igus Iggy Rob Humanoid Robot Unveiled; Pudu Robotics Launches PUDU T600 Series Delivery Robots
Key Takeaways
- igus unveils Iggy Rob humanoid robot for $54,500, targeting industrial and service applications.
- Pudu Robotics launches PUDU T600 Series delivery robots with a 600kg payload capacity.
- Bonsai Robotics acquires farm-ng to advance AI and robotic systems in agriculture.
- Agile Robots emphasizes mobile manipulators' flexibility in factory automation for material transport.
Top Stories
igus unveils Iggy Rob humanoid robot for $54,500.
igus has unveiled its first humanoid robot, Iggy Rob, for approximately $54,500, designed for industrial production, service environments, and transport tasks. Iggy Rob is 1.70 meters tall and can operate autonomously for up to eight hours.
Pudu Robotics launches PUDU T600 Series delivery robots (600kg payload).
On July 24-25, 2025, Pudu Robotics launched the PUDU T600 Series, a new line of industrial delivery robots for high-payload, autonomous goods handling. The series features a 600kg payload, flexible deployment, and adaptive navigation.
Bonsai Robotics acquires farm-ng to advance AI in agriculture.
Bonsai Robotics Inc. acquired farm-ng Inc. to integrate AI and robotic systems for agriculture. The combined company aims to develop an app to manage agricultural machine fleets and add intelligence to existing equipment.
Agile Robots: Mobile manipulators enhance factory automation flexibility.
On July 24, 2025, Agile Robots discussed the flexibility of mobile manipulators in factories, highlighting their ability to enhance automation by transporting materials and handling loading tasks. Agile Robots, with BÄR Automation, developed the ConTrax® Robotic System, which decouples the robotic arm from the AGV.
Industry Events
RoboBusiness 2025: Santa Clara, October 15-16, featuring 60+ speakers.
RoboBusiness 2025 will be held on October 15-16 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The event includes 60+ speakers, a startup workshop, a robotics startup competition, and over 100 exhibitors, covering topics like physical AI and humanoids.
Tech Advances
ReSem3D: Unified manipulation framework for diverse environments.
Researchers propose ReSem3D, a framework using Vision Foundation Models and Multimodal Large Language Models for real-time manipulation in diverse environments. It enables reactive behavior and performs diverse manipulation tasks under zero-shot conditions, showing strong adaptability.
Robot 'fear response' system enhances risk assessment.
A study published on June 27, 2025, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, details a robot control system that emulates a fear response. The 'low road' programming allows the robot to navigate safer paths compared to conventional designs.