Category Industry News

Banana Pi’s new BPI-AI2N module combines 15 TOPS edge AI compute with industrial I/O, highlighting new options for machine vision, quality control and traceability in welding cells.

Advances in adaptive grippers and sensing are making physical AI more usable in factories, with direct implications for robotic welding cells, cobot tending and fixture design.

A new industrial AI shift is moving from software and humanoids to task-specific machines, with direct implications for robotic welding cells, cobot deployment, and factory competitiveness.

Gravis Robotics has raised $200 million from SoftBank to expand autonomous heavy machinery in construction, highlighting broader investment momentum in field robotics and adjacent industrial automation.

Tate has scaled from manual welding to a 58-unit cobot welding network across three plants, highlighting how connected automation can raise throughput, quality, and labor flexibility.

igus has introduced a self-supporting twisterchain for industrial robots, designed to manage cables through more than 600° of rotation and simplify maintenance.

Context platforms are emerging as a governed layer that helps industrial AI agents work safely and reliably in production, with clear implications for robotic welding cells and cobot deployment.

Ency Software and Stäubli Robotics have signed a global agreement aimed at faster, more accessible robot programming, with clear implications for welding cell deployment and changeovers.

CamThink’s NeoEyes NE503 brings 20 TOPS of on-device AI and 4K vision to industrial inspection, with potential gains for 3D guidance, weld quality control, and low-latency automation.

RealSense’s new D585 depth camera combines on-device AI, 20 m range and close-range sensing, with implications for robotic welding, seam tracking and flexible cell automation.