Voyant Photonics introduced its Helium family of solid-state lidar sensors and modules, bringing scalable, cost-effective and high-resolution 4D point cloud data to the market.

At CES 2026, e-con Systems is launching the Darsi Pro, an edge AI vision box built on the NVIDIA Jetson platform to handle autonomous workloads in physical AI applications.

RealMan Robotics launched its RealSource multi-modal real-world robot dataset, based on 10 real-world simulated environments from its Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.

Point One Navigation secured $35 million in Series C funding, accelerating the company’s mission to deliver centimeter-level precision to connected vehicles, robots and devices.

Edge hardware and cloud platform Luxonis launched its OAK 4 computer vision camera system alongside the Hub cloud platform for sensor fusion and high-compute performance.

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced details about the 2026 A3 Business Forum, held January 19-21 in Orlando to discuss insights for automation success.

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Okibo announced the release of the autonomous, AI-guided painting and drywall finishing EG7+ robot, which extends to 24 feet for construction projects.

Serve Robotics, in partnership with Uber Eats, announced two more U.S. metro area deployments of its autonomous, robotic delivery service: Fort Lauderdale and Washington, D.C.

NūMove released a new depalletizing and layer picking tool, stating that its design, which features complementary gripping mechanisms, can handle various SKUs and pallet scenarios.

California-based startup 3E8 Robotics unveiled its flagship delivery robot, Elly, that the company said can detect and press elevator buttons to unlock multi-floor autonomy.

Teradyne Robotics, parent company of Universal Robots and MiR, will open a new U.S. Operations hub in Metro Detroit Michigan as it looks to expand its global robotics presence.

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Dexory, in partnership with Raymond Storage Concepts deployed its real-time data and automation technologies at an ODW Logistics distribution center in Ohio.

The Automation Readiness Index from RobCo found that, as a result of reshoring efforts and labor concerns, U.S. factories are overhauling their robotics and automation plans.

Drone delivery service Wing, in partnership with Walmart, is now offering retail drone deliveries from six Metro Atlanta locations in time for the 2025 holiday season.

Roboteon announced that its Robotics Fulfillment and Orchestration warehouse automation platform received certification from the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace.

Realtime Robotics released Resolver, its cloud-based platform for design, programming and robotic workcell commissioning, to the Japanese market at iREX 2025.

Dynamic Batch Picking Workstation from ISD transforms underperforming ASRS, goods-to-person and pick-to-light systems into productivity powerhouses.

According to a Politico report, the Trump administration is focusing its efforts on robotics, including a potential national robotics strategy, following its attention on AI in 2025.