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Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia have extend their strategic partnership to advance the next generation of automated driving systems. The collaboration brings together Mercedes-Benz’s automotive engineering and safety expertise and its MB.OS operating system with Nvidia’s accelerated computing and AI technologies. Jörg Burzer,
Marking its 70‑year milestone, the 140th Canton Fair has launched a fully dedicated zone for service robots as part of its Phase 1 “Advanced Manufacturing” programme, spanning 520,000 m² and hosting 12,000 exhibitors across 17 emerging‑industry zones. (See video below.) Our on‑site 60‑second field video report captures
Cerence, a developer of conversational AI-powered user experiences, has announced that its collaboration with Geely is expanding from intelligent cockpits to embodied robotics, with the two companies working together to advance multilingual human-machine interaction for robotics applications. The collaboration with Gee
Schneider Electric, Nvidia and HPE have formed a strategic collaboration to introduce AI agents that can monitor and help optimize industrial operations from inside factories and process plants. The companies describe the technology as a route to “physical AI” for industries such as energy, chemicals, pulp and paper, w
For a manufacturing business, an email-security review should include the correspondence that keeps purchasing, logistics and engineering work moving. Supplier invoices, delivery changes, drawings and external maintenance requests all deserve attention. The concern is the employee’s business-mail workflow; protection o
Toyota Material Handling Europe is using Nvidia simulation and digital twin technologies to accelerate the development and commissioning of autonomous forklifts, with the company targeting a reduction of up to 50 percent in commissioning effort. The material handling equipment manufacturer is working with Nvidia and te
ABB Robotics is expanding its industrial robot portfolio with two new compact, high-performance robots, the IRB 1700 and IRB 1700ID, delivering up to 20 percent shorter cycle times than comparable robots on the market. Craig McDonnell, managing director, business line industries, ABB Robotics, says: “Precision manufact
Toray Industries has developed a new polyester-nylon composite fiber containing “at least 93 percent recycled material” by mass, overcoming some of the technical difficulties involved in combining recycled polymers while maintaining consistent material quality. The Japanese materials company says both the polyester and
The Robot Group, an authorised UK distributor for X-Humanoid (developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center), is inviting expressions of interest from UK businesses and research organisations exploring the company’s TianGong and Tianyi humanoid robots. The announcement gives prospective customers a UK comme
Origin, a full-stack physical AI company building general-purpose robots for interior construction, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in total funding, co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures. Other backers include Unilazer Ventures, Schema Ventures and Z21, alongside angel investors from Anduril, Skild AI, 1X and T
QCraft, an autonomous driving technology company, signed a memorandum of understanding with HERE Technologies, a mapping and location data platform, at an event called HERE Directions 2026 in Munich. Under the MoU, the two companies will explore how HERE’s map data and location intelligence can work together with QCraf
UK operators are searching about 6.7 times more for CRM and ERP software than for the tools that turn completed work into cash, according to a Klipboard analysis of UK search data, at a time when the number of industrial robots working in factories worldwide has reached around five million. The gap matters because ever
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