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SCSP National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing Releases Preliminary Report: America Leads in Robotics Innovation but Is Not on Track to Lead in Physical AI

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today the National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing, an initiative of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), released its preliminary report. According to preliminary findings, the United States leads in the technologies that form the “brain” of modern robotics, including artificial intelligence, computer vision, autonomy, and software, but it lacks the scale to deploy robots, produce robotic systems, and manufacture critical components domestically.

Co-chaired by Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and SCSP President Ylli Bajraktari, the Commission describes a consequential imbalance. China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, 54% of the global total, compared with 34,200 in the United States. China’s installed base now exceeds two million robots, more than five times America’s. The U.S. ranks eighth in robot density, and only 12.1% of U.S. manufacturing plants reported using robots in 2021.

“Physical AI” is AI embodied in machines that sense and act in the real world. The Commission finds that its gains will arrive only when the technology is installed, integrated, and put to productive use. The report identifies a supply-demand paradox at the center of the problem: manufacturers wait for robots to become cheaper and better proven, while robotics firms cannot lower costs or improve performance without deployment at scale. The Commission calls this a market failure that is unlikely to resolve on its own.

Key findings from the Preliminary Report include:

A fragmented national framework. Federal robotics programs are spread across at least four executive departments with no single accountable authority. Public confidence is uneven, and dependence on foreign components, including China’s roughly 94% share of permanent-magnet production, creates supply-chain and cybersecurity risk.A talent pipeline under strain. U.S. manufacturers could face up to 1.9 million unfilled jobs by 2033. Robotics can help fill dangerous and chronically vacant roles, but employment effects are not predetermined. They depend on the pace of adoption and on whether training and job redesign keep up.Barriers to adoption at scale. Small and medium-sized manufacturers, about 95% of U.S. manufacturing firms, face capital constraints, knowledge gaps, narrow return-on-investment metrics, and cybersecurity and liability uncertainty. New AI-assisted programming, low-code tools, and collaborative robots are expanding what is possible, but safety and performance standards are lagging.An innovation ecosystem that cannot yet scale. Venture capital timelines are poorly matched to hardware, and supply chains are opaque and concentrated. Operational data is scarce and fragmented, and integration costs remain high.

The preliminary report concludes that the United States needs a national mission organized around deployment. It would mobilize private-sector dynamism, research strength, capital markets, regional manufacturing ecosystems, and skilled workers, without copying China’s state-directed model or requiring domestic production of every component.

“The United States invented much of the intelligence behind modern robotics, but intelligence that can’t be built, deployed, and sustained at scale won’t secure American industrial leadership,” said Bajraktari. “This report shows that the challenge is a system problem: adoption, production, workforce, financing, and data all reinforce one another. Fixing it will take coordinated national focus.”

“To unlock the full economic potential of artificial intelligence, we must deploy it at the physical level across our economy. Reindustrializing the United States is essential to strengthening critical supply chains, securing American leadership in emerging technologies, and staying ahead of China. The Commission’s preliminary report is an important step toward identifying how we can harness the full potential of physical AI, automation, and robotics. I look forward to continuing my work with the Commission to advance practical solutions that put U.S. tech leadership and innovation first,” said Senator Budd.

“I will always fight to ensure the United States remains the global leader in manufacturing. We need to bring back and expand critical manufacturing processes here at home and shore up vulnerable supply chains in our most important sectors. And we can do so without harming America’s workers. I thank the Commissioners for their hard work on this Interim Report,” said Senator Slotkin

The report is a diagnosis, not a set of prescriptions. The Commission’s final report, scheduled for March 2027, will propose recommendations for federal, state, and regional leaders; manufacturers and technology companies; educators and workforce-development organizations; workers and labor representatives; investors; and research institutions.

About the Commission
The National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing is a bipartisan initiative of the Special Competitive Studies Project. It brings together leaders from manufacturing, technology, academia, research, investment, national security, and government to ensure the United States has the industrial capacity, supply chains, and skilled workforce to build, deploy, and sustain physical AI systems at scale.

About SCSP
The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit project focused on strengthening America’s long-term competitiveness as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies reshape national security, the economy, and society.

For more information about the report and the Commission, please contact Tara Rigler at tmr@scsp.ai.

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Partner Valuation Advisors Welcomes Industry Leader Justin Eichman, MAI, as Managing Director

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The appointment strengthens Partner’s valuation leadership and client service capabilities in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally 

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Partner Valuation Advisors (Partner) is pleased to welcome Justin J. Eichman, MAI, as Managing Director in the San Francisco Bay Area. Justin brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience, extensive valuation expertise across a wide range of asset classes, and a proven record of leading national appraisal teams. 

Throughout his career, Justin has completed thousands of appraisal assignments nationwide and spent more than 15 years managing national commercial real estate valuation teams. His experience includes supervising and reviewing appraisal assignments, expanding national teams, and overseeing commercial appraisal operations. 

