The number of industrial robot installations in the United States rose by 11% year-on-year, to reach 38,000 units in 2025. This significant recovery is driven by robust growth in the food industry and other non-manufacturing sectors. However, the automotive industry remains the largest adopter and reached 13,500 units, just 1% below last year’s result.
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ABB Robotics is collaborating with California bionics company, PSYONIC, to advance robotic gripping and dexterity using a new approach that utilizes real-world manipulation data from human prosthetic use. By combining the PSYONIC Ability Hand with an ABB GoFa cobot, the collaboration will explore how touch and motion data generated by human prosthetic use can be used to train robots to perform delicate, variable tasks that have traditionally been difficult to automate.
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China has launched its 15th Five-Year Plan by placing robotics at the heart of its modern industrial system. The aim is to pivot its AI research towards physical applications with robots as main drivers for economic growth.
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The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) has announced that its Model-Based Characteristics v1.0 (MBC 1.0), Persistent Identification and Related Digital Practices standard, designated as DMSC MBC v1.0 – 2026, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard (ANS), marking a significant milestone in the advancement of model-based engineering and digital manufacturing.
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4D1 has launched itsmillimeter-level 3D positioning and 6DoF (Six Degrees of Freedom) orientation system at the Automate Expo in Chicago.
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Lumafield, a leading manufacturing intelligence platform, has announced Neptune Performance and Triton Performance, a new tier of high-performance industrial X-ray CT scanning solutions that connects metrology-grade measurement in the engineering lab directly to automated, production-speed inspection on the factory floor.
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Metal additive manufacturing has a quality problem, but not the one people think. The industry doesn’t lack inspection methods. It lacks a credible, scalable inspection strategy. Too many teams are still trying to ‘buy certainty’ the same way they did in traditional manufacturing, inspect more, test more, document more. In metal AM, that instinct is understandable, and often self-defeating.
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The DeteX Smart Camera is purpose-built to address the demanding, high-tolerance requirements of several critical manufacturing verticals.
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Standard Bots, America’s largest manufacturer of AI-native, industrial robotics, recently announced a $200 million Series C funding round led by RoboStrategy and existing investors including General Catalyst at a $1 billion valuation, marking a major milestone for American robotics at a time when U.S. industry is racing to modernize.
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