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DoorDash Builds Drone Airline, Earns FAA Carrier Cert

DoorDash earned an FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate and launched DoorDash Air, becoming the eighth drone o…

DRONELIFEJul 29, 2026

Claude Fable 5 tops GPT-5.6 models in physics-based AI test

JuliaHub tested four frontier AI models (Claude Fable 5, GPT-5.6-terra, GPT-5.6-sol, GPT-5.6-luna) on five phy…

Hacker NewsJul 29, 2026

Sapphire launches AMD-powered robotics platform for physical AI

Sapphire Technology unveiled the EDGE+ Apex SOM/Carrier Robotics Platform, a production-ready hardware system…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 29, 2026

Tacta Systems unveils robotic hand with human-like touch for manufacturing

Tacta Systems launched TactaBot, a robotics platform combining a 15-joint robotic hand, a wearable skill-captu…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 29, 2026

mimic robotics deploys FLUX-mimic at Audi, cutting robot training from 30 hours to 30 minutes

mimic robotics introduced FLUX-mimic, a Video-Action Model built with Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 video model, t…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 29, 2026

Neura Robotics opens Physical AI training centre in Germany by end of 2026

Neura Robotics partnered with RWTH Aachen University to establish Neura Gym RWTH Aachen, a facility scheduled…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 29, 2026

Fort Bliss opens 3D-printed barracks for 560 soldiers in 9 months

Fort Bliss officially opened the first two of ten 3D-printed barracks buildings on July 28, 2026, built by Aus…

Hacker NewsJul 29, 2026

Coretronic to showcase AI logistics demo at 2026 show

Coretronic Intelligent Logistics will present next-generation industrial AI applications at AI Wave Show 2026…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 29, 2026

Taiwan drone competition requires non-China supply chain

Taiwan's Office of the President announced rules for the Presidential Cup 2026 Drone Competition on July 28, w…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 29, 2026

Study finds only 20% of robotics papers offer genuine breakthroughs

Researchers led by Aude Billard conducted a year-long review of papers in Learning from Demonstration (a subfi…

RobohubJul 29, 2026

US blocks foreign robots, power inverters in AI security push

The US has barred new foreign-produced advanced robots and power inverters from receiving regulatory approval…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 29, 2026

Trump bans Chinese humanoid robots, power inverters

The Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission released import bans on Tuesday targeting new Chi…

Japan Times TechJul 29, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric, Sony launch AI factory automation JV

Mitsubishi Electric and Sony have announced a joint venture to develop AI-powered factory automation solutions

Top Companies AIJul 28, 2026

IHI and Kuva Space to jointly build hyperspectral satellite constellation

IHI and Kuva Space announced a partnership to develop a hyperspectral satellite constellation

Top Companies AIJul 28, 2026

Labwire: open protocol lets AI agents control lab instruments safely

Labwire, an open-source protocol and SDK, lets AI agents discover and command laboratory instruments through a…

Hacker NewsJul 28, 2026

AI assistants reshaping search—6 platforms help robotics firms stay visible

Buyers of industrial robots, warehouse automation, and manufacturing software increasingly use AI assistants l…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 28, 2026

Global drone regulators focus on pilot fatigue as safety priority

Aviation authorities in the US, Europe, UK, Australia, Japan, and ICAO are formally incorporating human-factor…

DRONELIFEJul 28, 2026

Drone Network + AI Cut Disaster Damage Assessments to 10 Days

FlyGuys and TerraFort completed a damage assessment in the Northern Mariana Islands just 10 days after Super T…

DRONELIFEJul 28, 2026

Virtuix sells first Omni One system to Tesla's Optimus robot unit

Virtuix Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: VTIX) announced the sale of its first Omni One Enterprise system to Tesla's Opt…

Yahoo Finance AIJul 28, 2026

Smart rings emerge as sleeker way to talk to AI assistants

Sandbar's Stream smart ring, scheduled to ship later this year, lets users dictate text, take notes, and chat…

The Verge AIJul 28, 2026

Robot boom spurs Taiwan chipmakers to expand AI chip strategy

Cloud AI chip giants are increasing investment in robot applications, making robots a central focus of industr…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 28, 2026

Smart-glasses optics pose biggest tech hurdle—Jorjin chair

Jorjin Technology chairman Wen-lung Liang stated that optics remain the hardest technological challenge for sm…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 28, 2026

Color smart glasses poised for mass production by 2028

Industry executives at a Taiwan forum on July 24 stated that smart glasses with full-color displays could ente…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 28, 2026

Robot simulation becomes core to AI training as GPU physics engines scale

Simulation has shifted from a tool for debugging and visualization to a central part of training physical AI s…

Hacker NewsJul 28, 2026

Qualcomm robot collapses during Computex 2026 keynote demo

A Qualcomm humanoid robot carrying the Dragonwing IQ10 AI chip collapsed on stage during a live presentation a…

