GlobalFoundries opens AI-based facilities control centre in Singapore October 28, 2026 GlobalFoundries has opened an Advanced Facilities Control Centre (AFCC) at its site in Singapore, developed together with Siemens. In the first phase, the control centres for five fabs on the Singapore campus will be merged into a single, AI-supported command centre.
US startup Formic raises $50 million to scale Physical AI October 26, 2026 Formic is expanding from task-specific automation into general-purpose robotics, enabling a broader range of robots to perform increasingly complex tasks through a single platform that builds on the operational intelligence gained with each deployment.
Europe’s Chips Act 2.0 must start with demand October 19, 2026 Technology Industries of Finland publishes its recommendations on the Chips Act 2.0. The Commission has built the right framework. Whether it works depends on where the money goes and who decides.
Applied Materials opens $5 billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley October 13, 2026 Applied Materials has unveiled its EPIC Center in Sunnyvale, California, where chipmakers, equipment suppliers and universities will develop new semiconductor processes alongside the company’s own engineers. TSMC, Intel, Samsung, SK hynix and Micron are among the founding partners.
Lam Research opens its largest US warehouse October 09, 2026 Lam Research has gathered all of its logistics operations in California under one roof in Livermore. At the heart of the new hub is an automated storage system that retrieves parts in under 30 seconds.
Delta opens automation and robotics centre in Stuttgart October 08, 2026 Delta Electronics has opened a centre in Stuttgart where customers, partners and system integrators can test the company's robots and automation solutions. Around seven engineers will be based at the site.
Tacta Systems opens Singapore facility to produce robot training gloves September 30, 2026 Palo Alto-based robotics company Tacta Systems has opened an office and production facility in Woodlands, Singapore. The site will initially produce the Tacta Glove, which captures the movements of skilled workers to teach robotic hands new tasks, ahead of the company's first customer deployments in early 2027.
Havoc, CSBC to field autonomous surface vessels in Taiwan September 28, 2026 US-based Havoc and CSBC will work toward pairing CSBC’s shipbuilding and production capabilities with Havoc’s collaborative autonomy technology, integrating Havoc’s autonomy software onto CSBC-built platforms produced and sustained in Taiwan.
ASML, TSMC to advance transition to large-format EUV photomasks September 24, 2026 While High NA EUV will be adopted for production using the current 6-inch masks, the transition to larger, 12-inch masks is expected to further increase fab productivity, lower chipmaking costs and remove stitching constraints, benefiting the entire semiconductor industry.
Kawasaki Robotics partners with Dexterity to advance warehouse logistics September 22, 2026 Together, the companies combine Kawasaki Robotics’ industrial robot arm technology with Dexterity’s Mech hardware and full Physical AI software stack, featuring the Foresight World Model, to support high-throughput warehouse operations.
Babcock, Ark Robotics sign MoU to bring UGVs to UK forces September 17, 2026 Uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) are taking on a growing share of frontline tasks, re-supplying teams with ammunition, weapons and equipment. Babcock will partner with Ark Robotics to develop and deliver UGV solutions and autonomous systems.
SUSS to invest €45M in advanced packaging innovation center September 16, 2026 The center in Germany will accelerate the development of next-generation process solutions, deepen collaboration with leading semiconductor manufacturers, and further strengthen SUSS’s position in the fast-growing Advanced Packaging market.
HAL, Safran sign contract with SAFHAL to develop Aravalli engine September 14, 2026 India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Safran Helicopter Engines have signed a contract with SAFHAL Helicopter Engines Pvt. Ltd. (SAFHAL) for the design, development, manufacture, supply and lifecycle support of a new-generation high-power helicopter engine.
Sweden risks falling behind on circular electronics September 11, 2026 There is a gap between ambition and action on circularity in the Swedish electronics industry, according to Elisabet Österlund, Secretary General of Svensk Elektronik. For circularity to become more than a sustainability talking point, stronger incentives are needed from both industry and government.
NEURA Robotics and SECO partner to scale humanoid robot production in Europe September 09, 2026 German humanoid robotics company NEURA Robotics and Italian embedded computing specialist SECO have announced a strategic partnership to industrialise and scale Physical AI from Europe. SECO will design, engineer and manufacture electronic compute modules for NEURA's cognitive robots, including the humanoid 4NE1, integrating Qualcomm Dragonwing processors.
Universal Robots owner sues Chinese cobot maker JAKA for patent infringement in Europe September 07, 2026 Teradyne Robotics, the parent company of Universal Robots, has filed a patent infringement case at the Unified Patent Court in Copenhagen against the German subsidiary of Chinese collaborative robot manufacturer JAKA. The case covers both hardware and software patents and could have effect across 17 EU member states.
