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Festo has launched a stainless steel servo motor and electric cylinder designed for automation in food processing.

Festo has launched a stainless steel servo motor and electric cylinder designed for automation in food processing.

Drives & Motors

Festo targets hygienic automation with stainless steel motion system

October 14, 2026

Keysight Technologies has introduced a protocol testing platform for PCI Express (PCIe) 7.0, targeting high-speed interconnects.

Keysight Technologies has introduced a protocol testing platform for PCI Express (PCIe) 7.0, targeting high-speed interconnects.

Keysight launches PCIe 7.0 test platform for AI data centre systems

October 13, 2026

Texas Instruments has introduced an analogue-to-digital converter designed to detect power supply faults at nanosecond resolution.

Texas Instruments has introduced an analogue-to-digital converter designed to detect power supply faults at nanosecond resolution.

Texas Instruments targets AI data centre downtime with nanosecond-level monitoring chip

October 13, 2026

Industrial software company TwinThread has launched an AI-powered analytics solution designed to help manufacturers.

Industrial software company TwinThread has launched an AI-powered analytics solution designed to help manufacturers.

TwinThread targets batch production inefficiencies with AI analytics platform

October 10, 2026

Keysight Technologies has launched software-controlled switches designed to automate physical connections in network test laboratories.

Keysight Technologies has launched software-controlled switches designed to automate physical connections in network test laboratories.

Keysight launches automated test switches to modernise labs for AI and 6G

October 9, 2026

NVIDIA is using industrial robots to automate the assembly of its latest AI hardware, but research into the process has found that conventional robotics can outperform more sophisticated AI approaches when tackling some complex manufacturing tasks.

NVIDIA is using industrial robots to automate the assembly of its latest AI hardware, but research into the process has found that conventional robotics can outperform more sophisticated AI approaches when tackling some complex manufacturing tasks.

Robotics

NVIDIA finds conventional robotics can outperform AI in Blackwell assembly

October 8, 2026

German industrial robotics start-up RobCo has reached a valuation of more than $1bn after a funding transaction that also gives long-standing employees the opportunity to sell some of their shares, as the company prepares to expand its autonomous robotics business in the US.

German industrial robotics start-up RobCo has reached a valuation of more than $1bn after a funding transaction that also gives long-standing employees the opportunity to sell some of their shares, as the company prepares to expand its autonomous robotics business in the US.

Robotics

RobCo hits $1bn valuation as robotics start-up gives employees chance to cash out

October 8, 2026

Silicon Labs is expanding its developer platform with AI-assisted coding, open-source development and enterprise machine-learning tools as manufacturers look to add intelligence to increasingly constrained Edge devices.

Silicon Labs is expanding its developer platform with AI-assisted coding, open-source development and enterprise machine-learning tools as manufacturers look to add intelligence to increasingly constrained Edge devices.

Silicon Labs brings AI-assisted development to embedded IoT

October 7, 2026

SIGMATEK is expanding its S-DIAS automation platform with two new CPU modules designed to provide higher processing performance and hardware-based security for machine control applications.

SIGMATEK is expanding its S-DIAS automation platform with two new CPU modules designed to provide higher processing performance and hardware-based security for machine control applications.

Controllers (PLCs, PACs, IPCs)

SIGMATEK adds security-focused CPUs to S-DIAS platform

October 7, 2026

Microchip Technology and Navitas Semiconductor have developed an 800V DC-to-6V DC reference design aimed at helping data centre operators and equipment manufacturers develop higher-density power systems for AI infrastructure.

Microchip Technology and Navitas Semiconductor have developed an 800V DC-to-6V DC reference design aimed at helping data centre operators and equipment manufacturers develop higher-density power systems for AI infrastructure.

Microchip and Navitas develop 800V power platform for AI data centres

October 6, 2026

Connected machine data is helping Indian manufacturers detect equipment issues earlier, improve maintenance and integrate IIoT.

Connected machine data is helping Indian manufacturers detect equipment issues earlier, improve maintenance and integrate IIoT.

Software & Analytics

Industrial IoT in Indian manufacturing: what machine data means for maintenance and production

October 3, 2026

Emerson has launched a Rosemount gas analyser that combines laser-based and paramagnetic measurement technologies.

Emerson has launched a Rosemount gas analyser that combines laser-based and paramagnetic measurement technologies.

Emerson launches hybrid gas analyser for hazardous areas

October 2, 2026

Samsung is testing AI-enabled 5G networks with industrial robots as operators explore how AI RAN could support autonomous machines.

Samsung is testing AI-enabled 5G networks with industrial robots as operators explore how AI RAN could support autonomous machines.

Robotics

Samsung tests AI RAN with robots in shipyard and petrochemical plants

September 28, 2026

Visual Components has launched a viewport that brings NVIDIA’s Omniverse libraries and OpenUSD into its manufacturing simulation platform.

Visual Components has launched a viewport that brings NVIDIA’s Omniverse libraries and OpenUSD into its manufacturing simulation platform.

Software & Analytics

Visual Components brings NVIDIA Omniverse into factory simulation

September 28, 2026

The number of industrial robots operating in factories worldwide rose 9% to 5m units in 2025, according to new figures from the IFR.

The number of industrial robots operating in factories worldwide rose 9% to 5m units in 2025, according to new figures from the IFR.

Robotics

Five million industrial robots now operating in factories worldwide

September 26, 2026

EnerVenue has started production at what it describes as the world’s first high-volume manufacturing line for its Aqueous Metal Cell.

EnerVenue has started production at what it describes as the world’s first high-volume manufacturing line for its Aqueous Metal Cell.

Electrical & Connectivity

EnerVenue opens high-volume production line for aqueous metal cell battery

September 25, 2026

Optigo Networks has launched an AI assistant designed to help building automation teams diagnose operational technology network problems.

Optigo Networks has launched an AI assistant designed to help building automation teams diagnose operational technology network problems.

Software & Analytics

Optigo Networks launches AI assistant for OT network diagnostics

September 25, 2026

Robotics

Building industrial humanoids: the materials challenge

September 24, 2026

ABB has launched a portfolio of DC power technologies aimed at data centres facing rapidly rising electricity demand from AI workloads.

ABB has launched a portfolio of DC power technologies aimed at data centres facing rapidly rising electricity demand from AI workloads.

Electrical & Connectivity

ABB targets AI data centre power demand with new DC portfolio

September 23, 2026

Just 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide for industrial and professional service applications in 2025, according to the IFR .

Just 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide for industrial and professional service applications in 2025, according to the IFR .

Robotics

Just 7,000 humanoid robots sold worldwide in 2025

September 21, 2026