Industry News

[#HM26] Phoenix Contact Showcases Integrated Energy Networks at Hannover Messe 2026

Phoenix Contact’s presence at Hannover Messe 2026 signals a shift toward highly integrated, AI-driven industrial ecosystems

BMW Leipzig Factory Redefines Manufacturing with ‘Physical AI’ and Humanoid Robots

BMW has introduced "Physical AI" through humanoid robots in its German factory, creating a safer and more efficient workplace where humans and robots collaborate.

NEURA Robotics and Qualcomm Form Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate ‘Physical AI’ and ‘Cognitive Robotics’

Robotics leader NEURA and chip giant Qualcomm joined forces to unveil advanced AI technology that allows humanoid robots to think and react instantly, accelerating the era of safe human-robot collaboration in homes and factories.

Giving Eyes to Process Automation: Endress+Hauser Revolutionizes PAT with SOPAT Acquisition

Endress+Hauser’s acquisition of SOPAT revolutionizes process analytical technology by integrating hybrid in-line sensing to enable real-time, zero-sample particle control and industrial-scale optimization.

Musk’s 2026 Warning and Proposal: “The Key to AGI Lies Not in Chips, But in the ‘Sun'”

Preparing for the AGI era arriving in 2026, Elon Musk identifies the combination of solar power and energy storage systems (ESS) as the sole rapid solution to the surging power demands of data centers, urgently calling for an acceleration in energy infrastructure development.

ams introduces VCSEL IR emitter family for industrial mass market 2/3D sensing

ams introduced a family of infrared VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) flood illuminators which help industrial manufacturers to develop new and innovative applications for robots, cobots, autonomous guided vehicles, and smart devices which perform 2D and 3D optical sensing.

Nanotronics’ new industrial AI software detects and classifies effects of interest

The new innovations include broad improvements to the nSpec® platform by adding two new AI models with improved performance and increased flexibility.

Semtech unveils digital baseband IC in LoRa Core portfolio for industrial verticals

New additions to the LoRa Core portfolio are a gateway baseband processor integrated with LoRa (SX1303) and an associated LoRa Corecell gateway reference design that supports the fine timestamp feature.

Soracom IoT connectivity pricing comes down by 30~60%

Soracom announced a new flat rate pricing plan that allows companies deploying IoT solutions in the U.S. and Canada to reduce overall connectivity costs 30 percent to 60 percent over other IoT connectivity providers.

Celera Motion unveils Aura absolute chip encoder series for cobots and robots

Celera Motion, a specialist in precision motion component and sub-system solutions and a business unit of Novanta Corporation added Aura Absolute Chip Encoder Series to its line of precision rotary and linear optical encoders with MicroE technology.

Ouster’s digital LiDAR sensors are shipped to Plus’ automated trucks

Plus signed a strategic customer agreement with Ouster which will provide its digital LiDAR sensors to outfit key elements of Plus’s automated truck system.

[Tech Watch] HARDSIL technology for industrial applications

HARDSIL® immunizes semiconductor devices against high temperature or radiation induced stresses without the need for special design techniques (RHBD) or expensive specialized semiconductor processes (RHBP).

II-VI unveils high-power and high-efficiency double-junction VCSEL arrays for next-generation 3D sensing

II‐VI announced its double-junction vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays, the first of its multi-junction VCSEL array platforms for next-generation world-facing 3D sensing applications.
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