3 Essential Robotics & Automation Stories for Indian Business Leaders
According to Press Monitor's tracking of Indian publications, today's print media monitoring and press review deliver essential media intelligence on news on robotics and automation. Three stories from today's newspapers reveal how automation is reshaping India's industrial landscape.
1. TCS Launches India's First Lights-Out Factory
A front-page report in Financial Express says Tata Consultancy Services has launched India's first lights-out factory lab at its Sahyadri Park campus in Pune. The facility demonstrates how manufacturing assembly lines can operate with minimal human intervention by combining artificial intelligence, robotics, digital twins, and factory control systems. It houses a fully robotic battery pack assembly line and helps manufacturers test automation systems before deploying them in actual factories.
TCS has opened India's first lights-out factory lab at its Sahyadri Park campus in Pune, demonstrating how manufacturing assembly lines can operate with minimal human intervention. The facility combines artificial intelligence, robotics, digital twins, and factory control systems to house a fully robotic battery pack assembly line.
Why it matters: This lab gives manufacturers a risk-free environment to test automation systems before deploying them in actual factories — a game-changer for Industry 4.0 adoption in India.
Key detail: The fully robotic battery pack assembly line represents a new benchmark for lights-out manufacturing in the country.
Source: Financial Express, Delhi, 10 September 2026
Next step: Manufacturers should explore partnerships with TCS to pilot automation solutions at the Sahyadri Park facility.
2. Russia Hi-Tech Firms Showcase Products in India Before Brics Summit
A front-page report in Hindustan Times says Russia's top hi-tech companies are set to showcase their products in fields such as medical equipment, robots and transport digitalisation solutions at an event in New Delhi ahead of the Brics Summit. The first Innoprom India International Industrial Trade Fair will be held during September 9 to 11, coinciding with the Brics business forum. Moscow deputy mayor Maksim Liksutov said the Moscow region accounted for 45 percent of Russia's total trade with India in the first half of 2026.
Russia's top hi-tech companies are set to showcase products in medical equipment, robots, and transport digitalisation solutions at the first Innoprom India International Industrial Trade Fair in New Delhi, running September 9–11 alongside the Brics business forum.
Why it matters: The event signals growing Russia-India technology cooperation and opens new avenues for Indian manufacturers to access advanced robotics and automation solutions.
Key detail: Moscow's deputy mayor Maksim Liksutov noted the Moscow region accounted for 45 percent of Russia's total trade with India in the first half of 2026.
Source: Hindustan Times, Delhi, 10 September 2026
Next step: Indian businesses attending the Innoprom fair should prioritise meetings with Russian firms in the robotics and medical equipment sectors.
3. NTT Data: Agentic AI in Business Process Services
A front-page report in Financial Express says business process services are entering a new phase as enterprises move from robotic process automation to autonomous AI agents capable of analysing data, making decisions and executing actions. As per Gartner, by 2028 at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously by agentic AI, with a shift towards services-as-software and agentic business process as a service. The writer, Rohit Purith, notes that despite advances in autonomy, AI will not replace humans but amplify speed and scale, requiring human oversight for strategic intent, risk tolerance and ethical boundaries.
Business process services are entering a new phase as enterprises move from robotic process automation to autonomous AI agents capable of analysing data, making decisions, and executing actions. Gartner predicts that by 2028, at least 15 percent of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously by agentic AI.
Why it matters: The shift toward agentic AI in BPS means faster, scaled operations — but still requires human oversight for strategic intent, risk tolerance, and ethical boundaries.
Key detail: The transition from RPA to agentic AI represents the biggest paradigm shift in business process services since automation began.
Source: Financial Express, by Rohit Purith, Global Head, Business Process Services, NTT Data
Next step: Enterprises should invest in governance frameworks that balance AI autonomy with human strategic oversight.
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