[New] In 2026, robotics will move from exploratory pilots to structured early adoption across the print production floor, driven by rising costs, persistent labour challenges, and growing demand for faster turnaround and 24/7 output.
Automate
[New] In Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the investment in autonomous logistics and manufacturing is carried out within the scope of Vision 2030, with procurement of robotics technologies linked to initiatives related to industrial diversification.
Kaiso Research and Consulting
[New] Amazon is investing more than €10 billion to expand and modernize European fulfillment centers with new robotics and will add 25,000 more jobs.
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Embodied AI expands startup opportunities into robotics, logistics, edge devices, maintenance, and physical-world reasoning.
Mean CEO's BLOG
Future AI systems will instead rely on world models that learn abstract representations of physics, causality, and consequences, enabling planning, reasoning, and adaptation in real-world environments like robotics, healthcare, factories, and industrial systems.
Radical Data Science
Increasing hyperscale data centers globally is projected to accelerate the deployment of advanced robotics systems for infrastructure management and automation tasks.
Precedence Research
Emerging Startup Trends Beyond 2026 The next generation of IoT innovation will focus on highly autonomous ecosystems powered by AI, quantum computing, advanced robotics, and predictive intelligence.
Differ
NVIDIA has already announced its next-generation GR00T N2 robotics foundation model, building on the widely used GR00T N1.7, which is expected to appear later in 2026.
ETF Trends
On the Q1 2026 earnings call, Tesla declared it will convert the Fremont, California factory to humanoid robot production in Q2 2026, phasing out the Model S and Model X assembly lines to build a robotics plant targeting one million units per year at full capacity.
Medium
Agents plus world models could converge into systems that plan, simulate, and act, especially when paired with embodied robotics.
Medium
The 2026-2030 five-year plan emphasises support for industrial and technological development, particularly artificial intelligence, 6G technology, robotics, quantum computing and industries supporting the green transition. / China
BOFIT
Japan: Frictionless retail infrastructure demand in Japan is expected to grow at 22.6% CAGR through 2036 due to increasing investments in retail robotics, smart vending systems, AI-powered convenience retail, and autonomous store automation technologies.
FactMr
The 2027 will see HII and GrayMatter Robotics test the integration of systems into shipyards.
Business Insider
To incentivize OEMs to re-tool their plants for high-mix, low-volume assembly, Ontario and Ottawa could co-create a capital cost offset fund and allow full immediate expensing of investments in automation, robotics, and digital manufacturing systems.
RBC
Automation and robotics could lead to a world where fewer workers build more vehicles.
RBC
Tesla plans to spend $25 billion by 2026 to boost its AI, robotaxi, and robotics efforts, including the Optimus robot and the Cybercab autonomous vehicle.
Whalesbook
The Underwater Robotics and Autonomy Forum will focus on sector-agnostic robotic applications and emerging technologies capable of operating beyond human capability, supporting the UK's ambition to strengthen its position as a global leader in subsea robotics.
Ocean News & Technology
We expect autonomous driving and robotics will become widespread as services within the next five years, and the focus of AI will shift from training toward inference.
SoftBank News. Bringing IT closer to home.
NVIDIA has already announced its next-generation GR00T N2 robotics foundation model, building on the widely used GR00T N1.7, which is expected to appear later this year.
ETF Database
In collaboration with Boston Dynamics, Hyundai Motor plans to enhance the fan experience by bringing robotics to the upcoming World Cup.
Hyundai
Amazon Research Awards' 2030 Call funds AI for science, distributed systems, robotics, and security with up to $100K in unrestricted cash plus $70K in AWS credits, prioritizing work where conventional methods break down under operational complexity, latency, reliability, or safety requirements.
Impact Funding
Last updated: 25 June 2026
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