Neura acquires Adlatus, bringing Physical AI to professional cleaning August 31, 2026 The goal is to equip Adlatus systems with additional sensor and AI capabilities going forward and to gradually connect them to the Neuraverse.
Rolls-Royce expands Marand partnership, opens Canberra headquarters August 28, 2026 Rolls-Royce selected Marand to build three additional gas turbine acoustic enclosures and corresponding ship interface systems for the Type 26 programme. Marand will manufacture and assemble the enclosures at its Melbourne facility.
Scanfil automates electronics testing at German plant August 27, 2026 Finnish EMS provider Scanfil has implemented a fully automated test cell at its Wutha production site in Germany. The solution combines robotics and process control to automate the testing and sorting of electronic assemblies.
Renesas sets up physical AI & robotics lab in Beijing August 27, 2026 Japanese electronics company Renesas has opened a new Physical AI & Robotics Lab in Beijing, China, aimed at supporting the development, demonstration and validation of next-generation robotic systems.
LG Electronics accelerates robotics collaboration with Nvidia August 21, 2026 Data collected across various environments such as LG’s Data Factory and LG CNS’s logistics automation solutions will be linked with Nvidia’s robotics stack, where it is augmented and synthesized into high-quality data for robot learning.
Ambi, Pickle deliver integrated physical AI solution for logistics August 17, 2026 The deployment combines Pickle Robot’s trailer-unloading robots with Ambi Robotics' AmbiStack multi-purpose stacking solution, enabling a continuous and autonomous flow of packages from inbound trailers through receiving operations.
SPHERE AX partners with Blaize to advance edge AI computing August 14, 2026 US firm Blaize and South Korean company SPHERE AX plan to develop a next-generation physical AI solution targeted at the global market by combining Blaize’s AI semiconductor technology, optimized for physical AI, with SPHERE AX’s core software expertise.
SpaceX, Tesla to initially spend $16.8 billion on Texas chip plant August 07, 2026 Terafab, a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County, Texas, with over 100 million square feet of manufacturing space, will employ at least 3,000 people.
Reimagine Robotics goes public with robots that ‘learn on the job’ August 04, 2026 The company is developing intelligent robots that anyone can train and use. Instead of requiring specialist programmers whenever a task or production process changes, workers can show the robot what to do, watch it attempt the task and correct it on the spot.
Microchip Technology signs definitive agreement to acquire Hailo July 29, 2026 The acquisition is expected to expand Microchip’s processing portfolio for intelligent edge systems and strengthen its ability to deliver accelerated, power-efficient edge AI solutions for robotics, advanced vision processing and intelligent edge applications.
NIELIT, SCL collaborate to advance chip innovation in India July 24, 2026 As part of this collaboration, the 1.2 µm Process Design Kit will be made available through eChipHub, and provide students, researchers, faculty members, startups, MSMEs and industry professionals with access to an indigenous semiconductor process technology for IC design and prototyping.
US Air Force awards GA-ASI production contract for FQ-42A CCA July 22, 2026 The FQ-42A is a purpose-built, uncrewed fighter developed as part of ongoing investment in next-generation semi-autonomous combat aircraft.
Automation without perfection: How intelligent robots can handle HMLV manufacturing July 21, 2026 Traditional automation performs best in a highly organised environment. Products must always arrive in the same position, production lines need to maintain a fixed rhythm, and individual tasks should remain predictable and repetitive. However, the European electronics industry is increasingly operating under completely different conditions. Short production runs, frequent product changes, component shortages and unpredictable order schedules can make a factory resemble a living organism rather than a precisely calibrated machine. Speaking at Evertiq Expo Kraków 2026, Piotr Owczarek, CEO of AiRob, argued that machine vision, 3D modelling and artificial intelligence could make robots better suited to this complex environment.
Jabil opens next-gen intelligent logistics hub in Penang July 17, 2026 The digitalised facility is set to boost the company’s back-end operations and support customers’ growing product complexity and capacity demands using AI-enabled capabilities to streamline inventory management, enhance traceability and tracking and deploy autonomous robots.
Nvidia partners with Japan firms to advance physical AI July 16, 2026 Japanese companies such as AIRoA, Fanuc, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kubota, NEC, SoftBank, Sony, and Yaskawa Electric intend to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition to help build open frontier physical AI models.
Mitsubishi Motors, Highlanders sign MOU to develop humanoid robots July 15, 2026 Under this MOU, the two companies will explore the joint development of humanoid robots for use at Mitsubishi Motors’ manufacturing facilities as well as mass production of Highlanders products at Mitsubishi Motors’ Kyoto Plant.