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December 2025

The Rise of Mobile Manipulators: AI-Enabled Robots Find Place in More Applications

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Advanced AI, vision systems, motion control, and other components are enabling more capable robotics systems that combine manipulation with movement and intelligence. All this technology gives robots the ability to accomplish more tasks than ever as mobile manipulators.

 

Mobile manipulators combine automated mobile robots with robot manipulators and AI for an intelligent mobile solution that can solve complex tasks in a variety of environments. AI is the element that elevates a mobile manipulator from a remote-controlled arm on wheels to a valued worker that can move and act with purpose.

 

“It’s an exciting period for AI-powered robotics, as AMRs dominate current deployments, while mobile manipulators are a rapidly expanding category,” says Erik Nieves, CEO, Plus One Robotics.

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Autonomous Driving Technology: Dueling Approaches Fight for Control of the Wheel

While autonomous driving systems keep improving their ability to navigate from point A to point B accurately, quickly, and safely, automakers are debating which self-driving technology offers the best path forward. That debate was on display in October 2025, when two automotive giants charted very different courses.

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Designing the Machines of Disney’s Avatar with Ben Procter

Ahead of the release of Disney’s "Avatar: Fire and Ash," we’ve got a hot conversation with production designer Ben Procter.

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Roboteon Announces Powerful, Certified Warehouse Automation Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365

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RealSense and AVerMedia Announce Partnership to Accelerate the Adoption of Physical AI

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How The Industrial AI Race Can Be Won With Maintenance Data

Industrial leaders are racing to add AI to their production lines, workflows and business operations. Manufacturers have already invested more than $100 billion in industrial AI technologies; by 2032, they could be spending that much on AI annually.

 

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AI Transforms Automotive and Manufacturing

From predictive-maintenance systems to autonomous-vehicle development, AI is revolutionizing how vehicles are designed, manufactured and operated, creating unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, safety and innovation.

 

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Scientific American

Why Humanoid Robots Still Can’t Survive in the Real World

In Westworld, humanoid robots pour drinks and ride horses. In Star Wars, “droids” are as ordinary as appliances. That’s the future I keep expecting when I watch the Internet’s new favorite genre: robots dancing, kickboxing or doing parkour. But then I look up from my phone, and there are no androids on the sidewalk.

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