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JBD Launches Roadrunner II Polychrome MicroLED Projector Based on Its 2.5 μm Pixel-Pitch Platform

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SHANGHAI, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JBD, the brand name of Hue Inc. (the “Company”) and a global leader in MicroLED micro-display technology, today announced the launch of Roadrunner II, the latest product in its Roadrunner series. Built on the Company’s validated 2.5 μm pixel-pitch technology and mass-production platform, Roadrunner II is an SVGA polychrome MicroLED projector.

As the latest achievement in the Roadrunner series’ pursuit of ultimate visual performance and compact form factor, Roadrunner II delivers a comprehensive upgrade in resolution, display quality and optical performance while maintaining an ultra-compact volume of 0.18 cc. Based on Roadrunner II, the Company is also introducing a monocular full-color AR glasses development kit, offering a compelling solution for consumer-grade AR glasses in the AI era to balance form factor, functionality and aesthetics.

Full-color display is essential for AR to deliver a better user experience

With the rapid rise of large AI models and AI agents, AR glasses are accelerating their evolution from information display devices into next-generation computing platforms that integrate real-time interaction, intelligent assistance and visual perception. This shift places unprecedented demands on AR devices: they must be compact and lightweight enough for everyday wear, support environmental perception and AI interaction, and, more importantly, deliver high-quality full-color display so that digital information can blend more naturally into the physical world.

The display experience has always been one of the key factors that determine the user experience of AR glasses. Compared with monochrome display, full-color display provides richer layers of information and aligns more closely with the way humans naturally perceive the world. From photo previews, short videos and navigation guidance to content-rich social feeds and AI multimodal interaction, color itself plays an important role in conveying information. For this reason, full-color display is not merely an enhancement; it has become an essential capability for AR glasses to deliver a better user experience.

Higher resolution for a premium full-color AR experience

Roadrunner II is developed based on a 0.1-inch MicroLED micro-display panel with a 2.5 μm pixel pitch and a pixel density of 10,160 PPI. Compared with the mainstream 640 × 480 resolution, Roadrunner II upgrades the resolution to 800 × 600, increasing the total pixel count by nearly 56%. It is currently the highest-resolution MicroLED polychrome projector capable of mass production in the industry. The increased pixel count enables AR interfaces to present richer layers of information and finer content details. In addition, the panel supports a refresh rate of 480 Hz, helping eliminate image flicker in fast-motion scenarios and further improving dynamic visual smoothness.

At a 30-degree field of view, Roadrunner II achieves an angular resolution of 33.3 PPD, significantly enhancing its ability to reproduce image details. To meet the stringent performance requirements of full-color AR near-eye display, Roadrunner II continues the Company’s rigorous optical design. Its center-field modulation transfer function (MTF) reaches 0.4 at 200 lp/mm. With optimized stray-light suppression and precise white-balance calibration, brightness uniformity exceeds 95%, ensuring accurate color reproduction, vivid and lifelike images, and smooth transitions.

Thanks to the Company’s continued breakthroughs in the luminous efficiency of ultra-small pixels, Roadrunner II delivers a substantially increased luminous flux of 6 lumens. When paired with a 30-degree FOV diffractive optical waveguide, it can achieve in-eye brightness of up to 6,000 nits, keeping AR content clearly visible in both indoor environments and strong outdoor lighting. At the same time, Roadrunner II’s typical power consumption is as low as 98 mW, providing strong support for longer battery life in smart glasses. The combined improvements in resolution, image clarity and luminous efficiency establish Roadrunner II as a flagship full-color AR display solution.

Precisely targeting the monocular full-color AR market

While delivering a major leap in display performance, Roadrunner II achieves a compact volume of only 0.18 cc through structural optimization, without compromising the form factor. This not only greatly expands design freedom for binocular full-color AR glasses, but also opens up greater possibilities for monocular full-color AR glasses. To this end, the Company is simultaneously launching a monocular full-color AR glasses development kit powered by Roadrunner II, enabling high-quality full-color display and providing AR glasses manufacturers with rapid integration and validation capabilities for full-color display solutions.

In response to the application needs of full-color AR glasses, the industry is developing a system architecture centered on “monocular display + camera.” By integrating high-quality full-color display with visual perception capabilities, this architecture supports richer AR interaction experiences. It also balances wearing comfort and design aesthetics, making it an important development direction for consumer-grade full-color AR glasses.

Dr. Li Qiming, CEO of the Company, said, “Roadrunner II is precisely focused on the monocular full-color AR glasses market. It is designed to find the optimal balance among display experience, system power consumption, eyewear aesthetics and cost, allowing more consumers to experience truly practical full-color AR display capabilities at an earlier stage. At the same time, JBD will fully leverage its leadership in the existing 2.5 μm pixel technology platform to accelerate the development of a full-resolution product matrix, providing continued momentum for display innovation in next-generation AI/AR smart devices.”

