Advantech and Trossen Robotics Bring Physical AI to Automate

Chicago, IL, June, 23, 2026 –Trossen Robotics, a highly respected leader in open, developer‑centric robotic platforms, and Advantech, a global leader in industrial IoT and edge AI computing, today announced a joint demonstration at Automate Show 2026 in Chicago. The demo features Trossen Robotics’ Solo AI Kit running on Advantech’s ASR‑A502 robotics controller, powered by the Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 2 processor, showcasing a scalable and production‑ready Physical AI development pipeline.

Trossen Robotics is widely recognized for empowering researchers, startups, and enterprise developers with modular, flexible robotic systems that accelerate innovation in AI‑driven control, perception, and autonomy. Its platforms are trusted across academia and industry for bridging the gap between robotics research and deployable systems. The Solo AI Kit exemplifies this philosophy by enabling rapid experimentation while maintaining a clear path toward real‑world deployment.

The joint demonstration at Automate highlights how Trossen Robotics’ application‑ready robotic platforms integrate seamlessly with Advantech’s edge AI and robotics infrastructure—forming a unified solution that supports AI training, simulation, and real‑time inferencing on a consistent hardware and software foundation. By integrating the Solo AI Kit with Advantech’s robotics controllers, the demo showcases how advanced edge AI computing, robotics‑grade I/O, and real‑time performance can be combined to support demanding Physical AI workloads. 

Advantech complements this partnership with a broad portfolio of edge AI systems and robotics controllers with multiple CPU, GPU and NPU configurations, allowing robotics developers to scale Physical AI solutions across different robot types and deployment stages. On the sensing side, Advantech’s partnerships with RealSense and StereoLabs enable robust depth, stereo, and GMSL‑based vision pipelines validated across multiple compute architectures. On the software side, Advantech Robotics Suite provides a free, one‑click‑installable framework featuring pre‑validated ROS 2 nodes, sample code, and GUI tools that simplify robotics development.

“Physical AI demands an ecosystem approach—combining flexible robotic platforms, scalable edge computing, and production‑ready software,” said Stephen Liu, Head of Robotics Business at Advantech. “By working closely with Trossen Robotics, we are helping developers move faster from AI experimentation to real world robotic deployment.”

“Together, Trossen Robotics and Advantech provide hardware and software infrastructure developers and engineers need to work with advanced Physical AI models,” said Marc Dostie, Principal Solutions Architect at Trossen Robotics. “This collaboration creates a scalable and affordable path from R&D to deployment, enabling teams to move from experimentation to real-time inference and production-ready robotic systems.”

This collaboration represent a new way of building the future of robotics—where innovation is not limited to the lab, and deployment is not constrained by complexity. By combining Trossen’s open, agile robotic platforms with Advantech’s scalable edge AI systems, sensing ecosystem, and lifecycle software, developers gain a clear and continuous path from imagination to reality. This collaboration empowers teams to experiment boldly, scale confidently, and turn Physical AI into systems that operate, learn, and deliver value in the real world.

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About Advantech

Advantech is a global leader in IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms, with the corporate vision of "Enabling an Intelligent Planet." To embrace the trends of edge computing and artificial intelligence, Advantech fully deploys its sector-driven strategy and focus on Edge Computing and Edge AI. In the meantime, Advantech is enhancing its global presence and core competitiveness by integrating its Edge Computing hardware platform, the WISE-IoT software platform, and sector-specific Edge AI solutions with domain expertise.

About Trossen Robotics

Trossen Robotics is a leading provider of modular robotic platforms, components, and development tools that enable developers, researchers, and innovators to rapidly build, test, and deploy advanced robotic systems with flexibility and confidence.