This week's Automate 2026 trade show has become a launchpad for a wave of new AI-powered robots and automation tools, with multiple companies racing to announce products on the same stage.
According to SiliconAngle, Automate is North America's largest robotics and automation trade show, hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation. As AI Insider notes, robotics and automation companies are using the event to announce new technology and products.
The lineup spans the factory and beyond. Doosan Robotics unveiled an AI palletizing solution called PalletizHD+, according to PR Newswire. SiliconAngle reports that Intrinsic introduced a next-generation, accessible modular system for automated industrial AI robotic assembly.
Mantis Robotics debuted its MR-X dual-arm robot, which TMCnet describes as a high-performing, fenceless machine that lifts up to 70 lbs at industrial speeds in a compact footprint, designed for deployment without safety cages. Meanwhile, PR Newswire reports that Vention and FANUC America have joined forces to bring industrial robots onto Vention's AI-driven hardware and software platform, expanding it from collaborative robotics to industrial robot applications.
The AI robotics push extends into healthcare too. The Tribune (India) reports that Kody Technolab secured an exclusive worldwide manufacturing mandate for its Medigo range of AI-powered healthcare screening robots, through a multi-year tripartite agreement involving Falcon Tech Robotics LLC in the UAE.
A common thread runs through the announcements: making automation more capable, more flexible, and easier to deploy. Mantis's fenceless design and Vention's expanded platform both point toward robots that can work in more places with less specialized setup.
Why it matters: the cluster of AI robotics launches at Automate 2026 signals how quickly artificial intelligence is moving from software into physical machines that move goods, build products, and screen patients.