Education & Research Robot Manufacturer Industrial Manufacturing Logistics & Supply Chain Humanoid
Osaka Prefecture and i-RooBO Network Forum to Host ROBOYA Market Trends Seminar on October 7, 2026
Original from RobotStart.info: 大阪府とi-RooBO Network Forum、フィジカルAIとヒューマノイド市場を読み解く市場動向セミナーを10/7開催

Osaka Prefecture and i-RooBO Network Forum to Host ROBOYA Market Trends Seminar on October 7, 2026

Osaka Prefecture, in collaboration with the Robot Innovation Lab Osaka consortium, will hold the ROBOYA market trends seminar on October 7, 2026, at the Grand Green Osaka. The seminar, titled 'Physical AI Unlocking the Next Business: Insights from Foundational Models, Manufacturing Data, and Humanoids,' will also be streamed online via Zoom.

This seminar is significant as it addresses the evolving relationship between robots and AI across various industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and services. Experts will discuss the current state and future market opportunities for the practical application of Physical AI, focusing on foundational robot motion models, manufacturing data, and humanoid robots.

Attendees can expect insights from industry leaders, including Hirokazu Ishida from SB Intuitions, who will present on foundational models in Physical AI, and Jun Kuikei from Fairy Devices, who will discuss the importance of 'AI-Readiness' in real-world data for Physical AI. Networking opportunities and a tour of the ROBOYA robot development demonstration site will follow the seminar. No further timeline was disclosed at the time of publication.

Editor's Note

The upcoming seminar highlights the growing importance of Physical AI in various sectors, emphasizing its potential to transform business operations. As companies explore the integration of AI and robotics, understanding market trends and technological advancements will be crucial for strategic planning and investment decisions. The event also aligns with broader initiatives in the deep tech startup ecosystem.

RobotToday Initiative

Robotics needs a service framework.

RSF defines a common language for robot service capability, lifecycle operations, certification pathways, and service-provider networks.

Share

Related Articles/News

Antioch Secures $32 Million in Series A Funding to Enhance Physical AI Simulation Platform

Antioch Secures $32 Million in Series A Funding to Enhance Physical AI Simulation Platform

Antioch has successfully raised $32 million in Series A funding, led by Greylock, to advance its simulation platform tailored for robotics and autonomous systems. This funding will enable Antioch to enhance product development, hire additional engineering talent, and expand simulation capabilities across various physical AI applications, including drones ...

AI AI Funding & Investment Robotics
Scalabot Unveils HERON-World Model with Enhanced Multiplayer Mode for Robotics

Scalabot Unveils HERON-World Model with Enhanced Multiplayer Mode for Robotics

Scalabot has introduced the HERON-World Model, a new action-conditioned world model aimed at enhancing robotic understanding and future prediction capabilities. This model utilizes a three-tier data pyramid, incorporating real robot teleoperation data, simulation data, and first-person human operation videos to improve the robot's interaction with the env...

World Models Robotics AI
GMO AIR Launches New Service 'GMO LOOP for Physical AI' to Enhance Humanoid Robotics

GMO AIR Launches New Service 'GMO LOOP for Physical AI' to Enhance Humanoid Robotics

GMO AI & Robotics Co., part of the GMO Internet Group, has launched a new service called 'GMO LOOP for Physical AI' on September 8, 2026. This service utilizes operational data from humanoid robots to continuously improve their motion accuracy, addressing challenges such as the lack of real-world data and the Sim2Real gap. The importance of this service l...

AGIBOT's Humanoid Robots Win IFA Innovation Awards at IFA 2026

AGIBOT's Humanoid Robots Win IFA Innovation Awards at IFA 2026

AGIBOT's humanoid robots, the AGIBOT A3 and AGIBOT X2, were honored with the IFA Innovation Awards at IFA 2026. These awards highlight the robots' advancements in mobility, interaction, and multi-robot coordination, demonstrating their capabilities for practical applications in various sectors. The recognition from IFA and global tech media underscores th...

Humanoid Robots AI Robotics Innovation Awards
Physical Superintelligence Secures $58 Million to Advance AI Physics Platform Development

Physical Superintelligence Secures $58 Million to Advance AI Physics Platform Development

Physical Superintelligence (PSI) has successfully raised $58 million in seed funding, led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, to develop its AI-based physics platform named Emmy. This funding will enable PSI to recruit top talent and enhance its computational models aimed at optimizing data centers. The significance of this funding lies in PSI's ambition to ...

AI Funding & Investment AI Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Inbolt CEO to Address Physical AI Deployment Challenges at RoboBusiness 2023

Inbolt CEO to Address Physical AI Deployment Challenges at RoboBusiness 2023

Inbolt's CEO Rudy Cohen will present at RoboBusiness on October 20-21, discussing the deployment challenges of physical AI in robotics. He argues that the real bottleneck lies in the integration between perception and motion, rather than data availability. Cohen's insights are based on experiences from over 100 factories and extensive production data from...

Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence / Cognition Design / Development
Quadruped Robots Highlighted at IFA: China's Solution to Global Labor Shortages

Quadruped Robots Highlighted at IFA: China's Solution to Global Labor Shortages

At the 2026 IFA in Berlin, quadruped robots emerged as a significant focus, with Shenzhen's Xuanji Power winning the Best in IFA Next & Emerging Technologies award for its Hypertron-T01 heavy-duty quadruped robot. Unlike previous exhibitions showcasing dancing robots, Xuanji Power presented a product already operational in the field, capable of handling d...

Quadruped Robots Industrial Automation Robotics Technology
Neura Robotics and Seco Form Strategic Partnership for Physical AI and Robot Compute

Neura Robotics and Seco Form Strategic Partnership for Physical AI and Robot Compute

Neura Robotics and Seco have established a strategic partnership focused on developing robot compute hardware and physical AI automation. This collaboration aims to manufacture key computing components for Neura's cognitive robots, including the 4NE1 humanoid, using Qualcomm Dragonwing processors. The partnership also includes plans to open a Neura Gym in...

AI AI Funding & Investment Capital Markets
NEURA Robotics and SECO Partner to Enhance Physical AI Production in Europe

NEURA Robotics and SECO Partner to Enhance Physical AI Production in Europe

NEURA Robotics and SECO S.p.A. have announced a strategic partnership aimed at industrializing and scaling Physical AI in Europe. This collaboration will focus on the design, engineering, and manufacturing of electronic compute modules for NEURA's cognitive robots, including the humanoid 4NE1. The partnership is significant as it combines NEURA's expertis...

China’s Dexterous Hand Industry, 2026 Part 3 — The Players

China’s Dexterous Hand Industry, 2026 Part 3 — The Players

Five vendor archetypes, MIR’s composite top ten, eight company profiles and six field deployments — every firm linked to the RobotToday supplier directory.

Components and Hardware Humanoids
RobotToday Weekly Briefing August 31 – September 4, 2026

RobotToday Weekly Briefing August 31 – September 4, 2026

This week in robotics: NVIDIA agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, Figure signs a $3.5 billion compute deal with Nscale for up to 100,000 GPUs, Tesla launches steering-wheel-free Cybercabs in Austin under NHTSA scrutiny, and Uber and Wayve bring the UK its first autonomous rides. August 31 – September 4, 2026.

RobotToday Weekly
Why Pittsburgh Compressed 12 Events Into One Week | StartUP PGH 2026

Why Pittsburgh Compressed 12 Events Into One Week | StartUP PGH 2026

Pittsburgh companies raised $2.29 billion last year, but the region's own investors have just $23.2 million left to deploy, less than one average deal. StartUP PGH 2026, opening September 14 with 250-plus robotics exhibitors and 65-plus pitching startups, is built to bring outside investors to town.

Market and Business News Events

Related Suppliers

RoBoa

ETH Zurich spin-off building snake-like robots up to 100 m long for confined space inspection and search & rescue.

RoboCARE Lab

WPI research lab led by Dr. Fengpei Yuan developing socially intelligent robots for dementia care, aging support, and autism assistance via AI and HRI.

Healthcare & Senior Care Education & Research Robot Manufacturer

Archetype AI

Physical AI platform company deploying the Newton foundation model to fuse sensor data with language for real-world industrial intelligence.

Deplace AI

Paris-based physical AI startup capturing human motion demonstrations and converting them into multimodal action guidance priors for robotics models.

Techsoft Robots 深圳市泰科智能机器人有限公司

Shenzhen manufacturer of humanoid and collaborative robot joint modules, servo drives, and dual-arm cobots for OEM and end-user customers.

Cosine Robots

Bengaluru-based startup developing affordable cycloidal actuators and humanoid robots for industrial and research applications.

Robot Manufacturer Software & Algorithm Provider Education & Research

FastLabel

Tokyo AI data-infrastructure company building robotics/physical-AI datasets and VLA-model pipelines, backed by Panasonic, Marubeni and NTT DOCOMO.

Songying Technology 松应科技

Songying Technology (ORCA3D) is a Shanghai physics-AI simulation software maker for embodied-AI robot training, backed by early-stage VC investors.

Contoro Robotics

Austin, TX robotics startup founded 2022, delivering AI and teleoperation-powered autonomous robots for trailer and container unloading in warehouses.

Logistics & Supply Chain

NVIDIA Robotics

NVIDIA robotics division delivering Isaac simulation and training tools, Jetson edge compute modules, and Omniverse digital twin frameworks for physical AI.

Core Component Supplier Software & Algorithm Provider

Stellar Technology Services, Inc

Indianapolis AI software firm founded 2024; deploys generative AI, LLMs, and machine vision for manufacturing quality control and enterprise workflows.

Software & Algorithm Provider Human-Machine Interaction Education & Research

SQUAD

Ukrainian R&D and engineering company specializing in AI-powered camera systems and computer vision, from hardware design to edge AI deployment.

inJoin the RobotToday community on LinkedIn

Daily robotics news, in-depth analysis, conference highlights, and discussions with professionals worldwide.