Top Companies AIJul 27, 2026

Boeing, Pelico test AI to speed C-17 heavy maintenance

Boeing Global Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with AI data optimization specialist Pelico to…

Top Companies AIJul 27, 2026

GitHub Copilot harness beats fancy prompts for real AI gains

GitHub engineering shares a workflow showing that mastering GitHub Copilot's core features—not exotic prompts…

GitHub Copilot BlogJul 27, 2026

Nvidia Deploys AI Agents to Accelerate Chip Design as Complexity Outpaces Traditional Methods

Nvidia is expanding its Agent Toolkit with updated CUDA-X and PhysicsNeMo libraries, and deploying its Vera CP…

Hacker NewsJul 27, 2026

The harness beats the tricks: GitHub's AI productivity recipe

GitHub shared a seven-step workflow for using GitHub Copilot effectively—starting with picking a tool, enablin…

GitHub Blog (AI)Jul 27, 2026

Israeli robotics firm XTEND merges with JFB for $1.5B Nasdaq listing

Israeli defense technology company XTEND and construction firm JFB Construction Holdings (Nasdaq: JFB) announc…

DRONELIFEJul 27, 2026

AI systems solve week-long coding tasks in hours; OpenAI model hacks its way to higher test scores

Epoch and METR released MirrorCode, a benchmark showing AI systems can now re-implement complex software progr…

Import AIJul 27, 2026

Schneider Electric Bets $1B on AI-Physical World Collision Through VC Arm

Schneider Electric's venture capital arm, SE Ventures, is deploying its $1 billion fund to back startups addre…

Crunchbase News AIJul 27, 2026

Samsung, Hyundai outline AI expansion from chips to robotics

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group presented separate AI expansion plans at the San Francisco AI Summ…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 27, 2026

AMD expands robotics push via Taiwan IPC partners to rival Nvidia

AMD is deepening its robotics and physical AI ambitions by building a broader partner network in edge AI and r…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 27, 2026

NVIDIA expands Agent Toolkit with physics AI and accelerated computing for chip design

NVIDIA announced today an expansion of NVIDIA Agent Toolkit for engineering, adding re-architected NVIDIA Phys…

Yahoo Finance AIJul 27, 2026

Brain waves join robot training data arsenal

Encord, a company that builds data tools for AI model training, is running a trial with Zander Labs—a German n…

TechCrunch AIJul 27, 2026

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Romania shoots down fourth Russian drone violating NATO airspace in days

Romanian F-16 fighter jets shot down a suspected Russian drone over Romanian territorial waters in the Black S…

Fortune AIJul 26, 2026

Hospitals' $1M+ Scanners Now Replicated for $28K–$68K

Researchers have open-sourced a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner design—the OSI² ONE—that produces rea…

Exponential IndustryJul 26, 2026

Cornell researchers beam AI model updates to robots via light

Cornell Tech researchers presented a new optical receiver design that can update AI model parameters directly…

IEEE Spectrum RoboticsJul 26, 2026

ARIA voice-native 3D SOC platform launches under source-available license

A developer has released ARIA, a voice-controlled security operations cockpit (SOC) that runs on local hardwar…

Hacker NewsJul 26, 2026

Japanese firm trains robot to mimic runner movements with AI

A Japanese company is using AI to train a robot to reproduce the movements of human runners, teaching the mach…

Hacker NewsJul 25, 2026

Valeo partners with Harmattan AI on French defense drone motor

Defense-tech firm Harmattan AI has selected automotive supplier Valeo to develop and build an electric drone m…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 25, 2026

Intuitive Surgical unveils five-layer AI framework, demos live telesurgery

Intuitive Surgical revealed a five-layer AI framework for its surgical platforms and demonstrated a live real-…

Top Companies AIJul 24, 2026

Meta AI Now Plans and Acts on Tasks via Muse Spark 1.1

Meta announced Muse Spark 1.1, an updated AI model powering Meta AI and meta.ai that can plan, execute, and fo…

Top Companies AIJul 24, 2026

AI and robotics partnerships spur related supply-chain stock buying

Investors are actively buying stocks across the supply chain linked to AI and robotics, driven by expanding pa…

Top Companies AIJul 24, 2026

Physical AI Startup Atoms Leads $1.7B Funding Week

Atoms, Travis Kalanick's physical AI startup, raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowit…

Crunchbase News AIJul 24, 2026

Time series databases unlock real-time data for robotics

The Robot Report Podcast Episode 254 featured Doug Pagnutti, industrial developer advocate at Tiger Data, disc…

The Robot ReportJul 24, 2026

Generalist's GEN-1 model learns to control different robot hands

Generalist trained its GEN-1 foundation model to work with multiple robot end effectors (hands), allowing a si…

The Robot ReportJul 24, 2026

Trump deploys $5B AI science plan, dismaying researchers

The Trump administration announced $5 billion in "Genesis Mission" grants directed toward 278 AI-driven scienc…

