The 2 next big things from long-established companies for 2026

Innovation can be challenging, even for companies with a clean slate. Those who have an established track record of 15 or more years of business must navigate history, culture, product lines, and other entrenched forces that can be both assets and inhibitors. Our honorees have shown that past success doesn’t preclude tomorrow’s progress by leveraging robot fleets for construction and extending real-time intelligence to billions of devices.