06.25.2026 Global AI industry awards program honors Ambi Robotics during a year of commercial growth and accelerating real-world physical AI deployments BERKELEY, Calif. - Ambi Robotics, a leading provider of AI-powered robotics for commercial operations, today announced that it has been named "Overall Robotics Company of the Year" for the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards program. For nearly a decade, the awards program has been recognizing technologies and industry leaders driving significant advancements in AI through breakthrough technology across categories, including AI platforms, generative AI, robotics, computer vision, machine learning operations, large language models, agentic AI, AI hardware, and more. Ambi Robotics' AI-powered robotic solutions help leading logistics and retail operators automate some of the industry's most challenging material handling operations. The company's portfolio includes physical hardware for automated material handling systems like AmbiSort and AmbiStack, as well as software applications including AmbiOS, AI Skill Suite, and AmbiVision that enable robots to continuously learn and improve in real-world operations. "This award is a testament to the hard work of our entire team who is dedicated to building our AI-powered solutions and ensuring they solve real-world operational challenges," said Jim Liefer, CEO of Ambi Robotics. "From sorting and stacking to the software that powers our solutions, everything we do is intentional and focused on helping customers address complex material handling demands with ease. We're honored to be recognized for the impact our technology is having across commercial operations." This recognition follows a year of continued growth for Ambi Robotics, including the launch of AmbiOS AI Skill Suite, AmbiVision, and the expansion of AmbiStack, the company's AI-powered multi-purpose robotic system designed to automate the movement of inbound and outbound warehouse materials. AmbiStack is now deployed in commercial operations, where it handles demanding material movement so warehouse teams can focus on safer, higher-value work. See AmbiStack in action and learn more about the robotic solution here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_697RHFz7Q. "A true measure of success in robotics is whether systems can deliver reliable performance in real-world operations at scale," said Jeff Mahler, CTO and Co-founder of Ambi Robotics. "Every deployment at Ambi strengthens the intelligence behind our AmbiOS platform, creating a continuous learning cycle that allows our robots to become more skilled over time. This award recognizes the progress our team has made in bringing production-ready physical AI to commercial operations." About Ambi Robotics Ambi Robotics is an artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics company building the foundational infrastructure to automate the world's most demanding physical operations. Powered by AmbiOS, its hardware-agnostic operating system, the company draws on the industry's largest repository of real-world operational data to deploy high-performance physical AI solutions at scale. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., Ambi Robotics brings together the world's top roboticists, AI researchers, and leading business professionals. Together they help Fortune 500 enterprises move more volume with industrial-grade reliability while empowering people to handle more. For more information, please visit www.ambirobotics.com.

Ambi Robotics introduces AmbiVision for AI vision in distribution centers. Artificial intelligence and machine vision promise to make distribution centers more efficient. Ambi Robotics today introduced AmbiVision, which is designed to automate complex item identification, tracking, and optical character recognition, or OCR. The company said the software expands its AI Skill Suite capabilities under AmbiOS with visual intelligence built for high-speed, real-world operations. "AmbiVision delivers the intelligence necessary to autonomously handle any item, especially where traditional machine vision fails," stated Jeff Mahler, co-founder and chief technology officer of Ambi Robotics. "We developed AmbiVision because existing solutions were too rigid for the inconsistent labeling and varied text found in real-world distribution centers." "By leveraging our 250,000 hours of production data, combined with best-in-class vision hardware, we are helping 3PLs [third-party logistics providers] and retailers unlock new levels of efficiency for items that were previously impossible to automate," he added. Founded in 2018, Ambi Robotics has developed the AmbiOS hardware-agnostic operating system for demanding physical operations. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company claimed that it uses the industry's largest repository of real-world operational data to deploy high-performance robotic systems at scale for Fortune 500 enterprises. AmbiVision sharpens inventory view. In high-volume logistics and fulfillment environments, damaged or low-quality barcodes, as well as packages without them entirely, frequently disrupt automated workflows, noted Ambi Robotics. When these systems fail, workers must manually intervene to read shipping labels and determine routing information, which slows operations and increases the risk of errors. AmbiVision helps automated systems move beyond barcode dependency by using high-resolution visual data to identify items, perform pose estimation, and assess dimensions and materials in real time. Ambi added that its system includes advanced defect detection to identify visible damage before it moves further down the supply chain. Ambi Robotics said these capabilities support a broader range of automated applications beyond simple sorting, including: * Palletizing: Ensuring precise placement and stability based on item dimensions and materials * Case packing: Optimizing spatial efficiency for diverse inventory * Quality inspection: Maintaining high compliance standards by identifying damaged goods By combining AI-powered "Cognitive OCR" with image-based scanning, AmbiVision can run on any vision system and make it 30% smarter, asserted Ambi Robotics. It interprets routing and handling from printed text and visual cues when barcode data is damaged, unreadable, or unavailable, the company added. Beyond text recognition, the company said its new system "provides a comprehensive intelligence layer for automated workflows:" * Measurement: Identifying item dimensions to ensure proper robotic handling * Tracking: Maintaining real-time status as items move through a facility * Compliance: Verifying that items meet specific shipping and handling requirements * Inspection: Detecting unexpected issues or visible defects * Reading: AmbiVision uses Cognitive OCR to extract data from text when barcodes are missing By integrating these advanced AI skills, AmbiVision allows automated workflows to extract critical information reliably. Ambi Robotics added that it can improve accuracy and efficiency while significantly reducing manual intervention across sorting and material handling processes. Ambi Robotics offers trial deployment. AmbiVision is available as a software application within AI Skill Suite, powered by AmbiOS. The technology is already operating within existing customer deployments. Ambi said AmbiVision's high-resolution data visibility is compatible with leading vision systems, such as the DataMan 380 from Cognex. Ambi Robotics is offering a complimentary 30-day AmbiVision deployment to demonstrate the technology in live commercial operations. Through the program, Ambi Robotics installs an AmbiVision scan tunnel directly within a participating facility and processes the operation's live inventory for a 30-day evaluation period. At the conclusion of the deployment, Ambi Robotics plans to deliver a detailed performance report outlining read rates, accuracy, and decode times for key identifiers such as purchase order numbers, item codes, and lot numbers. The program is offered at no cost and is limited to three participating companies at a time, selected from a growing waitlist. "As a former executive at Walmart and UPS, I understand that technology must be proven with demonstrated ROI [return on investment] before it is implemented at scale," said Jim Liefer, CEO of Ambi Robotics. "We are proving the reliability of AmbiVision on the very items that currently cause bottlenecks in our customers' facilities. By providing this transparency and data upfront, we can demonstrate exactly how this intelligence layer will streamline their specific, real-world workflows." Interested organizations can join the waitlist to reserve their complimentary AmbiVision deployment at www.ambirobotics.com/ambivision.

Ambi Robotics has introduced AmbiVision, an AI-powered item intelligence software designed to automate complex item identification and tracking in distribution centres. The technology uses Cognitive optical character recognition to interpret routing information when barcodes are damaged or unavailable. AmbiVision operates within existing customer deployments and offers capabilities including item measurement, real-time tracking, compliance verification and defect detection. The system leverages 250,000 hours of production data and integrates with leading vision systems like Cognex's DataMan 380. The Berkeley-based company is offering a complimentary 30-day deployment programme, installing AmbiVision scan tunnels in participating facilities to process live inventory. Ambi Robotics provides detailed performance reports on read rates, accuracy and decode times. The programme is limited to three companies at a time from a growing waitlist.