At a time when large AI models and consumer-grade AR are becoming deeply integrated, JBD will continue to drive progress through technological breakthroughs, helping full-color AR displays move from frontier technology into everyday life.

About the Company

Founded in 2015, the Company—known in the industry through its JBD technology brand—stands at the forefront of technological innovation in MicroLED microdisplay technology. Renowned for delivering some of the smallest, brightest, and most energy-efficient microdisplay panels, the Company is a global pioneer in advanced display solutions. The Company’s product portfolio extends well beyond AR near-eye displays, encompassing ultra-compact MicroLED displays, projection solutions, and optical modules—enabling a wide spectrum of consumer, automotive, and commercial applications. Driven by an unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation, the Company continues to expand the boundaries of application and deliver reliable, system-level solutions that help shape a brighter, more vibrant digital world.

Mission

Enlighten the human perspective with MicroLED.

Vision

To become a global leader of near-eye display solutions, reshaping the human-AI interaction experience and gatewaying humanity to the digital world through MicroLED.

Explore more about the Company’s groundbreaking advancements by visiting their website(www.jb-display.com) or engaging with them on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).

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Techman Robot Targets Southeast Asian Smart Manufacturing Markets at Thailand Automation Show

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AI-guided smart cartoning & packing lines and the all-new lightweight TM3S cobot make their overseas debut.

BANGKOK, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Techman Robot, a global leader in collaborative robots and AI vision technology, will showcase its latest innovations at the “ME Assembly & Automation 2026”. Centered around the dual themes of “Smart Packaging Automation” and “High-Efficiency AI Inspection,” the company is introducing tailored solutions for the electronics manufacturing, automotive components, food & beverage, and consumer electronics sectors

AI Vision-Guided Smart Cartoning and Packing Line

To address the critical automation demands within e-commerce and retail product packaging, Techman Robot is highlighting its “Automated Cartoning and Packing Line”. This solution overcomes the traditional limitations of mechanical grippers in complex packaging environments by integrating Techman collaborative robot, advanced AI vision guidance systems, and dexterous gripping technologies.

Demonstrating a seamless synergy of “brain, eye, and hand,” the system automates cardboard fetching, precise positioning, box folding, cartoning, and transport. Featuring a modular design and rapid deployment capabilities, this solution significantly reduces line footprint, shortens implementation timelines, and enhances packaging efficiency and operational stability—making it ideal for high-mix, low-volume agile production.

The All-New Lightweight TM3S Cobot

Techman Robot is also debuting its latest flagship model, the brand-new “TM3S” collaborative robot. Engineered for on-site operations requiring frequent relocation and high flexibility, the TM3S boasts an ultra-lightweight design, weighing in at just 12 kilograms.

A key feature of the TM3S is its “Quick-release Connector” for cabling, which enables production engineers to install, disassemble, and relocate the unit within an exceptionally short timeframe, vastly improving operational mobility on the shop floor. Furthermore, the TM3S carries forward the signature feature of the Techman Robot family: the “Integrated Vision” system. This provides the robot with advanced spatial awareness and positioning capabilities, making it particularly suited for high-precision welding, assembly, workstation localization, and automated rapid inspection.

AI Flying Trigger Inspection & Instant Palletizer Solutions

Beyond its packaging and lightweight innovations, Techman Robot is demonstrating its “Flying Trigger AI Inspection” and “Instant Palletizer” systems.

Flying Trigger AI Inspection: Allows robots to perform real-time defect inspection and cosmetic recognition while in motion without pausing, driving significant leaps in both throughput and quality control.Instant Palletizer: Offers a streamlined setup and intuitive operation to help Southeast Asian food & beverage and 3C retail clients rapidly upgrade their end-of-line logistics and stacking efficiency, directly addressing regional labor shortages.  

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IR launches Iris for HPE Nonstop, bringing AI-powered observability insights to mission-critical infrastructure

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SYDNEY, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Integrated Research (ASX: IRI, “IR”), a leading global provider of observability solutions for mission‑critical payments, infrastructure and communications, today announced the launch of Iris for Nonstop, extending its conversational AI intelligence layer to HPE Nonstop environments.

Building on the success of Iris in multi‑vendor unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) observability, IR has embedded Iris directly into the Prognosis Platform for HPE Nonstop. This allows IT teams, business application stakeholders and more to ask questions in natural language and receive immediate, context‑rich answers about the health, performance and capacity of their Nonstop systems.

“Nonstop powers some of the world’s most critical transactions, but the data that keeps these environments running has traditionally been locked up in specialist tools and expertise,” said Ian Lowe, CEO at IR.

“With Iris for Nonstop, we’re providing AI powered intelligence direct to the IT function. Iris understands Nonstop, understands context unique to each clients environment, and can turn complex telemetry into actionable insight in seconds.”

