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Physical AI rivalry shifts from companies to states

At the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo in late May 2026, government delegates and policy watchers took the stage alo…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 14, 2026

Ondas acquires DZYNE for $875.8M, expands autonomous defense tech

Ondas Inc. acquired DZYNE Technologies, an Irvine, California defense company, for $875.8 million(約1400億円) in…

The Robot ReportJul 14, 2026

Hospitals Hit Physician Shortage Wall Despite Automation Gains

Hospitals are increasingly automating administrative tasks, logistics, and documentation through software and…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 13, 2026

STMicroelectronics invests in Italian humanoid robot maker Oversonic

STMicroelectronics, Fondazione ENEA Tech Biomedical, and SpotInvest have entered the share capital of Oversoni…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 13, 2026

China's automation leaves workers stranded in prosperity parks

In Kunshan, a wealthy manufacturing hub near Shanghai, unemployed workers are spending days in public parks un…

Japan Times TechJul 13, 2026

China's Orca world model matches specialized robotics systems without action labels

Researchers at BAAI (Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence) developed Orca, a world model that learns how…

THE DECODERJul 11, 2026

South Korean startup Mobilint pushes NPUs for robots, drones, autonomous vehicles

Mobilint, a South Korean AI semiconductor startup, is building neural processing units (NPUs)—specialized chip…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 11, 2026

Path Robotics deploys AI-guided welding robots with Boston Dynamics' Spot

Path Robotics, a Columbus, Ohio-based company, has applied AI to optimize robotic welding by identifying torch…

The Robot ReportJul 11, 2026

AI safety experts flag executive power as greatest control risk

AI safety researchers argue that the US President and Chinese General Secretary hold the easiest pathways to s…

LessWrong AIJul 11, 2026

AI² Robotics raises $735M, valuation tops $2.8B on wheeled humanoid push

AI² Robotics, a Shenzhen-based robotics company, raised about $735 million(約1200億円) in funding that valued the…

The Robot ReportJul 10, 2026

Richtech Robotics launches 24/7 livestream of AI robot ADAM for interactive engagement

Richtech Robotics, a Nevada-based AI robotics company, has launched a live 24/7 interactive streaming platform…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 10, 2026

Fieldwork Robotics secures investment to scale berry-picking robot deployment

Fieldwork Robotics, which makes autonomous harvesting robots, received investment from SEED Innovations as par…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 10, 2026

FORT Robotics brings outside-in safety to robots with Nvidia Halos

FORT Robotics joined Nvidia's Halos for Robotics ecosystem and is demonstrating an agentic safety application…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 10, 2026

Two humanoid robot teams play first full 11-vs-11 soccer match

Two full-sized humanoid robot teams played an 11-vs-11 soccer match on hardware for the first time, representi…

IEEE Spectrum RoboticsJul 10, 2026

Ukraine orders 50,000 ground robots by 2026 as drones reshape warfare

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy signed an order in April for the government to procure 50,000 unmanned ground ve…

IEEE Spectrum RoboticsJul 10, 2026

UN AI Summit Grapples With Tech Sector's Uneven Promises

The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) held its 10th annual AI for Good summit in Gen…

WIRED AIJul 10, 2026

AI-powered robot automates Serrano ham labeling, first in meat industry

Spanish automation firm Timpolot combined an AI vision system with a Stäubli SCARA robot to label Serrano hams…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 9, 2026

Doosan Robotics launches AI palletizing system needing zero programming

Doosan Robotics unveiled PalletizHD+, an AI-powered palletizing solution that automatically generates pallet p…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 9, 2026

Terra Drone to mass-produce defense drones domestically

Terra Drone, a Tokyo-based company, plans to set up a system for domestic production of up to tens of thousand…

Japan Times TechJul 9, 2026

NVIDIA, Hugging Face bring robotics AI tools to LeRobot platform

NVIDIA and Hugging Face have integrated NVIDIA Isaac GR00T 1.7 (an open reasoning vision-language-action model…

The Robot ReportJul 9, 2026

General Intuition raises $320M to build foundation model for robotics

General Intuition, a startup developing foundation models for embodied AI, raised $320 million(約510億円) at a $2…

TechCrunch AIJul 8, 2026

Protolabs Expands Manufacturing to Serve Surging Drone Demand

On-demand manufacturing company Protolabs announced new CNC machining capabilities and expanded 3D printing ca…

DRONELIFEJul 8, 2026

Automate 2026 draws record 50,000 attendees as robotics demand surges

Automate 2026, North America's largest robotics and automation event, drew more than 50,000 registrants and 1…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 8, 2026

Nomagic deploys AI robot brain to warehouse, cuts intervention calls by half

Nomagic, a robotics company with labs in Warsaw and Georgia, has deployed its first vision-language-action (VL…

