At PACK EXPO 2026 in Chicago, Vention announced the launch of a 24/7 video remote support service. When a production line goes down in the early hours, operators can start a live video session from the machine's teach pendant and connect with an automation expert within 10 minutes. The expert can join with full context, including hardware and firmware versions, real-time I/O status, and the program running on MachineMotion AI.
Take a look at our brain-computer interface (BCI) team. Their electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes are installed and running, and can now identify eye-movement and blinking signals. This proves the hardware is effective and the process has been debugged. Next step: mind control 🧠
At PACK EXPO 2026, beRobox introduced the 3D Dynamic Safety module for its PALTZ palletizer; instead of being fixed around the robot, safety detection is integrated into the robotic arm and moves with the robot, forming a protection zone that adjusts dynamically with position.
At the 2026 Shanghai Industrial Fair, Hechuan Technology showcased its full-stack industrial control product matrix and debuted Sysctrl Studio, an AI programming assistant. The tool is natively integrated into domestic PLC programming software and supports natural-language PLC program generation, syntax checking, code optimization, and conversational troubleshooting, and is compatible with Hechuan's full controller lineup.
At PACK EXPO International 2026 in Chicago, beRobox launched a 3D Dynamic Safety module for its PALTZ palletizing system, mounting safety detection on the robotic arm so it moves with the robot.
Agility Robotics co-founder Jonathan Hurst announced the launch of the Digit 5 humanoid robot, positioned as a robot that can safely and economically take on real work at scale. The unit weighs over 120 kg, can repeatedly lift 23 kg bins and reach shelves 1.75 meters high, and is designed to work 20 hours a day.
RealMan Intelligent has released the ECO62 ultra-compact embedded six-axis robotic arm, built around the "Arm in Machine" concept and aimed at scenarios such as in-device embedding, mobile platforms, and narrow workspaces. It has a working radius of 425 mm, a body weight of 3.6 kg, a rated payload of 2 kg, and repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.1 mm; it uses a 24V power supply and typically draws no more than 100 W. The product features fully in-house-developed automotive-grade joint modules with an MTBF of 50,000 hours, and offers embeddable, integrable six-axis manipulation capability for scenarios including education and research, new retail services, industrial 3C, and mobile operation platforms.
The RISC-V China Summit was held in Shenzhen on October 19. At the event, Alibaba Damo Academy released the automotive-grade enhanced processor XuanTie E908A, which it says is the first RISC-V CPU IP to simultaneously meet ASIL-B and ASIL-D standards, with a single-point fault metric (SPFM) exceeding 90%, targeting scenarios such as safety islands, domain controllers, and in-vehicle gateways.
Strutt has released details of laboratory durability and reliability testing for its ev¹ smart everyday mobility vehicle. Testing was conducted under a 350 lbs (160 kg) load and included a double-drum durability test (2 million revolutions.
Traditional security automation falls short in unstructured environments and unpredictable risks. UniX AI Panther, a facility patrol robot. Powered by UniTac, UniCortex, and UniFlex. Patrol. Detect. Respond. Report.
Fa'ao Robotics announced at the 2026 China International Industry Fair that it has completed its C+ and D funding rounds, with a cumulative scale of nearly 1 billion yuan. Investors include Meituan Dragon Ball, Yongxin Capital, Shishan Phase II, and Suzhou Venture Capital, among others. The funds will be invested in expanding production capacity for core components and in scaling up R&D for industrial embodied intelligence.
SUPCON's independently developed Universal Control System (UCS) has been successfully commissioned in the intelligent upgrade of Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium's 300,000-ton ethylene-based PVC plant, making it the first large-scale UCS deployment in China's ethylene-based PVC industry; meanwhile, the TPT time-series large model has won the bid and entered the deployment and implementation phase.
Why it matters: The original article provides details on the retrofit window and delivery, and the transferable point is how software-hardware decoupling plus skid-mounted prefabrication can compress serial work into parallel work.
osrf/rocker has released version v0.4.0, fixing an issue in how the User extension is handled when the invoking user has no groups, and adding the ability to override the home directory in the User extension. The nvidia extension now adds support for the ubuntu 26.04 distribution, and a spelling error was also corrected. This update includes 4 changes from 4 contributors, 4 of whom are first-time contributors.
TDK announced that its InvenSense PositionSense nine-axis motion sensing solution is now available globally, primarily targeting humanoid robots, drones, smart glasses, and mobile devices.
