MassRobotics FCC Survey. Robotics firms split down the middle on the ban
Ask a room full of robotics companies whether Washington has just handed them a gift or a bill, and the…
Pressure Sensors for Robot Grippers. Why Feeling Beats Squeezing Harder
A robot fumbles a part, and the reflex diagnosis is always the same — the gripper is too weak, crank…
UQ Paraborg. The rescue cockroach that arrives carrying a loaded syringe
Picture yourself pinned under rubble after an earthquake, and the first thing that reaches you is a cockroach with wires…
ARM Institute. Nearly $90 million to put robots into America’s arsenals
Nearly $90 million has landed at the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and none of it is going toward…
Enovis and eCential Robotics. A US$180 million bet on the operating room
Orthopedics specialist Enovis is buying its way into the most contested corner of the operating room. On September 1, 2026,…
The Robot Report Startup Radar 2026. Young robotics firms have until October 6
Every year a new crop of robotics companies crawls out of university labs, accelerators and rented industrial units, and every…
Lattice MachXO5-NX TDQ. The FPGA standing guard over physical AI
A modern robot is a computer with actuators, and it inherits every weakness of the software stack feeding it —…
Lyte LyteVision. A $165 million bet on robots that see the world straight
Most robotics startups burn their funding on models. Lyte AI is spending it on the layer underneath — the sensors…
Robot.com R-Kiwi. Seven Years of Campus Sidewalks With Sodexo
Seven-year contracts are rare in a business where most autonomy pilots quietly expire after two semesters. Robot.com — the San…
Medtronic and Cornerstone Robotics. A $700 million bet on surgical robots
Medtronic has taken a roughly $700 million stake in Cornerstone Robotics, the Hong Kong-based surgical robotics firm behind the Sentire…
