Read more…] about Neolix partners with QuikBot to develop autonomous delivery network

Interview with GFT Technologies’ Brandon Speweik: Moving AI from detection to action on the factory floor

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Artificial intelligence has become one of the most widely discussed technologies in manufacturing, but much of the conversation remains focused on software – dashboards, analytics, predictive models, and digital decision-making tools.

Increasingly, however, manufacturers are asking a more practical question: how can AI move beyond identifying problems and begin helping to solve them on the factory floor?

That challenge is particularly relevant in the automotive industry, where production lines operate at high speed and even small quality issues can have significant downstream consequences. [Read more…] about Interview with GFT Technologies’ Brandon Speweik: Moving AI from detection to action on the factory floor

Improving efficiency in modern construction projects

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You notice it early on a job site when efficiency starts to slip. Small delays often build into larger setbacks that affect the whole schedule.

In modern construction, you work in an environment where margins depend on timing as much as skill. Rising material costs and tighter deadlines push you to think more carefully about how every stage connects.

By improving efficiency, you don’t just speed things up – you reduce waste, keep teams focused, and make it easier to deliver projects that stay on budget without adding pressure to already stretched crews. [Read more…] about Improving efficiency in modern construction projects

Interview with CreateMe CEO Campbell Myers: From stitching to bonding – physical AI could transform the way clothes are made

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For decades, apparel manufacturing has remained one of the most labor-intensive sectors in global industry. While robots have transformed automotive production, electronics assembly, and warehouse operations, handling soft, deformable materials such as fabric has proven far more difficult to automate.

Textiles stretch, wrinkle, drape, and shift unpredictably, creating challenges that traditional industrial automation systems were never designed to solve.

As interest in embodied AI and physical AI continues to grow, many researchers and technology companies see deformable-material manipulation as one of the most important remaining frontiers in robotics. [Read more…] about Interview with CreateMe CEO Campbell Myers: From stitching to bonding – physical AI could transform the way clothes are made

Serve Robotics expands beyond food delivery with autonomous laundry service

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Serve Robotics has announced a new partnership with NoScrubs, a fast-growing on-demand laundry service, marking Serve’s first commercial urban delivery partnership outside of prepared food.

The pilot, launching this week in select Los Angeles neighborhoods, will use Serve’s existing fleet of autonomous sidewalk robots to deliver NoScrubs laundry orders directly to customers’ doors.

The commercial pilot extends Serve’s last-mile delivery opportunity into a new category of recurring local commerce. NoScrubs operates across seven major US metros. [Read more…] about Serve Robotics expands beyond food delivery with autonomous laundry service

Interview with Workr Robotics CEO Ken Macken: ‘Paying for automation by the hour’

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Industrial robotics is entering a new phase. Advances in artificial intelligence, large language models, and so-called embodied AI have sparked renewed excitement about robots that can understand, reason about, and interact with the physical world.

High-profile collaborations between companies such as Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics have fueled speculation that increasingly capable general-purpose robots may soon find their way onto factory floors.

But not everyone in the industry is convinced that these developments represent an immediate breakthrough for manufacturing. [Read more…] about Interview with Workr Robotics CEO Ken Macken: ‘Paying for automation by the hour’

Appetronix acquires Cibotica to expand robotic foodservice automation beyond pizza

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Appetronix, a developer of robotic kitchen systems, has acquired food robotics company Cibotica in a move aimed at expanding its automation platform into additional food categories beyond pizza. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition brings Cibotica’s automated ingredient dispensing and portioning technology into the Appetronix portfolio, including the company’s Remy robotic bowl and salad assembly system.

Appetronix says the technology will help accelerate the development of robotic kitchen concepts for a wider range of cuisines and foodservice applications. [Read more…] about Appetronix acquires Cibotica to expand robotic foodservice automation beyond pizza