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Nov 9Mon
  1. 锐曼REEMAN36

    What Is an AMR Forklift? Navigation, Flexibility, and Factory Fit

    AMR forklifts rely on onboard LiDAR and laser SLAM for mapping and localization, enabling autonomous path planning and obstacle avoidance without ground infrastructure such as magnetic tape, guide wires, or reflectors; route changes are usually made via software. The REEMAN Ironhide 3.0 is a 1.5-ton autonomous forklift with ±5 cm pick-and-place accuracy on 1.2 × 1.2 m pallets, 6 hours of runtime at full load and 8 hours empty, and a maximum mapping area of 40,000 m².

Nov 8Sun
Nov 7Sat
  1. CMU Robotics Institute58

    CMU Team Chiron competes in DARPA Triage Challenge finals

    Carnegie Mellon University's Team Chiron is competing in the DARPA Triage Challenge finals, using drones and ground robots to locate and assess casualties from a distance. The finals are being held November 5 to 13 at Disaster City in Texas and require the system to operate under complex conditions including darkness, smoke, flames and rubble.

Nov 6Fri
  1. IPLUS MOBOT/迦智科技29

    IPLUS MOBOT to showcase EMMA 1500L heavy-load AMR at ADM Montreal 2026

    IPLUS MOBOT will showcase its EMMA 1500L heavy-load autonomous mobile robot at ADM Montreal 2026 (Booth 900) at the Palais des congrès in Montreal on November 11–12. The robot has a rated payload of 1,500 kg, docking accuracy of ±2 mm, and positioning accuracy of ±10 mm. The platform uses laser navigation, requires no extensive floor markers, and is scheduled by CLOUDIA fleet management software; it can integrate with MES, WMS, and production equipment.

  2. Shanghai AI Laboratory - Embodied Intelligence70

    Shanghai AI Lab launches Sage·LabOS laboratory operating system

    Shanghai AI Lab has launched its laboratory operating system Sage·LabOS, which uses Sage SCP-Lab as a unified interface and the Sage physical world model W0 to drive robots in completing experimental operations, connecting heterogeneous devices for autonomous execution and data return. The system has four core capabilities: capability discovery, task orchestration, execution scheduling, and data feedback. In a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation optimization task at Lingang Laboratory, it completed five rounds of dry-wet closed-loop iterations, automatically synthesizing and validating 335 formulations, with encapsulation efficiency rising from 67% to 98%.

    Why it matters: The source provides the four core capabilities of the autonomous laboratory operating system and measured dry-wet closed-loop data from LNP formulation optimization, showing how robots can be integrated into scientific research workflows.

Nov 5Thu
  1. 锐曼REEMAN42

    How long does it take to deploy a REEMAN Ironhide 3.0 autonomous forklift? A one-day deployment case at a Zhejiang lighting factory

    A REEMAN Ironhide 3.0 autonomous forklift completed on-site deployment in about one day at a lighting equipment manufacturing plant in Zhejiang, handling pallet transport between a covered outdoor storage area and an indoor warehouse. The project has an actual load of about 600 kg, a one-way route of about 100 m, aisles 2–3 m wide, and performs 140–180 tasks per day; the vehicle model has a rated load of 1,500 kg. Laser SLAM navigation requires no floor QR codes or magnetic strips, but WMS/MES integration, elevators, automatic doors, and multi-route networks can extend deployment time.

  3. NASA58

    NASA SPLICE navigation experiment completes simulated lunar landing test flight

    At Rogers Dry Lake in Edwards, California, NASA completed simulated lunar descent and landing maneuvers using an Alta-X drone carrying the SPLICE guidance, navigation, and control payload. The SPLICE payload uses its guidance system to map terrain and assess landing zones, redirecting to a safer location when it determines the target area is unsafe, and generates high-resolution digital elevation maps from light detection and sensor data.

Nov 4Wed
  1. 锐曼REEMAN38

    Planning a multi-floor autonomous forklift project? REEMAN Ironhide elevator integration checklist

    From a supplier perspective, REEMAN provides a five-item checklist of mechanical prerequisites, communication architecture, and responsibility division for autonomous forklift and elevator integration. For a single elevator, a local LoRa direct connection to the elevator control module is used; for multiple elevators, MQTT is used with the fleet system queuing and dispatching. The elevator control module only coordinates calls and status and does not replace the elevator's native safety controls. In the Maoming factory case, Ironhide transports about 1,000 kg of wire rod per trip over a one-way distance of about 100 m, completing 65–85 cross-floor elevator tasks per day.

