Emerging Tech

Agility Robotics first U.S. specialist humanoid maker to go public

Agility Robotics goes public, raises $455 million.

By Scarlett Evans • Nov. 12, 2026

Can robots ever be truly safe?

Hear from tech expert Steve Bigelow on why robot safety is a challenging pursuit and what still needs to happen to achieve future safety.

By Steve Bigelow • Nov. 12, 2026

Top 10 strategic tech trends for CIOs in 2027 from Gartner

Watch this episode of Tech News this Week for a look at Gartner's top 10 strategic technology trends for 2027 and how CIOs should respond.

By Kate Murray • Nov. 10, 2026

China’s block of SoftBank’s ABB purchase raises supply-chain questions

China’s block of SoftBank’s ABB purchase raises supply-chain questions for robotics components.

By Scarlett Evans • Nov. 10, 2026

Adobe marketing AI promises speed — but there’s no accounting for taste

Adobe's new AI agents can take on the drudgery of marketing production, but keeping the results from becoming slop is still a human job.

By Don Fluckinger • Nov. 10, 2026

How to keep robots and the people they serve safe

Explore how thoughtful safeguards and human oversight can keep robots safe while protecting the people who work and interact with them.

By Steve Bigelow • Nov. 5, 2026

Baidu’s new world model highlights value, challenge of physical AI

Baidu unveils world model to power its robotaxis.

By Esther Shittu • Nov. 4, 2026

Google Genie 4 brings world models closer to robot and AI testing

Google Genie 4 could help enterprises test robots and AI agents in virtual environments, but simulation accuracy remains a hurdle.

By Kinza Yasar • Nov. 2, 2026

Honda demonstrates remote-controlled robot for complex physical tasks

Honda’s remote-controlled robotic system illustrates how remote human control could help robotics developers deploy machines before AI can reliably handle complex physical tasks on its own.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 27, 2026

Welcome to TechTarget AI

New look, same trusted voice. At TechTarget AI, we focus on real-world AI implementation, prioritizing the considerations and developments that truly matter for enterprises.

By Jen English , Shaun Sutner • Oct. 27, 2026

Siemens, Nvidia deploy industrial AI to reduce engineering effort

The partners are using digital twins and AI agents as part of a roadmap to create AI-powered manufacturing facilities.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 23, 2026

Prompt: AI moves beyond the screen

Physical AI is pushing artificial intelligence into robots, factories and other real-world environments, where understanding language is only part of the challenge.

By Liz Hughes • Oct. 23, 2026

How Boston is becoming a physical AI hub

Robotics talent, customers and investment are concentrating in Boston, and what that means for the U.S. physical AI industry.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 19, 2026

Robot company bets touch, sound can give bots an edge over vision AI

Neura’s latest foundation model combines vision, touch and audio to improve robotic perception, but training it on enough real-world data could prove difficult.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 19, 2026

Musing about Muse’s new AI models, unruly DeepSeek

The social media giant tries to capitalize on, monetize its successful personal agent and maybe crack the business market. Chinese models go astray, like their U.S. counterparts.

By Shaun Sutner , Esther Shittu • Oct. 14, 2026

Humanoid bottlenecks emerge amid US-China tensions

Rising production volumes are increasing pressure on suppliers, while U.S.-China tensions could make it harder for Western manufacturers to secure alternatives to Chinese suppliers.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 12, 2026

Humanoid hard sell: building robots for the manufacturing age

Where humanoid publicity outpaces reality, why purpose-built machines deserve more attention and how the West can get automation onto the factory floor.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 5, 2026

EmTech Future 2026: Quantum sensing is here, more to come

Quantum technology feels like it's just within our reach. Advancements in quantum sensing show that we're much closer than we might think. But there's still progress to be made.

By Everett Bishop • Oct. 5, 2026

Human augmentation is closer than we think, experts say

Researchers at EmTech Future shared current progress in robotics and human augmentation, as well as their vision for human-AI symbiosis and the growing potential of humanity.

By Everett Bishop • Oct. 2, 2026

Nuclear renaissance is hyperscaler PR hype, experts agree

Nuclear power promises carbon-free, round-the-clock energy for critical infrastructure and now perhaps data centers. The problem? We've heard talk of a nuclear renaissance before.

By Everett Bishop • Sept. 25, 2026

Lack of training data stifling humanoid bot development

AI models train on information available on the internet. Robots can’t do that.

By Shaun Sutner , Esther Shittu • Sept. 22, 2026

Humanoid robot boom boosts cobot supply

Cobot shipments to humanoid manufacturers are expected to jump this year, as robot makers increasingly outsource hardware.

By Scarlett Evans • Sept. 16, 2026

Fully driverless robotaxis now operating in Europe

The trial is the first of its kind on the continent.

By Graham Hope, Contributing Writer • Sept. 14, 2026

What it finally takes to make quantum commercially viable

Turns out quantum computing still has several missing links on the road to commercial viability, including better fault tolerance, lower error rates and more qubits per system.

By Ed Scannell • Sept. 10, 2026

Making space for spatial computing

Construct spatial computing programs through evidence, not hype. Use this roadmap to ensure that workflow selection is the starting point, not device selection.

By Damon Garn • Sept. 2, 2026