At the RISC-V China Summit, DAMO Academy XuanTie released a processor product roadmap for autonomous driving and embodied intelligence, pushing RISC-V into new domains. Through architectural innovation, software compatibility, and ecosystem collaboration, XuanTie RISC-V processors improve performance in areas such as Agentic AI and servers, driving high-performance RISC-V from "usable" to "reliable" and toward large-scale mass production deployment.
DJI recently released its first automatic battery-swap unmanned platform, DJI Dock 4, equipped with the Matrice 5TD drone and O4 ground station. After the drone lands, the battery swap is completed in 25 seconds and it takes off again within 45 seconds; a single sortie has an endurance of 59 minutes, and it can operate in environments from -40°C to 50°C.
Striding AI launches a physical AI solution for 24/7 retail. H1 humanoid robot · C1 transport robot · M1 management platform 🧠 World model + reinforcement learning + embodied agents—enabling robots to perceive, plan, and execute in stores, supporting 24/7 operations. 🏪 📹 https://youtu.be/M3lAuI1YxYk
Geek+ RoboShuttle Hyper climbing robot will debut at CeMAT Asia 2026 (November 3-6, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Hall N1, Booth A3-2), with throughput exceeding 6,000 cases/hour per 1,000 m² and the Max workstation exceeding 800 cases/hour.
Heli Yufeng has designated semiconductors as a strategic focus industry, entering through "stereoscopic warehousing + AGV transport and delivery" and relying on products such as AGVs, RGV, stacker cranes, hoists, and automated storage cabinets to gradually extend into areas including transfer, sorting, loading, and campus distribution. Deployed projects cover scenarios such as semiconductor manufacturing back-end logistics, semiconductor material storage, and connector sorting, providing related enterprises with intelligent warehousing, conveying, and sorting system support. Leveraging the industrial resources of its parent company Anhui Heli, the company is exploring integrated applications of embodied intelligence and semiconductor logistics scenarios.
At the 2026 Bay Area Semiconductor Industry Ecology Expo (Shenzhen), Youibot exhibited multi-form mobile manipulation robots under its "one brain, multiple forms" architecture. The OW12-300 and ATS6F jointly demonstrated a 12-inch wafer pod handling process, while the OW8-350 performed on-site material grasping and handling; both were live dynamic demonstrations with actual robots. Its solutions cover the entire industry chain, from large-size silicon wafers, photomasks, and third-generation semiconductor substrates to packaging and testing, with a focus on cleanliness level, low vibration, and high-precision positioning. The booth is at 9C14, and the exhibition runs October 14-16.
The author has open-sourced 42 customizable Gazebo and Blender simulation worlds for testing and benchmarking navigation, exploration, LiDAR, and robot model configurations. The repository is mertgulerx/world-collection and is licensed under Apache 2.0.
Shining 3D has launched the FreeScan Combo Wireless series of wireless metrology-grade dual light source handheld 3D scanners, including the FreeScan Combo+ Wireless and FreeScan Combo Wireless. The body has a net weight of 550g, features a built-in wireless transmission module and battery, comes standard with 3 swappable batteries, and supports an external power bank.
PNP Robotics has completed real-world validation of a dexterous hand control system driven by surface electromyography (EMG) signals on the Franka collaborative robotic arm platform, achieving synchronized control of a 7-DOF robotic arm and a multi-joint dexterous hand. The system decodes EMG intent in real time, capturing neuromuscular activation before movement occurs, enabling adaptive grasping and fine in-hand manipulation. Compared with traditional control that relies on preprogrammed trajectories and joystick teleoperation, EMG intent control requires no rigid programming and is suited to unstructured, dynamic manipulation scenarios.
At PACK EXPO 2026, JLS Automation launched JLS VISION AI, an AI-driven machine vision system developed specifically for integration into some of its JLS robotic packaging systems; it is not a standalone device and does not support retrofits to third-party equipment.
Agility Robotics says its upcoming humanoid robot Digit 5 will use Nyobolt batteries, achieving 90 minutes of operation on a 9-minute charge; the 10:1 run-to-charge time ratio target supports more than 20 hours of effective working time per day for warehouse and manufacturing scenarios. Early-access deployments are planned for the first half of 2027, and the company has not disclosed battery capacity, cycle-life ratings, or independent real-machine test results.
Hiwonder's Tonybot and TonyPi Pro are two humanoid robot platforms aimed at AI learning. The former is based on ESP32 with 17 degrees of freedom, focusing on low-barrier entry via Scratch/Arduino/Python and on servo and sensor teaching; the latter is based on Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 with 20 degrees of freedom, equipped with a 2-DOF head vision gimbal and openable claws, and is aimed at OpenCV and MediaPipe vision and embodied scenario demonstrations.
