TLDR: The Manifest 2026 trade show showcased the latest in supply chain automation, with Ocado and Corvus Robotics demonstrating advanced picking and packing bots.
Supply chain logistics might not sound sexy, but when you see a drone army coordinating with ground robots to pack your delivery in record time, it’s hard not to be impressed. At Manifest 2026 in Las Vegas, companies like Ocado and Corvus Robotics showed off the future of warehousing.We’re talking about autonomous systems that can handle delicate items with care and move goods faster than ever before. It’s clear that the ‘dark warehouse’ concept is becoming a reality, where human intervention is minimal and efficiency is maximized.If you’re wondering why your packages are arriving faster, this is why.Source: The Robot Report
Category: Ai
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The Brains Behind the Bots: Alibaba Unveils Qwen 3.5 for the Agentic Era
As hardware advances, the “brain” of the robot is catching up. Alibaba has just unveiled Qwen 3.5, a new AI model explicitly built for the “Agentic Era.” Unlike standard chatbots, Qwen 3.5 features native “visual agentic capabilities,” allowing it to see, understand, and operate independently across digital and physical interfaces. This is a crucial step towards true robotic autonomy.
Why It Matters for Robotics
Robots need to understand the world, not just text. Qwen 3.5’s ability to process video, images, and text simultaneously in a single model (native multimodal) means robots can react faster and with more context. Plus, with a claimed 60% reduction in inference costs, deploying smart robots just got significantly cheaper.
This move positions Alibaba as a serious contender against OpenAI and Google DeepMind in the race to build the operating system for physical AI.
Source: Reuters