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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.

Siemens has entered into a collaboration with robotics company Humanoid to introduce artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robots into industrial environments, with technology support from Nvidia.

Skild AI has acquired Zebra Technologies’ robotics automation business, including the Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform, in a deal aimed at expanding its warehouse automation offering. The acquisition combines Skild AI’s robotics software with Zebra’s fleet orchestration system for warehouse operations.

Drones and robotic ground systems are taking on a larger operational role in Ukraine’s war effort. That was the message from President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week, when he used Ukraine’s Defense Industry Worker Day to highlight the growing importance of domestic defense technology and its relevance for Europe’s future security architecture.

Accenture has made an investment in General Robotics through Accenture Ventures and the two companies plan to work together on robotics systems for manufacturers, logistics operators and other asset-intensive industries.

Forrester said its list of top emerging technologies for 2026 points to a shift in artificial intelligence from software-based uses to applications in physical environments, with robots, vehicles and ambient computing among the areas beginning to affect how consumers communicate, work and shop.

At ERF 2026 in Stavanger, we caught up with Azmat Hossain of London-based Extend Robotics, a company building the software stack that lets humans supervise robots in dangerous places from the comfort of a VR headset.

During the annual Govtech dinner hosted by Dutch IT Leaders at Sociëteit De Witte in The Hague, ethical hacker Kevin Zwaan of Q-Cyber revealed how he managed to jailbreak the AI developed by Anthropic, the company behind Claude. What began as a research project ended as an incident that drew the attention of the police, the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco.