Updates on Factory Automation

Every AI story we track on Factory Automation: 13 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

Formic raises $50M to bring general-purpose robots to US factories

The Next Web

FOCUS: Hyundai Motor steps up physical AI push amid Chinese competition, stock slump

Kyodo News

This month

Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks

TechCrunch

Toyota’s $6.4bn robotics estimate puts physical AI in focus

AI News (TechForge)

Nissan's AI-powered factory robots can haul 4,000 pounds — and call each other for backup

Business Insider
Robotics5 min read

Nissan's in-factory AI cameras track how factory workers bend, walk, and build cars

Business Insider
Robotics4 min read

Blackstone invests in South Korea’s Futronic to ride the robotics boom

The Next Web
Robotics4 min read

An F1 aerodynamicist just raised $55m to teach factory robots, using footage of people doing chores

The Next Web
Robotics3 min read

Walden Robotics launches with $300M, and its factory humanoids have no legs

The Next Web

Rotomate raises €2.1M pre-seed to put a reliability engineer inside every factory

The Next Web

A humanoid robot passed an eight-hour factory shift at Siemens’ Erlangen plant

The Next Web

Accenture bets on General Robotics to unify factory AI across robot brands

The Next Web

With Sift Stack, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor

TechCrunch
That's everything we have on Factory Automation right now