Automation Articles for Manufacturers and Engineers

A montage of food ingredients being picked by chef robots.

Chef Robotics Completes 100 Million Servings in Production

The food robotics and physical AI company continues to build its in-production deformable material training data

Chef Robotics announced its robots have completed 100 million servings in production at customer facilities. According to the company's release, this is an order of magnitude more than all other food robotics companies combined, and Chef now holds the world's largest real-world food manipulation dataset and more in-production deformable material training data than any other physical AI company.

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Hannover Messe 2026

Automation is the key to efficiency and competitiveness. At HANNOVER MESSE, the focus is on intelligent systems, sensor technology, and networked control technologies, as well as PLCs, DCS, SCADA systems, motion control, industrial PCs, embedded systems, and electric drives. These technologies ensure quality and enable intelligent, networked processes—across industries and with an eye to the future.

Nord to Exhibit at Modex 2026

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has announced their participation in MODEX 2026. From April 13–16 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, NORD will showcase their latest advancements in high-efficiency gear motors, intelligent electronic control products, and modular automation solutions designed to optimize throughput and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Attendees are invited to visit Booth B14136 to talk with experts and discover how NORD’s decentralized technology is redefining reliability in modern warehousing and distribution centers.

ROBOTICS

DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group Partner on Next-Generation Physical AI for Robotics

DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics LAB have announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop a next-generation physical AI computing platform for advanced robotics. The platform will be capable of running large-scale generative AI models in real time within robotic systems, with the goal of building an integrated physical AI platform purpose-built for robotics.

Delta's MOOV Series charging solutions support more than one million industrial vehicles worldwide.

Delta Showcases Integrated Automation and Smart Charging at MODEX

At MODEX 2026, Delta demonstrated how industrial vehicle charging infrastructure, drive systems, robotics, machine vision, motion control, and intelligent control platforms can be combined to create fully integrated material flow solutions that support intelligent intralogistics operations.

MOTION CONTROL

The UR series of roller guides are being positioned as a direct upgrade over Hiwin’s existing models in the same field.

Hiwin Launches New UR Roller Guides With Improved Precision and Load Capacity

In what Hiwin called a “genuine performance booster for demanding applications,” the company recently touted their newest line of roller guides, the UR series. They have positioned the new product as a direct upgrade over their past roller guides, with better static load capacity, dynamic load capacity, and service life.

Schaeffler’s modular Ewellix EMA-80M linear actuator was specifically designed for the electric height adjustment of patient tables.

Schaeffler’s Ewellix EMA-80M Linear Actuator Designed for Patient Tables and Operating Tables

Firmly fixed on the medical industry, Schaeffler has added to their Ewellix line with the EMA-80M, a new, powerful linear actuator capable of pushing at a force of 20,000 Newtons. All that strength is being harnessed so that the EMA-80M can support a medical table solo, whereas most solutions require two. Among numerous other features, Schaeffler’s hope is to simplify the design of these products, and thus help manufacturers’ bottom line.

AI

Humanoid's HMND 01 Alpha on the shop floor at Siemens' Erlanger, Germany electronics manufacturing facility.

Siemens Tests Humanoid Robots at Electronic Factory

Siemens and the UK robot manufacturer Humanoid announced that Humanoid’s HMND 01 wheeled Alpha humanoid robot, built using the NVIDIA physical AI stack, has been successfully tested in operations at Siemens’ electronics factory in Erlangen, Germany, performing autonomous logistics tasks.

Featured image courtesy of ABB Robotics (top left), Skild AI (bottom left), Humanoid (top right) and Universal Robotics (bottom right).

NVIDIA Platform Powers Physical AI

NVIDIA is partnering with the global robotics ecosystem — including leading robot brain developers, industrial robot giants and humanoid pioneers — to power production-scale physical AI. NVIDIA also unveiled new NVIDIA Isaac simulation frameworks and new NVIDIA Cosmos and NVIDIA Isaac GR00T open models for the industry to develop, train and deploy the next generation of intelligent robots.