Humanoid robot debut and automotive welding line put Inovance’s manufacturing architecture on show

SHANGHAI, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Inovance Technology (SZSE: 300124) presents its intelligent manufacturing architecture at the 2026 China International Industry Fair (CIIF) under the theme “Make Intelligence REAL.”

At the center of the booth is a Luban lock, a traditional Chinese puzzle whose wooden pieces interlock without nails or glue. Inovance uses it to show that design, production, energy and operations deliver more value when they work together.

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An automotive body welding demonstration line combines Inovance controllers, drives, robots and machine vision. Standardized process modules, digital-twin validation and predictive maintenance help customers shorten changeovers and raise output.

Inovance’s humanoid robot debuts on the line. Its seven-axis arms with precision force control are mounted on a wheeled base. Full-body liquid cooling, IP54 protection and hot-swappable batteries suit it to factory conditions. Guided by the line’s vision system and paired with an arc-welding robot, it autonomously loads, unloads and repositions workpieces.

A manufacturing ontology brings together process knowledge, equipment data and field experience to trace the causes of production anomalies, then turns findings into edge control strategies. WiTSnet industrial networking keeps synchronization jitter below 10 ns across 10 nodes, while INO AIR synchronizes 128 axes wirelessly with 99.9999% reliability.

This architecture already runs in automotive, metal and cable, and port logistics, including one of the industry’s first plant-wide control systems built on 5G-Advanced and virtual PLC clusters.

In metal rolling, the HD3X medium-voltage drive has cut customers’ scrap rates by 3–8%. Inovance’s electric propulsion system has completed first-flight validation on DreamFly Aerotech’s DF3000 eVTOL. At the company’s Nanjing plant, the InoOcean platform lifted spot-market energy storage returns 3–8% above peak/off-peak arbitrage and shortened payback by 0.92 years.

Like the joints of a Luban lock, manufacturing progress depends on every part of the value chain fitting together. Visit Inovance at Hall 6.1H, Booth C092, through October 16.

Make Intelligence REAL.

About Inovance

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shenzhen, Inovance Technology develops industrial automation, motion control, digital energy, industrial robots, new energy vehicle powertrains and smart elevator systems for customers worldwide.

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BHUBANESWAR, India, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Noted educationist, social reformer and Founder of KIIT and KISS, Dr. Achyuta Samanta (https://achyutasamanta.com/), has been unanimously elected the first President of the Indian UniSport Federation (IUSF) at its inaugural Annual General Meeting here on Sunday. Addressing the members after his election, he called for collective efforts to prepare Indian athletes for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in India and urged all stakeholders to work together to realise the Prime Minister’s vision for sports development in the country.

Recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Federation aims to strengthen university sports, promote transparent governance and create greater opportunities for young athletes across the country.

His election recognises his significant contribution to university sports through KIIT (https://kiit.ac.in/) and KISS (https://kiss.ac.in/), where he has championed a model integrating education, sporting excellence and athlete welfare. Under his leadership, the institutions have developed a comprehensive sports ecosystem featuring more than 30 sports facilities, professional coaching, sports science, nutrition, medical care and rehabilitation support.

As many as 24 KIIT and KISS athletes have represented India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and World University Games. KIIT has also served as India’s nodal university for the World University Games since Napoli 2019. More recently, 54 students from KIIT and KISS represented India at the 20th Asian Games held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The participation of such a large contingent from a single Indian university was a significant achievement. At the continental sporting event, athletes from KIIT and KISS won a total of 21 medals, comprising three gold, seven silver and 11 bronze medals.

As IUSF President, Dr. Samanta has emphasised fair competition, accountable governance and athlete-centred development. He expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, universities and sports stakeholders for their support.

Dr. Samanta has held several positions in national and international sports organisations and received recognition for his contributions. He previously served as President of the Volleyball Federation of India and currently serves as President of the Odisha Volleyball Association. He is also associated with the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). Over the years, he has developed strong relationships with leading international sports bodies, including FIFA, FIVB and FIDE. In recognition of his contributions to the promotion of volleyball and chess, he has received the highest honour conferred by the FIVB.

Since 2004, Samanta has consistently worked to promote sports and support athletes through KIIT and KISS. The institutions have developed international-standard sporting infrastructure and provided students with opportunities to showcase their talents at state, national and international levels. One of its athletes has received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, while 14 others have been honoured with the Arjuna Award.

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Following two acquisitions in under six months, Consensus unveils its product strategy and a new brand, bringing self-guided exploration for asynchronous buyers, AI-powered conversations, and live demos together in the industry’s first end-to-end demo platform.

LONDON, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Consensus, the world’s most trusted Demo Platform, rated #1 in Demo Automation and a top leader in Agentic GTM Platforms on G2, today unveiled the new Consensus at DemoFest London. In the opening keynote, CEO Doug Johnson introduced the company’s new product strategy: one platform that connects self-guided experiences, AI-powered conversations, live demos, and Demo Intelligence across the entire buying journey. The launch follows two acquisitions in under six months and includes a new brand.

