Humanoids, industrial automation, and robots leaving the lab.
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Colin Demarest / Axios ·
The U.S. Army is creating a new autonomous systems command and appointing an acquisition executive to prioritize buying …
Rya Jetha / Business Insider ·
- FieldAI is raising $700 million at a $10 billion valuation, up from $2 billion last year.
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal ·
Company, which uses robots for sorting and moving packages inside warehouses, is among world's top manufacturers of them
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE ·
Intrinsic Innovation LLC, the intelligent robotics software company owned by Google LLC's parent Alphabet Inc. …
Sophie Shulman / CTech ·
The Haifa-based robotics company grew rapidly after its spinout 14 months ago, and its CEO says independence allowed it to pursue opportunities …
Toby Sterling / Reuters ·
Around 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide last year for industrial and professional service use, figures compiled by the International Federation of Robotics showed.
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg ·
Agility Robotics Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new humanoid that is designed to safely work in close proximity to people …
SemiAnalysis ·
Robot Models, Silicon & DRAM Efficiency, Jetson Thor vs. B300 TCO, Deployments, The Network Wall
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch ·
In 2024, Maven Robotics was brand new, and they had nothing
The Information ·
Chinese regulators are tightening the approval for humanoid startups seeking to go public after a volatile debut …
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch ·
Krafton, the South Korean gaming company behind titles including PUBG and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) …
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg ·
Lyte, a fast-growing robotics and artificial intelligence startup from top members of Apple Inc.'s Face ID team …
Kai Williams / Understanding AI ·
A deep dive into the current state of humanoid robotics.
Rocket Drew / The Information ·
For all the talk of robots that look like humans, the next robots to move into people's houses could look more like ducks.
Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal ·
Business in 'physical AI' is growing, and Chinese companies rely on U.S. chips and software
Paresh Dave / Wired ·
The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians …
Will Knight / Wired ·
The potential for AI to automate scientific research and manufacturing must be balanced with new risks, Anthropic says.
Bloomberg ·
Artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face Inc. unveiled a singing $400 bipedal robot that can be taught tricks …
The Information ·
SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X Technologies, an OpenAI-backed humanoid robot developer …
Skild AI ·
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Reuters ·
A roughly 45% slump in the shares of Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, since a more than fivefold jump …
Dan Primack / Axios ·
Generalist has quietly raised around $200 million in new funding, just two months after the robotics AI startup raised $400 million.
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal ·
Engineers and investors pile into world models, aka 'large action models,' to do for robotics what ChatGPT did for writing and coding
Reuters ·
China's Xpeng said on Monday its robotics business raised over $900 million in its first funding round, led by IDG and Gaorong Ventures …
Telegraph ·
Chinese humanoid called Tiangong Ultra nearly five seconds faster than 2016 Rio Olympic time
Financial Times ·
Beijing policymakers have made robotics a 'strategic priority'
Reuters ·
It is not quite the "RoboCop" of the 1987 movie: no gun, no power to arrest and wheels rather than the Hollywood cyborg's mechanical stride.
William Langley / Financial Times ·
Companies are selling machines to government-backed centres that then sell training data back to robot makers.
Prathik Jayaprakash / Reuters ·
Velaura AI was valued at more than $1 billion on Tuesday after raising $110 million in a Series A funding round …
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE ·
Gravis Robotics AG said today it has bagged $200 million in funding from SoftBank Group Corp. in what is the largest-ever Series A round for a construction robotics startup.
Zeyi Yang / Wired ·
The Unitree G1 has found online fame as a relatively affordable robot that can charm a crowd. But can it ever hold down a real job?
Chris Welch / Bloomberg ·
The device, from Silicon Valley brand Matic, can be controlled fully by voice instructions, helping it stand apart from the competition.
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg ·
Robotics companies are competing to collect videos of humans stitching shoes and welding steel to give their machines new skills.
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg ·
Uber Technologies Inc. has divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics Inc. as the two companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots …
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg ·
China's humanoid robot makers commanded more than 97% of global shipments in the first half of 2026, according to new industry data affirming …
Eduardo Baptista / Reuters ·
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has invested 140.8 million yuan ($20.8 million) in robot maker Unitree (688836.SS) and agreed …
Financial Times ·
China's rapid adoption of technology threatens millions of gig-economy jobs, policymakers fear