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KT Unveils AI Infrastructure and Physical AI Strategy at AI Festa 2026
KT is exhibiting its full AI transformation stack at AI Festa 2026, ranging from sovereign NPU-based LLM stations to agentic AI platforms. The display highlights physical AI applications, including autonomous robots for data center management and industrial simulation, alongside consumer-facing services.
TwelveLabs Releases Pegasus 1.6 for Physical AI Video Understanding
TwelveLabs has launched Pegasus 1.6, a video intelligence model designed to understand egocentric footage for physical AI applications. The system supports five workflows, including action segmentation and quality scoring, to help developers convert raw video into usable training data for robots.
MakinaRocks Deploys On-Device AI for Naval Equipment
MakinaRocks has begun a field demonstration of its 'Equipment Operation AI Staff' on the ROKS Pohang, a frigate of the Navy's First Fleet. The system, built on the company's Runway AI OS, operates on-device to provide crew members with rapid access to technical manuals and maintenance guides without external network connectivity.
Wonpredict Joins National Physical AI Standardization Project
Wonpredict has been selected as a partner in a national R&D project aimed at standardizing software for collaborative physical AI in manufacturing. The company will lead the development of six reusable AI frameworks for tasks like predictive maintenance and quality control, targeting deployment across diverse industrial sites by 2030.
FCC Robot Rules Push Industry Toward Local AI
The FCC has designated foreign-made advanced robots as a national security risk, blocking their entry into the U.S. market. This regulatory shift is expected to accelerate the adoption of on-device AI and small language models to keep sensitive data local.
GPT-6 Astra Tops SuperCLUE Robot-Brain Benchmark
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra achieved the highest overall score in SuperCLUE's September 2026 EmbodiedCLUE-VLA evaluation. The model demonstrated a substantial advantage in interaction and planning compared to competitors like Gemini-3.8-Flash.
Runway Launches Praxis-1: A Video-Driven Robot Control Model
Runway AI has introduced Praxis-1, an open-weight world action model designed to train robots using large-scale video data rather than expensive teleoperated demonstrations. The company is currently testing the model with early partners across various robot embodiments before a planned public release in the coming months.
Toborlife AI Launches G1 Teleoperation Stack
Toborlife AI has released a full-body teleoperation system for the Unitree G1 Edu humanoid. The platform allows US researchers to collect high-quality data that remains on their local hardware, bypassing the need for external servers or complex integration.
Mikelo Robotics Targets Surface Treatment with Physical AI
Mikelo Robotics reported securing over 20 customer projects for its physical AI solutions in surface treatment processes. The company targets a revenue of over 3 billion KRW this year and plans to expand globally via a SaaS model.
Crowdworks to Demo Robot Data Pipeline at AI Festa 2026
Crowdworks will exhibit at AI Festa 2026 in Seoul, demonstrating how it collects and structures robot learning data using VR teleoperation. The company is also involved in national projects with LG Electronics and UNIST to build foundation models for physical AI.
ANYbotics Launches Shift for Autonomous Inspection Fleets
ANYbotics has released Shift, a cloud-based platform designed to manage fleets of ANYmal robots for industrial inspections. The system integrates with major enterprise software to automate maintenance workflows and claims to have saved clients millions in downtime costs.
Deplee Deploys Acoustic AI for Robot Predictive Maintenance
Deplee has supplied its 'Listen AI' acoustic monitoring solution to a global components manufacturer for multi-axis transfer robots. The system analyzes sound signatures to detect early signs of wear in motors and gearboxes, moving beyond traditional periodic inspections.
Defly deploys Listen AI for robot predictive maintenance
Defly announced it has supplied its 'Listen AI' acoustic analysis solution to a global advanced parts manufacturer for predictive maintenance of multi-axis robots. The system analyzes over 70 sound types to detect anomalies in motors and gearboxes, aiming to reduce maintenance costs and improve efficiency.
Nvidia to Host AI Day Seoul at COEX in November
Nvidia announced it will hold 'Nvidia AI Day Seoul' at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on November 9 and 10, 2026. The event is expected to draw about 2,000 attendees and will focus on physical AI and agent AI, with a second day dedicated to paid Deep Learning Institute workshops. Twenty partners, including major Korean tech firms, will participate.
Pleto Unifies AI Translation Under 'Vogl' Brand
Pleto has consolidated its AI translation services under the new brand 'Vogl' to enhance personalization and enterprise adoption. The company is also expanding into physical AI data collection and on-premise deployments for security-sensitive clients.
NVIDIA Launches Open Agent Safety Platform for Robotics
NVIDIA announced the Open Agent Safety Platform on September 28, a framework designed to secure AI agents in physical environments. The company reports that over 100 organizations, including robotics firms like Figure AI and Gecko Robotics, are participating in the ecosystem to develop safety controls for autonomous systems.
Gecko Robotics Tests NVIDIA's Agent Security for Robots
NVIDIA announced its Open Agent Safety Platform, featuring OpenShell and Sentry, to secure AI agents. Gecko Robotics is integrating this technology into its Komodo robots to ensure physical autonomy remains within human-defined limits.
Figure Joins NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform
Figure has joined NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform, an initiative involving over 100 partners to create enforceable limits for AI agents. The platform features OpenShell, a sandboxed runtime, and Sentry, a hardware-based monitoring layer, aiming to ensure safety as robots enter homes and workplaces.
Niantic Spatial Launches 100-Environment Library for Robot Training
Niantic Spatial has released a catalog of 100 real-world environments for training and evaluating robots. The assets are provided as USDZ files with both visual and collision data, supporting NVIDIA's simulation stack.
