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IFR

Teradyne’s Jane Heffner Elected New President of International Federation of Robotics

Insider Brief Jane Heffner has been elected president of the International Federation of Robotics, taking over the rotating role from Takayuki Ito of Fanuc. “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Takayuki

2 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

IFR Reports China Making ‘AI-Powered Robots’ Core of National Strategy

6 May 2026

The Week Ahead in AI: EU Puts Meta on Notice, AI Brands Super Bowl Ads, ‘AI Washing’ Job Losses, AI Romance Novels, Plus Upcoming Earnings and Events

9 Feb 2026

IFR Releases Position Paper on AI in Robotics

8 Feb 2026

Policy & Government · Regulation

The Week Ahead in AI: OpenAI and SoftBank, More Fallout from Grok Deepfakes, Andreessen Horowitz $15B Raise, Plus Upcoming Earnings and Policy Hearings

12 Jan 2026

Business & Markets · Enterprise

International Federation of Robotics Releases its Top 5 Global Robotics Trends for 2026

10 Jan 2026

IFR

Teradyne’s Jane Heffner Elected New President of International Federation of Robotics

IFR Reports China Making ‘AI-Powered Robots’ Core of National Strategy

The Week Ahead in AI: EU Puts Meta on Notice, AI Brands Super Bowl Ads, ‘AI Washing’ Job Losses, AI Romance Novels, Plus Upcoming Earnings and Events

IFR Releases Position Paper on AI in Robotics

The Week Ahead in AI: OpenAI and SoftBank, More Fallout from Grok Deepfakes, Andreessen Horowitz $15B Raise, Plus Upcoming Earnings and Policy Hearings

International Federation of Robotics Releases its Top 5 Global Robotics Trends for 2026

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IFR

Teradyne’s Jane Heffner Elected New President of International Federation of Robotics

IFR Reports China Making ‘AI-Powered Robots’ Core of National Strategy

The Week Ahead in AI: EU Puts Meta on Notice, AI Brands Super Bowl Ads, ‘AI Washing’ Job Losses, AI Romance Novels, Plus Upcoming Earnings and Events

IFR Releases Position Paper on AI in Robotics

The Week Ahead in AI: OpenAI and SoftBank, More Fallout from Grok Deepfakes, Andreessen Horowitz $15B Raise, Plus Upcoming Earnings and Policy Hearings

International Federation of Robotics Releases its Top 5 Global Robotics Trends for 2026

Trending today

KAIST Quadruped Robot Finishes Marathon on a Single Battery Charge

Axya Secures $17M CAD in Funding to Help Manufacturers Modernize Procurement with AI

SoftBank Invests $225M in Utah’s Autonomous Solutions, Forms Construction Robotics Joint Venture

Ando Emerges From Stealth With $20M to Build a Messaging Platform for Humans and AI Agents

BigHat Biosciences Closes $75M Series C Financing to Advance AI-Designed Therapeutics and Leading Agentic Data Platform for Rapid Protein Design

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