  2. 仙工智能42

    Seer Robotics Showcases Robot Brain at CeMAT ASIA 2026: A Unified Platform for Multi-Form Robots

    At CeMAT ASIA 2026, Seer Robotics exhibited its Robot Brain product line and several robots equipped with the platform, including the X1 PRO humanoid robot autonomously completing a water-fetching task, the P300 and P1500 AI delivery robots collaboratively avoiding obstacles, and an omnidirectional stacker forklift autonomously identifying and picking up various pallets. Robot Brain consists of three parts: Model, Cerebellum, and Neural pathways. It has been adapted to more than 400 types of core components and supports more than 2000 robot SKUs.

Nov 2Mon
  2. 锐曼REEMAN49

    What Is an AMR Forklift? How Does REEMAN Ironhide 3.0 Automate Heavy-Duty Pallet Handling?

    The REEMAN Ironhide 3.0 is a 1.5-ton laser SLAM AMR forklift that can autonomously identify pallets, position its forks, lift and transport loads, and place goods without reflectors or floor tape. In a case at a new energy factory in Huzhou, it completes about 160–200 pallet transports per day along a 47-meter route, runs continuously for 6 hours fully loaded and 8 hours empty, and supports 1-hour fast charging and automatic return to charge.

  3. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence30

    Fudan team wins multiple awards at 2026 International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition

    A joint team from Fudan University's Institute of Trustworthy Embodied Intelligence and Shanghai Xinzhi Embodied Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. won first place in the quality inspection category at the 2026 International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition. The student team, working with the National and Local Center, used the Linglong H wheeled-arm robot and the Linglong L bipedal robot to win two first places, one third place, and one fourth place across three categories: loading and unloading transport, firefighting, and precision assembly. In the firefighting category, the Linglong L bipedal robot completed fire detection, fire suppression, and evacuation without human intervention.

Oct 31Sat
  1. 锐曼REEMAN42

    How Can Autonomous Forklifts Turn Existing Stretch Wrappers into Automated Packaging Workstations? — REEMAN Ironhide Wireless Docking and Jingmen Factory Deployment

    REEMAN outlines an approach for retrofitting existing stretch wrappers using Ironhide autonomous forklifts: the forklift handles pallet pickup, placement, and warehouse transport, while the stretch wrapper continues to perform packaging, requiring a machine control interface, status feedback, and safety interlocks. In its wireless docking demonstration, pickup alignment deviation was within 2 cm and turntable placement deviation was within 5 cm, with the demonstration process taking about 6 minutes. There is also an Ironhide 3.0 deployment at a factory in Jingmen, Hubei; the two applications are independent of each other, and the data comes from REEMAN application materials and has not been independently verified.

  2. 锐曼REEMAN47

    How Do Autonomous Forklifts Integrate with Automatic Doors and Stretch Wrappers? The REEMAN Jingmen Factory Case

    At an electronic materials factory in Jingmen, Hubei, REEMAN Ironhide 3.0 autonomous forklifts complete an integrated process: picking up goods in the production area, passing through two electric doors, handing off to a stretch wrapper, and delivering to the warehouse. The actual load is about 1,300 kg, with a rated load of 1,500 kg. The customer reports about 75 transport cycles per day, about 6.5 minutes per task, and a loaded route of about 270 meters, with support for automatic return to a mobile charging station. The forklift's reference price is about USD 9,900, and integration with doors and the stretch wrapper requires customization based on the site's controller interfaces.

  3. 锐曼REEMAN30

    How can the REEMAN Hot Wheels robot chassis be used to develop an AI library inventory robot?

    REEMAN demonstrated a library inventory robot built on the Hot Wheels robot chassis, completing a mobility demo in indoor bookshelf aisles, but did not provide OCR recognition accuracy or inventory results. The chassis uses Laser SLAM and V-SLAM for mapping and localization, combined with lidar, 3D vision, and multi-sensor fusion for obstacle avoidance; published specifications include a 270° laser scanning angle and a maximum detection range of 25 meters.

Oct 30Fri
  1. 锐曼REEMAN35

    How does the REEMAN YIMA delivery robot use elevators in apartment buildings? YBOT20P explained

    The REEMAN YIMA YBOT20P outdoor delivery robot can automatically call an elevator, enter it, and deliver across floors through a compatible elevator control interface, without anyone needing to press the elevator buttons. The platform is designed for indoor and outdoor transport, has a payload of 100 kg, uses dual-lidar SLAM navigation, autonomous obstacle avoidance, and automatic charging, and can connect the delivery process from a community parcel station to a designated apartment entrance. Elevator integration requires confirming compatibility with the manufacturer's API, control module, or building system interface, and the elevator's existing safety controls must not be bypassed.

