Global Machine Vision Market to Reach USD 60.98 Billion by 2035

Microchip Technology has been selected by AnalogAI to supply its memBrain SAGE neuromorphic hardware IP for use in new edge AI processors. The collaboration centers on compute-in-memory technology targeting training and inference for adaptive robots, drones and vehicles, with AnalogAI planning to integrate memBrain SAGE into real-world, low-power AI systems designed for deployment at the network edge. Microchip Technology is a US-based semiconductor supplier with a roughly $38.5b market cap focused on smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. The design win supports the edge-computing catalyst in the company's narrative, though analysts flag execution risk from competition, including edge-AI platforms from Nvidia and Qualcomm.

Runyang Technology recently unveiled a new physical intelligent sensing material that is flexible and deformable, can be kneaded and rubbed, and captures pressure changes in real time. It can be applied to consumer health monitoring and human-machine interaction, while also enabling tactile perception in robots and precise sensing of gripping force. Runyang Technology mainly produces IXPE, XPE, IXPP, GFOAM, MPP, and EVA series prototype environmentally friendly foam materials, with products sold to 20 countries and regions and already integrated into the supply chain system of global home improvement giant Home Depot. In the first half of 2026, the company's R&D investment reached 8.62 million yuan, up 55 percent year on year. In the embodied intelligence sector, Runyang Technology has entered the special-purpose robotics field through its controlling subsidiary Shanghai Runke Juneng. At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Runke Juneng launched a centaur special-purpose robot focused on scenarios such as the nuclear industry, oil fields, mines, and fire and emergency response. It adopts a wheel-leg hybrid configuration, can carry an average load of up to 120 kilograms, and has a core component localization rate exceeding 95 percent. In 2025, the company made a strategic investment in humanoid robot company Fourier Intelligence, opening up embodied intelligence industry chain resources. It is reported that Runyang Technology's centaur robot has signed a hundred-unit-level intent order with Shanghai Huayan Fire Protection and has deployed a mining application scenario in Yulin, Shaanxi. Small-scale mass production will begin in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Synaptics Incorporated announced that its first CTS tactile sensing module, powered by the SN6012T controller, is now supported within NVIDIA's Isaac Sim robotics simulation framework, letting developers prototype and validate contact and force interactions for dexterous robotic hands, grippers, and other Physical AI systems. The CTS module and Synaptics' Astra Edge AI processors integrate with NVIDIA Holoscan to unify touch, vision, and motion data, which could simplify how robotics teams design and test human-object interactions before deploying physical hardware. Synaptics' narrative projects $1.6 billion in revenue and $21.2 million in earnings by 2029, requiring 9.4% yearly revenue growth and a $512.0 million earnings increase from -$490.8 million today, and yields a $130.33 fair value, a 34% upside to its current price. The most optimistic analysts were assuming about US$1.7 billion in 2029 revenue and US$190 million in earnings, leaving investors to weigh whether the CTS Isaac Sim integration strengthens the Physical AI and humanoid robotics story or highlights how early and uncertain that market still is.