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    <description><![CDATA[Humanoid robots and physical AI, covered for machine shops and precision manufacturing. Every claim from a public source, and a human decides what ships.]]></description>
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    <copyright>© 2026 Nils</copyright>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <itunes:title>Two-week catch-up: an interface fortnight, not a robot fortnight</itunes:title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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