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Physical AI weekly Humanoid robots and physical AI, covered for machine shops and precision manufacturing. Every claim from a public source, and a human decides what ships.
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30 Oct 2026 · 4:05
JIMTOF 2026 branded physical AI as the product. FANUC put AI in the CNC, Mitsubishi put a humanoid beside it. Ship dates run Jan 2027 to 2030.
23 Oct 2026 · 4:09
Two-week catch-up: Mitsubishi puts a humanoid in the CNC, FANUC opens machine data to AI, Mazak signs ABEJA. No humanoid shipped on a CNC.
9 Oct 2026 · 4:12
Microsoft cites Arum's TTMC Brain, 177 NC steps to two, with no plant result. A cobot maker says it can tend a CNC. Nobody installed a machine.
2 Oct 2026 · 4:12
Hitachi and FANUC will try Physical AI on picking, not cutting. IPercept raised $16.5 million for a CNC sensor. Seco's new grade is not AI.
25 Sept 2026 · 4:46
AMT closed IMTS at 91,295. AMB awarded a 2025 gauge and a CAM tool still recruiting pilots. The AI lines are quotes, not deployments.
18 Sept 2026 · 4:41
UR Gen 7 and a FANUC tending cell land at IMTS. Metalworking orders stay hot. Humanoid headlines are real, and out of this series’ scope.
11 Sept 2026 · 3:44
Vention puts Physical AI on CNC machine tending at IMTS. XPeng commissions an IRON line. Factories that tried legs asked for wheels.
4 Sept 2026 · 3:34
FANUC puts Physical AI on CNC and a wet-milling robot at IMTS. Serbia opens a humanoid assembly hall. Hyundai’s union ratifies. Talk, not a veto.
28 Aug 2026 · 4:20
CAM agents ahead of IMTS, not a humanoid on the mill. Humanoids still too slow; Hyundai talks 2028 capacity.
21 Aug 2026 · 3:45
Unitree’s IPO vs last-millimeter failure; Schaeffler trains AEON. Handling, not cutting.