Buying changed. The demo didn’t.

For years, the demo was largely defined by a scheduled interaction between a seller and a prospective buyer. But the buying process has moved well beyond that moment. According to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of their purchase journey with potential suppliers, leaving any single vendor with just 3–6% of their time. Most prefer it that way: 67% want a rep-free experience, and 45% already use generative AI during the buying process. Gartner predicts that AI agents will intermediate 90% of B2B buying, representing more than $15 trillion in spending by 2028. Despite all of that, buyers still need sellers, though. 69% prefer to validate AI-generated insights with a sales rep.

That shift changes the role of the demo. It is no longer a single point-in-time sales interaction, but part of a broader buying experience that begins before sales enters the conversation and continues as buyers evaluate, validate, and engage with a vendor.

One connected buying experience

Consensus is redefining the demo around that reality, connecting self-guided exploration, AI-powered conversations, and live demos into a continuous experience.

A buyer might start with a self-guided product tour, ask a question through an AI-powered conversation, share an experience with a colleague, explore a video, and then move into a live demo with their own data and context already in hand. Instead of treating each interaction as a separate moment, Consensus connects them.

Every interaction becomes context for the next one.

“For years, the demo was a meeting. Now it’s the entire buying experience,” said Doug Johnson, CEO of Consensus. “Consensus pioneered Demo Automation, and this year we rebuilt the company to radically transform how companies demo, engage, and showcase product value to win their buyers. Buyers explore on their terms, AI keeps the conversation going when sales isn’t in the room, and sellers show up to the live demo already knowing what matters. That’s the new Consensus.”

From a demo to an entire buying experience

The evolution of Consensus has been driven by a simple observation: buyers do not experience a product in one moment.

The implication is clear: buyers want to research, explore, ask questions, involve stakeholders, and validate solutions on their own terms, while still engaging sellers when human expertise adds value.

Consensus brings those experiences together in one platform:

Self-guided experiences let buyers explore products on their own time and build an understanding before engaging sales.AI-powered conversations qualify and educate buyers on demand, at any hour and in any language. Every question and interaction captures buying intent, and qualified buyers are handed off to sellers with full context.AI Demo Agent runs fully autonomous demos that buyers can click through and explore themselves. It uses the same demo data as live demos, so it answers complex questions accurately and on-brand, and presales teams can cover more demos without burning out.Live demos give sellers personalized product experiences in the native product. The Sales Agent generates realistic, story-driven demo data inside the product and matches it to each prospect’s use case. Teams stop spending time on manual prep and outdated demo environments.Demo Intelligence connects signals across every interaction, showing revenue teams who’s in the buying group, what they care about, and when a deal is actually moving.Everywhere your teams work. The Consensus MCP server sends buyer signals into AI agents like Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Agentforce: what buyers watched, what they asked, and who they brought in. It also pulls context from Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, and other systems. Sellers can ask their agent which demo to send or what to do next.

The result is not another demo format. It is a new model for how the demo works.

“We’ve come a long way from where Consensus started,” said Doug Sechrist, Chief Marketing Officer at Consensus. “Over the past year, we’ve expanded our platform, brought together new capabilities, and broadened our vision for the role the demo can play in the buying process. This new brand reflects that evolution. It represents a company that has grown significantly, while staying focused on the same fundamental idea: to make buying and selling software frictionless.”

A landmark year for Consensus

The new brand comes at the end of a defining year for the company. Consensus announced its acquisition of Peel in April and closed the acquisition of Saleo in June.

Today, Consensus serves 60% of the world’s largest software companies, including Oracle, Atlassian, Salesforce, and SAP. The company is also rated #1 in Demo Automation, a top leader in Agentic GTM Platforms on G2, and was named one of G2’s Top 5 Sales Software Platforms of 2026, alongside Salesforce, HubSpot, and Gong, out of more than 4,600 products.

The company has also expanded its executive leadership team, including the appointments of Doug Sechrist as Chief Marketing Officer, Sean Murray as Chief Revenue Officer, and Lincoln Waddell as SVP of Engineering.

The new Consensus brings that evolution together around a simple belief: Sellers win when buyers have the freedom to explore, and every interaction gives sales and marketing teams the intelligence and control to move the deal forward.

About Consensus

Consensus is the world’s most trusted Demo Platform, rated #1 in Demo Automation and a top leader in Agentic GTM Platforms on G2, connecting agent-, buyer-, and seller-led demos, from interactive product tours and AI demo agents to video and live demos with real-time data injection, into one continuous experience. Every interaction creates Demo Intelligence, so revenue leaders shorten deal cycles, raise win rates, and forecast with confidence.

Learn more at goconsensus.com.

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