Fortune AIJul 8, 2026

IEEE Honors Robotics Pioneer Toshio Fukuda With Emberson Award

Toshio Fukuda, a prolific robotics researcher who served as IEEE president in 2020 (the first person of Asian…

IEEE Spectrum RoboticsJul 8, 2026

AIxCrypto launches robot rental marketplace, aims to extend asset lifespan beyond sale

Nasdaq-listed AIxCrypto unveiled RoboShare, a robot rental marketplace, and AIXC01, an infrastructure platform…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

Lumos Robotics' 2.8B model tops global embodied AI benchmark

Lumos Robotics announced that its Prime R0 model—a 2.8-billion-parameter AI system—achieved the highest overal…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

Flytrex reaches 8,000 coordinated drone flights monthly in shared Dallas airspace

Flytrex and Wing completed approximately 8,000 drone delivery flights in overlapping airspace between January…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

HelloFresh expands chilled capacity fivefold with robot automation

Locus Robotics warehouse automation, adapted for cold storage, enabled HelloFresh's Factor brand to expand chi…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

Aptiv's AI perception system chosen for Robust.AI's Gen 3 Carter warehouse robot

Robust.AI has selected Aptiv's Pulse sensor—an AI-powered perception system combining radar and vision—for its…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

RLWRLD launches open platform to benchmark robotic hands

RLWRLD, a physical AI company, unveiled All Hands Up!, a free web platform that shares real-world performance…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

US faces battery supply gap as drone demand soars

Congress has enacted import bans on Chinese battery cells and components for Pentagon purchases, with enforcem…

DRONELIFEJul 7, 2026

KDDI launches AI drone feasibility study in Vietnam, Philippines

KDDI and KDDI SmartDrone (a joint venture with Japan Airlines) will conduct a feasibility study to explore dep…

Japan Times TechJul 7, 2026

Robbyant launches LingBot-Depth 2.0 to halve depth sensing errors for robots

Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, released LingBot-Depth 2.0, a spatial perception model trai…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

LG Energy Solution targets humanoid robot battery boom as Tesla Optimus looms

LG Energy Solution is positioning itself as a key battery supplier for humanoid robots, shifting focus from th…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 7, 2026

Humanoid's reinforcement learning lifts robot task speeds by 42–100%, cuts failures twentyfold

UK robotics firm Humanoid unveiled KinetIQ Ascend, a reinforcement learning system that improves robot manipul…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

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Apptronik expands Robot Park, deploys Apollo 2 humanoid robots with Google DeepMind

Apptronik opened its expanded Robot Park facility in Austin, Texas—a nearly 90,000-square-foot data collection…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 7, 2026

Boston Dynamics' Atlas learns complex soccer tricks using AI, Spot patrols World Cup stadiums

Boston Dynamics has taught its Atlas humanoid robot to perform the 'Ghost Rabona' soccer kick as part of Hyund…

The Robot ReportJul 6, 2026

Tesla expands robotaxi to Miami, pushing autonomous ride-hailing

Tesla said its robotaxi service is now available in Miami, marking an expansion of its unsupervised autonomous…

Yahoo Finance AIJul 3, 2026

X Square Robot completes Series C to build full-stack embodied AI platform

Shenzhen-based X Square Robot, founded in 2023, completed four consecutive financing rounds culminating in a S…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 3, 2026

Apptronik opens robot training warehouse 20× larger than before

Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker, has opened Robot Park, a factory warehouse in Austin, Texas, where it will…

Semafor TechJul 3, 2026

Tokyo University and Kubota develop drone method to predict potato yield before harvest

Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Kubota Corporation developed a drone-based system that estimates un…

DRONELIFEJul 2, 2026

Robotics shifts from hype to real-world deployment at Automate 2026

The Automate 2026 trade show featured discussions centered on practical applications of physical AI, edge comp…

The Robot ReportJul 2, 2026

AGIBOT launches A3 humanoid robot in UK with Robot-as-a-Service rental model

AGIBOT held its UK Partner Conference in London and unveiled the European debut of its A3 humanoid robot, a 17…

Robotics & Automation NewsJul 2, 2026

Luxonis raises $14M Series A to scale robot vision platform

Luxonis, a Denver-based company that makes OAK cameras and DepthAI software for robotic vision, raised $14 mil…

The Robot ReportJul 2, 2026

South Korea plans state-backed tech fund modeled on CIA's In-Q-Tel

South Korea is setting up a government-backed venture fund styled after the CIA's In-Q-Tel program to directly…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 2, 2026

Techman Robot deploys AI cobots at Quanta Computer's German plant

Techman Robot announced that its artificial intelligence collaborative robots (cobots) have been successfully…

DIGITIMES AsiaJul 2, 2026

Russian missiles, drones strike Kyiv; five wounded

Russian forces launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Thursday, setting fires, destroying a resid…