  2. 锐曼REEMAN52

    REEMAN launches YIMA YBOT20P door-to-door parcel delivery robot for residential communities

    REEMAN has released the YIMA YBOT20P outdoor delivery robot, which carries parcels from courier stations to apartment doorsteps along mapped community routes, with a rated payload of 100 kg. The robot uses dual-laser SLAM navigation, with a 360° top laser and a 230° front laser, an adjustable speed of 0.3–1 m/s, maximum obstacle clearance of 3 cm, maximum climbing grade of 10%, a nominal battery life of 10–15 hours, and support for automatic return to charge on low battery. It enables cross-floor delivery through integration with compatible elevator and automatic door controllers, and outdoor operation is limited to dry paved roads under no-rain conditions.

Oct 29Thu
  1. 锐曼REEMAN22

    REEMAN to Launch Commercial Autonomous Tennis Ball-Collecting Robot for Professional Tennis Facilities

    REEMAN Robotics is developing a commercial autonomous tennis ball-collecting robot for professional tennis academies, multi-court clubs, and commercial tennis facilities, with the goal of reducing repetitive ball-collecting work and allowing coaching teams to focus on training. The product is in the development and technical evaluation stage. Development priorities include a ball-storage target of about 200–300 balls, autonomous navigation, tennis ball detection and collection, automatic charging, and court surface compatibility; these are engineering goals rather than verified mass-production specifications. REEMAN has not yet announced a confirmed launch date, final price, mass-production specifications, or sales channels.

Oct 24Sat
Oct 23Fri
Oct 22Thu
Oct 21Wed
  1. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence38

    Fudan University's Qi Lizhe team wins innovation gold award at 26th CIIF university exhibition area for "space-air-ground integrated desert planting robot"

    The "space-air-ground integrated desert planting robot" project from Fudan University's Qi Lizhe team won the innovation gold award in the university exhibition area at the 26th China International Industry Fair. The robot integrates autonomous perception, precise navigation, and integrated planting functions, combining BeiDou, inertial navigation, LiDAR, and stereo vision positioning, and has completed field operation verification in the desert of Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The team has filed 7 core invention patents, and the single-vehicle platform will later integrate four planting mechanisms, with operating efficiency reaching more than 10 times that of traditional manual work.

Oct 20Tue
Oct 19Mon
  1. 仙工智能58

    Seerbotics demonstrates VLA model completing Tower of Hanoi task: still able to continue solving after base is pushed and discs are scrambled

    Seerbotics demonstrated its self-developed VLA model driving a robotic arm to complete the seven-move sequence of a three-disc Tower of Hanoi. When an observer slides the base to change its overall position or rearranges the discs into an arbitrary intermediate state, the robotic arm can still re-identify the current configuration, determine the next move, and continue completing the remaining task. Trained on only 60 demonstration trajectories, the model can generalize across changes in object position, color, and shape. The Seerbotics robot "brain" consists of three layers—model, cerebellum, and nerve—responsible respectively for scene understanding and decision-making, motion planning and execution, and a unified interface connecting sensors and joint actuators.

Oct 17Sat
  1. 锐曼REEMAN42

    How the REEMAN Fly Boat AMR transports 200 kg of cargo via a 1.15 m elevator: a real electronics factory case study

    The REEMAN dual-laser Fly Boat factory delivery robot (Fly Boat AMR, ABOT11B) is deployed at an electronics factory in Zhuhai, transporting about 200 kg of PCB materials and bottled water per trip, with a rated payload of 300 kg, a loaded delivery route of about 600 m plus an empty return of about 100 m, and the customer reports about 70–90 trips per day.

Oct 15Thu
Oct 13Tue
  1. Skydio48

    Skydio Launches ISR Command: The Next Step Toward Drone Dominance

    Skydio has launched ISR Command, which uses Skydio Autonomy to orchestrate multiple X10D aircraft for coordinated reconnaissance, allowing a single operator to control two aircraft at once. The X10D weighs 2.14 kg (4.72 lbs) and can navigate autonomously using onboard cameras without GNSS; the system is TAK-native and supports the STANAG 4609 and STANAG 0903 metadata standards.

