Launching February 2026
Portland, ME
Cobot Journal
Independent Research
Independent Robotics Intelligence

Investment-grade analysis for the companies reshaping manufacturing

Wall Street covers NVIDIA. Nobody covers the 500+ robotics companies that will transform your shop floor. Cobot Journal brings deep, opinionated research to the collaborative robotics industry — company deep dives, ranked reviews, sector maps, and signal alerts from a practitioner who's actually programmed the machines.


Coming Soon
Company Deep Dive

Standard Bots RO1: The $37K Cobot That Wants to Kill Universal Robots

Full analysis of Standard Bots' insurgent play — the product, the business model, the technical claims, and where it falls short. With our proprietary Shop Floor Readiness assessment.

Coming February 2026
Ranking

The 7 Best Cobots for CNC Machine Tending in 2026, Ranked

Specs don't tell the whole story. We evaluated programming interface, integration ecosystem, real-world reliability, and total cost of ownership from a machinist's perspective.

Coming February 2026
Sector Map

The State of Collaborative Robotics: 2026 Landscape Report

Market sizing, competitive dynamics, funding trends, and the companies positioned to win in the $15B cobot market. Who matters, who's fading, and where the smart money is going.

Coming March 2026
Independent robotics research by Bill — CNC programmer turned analyst, based in Portland, Maine.

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