Physical AI in Robotics: Key Breakthroughs and New Sensing Technologies

Recent industry conferences and technology showcases have highlighted major advancements shaping the future of AI and robotics. This year, Physical AI took center stage — with rapid advances in foundation models, simulation-to-real workflows, and increasingly capable robotic systems.

In this webinar, experts from Robotiq and Universal Robots will share key insights from these events and highlight the Physical AI applications and trends that robotics teams should be watching closely.

We will break down the top five Physical AI breakthroughs demonstrated across recent industry gatherings, discuss where AI still faces challenges when interacting with the physical world, and explore why richer multimodal sensing, especially touch, is becoming critical for training and deploying intelligent robots.

During the session, we’ll also introduce Robotiq’s new TSF-85 tactile sensor fingertips, designed to bring pressure, vibration, and proprioception sensing directly to robot grippers. You’ll see how tactile sensing can help generate richer datasets, improve grasp reliability, and support the next generation of Physical AI systems.