Robotics Facility Openings

Track recent robotics facility openings, lab launches, factory expansions, and operational footprint updates.

Verified Events

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Facility OpeningEchodyne

Echodyne opens Washington radar manufacturing facility

Perception

· facility opening · Echodyne · Perception

Evidence notes
  • The 86,350 sq ft site is built to support more than 30,000 radars per year, equivalent to over 2,500 units per month.
  • Echodyne framed the expansion around demand from U.S. and allied customers for C-UAS, force-protection, BVLOS and autonomous-system sensing.
  • The company said the facility represents a $40M investment in advanced radar manufacturing capacity.
Date
Company Echodyne
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Perception
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Facility OpeningMedPal AI

MedPal AI opens robotic pharmacy dispensing facility in Runcorn

Healthcare

· facility opening · MedPal AI · Healthcare

Evidence notes
  • The 23,000 sq ft Runcorn site is described as MedPal AI’s largest facility to date.
  • The facility is scaling from more than 2,000 prescription items per day toward capacity above 10,000 per day.
  • The event is tracked as healthcare fulfilment automation rather than a robotics OEM product launch.
Date
Company MedPal AI
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Healthcare
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Facility OpeningBoston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics announces 323,000-square-foot Waltham robotics and AI center

Humanoid

· facility opening · Boston Dynamics · Stretch · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • The facility will consolidate three nearby operations and expand advanced manufacturing, AI, workforce training and R&D capabilities.
  • Massachusetts awarded a $25 million EDIP incentive tied to renovation and buildout for Atlas, Spot and Stretch operations.
  • Boston Dynamics expects to create 1,250 new jobs by 2033 and begin phased move-in during mid-2027.
Date
Product Stretch
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Humanoid
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Facility OpeningAMC Robotics

AMC Robotics leases Vietnam facility for NovaArm production

Service

· facility opening · AMC Robotics · Service

Evidence notes
  • AMC expects about US$3.5 million of Phase 1 buildout and equipment investment.
  • Initial NovaArm production is targeted for the second half of 2026.
  • The facility is configured for precision assembly, whole-machine calibration and automated end-of-line testing.
Date
Company AMC Robotics
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Service
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Facility OpeningFrankenburg Technologies

Frankenburg Technologies opens Riga missile assembly factory

Defense

· facility opening · Frankenburg Technologies · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The site covers about 1,000 square meters and is expected to employ up to 50 people.
  • Frankenburg targets 1,500 missiles in 2026 and capacity of up to 100 missiles per day by end-2026 across the Latvian FieldFoundry system.
  • The factory handles missile electronics assembly, weapon-system assembly, fire-control integration, testing and quality control.
Date
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Defense
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Facility OpeningVolatus Aerospace

Volatus Aerospace opens Mirabel autonomous-systems manufacturing facility

Aerial

· facility opening · Volatus Aerospace · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • The Mirabel site is positioned as a Canadian manufacturing base for autonomous defense systems.
  • Production is already underway on drone docking stations, with V-Series aircraft manufacturing expected to follow.
  • The facility supports orders across Canada and NATO markets.
Date
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Aerial
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Facility OpeningZhejiang Laifual Drive

Laifual opens Shaoxing harmonic-reducer production facility

Motion Components

· facility opening · Zhejiang Laifual Drive · Motion Components

Evidence notes
  • The Shaoxing facility began operation in August 2025.
  • Laifual said its designed monthly harmonic-reducer production capacity reached 39,600 units by December 2025.
  • The facility supports Laifual's capacity for commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.
Date
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Motion Components
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Facility OpeningFormic

Formic opens 53,000 sq ft Bolingbrook headquarters

Industrial

· facility opening · Formic · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • The new headquarters is five times larger than Formic’s previous 12,000 sq ft headquarters.
  • Customer and media demos included workcells being tested for shipment within weeks to customer locations.
  • Formic’s offering expanded beyond palletizing and case packing into machine tending, pallet wrapping, AMRs and general-purpose robot pilots.
Date
Company Formic
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Industrial
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Facility OpeningANYbotics

ANYbotics opens Barcelona engineering hub for autonomous inspection robots

Inspection

· facility opening · ANYbotics · Inspection

Evidence notes
  • The Barcelona office is ANYbotics’ third hub, joining Zurich and San Francisco, and is based at the DFactory Industry 4.0 campus.
  • The site expands hiring across computer vision, machine learning, software engineering, mechatronics and DevOps.
  • ANYbotics framed the hub around scaling customer programs from pilots to multi-site autonomous inspection deployments in utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, metals and mining.
Date
Company ANYbotics
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Inspection
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