The Parker Automation Controller (PAC) is designed for advanced motion control applications, adhering to IEC 61131-3 and PLCopen standards. It integrates seamlessly with various robotic systems, including collaborative and industrial robots, enabling precise automation solutions. The PAC supports multiple communication protocols, enhancing interoperability within automated environments. Its architecture facilitates scalability and flexibility in complex industrial applications.
RSF defines a common language for robot service capability, lifecycle operations, certification pathways, and service-provider networks.
A comprehensive industry analysis of Physical AI — covering Embodied AI, Field AI, Factory AI, VLM, World Model, VLA, and the VLA vs WAM architecture debate. Includes 20+ companies, 28 references, and the RobotToday Physical AI Landscape diagram. July 2026.
Aaron Prather joins the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) as Director of Market Intelligence, bringing expertise from FedEx and ASTM International to drive robotics industry insights.
A technology-first analysis of the three pillars driving industrial robot capability: precision reducers, servo systems, and motion controllers. Maps the full global supplier ecosystem — Japan, Europe, and China — from component specs to product generations and integration architectures.
Cross-domain robotics is reshaping modern warfare as drones, UGVs, AI targeting systems, and autonomous logistics converge into a single networked kill chain across land, sea, air, and software.
A five-dimensional framework classifying industrial robots by kinematic type, application, payload, repeatability, and drive system. IFR 2024 data: 542,000 global installations across articulated, SCARA, cobot, and delta types.
Construction musculoskeletal injuries cost US employers over $2 billion annually. Exoskeletons are moving from pilots to standard practice. Ottobock, German Bionic, Hyundai, and Innophys launched major products in 2024–2025. Korea and Japan lead adoption. AI is turning passive suits into connected safety platforms.
Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury flew its first semi-autonomous mission on 31 October 2025 — 556 days from contract to flight. By February 2026 it was carrying live missiles and swapping autonomy software mid-flight. China’s Jiutian drone mothership flew on 11 December 2025, capable of releasing over 100 loitering munitions from its internal bay at 15,000 metres. And the U.S. Air Force is standing up its second experimental one-way attack drone unit for mid-2026. This article maps the most consequential aerial autonomous systems competition in history: the CCA programme that will determine U.S. air dominance in the 2030s, the Valkyrie’s surprising rebirth, the A-GRA open-architecture breakthrough, and the Chinese drone mothership that has no Western equivalent.
Ukraine’s ‘Sub Sea Baby’ autonomous torpedo struck a Russian Kilo-class submarine inside Novorossiysk harbour in December 2025 — the first confirmed underwater drone attack on a submarine in history. The U.S. Navy is requesting $5.3 billion for unmanned maritime systems in FY2026, a 70 percent year-on-year increase. Saronic Technologies went from prototype to $392 million production contract in under 12 months. And DARPA’s Manta Ray XL-UUV completed full-scale sea trials. This article maps the maritime autonomous systems revolution — from Ukraine’s improvised Black Sea fleet to the Pentagon’s hybrid manned–unmanned force of the 2030s, and from Saronic’s Franklin, Louisiana shipyard to Boeing’s 85-tonne robot submarine.
Dairy robots hold 37% of the global agricultural robotics market — yet US farm penetration is just 5%. This deep-dive covers the $3.2B milking robot market, ROI economics, competitive profiles of Lely, DeLaval, GEA, and Afimilk, and why EU, North America, Japan, and Israel each follow a different adoption path to 2030.
The global counter-drone (C-UAS) sector is scaling fast. New EU and US factories, an ․87M US Army contract, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup deployment mark a turning point for autonomous anti-drone technology. Read RobotToday’s March 2026 briefing.
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