The author achieved drone flight with a single motor. The propeller hub is 3D-printed in PPA-CF and features hinges; when the motor accelerates, the blades lag, causing one side to pitch up and the other to pitch down. Through torque pulses timed to the rotor angle 300 times per second, the same motor controls both pitch and roll.
The Unitree Technology Exhibition Center was recently completed and opened in Building 3 of the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area Science and Technology Development Center. Its first-floor exhibition hall covers 1,189.04 square meters and features a static display area and six functional experience zones. The static area displays complete humanoid robots and quadruped biomimetic robots as well as self-developed components such as servo joints and dexterous hands; the experience area demonstrates scenarios including quadruped robots climbing over obstacles, humanoid robot boxing matches, industrial material sorting, power equipment inspection, and robot crosstalk, covering consumer, industrial, power, and entertainment fields.
The Dense-Armor project has open-sourced the SONAR (SGD-based One-Class Novelty detection with Approximate RBFs) module, which uses random Fourier features (RFF) to approximate an RBF kernel and adds strongly convex regularization, allowing the one-class boundary to be updated per sample via online SGD to detect whether robot joint residuals deviate from a healthy state.
A 4-DOF 3D-printed DIY robotic arm has for the first time successfully recognized an opponent's moves via camera and autonomously completed a game of Nine Men's Morris. Joints J1-J3 use POM gears from Tarot 450 helicopter main gears paired with NEMA 14 stepper motors, J4 is driven by an RC servo, and the gripper is made of flexible TPU; the controller is a BTT SKR Pico 3D printer board with TMC2209 drivers supporting sensorless homing.
Scott Technology launched the compact high-capacity palletizer NexPAL 200HL at PACK EXPO 2026, aimed at manufacturers with limited factory space; it can handle 35+ cases per minute and takes up 25% less floor space than comparable solutions.
RZ Li, founder of Petoi and creator of the open-source OpenCat quadruped framework (started in 2016), modified the Quaddle with a 3D-printed base and adjusted its gait so it walks on two legs, without changing the robot body or software. The author asks developers of small bipedal robots whether gait is tuned manually or first trained in simulation.
The RoboParty RP1 is a full-stack open-source humanoid robot for robotics researchers, featuring modular hands and head, real-time VR teleoperation, stair climbing, parkour, 5kg lifting, hot-swappable batteries, and 240W fast charging. The original article includes a demo video link.
A small quadruped robot tested its mobility on loose gravel terrain and, through continuous trial and error, discovered new ways of moving, including rolling across gravel patches. When a maneuver fails, it can rely on the built-in IMU's Auto Mode to automatically right itself; this mode uniformly handles tilting, falling, being lifted or set down, and impact detection.
Bolzoni reach forks use hydraulic control to extend and retract the forks, allowing the operator to adjust fork length from inside the cab. They support single-side loading and unloading, double-deep high-density storage, and handling of pallets in multiple sizes. The forks use special nylon sliders and smooth outer edges to reduce friction and protect cargo. An optional camera mounted on the inner side of the right fork sleeve transmits images via Wi-Fi to a display in the cab to assist observation during operation. The product is sold by Bolzoni (Wuxi) Forklift Attachments Co., Ltd.
Hangcha Group's LINGTRA AI-Fork full series of smart forklift robots will be launched at CeMAT ASIA 2026 Booth W5-A1, and visitors are invited to attend and witness the event.
At the 26th China International Industry Fair, SIASUN DUCO Robots won the CIIF Robot Award for its intelligent material handling system for the semiconductor final test process. The system uses an integrated air-ground collaborative transfer architecture and provides a material handling solution for the semiconductor final test process.
The author has open-sourced robot-release-check v0.1, an offline tool for checking whether the acceptance evidence in a robot delivery package is consistent with the final delivery version (https://github.com/llorix218/robot-release-check).
LiYan1919810/yuegang5-robotic-arm released v0.4.0, adding pause/resume and serial-port speed adjustment for drawing/straight-line tasks (H/L keys adjust TURN_INTERVAL by ±5ms). Button one changed from looped execution to one playback per press; action groups A/B/C refactored into a two-stage handoff; teaching z compensation changed to per-point independent compensation based on the first point. The program grew from 1211 lines to 1298 lines; pause stability and handoff smoothness still await real-world testing.
Fieldproof v0.3.0 was released on 2026-10-16, reorganizing the code repository into a monorepo layout with a buildable, tested package for each layer (#18). This is a bug-fix release: the engine version is now read from version.txt, so releases no longer require re-locking the version (#20).