For Marco Eggerling, Chief Information Security Officer at UiPath, security is baked into every line of code the company ships. Speaking at the recent industry event UiPath Fusion, Eggerling outlined how the automation software giant approaches the challenge of delivering products that customers can trust, and why the conversation around AI and enterprise security is still missing a critical piece.

While ERF 2026 was still under way in Stavanger, the team behind the 2028 edition was already making its pitch. Athens will host the European Robotics Forum in 2028, with the University of Patras leading the organisation. The central theme — Europe at a Crossroads, Empowered by Robotics — is designed to speak directly to the economic pressures currently facing European industry.

Germany’s NEURA Robotics is has reportedly completed one of the largest funding rounds seen so far in European robotics. Bloomberg reported in early March that the company was raising about €1 billion in a round that would value the humanoid robotics developer at around €4 billion. A month later, Bloomberg referred to that round again as a completed fact in a broader article on Europe’s position in humanoid robotics.

The U.S. Navy has tested AeroVironment’s LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) during a live-fire event in the Atlantic Ocean.  According to the company, its palletized LOCUST Laser Weapon System was demonstrated aboard the carrier in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. During the test, the system detected, tracked, engaged and neutralized multiple unmanned aerial vehicles.

NEURA Robotics has entered a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to build out the infrastructure and training systems needed to scale so-called Physical AI, with AWS set to serve as NEURA’s primary cloud provider. As part of the agreement, AWS will host NEURA’s Neuraverse platform, which supports robot training, real-time data processing and shared intelligence across fleets. NEURA’s training environment, NEURA Gym, will also integrate with AWS tools such as Amazon SageMaker to help streamline training pipelines that combine real-world sensor data with simulated environments.

Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics won the Beijing Yizhuang Robot Warrior Challenge with its humanoid robot, Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, completing the course without human intervention and receiving the Warrior Intelligent Mobility Award.

Eindhoven was the setting for UiPath Fusion Benelux, an event centered around the latest developments in automation and agentic AI. Rocking Robots produced this video report covering the themes on everyone’s mind: from the organizational challenges surrounding AI to security, and from return on investment to automation in practice.

AGIBOT introduced a range of robotic platforms and artificial intelligence models as it moves to expand deployment of embodied AI in operational settings. The company presented four main hardware systems and outlined eight AI models covering motion control, task execution, simulation, and human interaction. The models are designed to be deployed with the company’s systems and updated using data collected during real-world operation.

Gom Schoonhouden B.V. is set to deploy cleaning robots from Pudu Robotics in Europe. This makes the company the first user on the continent of scrubber-dryer robots from the PUDU BG1 series. The rollout will take place through Fulin Robot Technologie B.V. The PUDU BG1 series uses an AI-driven system that analyses its surroundings and responds accordingly. Instead of following fixed routes, the robots adjust their cleaning behaviour based on what they encounter.

FANUC will use Interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf to present a range of robotics and automation systems for processing and packaging applications.  Its Interpack presentation will focus on automation across the production flow, from goods receipt and depalletising to process-integrated automation, packaging and palletising. The company said it will also show systems for downstream packaging tasks such as quality assurance.