First reported Sep 28
UVC Unveils OCTOPUS Agentic AI for Smart Factories
UVC presented its 'OCTOPUS Agentic AI' at the Korea Graphics 2026 conference, proposing a solution to the low adoption of AI in small and medium-sized manufacturing firms. The system combines an ontology-based digital twin with agent orchestration to allow AI to analyze defects and adjust equipment conditions. The company reported a 42% reduction in defects and a 20% productivity increase in a pilot application.
First reported Sep 28
Arm Launches AI Portal for Optimized Models
Arm has unveiled the Arm AI Portal, a resource for discovering and deploying pre-optimized AI models on Arm-based systems. The platform supports various AI tasks and offers performance data, code examples, and deployment workflows for models like Qwen, Gemma, and YOLO.
First reported Sep 27
Skild AI Unveils 'Physical Self-Play' for Autonomous Robot Learning
Skild AI has introduced a technique called Physical Self-Play, allowing robots to learn complex physical skills without direct human instruction. By competing against earlier iterations of themselves in simulations, the robots developed abilities like getting up from falls and dribbling a soccer ball.
First reported Sep 27
Light Origins Launches Light-O1, a General-Purpose Embodied AI Model
Light Origins announced Light-O1, a foundation model that extracts 3D human actions from internet videos to train robots. The company, founded by former OpenAI researcher Roger Jiang, demonstrated the model performing multi-step tasks on humanoid platforms.
First reported Sep 27
Intrinsic Unveils Open-Source 'Intrinsic Core' Toolkit
Intrinsic announced 'Intrinsic Core,' an open-source toolkit designed to simplify robot application development. The software stack, compatible with ROS and built on NVIDIA's FoundationPose, is available for free on GitHub. The release marks a strategic shift toward supporting smaller developers and hobbyists.
First reported Sep 26
Asimov Open-Sources Humanoid Locomotion Training Code
Asimov has released the training code and policy for its humanoid robot's locomotion, built on NVIDIA's Isaac Lab. The open-source package allows developers to modify reward structures and simulation parameters to adapt the controller to different hardware or walking styles.
First reported Sep 25
Intrinsic opens up its physical AI core
Intrinsic, the AI robotics group within Google, has announced the open-sourcing of Intrinsic Core, a suite of ROS-compatible capabilities for building complex robotic systems. The release includes modules for real-time control, motion planning, and simulation, alongside a reference design for machine tending.
First reported Sep 23
NVIDIA Unveils Isaac ROS 5.0, Letting AI Agents Join Robot Development
NVIDIA introduced Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon Global 2026 in Toronto, adding AI agent integration to its GPU-accelerated robotics software suite. The update expands the open-source physical AI library, adds new manipulation and installation skills, and broadens support across the Jetson platform.
First reported Sep 23
NVIDIA's Isaac ROS 5.0 Adds AI Agents to Robot Development
NVIDIA has released Isaac ROS 5.0, adding AI agent-driven workflows, support for ROS 2 Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04, and faster object pose tracking. The release, announced at ROSCon in Toronto, is already being used by companies including Intrinsic, Mentee Robotics, EKUMEN, and Flexiv.
First reported Sep 22
NVIDIA Uses AI Agent to Optimize ROS 2 GPU Data Flow
NVIDIA published a technical tutorial showing how to use an AI agent to migrate ROS 2 nodes to the new rosidl::Buffer abstraction. This allows GPU-resident data to move between nodes without serialization or CPU copies, a feature now integrated into Isaac ROS 5.0 and deployable on Jetson AGX Thor.
First reported Sep 22
Intrinsic open-sources core robotics stack
Intrinsic has published Intrinsic Core, a permissively licensed suite of ROS-compatible modules for robotic manipulation. The package includes control frameworks, motion planning, and a reference design for CNC machine tending, aiming to reduce development time for industrial applications.
First reported Sep 22
Nota triples robot arm speed via Qualcomm NPU optimization
According to a report by 헬로디디, AI optimization company Nota has achieved a threefold increase in robot arm task speed by optimizing Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ-9075 NPU. The company states that inference speeds improved by up to seven times while maintaining a 92% success rate, enabling direct on-device execution without external servers.
First reported Sep 20
General Robotics' GRID Platform Automates Full Robot Deployment Lifecycle
US startup General Robotics says its GRID platform now automates the entire lifecycle of robot development and deployment, from onboarding new robots to creating and rolling out new skills. The company reports dramatic time savings across several deployment scenarios, backed by investors including Nvidia and Khosla Ventures.
First reported Sep 18
Tomoro Robotics Wins Scale-Up TIPS Grant
Tomoro Robotics has been selected for the Korean government's Scale-Up TIPS program. The company plans to use the funding to build a robot foundation model and operational software that can be applied across different humanoid platforms in manufacturing and logistics.
How Digital Twins Help First-Time Buyers Test Automation
An op-ed published by The Robot Report, written by RoboDK founder Albert Nubiola, argues that digital twin and offline programming software can help manufacturers new to automation compare robots, layouts, and peripherals before committing capital. The piece uses RoboDK as an example of a platform supporting robots from 1,400 brands, or elsewhere described as 1,400 robot arms from 80 manufacturers.
First reported Aug 22
R2 Labs CEO Talks Software-Defined Manufacturing on Robot Report Podcast
Episode 258 of The Robot Report Podcast features Dr. Roby Lynn, founder and CEO of R2 Labs, discussing software-defined manufacturing and flexible production. The episode also recaps recent industry news, including Unitree Robotics' IPO and FORT Robotics' planned SPAC merger.