Robotics & Automation
Robotics & Automation news — Tuesday 06 October 2026
10 stories from 2 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon exec Rohit Prasad as new CEO
Robotics Business Review
Rohit Prasad is Boston Dynamics’ new CEO. | Source: Boston Dynamics It’s been nearly nine months since Robert Playter, the former CEO of Boston Dynamics, stepped down. The company today named Rohit Prasad as its new CEO, effective…
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Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon exec Rohit Prasad as new CEO
The Robot Report
Rohit Prasad is Boston Dynamics’ new CEO. | Source: Boston Dynamics It’s been nearly nine months since Robert Playter, the former CEO of Boston Dynamics, stepped down. The company today named Rohit Prasad as its new CEO, effective…
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Pegasus 1.6 brings video understanding to physical AI, says TwelveLabs
The Robot Report
Pegasus provides temporal context, spatial reasoning, and judgement on whether a task was completed. Source: TwelveLabs As the physical world rapidly digitalizes, AI teams are gathering vast amounts of complex video, but transforming raw…
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Pegasus 1.6 brings video understanding to physical AI, says TwelveLabs
Robotics Business Review
Pegasus provides temporal context, spatial reasoning, and judgement on whether a task was completed. Source: TwelveLabs As the physical world rapidly digitalizes, AI teams are gathering vast amounts of complex video, but transforming raw…
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Sovereign AI, same landlord — thoughts on the physical AI race
The Robot Report
NVIDIA has partnered with Hugging Face to ensure its role in physical AI development. Source: NVIDIA The physical AI developers determined not to rely on NVIDIA have had some wins lately. OpenAI shipped its own chip. Anthropic stood up an…
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Sovereign AI, same landlord — thoughts on the physical AI race
Robotics Business Review
NVIDIA has partnered with Hugging Face to ensure its role in physical AI development. Source: NVIDIA The physical AI developers determined not to rely on NVIDIA have had some wins lately. OpenAI shipped its own chip. Anthropic stood up an…
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FireDome builds autonomous ‘artillery’ for wildfire defense
Robotics Business Review
The FireDome launcher is fully autonomous, designed to launch projectiles containing water or fire retardant up to 1,000 ft. from the launcher. | Credit: FireDome In wildfire country, minutes matter, but current fire technology still stops…
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FireDome builds autonomous ‘artillery’ for wildfire defense
The Robot Report
The FireDome launcher is fully autonomous, designed to launch projectiles containing water or fire retardant up to 1,000 ft. from the launcher. | Credit: FireDome In wildfire country, minutes matter, but current fire technology still stops…
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Overview AI launches OV Spark line of AI inspection cameras
Robotics Business Review
The OV Spark in production at MEC. | Source: Overview AI Overview AI today launched the OV Spark and OV Spark Pro. The new cameras make up a new line of AI inspection cameras with an agentic AI layer that answers questions in plain…
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Overview AI launches OV Spark line of AI inspection cameras
The Robot Report
The OV Spark in production at MEC. | Source: Overview AI Overview AI today launched the OV Spark and OV Spark Pro. The new cameras make up a new line of AI inspection cameras with an agentic AI layer that answers questions in plain…