Justin also brings a broad perspective beyond traditional valuation. He previously served as a Director of Mortgage Banking with Gantry, where he sourced and placed commercial real estate debt, and as a Principal with a private commercial real estate debt fund focused on originations and underwriting new investment opportunities. 

Prior to joining Partner, Justin served as Managing Director of Valuation with a national valuation firm, managing commercial real estate valuation teams throughout the United States. 

“Partner has built a strong national platform grounded in experienced professionals, collaboration, and responsive client service,” said Justin Eichman. “I look forward to helping expand the firm’s presence in the San Francisco Bay Area while supporting clients and colleagues across the country.” 

“Justin’s extensive valuation expertise, leadership experience, and diverse industry background make him an outstanding addition to our team,” said Eric Enloe, MAI, CRE, FRICS, Senior Managing Director. “His perspective strengthens our ability to help clients gain clarity, credibility and confidence when making important real estate decisions.” 

In his role at Partner, Justin will support the continued growth of the firm’s valuation platform, deepen relationships across the San Francisco Bay Area, and help deliver market-driven guidance and insights to clients. 

Justin holds an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a designated member of the Appraisal Institute and a Certified General Appraiser in California and Oregon.

About Partner Valuation Advisors:
Partner Valuation Advisors, LLC is a national commercial real estate valuation advisory firm that ranks as a top 10 valuation and advisory firm nationally. Partner Valuation Advisors has more than 165 valuation professionals nationally. Partner Valuation Advisors is led by Brandon Nunnink, CFA, and Eric L. Enloe, MAI, CRE, FRICS. Team members hold appraisal licenses in all 50 states, and the firm maintains a national office presence. Partner Valuation Advisors performs commercial real estate valuations nationally for investors, lenders, and real estate occupiers and is an affiliate company of Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. Please visit us online at www.partnerval.com. 

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Dog Parents Ask AI About Their Dogs Daily. It’s Never Met Their Dog. Maven Pet’s Companion Has

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43% of pet owners use tools like ChatGPT for pet health advice, and 59% have changed their pet’s care because of it.Maven Pet launches Companion, an AI pet assistant built on 25 million data points per dog each day.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dog parents have quietly made AI part of pet care. A Talker Research survey of 2,000 pet owners found 43% use ChatGPT for pet health information about seven times a week, and six in ten changed their dog’s care as a result.

Those tools have never met the dog. They answer from the internet, not from the animal on the sofa.

Maven Pet launches Companion, an AI pet assistant inside the Maven Pet app. It reads vitals, sleep, activity, and behavior from the dog health sensor, up to 25 million data points a day, plus the dog’s profile and whatever the owner logs, always judged against that dog’s own normal.

The real difference is that Companion speaks first, often days before an owner notices anything. A respiratory rate creeping up in a senior dog. A diabetic dog drinking more than usual. No general AI can flag either, because none are watching.

Maven Pet has delivered over 125,000 proactive health insights to date, most commonly ear, skin, and allergy changes, then cardiac and respiratory shifts.

Everything an owner logs deepens that understanding, changing how Companion reads what comes next: a rise in water intake weeks after a new medication starts, or a vet visit recommended when respiratory rate climbs.

Guilherme Coelho, CEO and Co-founder of Maven Pet: “Being a pet parent is constant uncertainty. We can’t ask them, so we guess. Companion ends that. It watches continuously, alerts you the moment something shifts, and answers from your pet’s data, not the internet.”

Companion is available now to all subscribers. The annual subscription is $167.92, hardware included. More at maven.pet/dog-health-tracker.

About Maven Pet  Maven Pet is a clinically validated health monitoring system for dogs and cats, founded by Guilherme Coelho and built with veterinarians. The sensor attaches to any collar and tracks respiratory rate, heart rate, sleep, activity and behavior, building a personalized baseline for each pet. New York. maven.pet

Sources: Talker Research for Darwin’s pet food, April 2026. Maven Pet internal data, 2026.

Melita D’Souza (meltia@maven.pet)

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Ribbon Communications to Report Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results on October 27, 2026

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PLANO, Texas, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global leader in real-time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions, today announced that it will report financial results for the third quarter of 2026 after the close of the market on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Following the release, Ribbon Communications will host a conference call with the financial community at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the results.

Conference Call Details and Webcast

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Time: 4:30 p.m. ET

Dial-in number (Domestic): 877-407-2991

Dial-in number (International): 201-389-0925

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Live (Listen-only) Webcast: Available via the Investor Relations website at investors.ribboncommunications.com.

About Ribbon
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) is a global provider of voice communications software, IP routing, and optical networking to mobile and wireline service providers, enterprises, critical infrastructure and defense sectors. We support our customers’ Path to Autonomous Networks by leveraging the latest AIOps automation platforms and Agentic AI technologies, helping them deliver better customer experiences, reduce operational costs, and achieve sustainable growth. To learn more about Ribbon, visit rbbn.com.

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