https://getrobopro.com/blogRobotics news read by a Utah robotics implementation company.en-ushttps://getrobopro.com/blog/pudu-elevator-control-csa-certificationhttps://getrobopro.com/blog/pudu-elevator-control-csa-certificationWed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Pudu says the box that lets its robots call elevators is now certified to CSA B44.1/ASME A17.5, the North American elevator electrical standard.https://getrobopro.com/blog/tesla-optimus-production-fremont-no-pricehttps://getrobopro.com/blog/tesla-optimus-production-fremont-no-priceMon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Tesla says Optimus production began in Fremont on lines built for 1 million robots a year. Its filings give no price and no date for outside buyers.https://getrobopro.com/blog/tennant-p1-vac-robot-vacuum-schoolshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/tennant-p1-vac-robot-vacuum-schoolsWed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Tennant launched the P1 VAC on October 20, a 101 lb robot that vacuums, sweeps and dust mops, with 3.5 hours of runtime. A Wisconsin district tested it.https://getrobopro.com/blog/origin-20-million-drywall-finishing-robothttps://getrobopro.com/blog/origin-20-million-drywall-finishing-robotMon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Origin came out of stealth on October 15 with $20M for OG-1, a robot that applies compound, sands and primes walls up to 14 ft. It wants 150 deployed by 2027.https://getrobopro.com/blog/agility-humanoid-100000-a-year-sec-filingshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/agility-humanoid-100000-a-year-sec-filingsFri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Agility's go-public filings show what a working humanoid costs: about $100,000 a year per robot, with a 50-robot minimum. The vote is November 2.https://getrobopro.com/blog/ultra-62-million-warehouse-packing-robotshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/ultra-62-million-warehouse-packing-robotsWed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Brooklyn's Ultra raised a $50M Series A on October 9 for OP1, a 2-armed packing robot it rents to warehouses by the month. It says it has packed 500,000+ orders.https://getrobopro.com/blog/honeywell-forge-cognition-building-ai-alarmshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/honeywell-forge-cognition-building-ai-alarmsWed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Honeywell launched Forge Cognition on October 14, an AI layer for building systems that cut unnecessary alerts by up to 90% in a pilot at NVIDIA's campus.https://getrobopro.com/blog/san-jose-delivery-robot-rules-30-minuteshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/san-jose-delivery-robot-rules-30-minutesMon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000San Jose's council took up delivery robot rules on October 6 with a $200 permit per robot, a 5 mph sidewalk limit and 30 minutes to clear a stalled one.https://getrobopro.com/blog/sodexo-avride-campus-delivery-robotshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/sodexo-avride-campus-delivery-robotsFri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Avride and Sodexo Campus agreed on October 6 to bring sidewalk delivery robots to Sodexo's 425 US colleges, 4 months after Starship said it was leaving.https://getrobopro.com/blog/issa-show-2026-cleaning-robots-las-vegashttps://getrobopro.com/blog/issa-show-2026-cleaning-robots-las-vegasWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000ISSA Show North America opens a robotics area with 40+ autonomous floor cleaning companies and 2 live demo zones at Mandalay Bay, November 17 to 19.https://getrobopro.com/blog/fcc-clears-first-floor-cleaning-robothttps://getrobopro.com/blog/fcc-clears-first-floor-cleaning-robotWed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Matic's home vacuum and mop became the 3rd robot exempted from the FCC Covered List on October 2. It is assembled in the US and still needed the approval.https://getrobopro.com/blog/airport-cleaning-robots-200-fleet-coveragehttps://getrobopro.com/blog/airport-cleaning-robots-200-fleet-coverageMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Flagship runs 200+ floor robots at 25 US airports. Its published totals work out to about 5,000 sq ft per operating hour.https://getrobopro.com/blog/study-cleaning-robots-cost-more-than-janitorshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/study-cleaning-robots-cost-more-than-janitorsFri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Anthropic's robot study finds robots cheaper than people for 0.3% of US job tasks, and robot cleaners several times pricier than janitors.https://getrobopro.com/blog/us-second-largest-robot-market-2025https://getrobopro.com/blog/us-second-largest-robot-market-2025Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The IFR says the US passed Japan to become the 2nd largest industrial robot market, with food and beverage plants up 30%.https://getrobopro.com/blog/robot-access-controlled-doorshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/robot-access-controlled-doorsWed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000dormakaba, ANYbotics and LEGIC gave an inspection robot its own access credential and ran it through controlled doors at a power plant for several weeks.https://getrobopro.com/blog/softbank-225-million-utah-asihttps://getrobopro.com/blog/softbank-225-million-utah-asiMon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000SoftBank invested $225 million in Mendon-based ASI and formed a joint venture to build autonomous construction fleets. ASI also owns the Scythe robot mower.https://getrobopro.com/blog/knightscope-27-million-security-robot-contractshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/knightscope-27-million-security-robot-contractsFri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Knightscope reported $27 million in security robot renewals and awards across 109 contracts. About $4 million of it is signed contract value.https://getrobopro.com/blog/fcc-robot-conditional-approvalshttps://getrobopro.com/blog/fcc-robot-conditional-approvalsThu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The FCC cleared ANSCER's warehouse robots on September 18, only the 2nd exemption since foreign-made mobile robots went on the Covered List.https://getrobopro.com/blog/cleaning-contractors-robot-floor-equipmenthttps://getrobopro.com/blog/cleaning-contractors-robot-floor-equipmentThu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000About 32% of building service contractors have added or plan to add robotic floor equipment within 12 months, roughly double the 2025 share.https://getrobopro.com/blog/pudu-gt-series-commercial-robot-mowershttps://getrobopro.com/blog/pudu-gt-series-commercial-robot-mowersTue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The GT Series covers about 2 acres an hour and takes an indoor cleaning robot maker outdoors, onto the grounds contract.