April 22, 2026 | AI | AI & Machine Learning

AI in Predictive Maintenance: A Second Verse, Supporting the First

For the past few years, AI has been the big new buzzword. Countless big tech hype men have gotten on stage and made a lot of very lofty promises about how AI will completely transform all our lives. This new tech is the next industrial revolution. It will allow you to manage your factory lines and predict tomorrow’s needs with unprecedented precision. It will fundamentally change how we do business from now on. And you don’t want to be left behind! Read More

Festo Didactic Focuses on Workforce Training at MODEX 2026

As automation accelerates across intralogistics and warehouse operations, many companies face a growing challenge: deploying increasingly advanced systems without enough skilled technicians to install, operate and maintain them. Festo Didactic addressed the workforce challenge at MODEX 2026 by featuring training solutions designed to build the automation skills needed to keep material-handling systems running. Read More

AI & Machine Learning Roundup

Athena Launches FabOrchestrator

Athena Technology Solutions, a provider of advanced MES solutions, announced the launch of FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI foundry designed to transform factory operations. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

GrayMatter Robotics to Develop AI-Powered Robotic System for Air Force

GrayMatter Robotics has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, to develop an autonomous robotic system for the precision sanding of canopies. Read More

End-to-End Meal Production Automation

High-mix food manufacturers run dozens of SKUs daily, each with different ingredients, portion sizes, tray positions, and placement requirements. Traditional depositors cannot accommodate this variety efficiently, requiring long changeover times, while manual assembly in cold rooms imposes physical demands and persistent staffing difficulties. AI-enabled robotic assembly and advanced packaging technology from Chef Robotics and Packline address these challenges. Read More

Wiliot Gen3 IoT Pixel Powers AI Decisionmaking

Wiliot's Gen3 Pixel advances the capabilities of the company's ambient IoT architecture and the Wiliot Intelligence Platform – the AI engine that converts IoT Pixel data into continuous visibility and automated operational intelligence. Read More