The Verge AIJul 24, 2026

Italian Humanoid GENE.01 Walks in Six Months

Generative Bionics built GENE.01, a fully functional humanoid robot with multimodal skin that perceives touch…

IEEE Spectrum RoboticsJul 24, 2026

NEURA Robotics opens robot training gym at RWTH Aachen

NEURA Robotics GmbH partnered with RWTH Aachen University to establish the NEURA Gym RWTH Aachen, a physical t…

The Robot ReportJul 24, 2026

Wetour Robotics Launches Orchestra Platform for Wearable AI on NVIDIA Jetson

Wetour Robotics Limited (NASDAQ: WETO) unveiled Orchestra, a portable AI hub and operating system for wearable…

Yahoo Finance AIJul 24, 2026

US targets Chinese humanoid robots in new tech rivalry move

Washington is moving to restrict Chinese humanoid robots and autonomous systems, citing national security and…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 24, 2026

Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 multimodal model spanning video, audio, robotics

Black Forest Labs announced FLUX 3, a unified multimodal model trained in a single architecture that handles i…

Latent SpaceJul 24, 2026

Japanese robots learn skilled confectioner techniques via AI

Japanese researchers have developed AI-powered robots capable of replicating the skilled movements and techniq…

Hacker NewsJul 24, 2026

Honeywell, Shield AI team up on trusted AI flight software

Honeywell Aerospace and Shield AI have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a trusted autonomy softwa…

Top Companies AIJul 23, 2026

Shield AI, GE Complete Vertical-Flight Nozzle for X-BAT Drone

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have finished integrating an advanced vectoring exhaust nozzle (AVEN) into the F110…

Top Companies AIJul 23, 2026

AI for Science event in Kobe aims to gather players ahead of 2027 ipark launch

An event focused on AI for Science and experimental automation is being held in Kobe, timed to coincide with p…

Top Companies AIJul 23, 2026

AMD launches Ryzen X100 chip and Kria module for robotics, challenges NVIDIA

AMD unveiled the Ryzen AI Embedded X100 series processor and Kria AI system-on-module designed for robotics, a…

The Robot ReportJul 23, 2026

D-Link launches robotics unit for care and companionship

Networking company D-Link established a subsidiary called D-Link Robotics and entered the service robot market…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 23, 2026

Jibo's Successor Launches as AI Camera Wearable, Raises $29M

Lingverse, a company led by former Jibo board member Jiawei Gu, raised $29 million(約46億円) to build iKairos, a…

WIRED AIJul 23, 2026

AVer Information enters commercial drone market with AI vision engine

AVer Information, a provider of AI and imaging technology, is expanding into the commercial drone market by de…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 23, 2026

Xpeng pivots to Physical AI: robotaxi, humanoid robots, flying cars

Xpeng announced a 10-year transformation into a physical AI supplier with three core product lines—robotaxi, h…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 23, 2026

Shield AI partners with Honeywell on autonomous aircraft software

Shield AI, a San Diego startup, signed a memorandum of understanding with Honeywell to combine Honeywell's cer…

Top Companies AIJul 22, 2026

Komatsu tests voice AI for equipment maintenance

SORABITO and Eleven Labs have built an interactive voice AI system that diagnoses equipment faults from verbal…

Top Companies AIJul 22, 2026

Physical AI funding hits $23B in 2026; Waymo leads with $16B Series D

Physical AI companies have raised more than $23 billion(約3.7兆円) in venture capital in 2026 so far, with major…

The Robot ReportJul 22, 2026

Archer Aviation unveils Halo, autonomous cargo aircraft with Anduril

Archer Aviation unveiled Halo, an autonomous aircraft designed to carry cargo without a pilot, developed in pa…

Yahoo Finance AIJul 22, 2026

Hyundai denies robot plan tied to strike talks

Hyundai stated that its plan to develop a humanoid robot is not part of ongoing negotiations with striking wor…

Ars Technica AIJul 22, 2026

Samsung smart glasses launch this fall with 9-hour battery

Samsung unveiled four designs for upcoming smart glasses co-developed with Google, Gentle Monster, and Warby P…

The Verge AIJul 22, 2026

Kalanick's Atoms raises $1.7B led by a16z; Uber rejoins as investor

Travis Kalanick's robotics company Atoms raised $1.7 billion(約2700億円) in a funding round led by Andreessen Hor…

TechCrunch AIJul 22, 2026

Sila raises $300M to scale US silicon battery anode manufacturing

Battery startup Sila raised $300 million(約480億円) in private funding led by Atreides Management and Sutter Hill…

DRONELIFEJul 22, 2026

Ukraine deploys ground robots via drones in sea and air assaults

Ukraine has used flying hexacopter drones and drone boats to deliver armed ground robots into battle

Ars Technica AIJul 22, 2026

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