AI‑powered observability for always‑on Nonstop environments

HPE Nonstop is a trusted platform for high‑volume, always‑on workloads in financial services, retail, telecommunications and other industries where downtime is not an option. IR’s Infrastructure suite, powered by Prognosis, has long helped clients monitor, troubleshoot and optimize the performance and availability of these environments with real‑time dashboards, alerting and automated reporting.

Iris for Nonstop builds on this foundation by adding a conversational AI layer that:

Answers complex questions in plain language – Operators can ask questions such as “Is CPU usage normal for this time period?” or “Can you show me the network traffic trends over the past 2 weeks?”, and Iris will respond with explanations, context and recommended next steps.Accelerates incident resolution – By synthesizing Prognosis’ real‑time telemetry into guided insights, Iris helps teams identify root causes faster, reducing mean time to resolution in high‑stakes Nonstop environments.Democratizes Nonstop expertise – Iris makes Nonstop performance and capacity data accessible to broader IT, business and executive stakeholders, with easy‑to‑consume natural‑language summaries and reports.Supports proactive capacity and batch planning – By leveraging Prognosis Infrastructure, Business Insight and Batch Manager capabilities, Iris can surface trends in capacity, usage patterns and batch workloads, helping teams plan ahead before issues impact production.

Unified intelligence layer for hybrid Nonstop, from core to edge

As Nonstop clients adopt virtual Nonstop, cloud deployments and hybrid infrastructures spanning core and edge, the complexity of managing performance and capacity continues to grow. The combination of Prognosis Server on Nonstop, Prognosis Edge, and now Iris for Nonstop gives organizations a unified intelligence layer over their distributed, mission‑critical environments.

“Our clients are running Nonstop everywhere – in data centers, in virtualized environments and at the edge,” said Ian Lowe. “By embedding Iris directly into our Infrastructure solutions, we’re giving our clients an AI assistant that understands their topology, their workloads and their SLAs, wherever Nonstop is deployed.”

Iris for Nonstop is available now with Prognosis 13.3, for clients using IR Infrastructure and the Prognosis Platform for HPE Nonstop. For more information, visit the website.

About IR
At IR, we power elite business performance. Trusted by the world’s largest organizations for more than 30 years, our market-leading observability solutions are powered by Prognosis – the real-time intelligence platform built for multi-vendor infrastructure, UC&CX and payments environments. To find out more, visit www.ir.com.

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Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) Accelerates Global Leadership In AI Factories, Infrastructure At Europe’s VivaTech

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TAIPEI and PARIS, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) (TWSE:2317), the world’s largest artificial intelligence server provider, accelerated its global leadership in AI factories and sovereign AI infrastructure by showcasing at VivaTech its end-to-end integration capabilities that also stand up the world’s most state-of-the-art, rack-scale AI supercomputer.

Considered Foxconn’s European debut and a nod to Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer brought the cutting-edge technology including NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, NVIDIA HGX platforms and NVIDIA MGX architectures, as well as two of its electric vehicles and advances in humanoid robotics.

“Foxconn is connecting with transformation opportunities and diversified business models across European industries. By fostering technology collaboration with industry, start-ups, government and academia, we strengthen our Build-Operate-Localize presence in Europe,” said Foxconn Vice President and Spokesperson James Wu, referring to the Group’s innovative BOL business model that supports local communities.

Underscoring the market’s importance, Foxconn, with partners Bull of France, a leader in advanced computing and AI, and NVIDIA also announced a strategic milestone to build the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 platform from Europe that will commercialize under the Bull brand.

At Foxconn Booth 2B41, the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 represents the next frontier of Agentic AI. On display, as well, were NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8 and NVIDIA MGX 4U system, affirming the Group’s manufacturing strengths in high-density AI racks, compute trays, liquid cooling, power delivery, and system integration. Moreover, with its dedicated business unit for AI supercomputing & cloud operations, Visionbay.ai – which is an NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) – the Group showed end-to-end solutions that cover the full stack AI factory operations to technical services and application ecosystems.

For the first time in Europe, the public can see and sit in two modern EVs offered by Foxconn unit FOXTRON Vehicle Technologies under a Contract Design and Manufacturing Service, or CDMS, business model. A MODEL B sporty crossover – being sold in Taiwan under the BRIA brand – and a MODEL D lifestyle multipurpose utility vehicle represent the Group’s capabilities in EV platforms, complete vehicle design, smart cockpits and advanced electronic/electrical (E/E) architectures.

Meanwhile, a wheeled humanoid demonstrates dual-arm collaboration for precision assembly tasks. The embodied intelligence is derived from actual factory scenarios, combining simulation-based training with on-site iteration to enable rapid deployment and scalable rollout across manufacturing facilities.

About VivaTech here.

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