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We’re live at ERF 2026 in Stavanger, Norway this week 🇳🇴 with MoveIt Pro 9.0 queued up and ready for live demos — come create your own simulation. Dave Coleman and Michael Janney can't wait to show it off! Booth #78!

Catch @waffle Dave Coleman on a panel "How Robotics Companies Are Using AI" alongside Anders Billesø Beck and @Andrew Lonsberry. Stop by the #PickNik booth, #636. Our interactive demo will let you experience what production-grade robotic manipulation really looks like.

Greetings from the 41st Space Symposium! @waffle Dave Coleman and @SteveHagenlock are in Colorado Springs this week talking to the primes, startups, and agencies pushing the space robotics frontier forward.

We got a facelift in 9.0 The new UI reduces mouse travel for common workflows, removes confusion around editing while in edit mode, and eliminates wasted space caused by duplicate header bars. The refreshed layout delivers a cleaner, more modern look that improves usability

MoveIt Pro 9.0 released! All new algorithms 35x faster IK solvers, 4x faster motion planning and 30x faster cartesian planners A suite of new algorithms with more robust and performant implementations replacing OMPL, MoveIt Servo, KDL, and IKFast. picknik.ai/moveit-2-vs-mo…

Today marks 100 years since Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket—a moment that ignited the modern space age. On March 16, 1926, a small rocket lifted off from a snowy field in Auburn, Massachusetts. We’re proud to be part of the next chapter of this story

From prototypes to mission-critical robots across space, medical, and defense - ROS™ 2 is powering the worldʼs most advanced production systems. picknik.ai/white-papers/2…

We have used many mapping and planning approaches — including Octomap-based pipelines in MoveIt Pro and NVIDIA’s NVBlox + CuMotion stack. Teams still choose Octomap for one reason: predictable behavior when the environment isn’t perfect. picknik.ai/2026/03/04/Oct…

NASA ‘Arms’ Astronauts, Industry with Robotic Intelligence To free up astronauts, NASA tackles complexity of controlling robotic arms spinoff.nasa.gov/NASA_Arms_Astr…

Building production-ready systems with ROS 2? The PickNik Hardware Ecosystem makes it easy to discover ROS 2-supported hardware with integration details & quality indicators. Reduce risk. Ship faster. #ROS2 #Robotics

Motiv Space Systems and PickNik Robotics Collaborate on Software for NASA’s Fly Foundational Robotics (FFR) Mission spacenews.com/motiv-space-sy… via @SpaceNews_Inc

Motiv Space Systems and PickNik Robotics collaborate on software for NASA’s Fly Foundational robotics mission roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/02/10/mot… via @MechatronixNews

Full story: picknik.ai/news-releases/…

@MotivSS and PickNik announce a collaboration to support software development for NASA's Fly Foundational Robotics (FFR) mission, advancing on-orbit robotic manipulation for future In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities using #MoveItPro and #SpaceROS

We just rolled out an experimental LLM-powered way to build Behavior Trees in MoveIt Pro—and it’s a game changer. Starting in v8.8, you can now use a built-in text prompt directly in the UI to instantly generate complete Behavior Trees or refactor existing ones. #MoveItPro

Our featured MoveIt Pro and ROS 2 compatible hardware this month is the #Kuka KR Cybertech series. #MoveItPro now offers Gold Support for these robots, as well as KUKA-compatible 7th-axis linear rails. picknik.ai/hardware-ecosy…

The Behaviors Hub. Explore our growing skills library of 200+ robot skills that come out of the box with #MoveItPro, including AI models, training tools, control algorithms, and manipulation capabilities. picknik.ai/behaviors/?cat…

MoveIt Pro Core! picknik.ai/moveit-pro-cor…

@InventiaLifeSci accelerated development of its LIGŌ 3D bioprinting robot for regenerative surgery using #MoveItPro. The team completed a world-first clinical trial printing living tissue directly onto patients during surgery!

🚀 PickNik Robotics is at #CES2026 in Las Vegas! Dave Grant (CEO) + Dave Coleman (Founder/CPO) are here today. If you’re in the robotics community and want to connect, DM us to grab a quick coffee + chat collaboration. ☕🤝