Realbotix and Hollo.AI jointly presented a humanoid robot powered by conversational artificial intelligence at the 37th Annual Roth Capital Partners Conference in Dana Point, California. The collaboration involved integrating Hollo.AI’s character-based AI platform into a Realbotix robot, enabling the machine to replicate the personality of Chrissy Snow, a character from the television series Three’s Company, originally portrayed by Suzanne Somers.

DeepRoute.ai has introduced its AI Spark platform, expanding its artificial intelligence technology beyond self-driving cars. The new platform is designed to help various moving objects, not just vehicles, understand and navigate their surroundings using AI. This is part of the company’s broader goal to create RoadAGI, a system that applies artificial intelligence to roads and mobility.

Vention has introduced an AI-powered bin-picking solution designed to enhance robotic automation by enabling robots to detect, select, pick up, and organize parts autonomously. The company is demonstrating this technology at NVIDIA GTC 2025, an artificial intelligence conference taking place this week. The system simplifies robotic bin picking by reducing programming and integration costs, addressing challenges faced by manufacturers amid global labor shortages.

Mangal has partnered with Circus SE to launch what is described as the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant chain, powered entirely by AI-driven robotics. The rollout begins in fall 2025 with the deployment of 500 CA-1 robots, marking the first phase of an expansion plan that could grow to 2,400 locations across Europe, Turkey, and Japan.

KEENON Robotics’ DINERBOT T10 has received the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025, an international award presented by iF International Forum Design GmbH. The award recognizes achievements in design across various industries and has been presented for over 70 years.

Agility Robotics has announced an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA to further integrate NVIDIA’s software and hardware into the training and simulation of its humanoid robot, Digit. As part of the partnership, Agility Robotics is increasing its adoption of NVIDIA Isaac Sim and

Teradyne Robotics and its partners will present AI-driven robotics solutions at NVIDIA GTC 2025 in San Jose, California. This marks the first public demonstration of the AI Accelerator, a toolkit developed by Universal Robots, a Teradyne Robotics company, designed to integrate AI capabilities into collaborative robots (cobots). The technology, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, aims to enhance robots’ ability to perceive, learn, and adapt to dynamic environments.

NVIDIA has introduced the open-source Isaac GR00T N1 foundation model for humanoid robots at GTC 2025, aiming to enhance AI training and accelerate market adoption. According to TrendForce, GR00T N1 integrates extensive datasets, multi-modal inputs, and adaptable training capabilities, allowing researchers to fine-tune models using both real and synthetic data for various applications. The humanoid robotics market is projected to reach approximately $4 billion by 2028.

By 2027, AI agents will reduce the time it takes to exploit account exposures by 50% according to Gartner. “Account takeover (ATO) remains a persistent attack vector because weak authentication credentials, such as passwords, are gathered by a variety of means including data breaches, phishing, social engineering and malware,” said Jeremy D’Hoinne, VP Analyst at Gartner. “Attackers then leverage bots to automate a barrage of login attempts across a variety of services in the hope that the credentials have been reused on multiple platforms.”

As automation and robotics continue to transform industries worldwide, automatica 2025 will once again be the leading trade fair in this field. With around 750 exhibitors from over 30 countries, Munich will serve as a hub for innovation, networking, and business development. Once again Rocking Robots will report on this event as media partner. For this preview we spoke with Exhibition Director Anja Schneider.