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Hospitality robots: YYForce’s Novotel–Mercure rollout
YYForce has signed a partnership to bring service robots across a 772-room Singapore hotel precinct, with humanoid research to follow. We separate the confirmed rollout from the projections.
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Physical AI: Inner Sky Labs’ Safety-First Robot Stack
Inner Sky Labs, the maker of the Miko robot, has launched a full physical AI stack with an independent safety layer, Kavach — and is closing a ₹300 crore round. We look at what it proves, and the gap between language safety and physical safety.
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Robotic Joint Replacement Meets India’s Cost Barrier as Stryker Launches Mako 4
Stryker’s Mako 4 arrives in India against a fresh Lancet trial, a domestic rival and a cost wall. The “expand access” claim meets the premium-pricing reality.
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RoboParty RP1: The Open-Source Humanoid Bet, Tested
RoboParty unveiled RP1 at IROS 2026 as the world’s first full-stack open-source bipedal humanoid. The claim is contestable, and an earlier audit found the open-source promise only partly kept.
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Epson AX6: Epson’s First Collaborative Robot Enters a Market That Grew Up Without It
Epson finally ships its first cobot in America — a 2025 robot reaching the U.S. in 2026, into a market led by Universal Robots and reshaped by Chinese pricing.
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ARAPL Robotic Welding Orders Worth Rs 23.69 Crore: What Three Unnamed Buyers Reveal About India’s Automation Cycle
ARAPL announced three robotic welding line orders worth Rs 23.69 crore with delivery by December 2026. The orders equal half its automation order book — and arrive just as India’s PLI-driven robotics boom faces an inflection.
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NCERT Robotics Learning Centre: A CSR Initiative With Genuine Ambition, Undisclosed Costs, and a Tiny Nonprofit Partner
ZS and Robotex India partnered with NCERT to launch a Robotics Learning Centre on September 1, 2026. ZS’s total CSR budget is Rs 10.9 crore — 0.08% of India’s education CSR spending. No cost figures, student targets, or course timelines were disclosed. The potentially scalable component is DIKSHA content for Grades 6-12.
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Orbbec Robotic Perception 3D Vision: Inside the Logis-Tech Tokyo 2026 Showcase
Orbbec, a Shenzhen-based 3D camera maker with 70% service robot market share in China and South Korea, showcased robotic perception and data collection solutions at Logis-Tech Tokyo 2026. Japan’s warehouse automation market is projected to reach $5.04B by 2034. But Orbbec has only two named Japan deployments, faces competition from RealSense and Luxonis, and navigates…