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It is assembled in the US and still needed the approval.</description></item><item><title>200 airport cleaning robots, and what they really cover</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/airport-cleaning-robots-200-fleet-coverage</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/airport-cleaning-robots-200-fleet-coverage</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Flagship runs 200+ floor robots at 25 US airports. Its published totals work out to about 5,000 sq ft per operating hour.</description></item><item><title>A new study says cleaning robots cost more than janitors</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/study-cleaning-robots-cost-more-than-janitors</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/study-cleaning-robots-cost-more-than-janitors</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Anthropic's robot study finds robots cheaper than people for 0.3% of US job tasks, and robot cleaners several times pricier than janitors.</description></item><item><title>US factories installed 38,400 robots in 2025, up 12%</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/us-second-largest-robot-market-2025</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/us-second-largest-robot-market-2025</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The IFR says the US passed Japan to become the 2nd largest industrial robot market, with food and beverage plants up 30%.</description></item><item><title>A robot badged through locked doors for weeks without help</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/robot-access-controlled-doors</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/robot-access-controlled-doors</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>dormakaba, ANYbotics and LEGIC gave an inspection robot its own access credential and ran it through controlled doors at a power plant for several weeks.</description></item><item><title>SoftBank puts $225 million into a Cache Valley robot company</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/softbank-225-million-utah-asi</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/softbank-225-million-utah-asi</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>SoftBank invested $225 million in Mendon-based ASI and formed a joint venture to build autonomous construction fleets. ASI also owns the Scythe robot mower.</description></item><item><title>Knightscope's $27 million, and how much of it is signed</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/knightscope-27-million-security-robot-contracts</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/knightscope-27-million-security-robot-contracts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Knightscope reported $27 million in security robot renewals and awards across 109 contracts. About $4 million of it is signed contract value.</description></item><item><title>What the FCC robot rule means for cleaning robot buyers</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/fcc-robot-conditional-approvals</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/fcc-robot-conditional-approvals</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The FCC cleared ANSCER's warehouse robots on September 18, only the 2nd exemption since foreign-made mobile robots went on the Covered List.</description></item><item><title>1 in 3 cleaning contractors plan to add robot floor machines</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/cleaning-contractors-robot-floor-equipment</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/cleaning-contractors-robot-floor-equipment</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>About 32% of building service contractors have added or plan to add robotic floor equipment within 12 months, roughly double the 2025 share.</description></item><item><title>Pudu launches 3 commercial robot mowers</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/pudu-gt-series-commercial-robot-mowers</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/pudu-gt-series-commercial-robot-mowers</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The GT Series covers about 2 acres an hour and takes an indoor cleaning robot maker outdoors, onto the grounds contract.</description></item><item><title>1,500 climbing robots in one fulfillment center</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/hai-robotics-1500-climbing-robots</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/hai-robotics-1500-climbing-robots</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Hai Robotics will install more than 1,500 rack-climbing robots in a 30,000 sq m European site rated at over 24,000 totes an hour.</description></item><item><title>Agility's new humanoid works without a safety cage</title><link>https://getrobopro.com/blog/agility-digit-5-safety-cage</link><guid>https://getrobopro.com/blog/agility-digit-5-safety-cage</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Digit 5 charges in 9 minutes, lifts 50 lb, and is built to stop, step aside or sit down when a person walks up to it.</description></item></channel></rss>
