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For companies, corporations and private clients who want to put AI and robotics to work: OROBO Reports across twelve branches — from models and agents to humanoids and sensors, chips, energy and regulation.
24 reports · 12 branches · As of 04 Nov 2026
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AI models & LLMs
Which models exist, what they can do and how openly they are licensed.2 reportsAgents & workflows
Where AI agents take over work — and why projects fail.2 reportsRobotics & embodied AI
Robots and drones that see, grasp and move with AI models.2 reportsHumanoid robots
Pilots, unit numbers and makers — what humanoids deliver in production.1 reportComputer vision & sensors
Cameras, LiDAR and image processing: the senses of machines and who supplies them.1 reportChips, compute & data centres
GPU supply, memory prices and rental costs — what compute costs today.1 reportEdge AI & local models
AI on your own devices and servers: hardware, models and data control.2 reportsSecurity & regulation
AI Act, Machinery Regulation and attacks — deadlines and duties at a glance.4 reportsMedicine, biotech & longevity
AI in diagnostics, drug discovery and ageing research — with the evidence.1 reportEnergy & batteries
Power demand of data centres, grids and batteries for robots and vehicles.1 reportQuantum computing
What quantum computers can do today, when fault tolerance arrives and what it means for encryption.1 reportMarkets & business models
Who sells, who buys, who earns: markets, supply chains and prices.6 reports
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24 reports, newest first
Humanoids in production: what the 2026 pilots show
The first factories in Europe, the US and China are using humanoids — for narrowly defined tasks, with measurable but still small numbers.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minEU AI Act: the new deadlines after the omnibus
Amending Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 has been in force since 27 July 2026: high-risk obligations come later, transparency obligations do not.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minCompute is getting more expensive again: GPU rentals and memory prices
After years of falling prices, H100 rental rates are higher again at several providers, and memory stays scarce — 2027 budgets should account for it.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minPhysical AI: foundation models for robots are becoming products
NVIDIA and Google DeepMind now offer models that turn camera images and language directly into robot motion — some already with commercial licences.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minMachinery Regulation from 20 January 2027: what changes for AI and robotics
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces the Machinery Directive and explicitly covers self-learning controls, autonomous mobile machines and protection against tampering.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minChina installs three in five industrial robots — and controls the magnets
The IFR 2026 report shows China’s lead in robots while the EU falls back; at the same time, the supply chain depends on Chinese export licences for rare earths.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minEdge AI and local models: what your own AI hardware costs in 2026
Open models now run on a laptop or a single GPU — but the memory shortage has made edge modules up to twice as expensive.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minLiDAR is moving from cars to robots
Chinese makers are shipping robotics LiDAR in record volumes while a Western pioneer had to give up — shaping prices and suppliers for vision projects.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minPower for AI: data centres are growing faster than the grids
Data centre electricity demand rose 17% in 2025 and is projected to double by 2030; bottlenecks in grid connections, turbines and transformers are becoming a location factor.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minAI in medicine and longevity: approvals, trials, limits
The US FDA is authorising more AI medical devices than ever and AI-designed drugs are reaching late-stage trials — the evidence for “rejuvenation” remains preliminary.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minQuantum computing in 2026: what businesses should do now
Fault-tolerant quantum computers are announced for 2029 to 2030 — the migration of encryption has to start long before.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minAI agents in the enterprise: who scales, who fails
Large companies are deploying agents more broadly, smaller ones barely — and analysts expect many projects to fail on cost and unclear value.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minThe model market in 2026: gaps shrink, licences decide
According to the Stanford AI Index 2026, the leading US and Chinese models are only 2.7% apart — for businesses, licence, operation and data control now matter more than the last benchmark point.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minDrone inspection in 2026: rules, suppliers, outlook
The EU is simplifying approvals, the US is blocking new Chinese models, European makers are growing — for inspection fleets, choosing a supplier has become strategic.04 Nov 2026 · 2 minAI risks in 2026: attacks, incidents, protection
AI can be steered with text, including by strangers. What went wrong in 2025 and 2026, which rules apply now and how to protect yourself and your work.16 Oct 2026 · 4 minAI agents in 2026: where they actually work
AI agents now do real work, mostly in coding and customer service, but they still fail often and are being adopted more slowly than promised.16 Oct 2026 · 4 minThe flood of AI-made work, and why curation matters
In 2026, AI tools are producing apps, servers and skills at unprecedented volume, but much of it goes unmaintained and some of it is outright harmful.16 Oct 2026 · 4 minMaking money with AI-made work: what pays in 2026
AI platforms offer plenty of reach, but payment mostly happens elsewhere, and many makers earn first through client work rather than their own products.16 Oct 2026 · 4 minOpen AI models: four months behind the frontier
In 2026, open AI models are nearly as good as the best closed ones, some run on a laptop, and they keep your data with you if you run them safely.16 Oct 2026 · 4 minAI in small businesses: numbers, uses, hurdles
More than half of German companies now use AI, with small firms mostly using it for text and customer contact, but most of the potential is still untapped.16 Oct 2026 · 4 minCustom GPTs disappear on 11 December. What creators should do now.
OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs and with them the GPT Store. If you built there, you need a new home by the end of the year — and a strategy that does not depend on the next platform change.15 Oct 2026 · 4 minThe supply explosion: why app stores can no longer keep up in 2026
Twice as many new apps, barely more downloads, weeks of review delays — and alongside, millions of skills, agents and MCP servers without any review. The numbers behind the flood.15 Oct 2026 · 6 minClawHavoc: what 341 malicious skills teach us about AI agent security
Almost one in eight skills on an open marketplace was malware. How the attacks worked, how to spot dangerous skills — and what HALO checks automatically.15 Oct 2026 · 5 minWhat creators really pay platforms in 2026
From 6.75 to 30 percent: we calculated the fees of the main marketplaces and payment providers for a €20 sale — with all surcharges.15 Oct 2026 · 5 min
OROBO REPORTNewsletter
Planned from December 2026, every Thursday: what is happening in AI and robotics — and what it means for your business.
- Humanoids in production: what the 2026 pilots showAccording to Figure AI, a Figure 02 robot at BMW’s Spartanburg plant (US) helped build more than 30,000 BMW X3s over about ten months, moving over 90,000 parts in roughly 1,250 operating hours.
- EU AI Act: the new deadlines after the omnibusStand-alone high-risk AI under Annex III (such as recruitment, creditworthiness, critical infrastructure) must meet its obligations only from 2 December 2027 instead of 2 August 2026.
- Compute is getting more expensive again: GPU rentals and memory pricesIn October 2026, an H100 GPU cost between about USD 2 and USD 12 per hour depending on the provider; hyperscalers sit at the top, specialist providers at the bottom.
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