Motion Control

Yaskawa Electric and Softbank plan to enable human-robot collaboration and more tasks by integrating AI and communications. 

The bipedal robot expands Humanoid’s portfolio, following the wheeled Alpha platform, which has completed its first commercial POCs.

VUB spinoff AILOS Robotics said its patented gearbox heralds a new era for humanoids, cobots, and wearable robotics.

Flexion is using generative AI to build AI models that can automate tasks involving reasoning, writing, and creativity.

PI said its new H-815 hexapod robot is designed for automotive, electronics, photonics, and optics applications.

Learn about the history of Harmonic Drive with space robots, from the Mariner missions to exploration of Mars.

PickNik Robotics said this collaboration will help to address one of the central bottlenecks in AI and robotics development.

AgiBot said its Real-World Reinforcement Learning system lets robots learn new skills in minutes on a pilot production line.

Vention has rolled out AI Operator as it advances its Zero-Shot Automation strategy to making programming easier.

Check out the latest ag robotics from FIRA 2025, and hear about a new incubator called The Reservoir, with founder Danny Bernstein.

Augmentus has received a strategic investment from Applied Ventures to enable faster deployment, flexible parts handling, and time savings.

In this episode, we recap RoboBusiness 2025 and talk to 10 of the startups at the event to learn more about their systems.

The V-573 motion control family combines precision and speed for demanding research and production environments, according to PI.

Founded in 2015, MMI said it is developing robotic technology that pushes the limits of soft tissue open surgery.

Community colleges like Sierra College offer mechatronics programs that directly address the robotics industry’s labor shortage.

Cone Drive says its new Spinea cycloidal gearing series provides both precision and high torque density for industrial applications.

Each Kollmorgen Essentials motion system combines a servo drive, a servo motor, and a combined power/data cable.

Festo says its EHMD gripper can turn objects in small spaces, such as in lab automation, and it is showing its learning systems at Pack Expo.

The toolkit leverages imitation learning to eliminate the burdensome process of system configuration, CarbonSix said. 

Attendees can visit Booth #616 to explore CCTY’s full range of miniature bushings, crossed roller bearings, rod ends, linkages, and spherical plain bearings.

Canadian startup 4D1 says its T2 precise indoor positioning system provides AI-ready operational data for manufacturing automation.

At the end of 2024, Rethink Robotics relaunched with a portfolio of white-labeled cobots, AMRs, and MMRs from a German robotics startup.