FANUC’s Physical AI Moment at IMTS 2026: What Mobile Cobots Mean for Israeli Factories
Physical AI Just Left the Lab and Walked Onto the Shop Floor At IMTS 2026 in Chicago this month, FANUC America pulled back the curtain on what it calls “Physical AI” — and for once, the buzzword comes with hardware to back it up. The headline demo wasn’t a bigger robot or a faster arm. […]
One Cobot, Ten Meters, Multiple Stations: FANUC’s New Linear Axis Rewrites the Math for Israeli Manufacturers
One Cobot, Ten Meters, Multiple Stations FANUC and Regal Rexnord just changed the math on collaborative robot deployment. The two companies have launched a fully integrated linear axis for FANUC’s CRX cobot line, built around Thomson’s Movotrak Cobot Transfer Unit (CTU). The result: a single cobot can now travel up to 10 metres along a […]
The End of the Line Is Where Automation Pays First: Palletizing’s AI Moment
While the robotics press chases humanoids and foundation models, the most consequential automation story of the past month has been unfolding at the least glamorous station in the plant: the end of the line. In the space of a few weeks, Doosan Robotics launched an AI-driven palletizing package, igus introduced a new palletizing cobot platform […]
Humanoids Are Stealing the Headlines — Here’s the Automation That’s Actually Paying Off Right Now
BMW just put a humanoid robot to work on a real production line in Leipzig, following ten months in which Figure AI’s Figure 02 helped build more than 30,000 X3s at BMW’s Spartanburg plant in the US. A few weeks earlier, Automate 2026 in Chicago drew a record 50,000+ registrants and a dedicated Humanoid Robot […]
Robots Are Now a Cybersecurity Decision: What IFR’s 2026 Trends Mean for Israeli Manufacturers
Robots Are Now a Cybersecurity Decision The International Federation of Robotics has just named its top trends shaping the industry for 2026, and for the first time, cybersecurity sits alongside AI autonomy at the very top of the list — not as an afterthought, but as a core buying criterion. The reasoning is straightforward: as […]
The Robot You Never Build: Why Digital Twins Are Reshaping Automation Projects
The most important robot on your production floor next year may be one that never exists physically. Across the industry this month, the story has shifted away from new hardware and toward something less visible but far more consequential: the simulation layer that decides whether a robotic cell works before a single bolt is turned. […]
Global Robotics Leaders Just Aligned on Automation Policy — Why It Matters for Israeli Industry
Something unusual happened in the robotics world this month. On July 13, 2026, four of the industry’s most influential associations — A3 (the Association for Advancing Automation), the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Germany’s VDMA Robotics + Automation, and Spain’s AER Automation — signed a long-term commitment to push public policies that accelerate automation, industrial […]
No-Code Robot Deployment: Why FANUC’s New AI Platform Changes the Math for Israeli Manufacturers
For years, the single biggest obstacle to factory automation hasn’t been the robot itself—it’s been the weeks of specialist programming needed to make it useful. That barrier just got significantly lower. At Automate 2026 in Chicago, FANUC America and Vention announced an expanded collaboration that brings FANUC’s industrial and collaborative robots onto an AI-driven platform […]
How Long Until an Industrial Robot Pays for Itself? A Guide to Automation ROI
Industrial Automation ROI: When Does a Robot Pay Off?
FANUC’s New Ultra-Lightweight Welding Cobot Takes Aim at Israel’s Welder Shortage
The hardest welding job on many Israeli shop floors is no longer the weld itself — it is finding a certified welder to make it. With skilled welders aging out of the workforce faster than new ones arrive, manufacturers across metalworking, defense, and food equipment are leaving capacity on the table. FANUC’s newest collaborative robot, […]