Oct 9Fri
  1. Westwood Robotics · YouTube27

    THEMIS at IROS 2026: See Why It Drew Everyone's Attention

    Westwood Robotics presented a live, on-hardware autonomous demonstration of its humanoid robot THEMIS at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh, achieving a success rate of 90%+ in a completely unseen environment. Setup took only 10 minutes from assembly to showtime, with perception, thinking, and decision-making all performed onboard in real time as the robot autonomously completed grasping, carrying, and placing. THEMIS is powered by AOS (AI-augmented Humanoid OS) and BEAR Series actuators.

  2. 锐曼REEMAN25

    REEMAN explains how AMR robots navigate warehouses without AGV tracks

    AMR robots rely on four onboard technologies for trackless navigation: laser SLAM mapping, real-time LiDAR perception, dynamic obstacle avoidance, and real-time path replanning, with no need for floor tracks, magnetic strips, or QR codes. REEMAN delivery robots achieve laser navigation accuracy of ±5 cm, with an optional reflector code accuracy of ±3 cm; the Fly Boat model achieves QR code accuracy of ±2 cm, and a single map covers about 40,000 square meters. Its product line covers payloads from 100 kg to 1.5 tons, and since 2015 it has delivered to more than 55 countries and regions.

Oct 2Fri
  1. Rainbow Robotics61

    Samsung unveils robot commercialization roadmap and Metro-WM world model at Samsung AI Forum 2026

    At Samsung AI Forum 2026, held at its Seoul headquarters, Samsung Electronics unveiled a robot commercialization roadmap led by its newly established RX (Robot eXperience) Business Promotion Office, combining robot foundation model (RFM) and world model technology to first advance automation at its own more than 100 factories and more than 100 production lines, before entering the home assistant robot market.

    Why it matters: The article presents the per-unit cost breakdown of humanoid robots and the success-rate threshold for factory scenarios, which can be used to compare and understand differences in manufacturers' commercialization paths.

  2. Rainbow Robotics63

    Samsung unveils robot commercialization roadmap: factory automation first, then the home

    At the Samsung AI Forum 2026, Samsung announced its robot commercialization roadmap. Centered on its newly established RX (Robot eXperience) business promotion office, the plan is to first advance automation at its more than 100 factories and more than 100 production lines, then enter the home assistant robot market.

    Why it matters: The article lays out the cost math for a humanoid robot at about $100,000 per unit and a three-layer behavior stack, helping readers understand why Samsung puts factory automation ahead of home robots.

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Sep 24Thu
  1. CMU Robotics Institute56

    CMU launches LAMP system to help multiple robots collaboratively move objects in crowded spaces

    A team at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute has developed the LAMP (Long-Horizon Adaptive Manipulation Planning) system, which helps multiple robots collaborate to move objects in severely cluttered spaces by jointly planning object and robot motion rather than handling them separately.

Sep 23Wed
  1. 具微科技50

    Jiuwei Technology releases full-stack autonomous navigation system Jiuwei Zhihang MIC Navi, running natively on the robot dog's body

    Jiuwei Technology officially released its full-stack autonomous navigation system Jiuwei Zhihang MIC Navi on September 22. The navigation code runs directly on the robot dog's mainboard, requiring no additional add-on computing kit, and upgrades are completed via OTA through the MICBOT MOVE app.

Sep 18Fri
Sep 17Thu
  1. 穿山甲机器人 · YouTube19

    Meet Speedybot — the delivery robot that brings the community supermarket right to your door

    Alpha Robotics demonstrates the delivery process of its Speedybot delivery robot: orders are packed and loaded at the community supermarket within seconds, the robot passes through the access gate without a card swipe, and it autonomously calls and rides the elevator, selecting the correct floor, then delivers the package to the user's doorstep and pushes a notification. These capabilities all come from a process demonstration video; Alpha Robotics has not disclosed specific metrics such as payload, degrees of freedom, battery life, or success rate.

Sep 3Thu
  1. 穿山甲机器人 · YouTube16

    Bad Weather? Speedybot Delivery Robot Keeps Deliveries on Track

    Pangolin Robot's Speedybot claims all-weather operating capability, equipped with an L4 autonomous navigation system that enables seamless indoor-outdoor transitions, autonomous obstacle avoidance, and dynamic rerouting without remote control. The robot supports 24-hour continuous operation and targets scenarios including factories, campuses, communities, hospitals, and food delivery, aiming to reduce outdoor human exposure and operational risk.