Japan Times TechJul 2, 2026

Sodexo deploys AI to automate menus, staffing; tests checkout-free stores

Sodexo, a Fortune 500 foodservice and facilities company with around $28 billion(約4.5兆円) in annual revenue, is…

Fortune AIJul 1, 2026

Japan to develop sovereign AI model, deploy 10M robots by 2040

Japan's government will invest around $6 billion(約9600億円) in a homegrown AI model developed by Noetra, a conso…

Japan Times TechJul 1, 2026

X Square Robot raises $2.8B valuation with four funding rounds

X Square Robot, a Shenzhen-based embodied AI company, closed four consecutive financing rounds culminating in…

The Robot ReportJun 30, 2026

morph embeds AI into soft robotic cells for hardware-software fusion

London-based robotics startup morph emerged from stealth with backing from investors including 8VC, Copper, Qu…

The Robot ReportJun 30, 2026

SVT Robotics platform hits 4 billion transactions milestone

SVT Robotics announced its Softbot Platform has surpassed four billion transactions, with current weekly volum…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 30, 2026

Agibot hits 15,000 robot milestone as production accelerates

Agibot, a robotics company founded in February 2023, has reached production of its 15,000th humanoid robot (th…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 30, 2026

Richtech Robotics launches 24/7 AI robot streaming platform, acquires Las Vegas warehouse

On June 18, 2026, Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ:RR) launched a live, 24/7 interactive streaming platform centered…

Yahoo Finance AIJun 30, 2026

NVIDIA launches AI toolkits for life sciences and robotics safety

On June 23, 2026, NVIDIA announced the BioNeMo Agent Toolkit, equipping AI agents with life sciences tools for…

Yahoo Finance AIJun 30, 2026

South Korea to invest $1 trillion(約160兆円) in AI chips, data centers, and robots

South Korea's government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion(約160兆円) to three major projects: Sa…

Ars Technica AIJun 30, 2026

AI Navigation Transforms Pool Robots Into Autonomous Cleaners

Pool cleaning robots are shifting from random movement patterns to AI-powered navigation systems that map pool…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 29, 2026

Tesla trade secret suit settled; robot hand startup Proception raises $11M

Jay Li, a former technical lead on Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program, has settled a lawsuit Tesla filed a…

TechCrunch AIJun 29, 2026

Elephant Robotics Launches Educational Robot Platforms for Americas Market

Elephant Robotics, a robotics hardware and software company, introduced three integrated educational and resea…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 29, 2026

Goodwood Festival 2026 unveils Future Lab with robotics, quantum, space tech

The Goodwood Festival of Speed announced its 2026 Future Lab exhibition lineup, featuring companies and resear…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 26, 2026

Kawasaki Robotics debuts 8-axis robot for AI-driven manufacturing

Kawasaki Robotics showcased the RL030N, the industry's first 8-axis robot designed specifically for Physical A…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 26, 2026

IEEE Spectrum showcases robotics breakthroughs: hand locomotion, safer AI, warehouse navigation

IEEE Spectrum's Video Friday published a curated selection of robotics demonstrations, including a robot hand…

IEEE Spectrum RoboticsJun 26, 2026

General Intuition raises $320M to train robots using video game data

General Intuition raised $320 million(約510億円) in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $454 million(…

The Robot ReportJun 26, 2026

Flexiv launches Enlight and Mico adaptive robots with full-body touch sensing

Flexiv unveiled two new robotic systems—the Enlight seven-axis adaptive arm and the Mico dual-arm platform—bot…

Robotics & Automation NewsJun 26, 2026

Skyways builds global cargo drone fleet in near-total secrecy

Austin-based Skyways Aviation has quietly assembled the world's largest unmanned aircraft fleet over the past…

DRONELIFEJun 26, 2026

Orbbec showcases AI-powered 3D vision systems for industrial robots

Orbbec, a Shenzhen-based maker of industrial 3D cameras, displayed its latest vision products at Automate 2026…

The Robot ReportJun 26, 2026

Medical robots & AI take center stage at London festival debate

A live podcast recording at the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London brought together three leading UK aca…

RobohubJun 26, 2026

Sony discontinues Aibo robot dog in Japan

Sony announced Thursday that it will discontinue Japan sales of the ERS-1000 model of Aibo — a 30-centimeter-l…

Japan Times TechJun 26, 2026

Robust.AI picks Aptiv's PULSE sensor for Carter robot

Robust.AI selected Aptiv's PULSE sensor—a camera-and-radar perception system powered by machine learning—for i…

The Robot ReportJun 25, 2026

Percepto's AI platform cuts field inspection time by 52%

Austin-based Percepto announced an expansion of its inspection-intelligence platform, upgrading its proprietar…

DRONELIFEJun 25, 2026

Flytrex and Wing achieved zero airspace conflicts across 8,000 shared drone deliveries in Dallas–Fort Worth using automated coordination, demonstrating that multiple operators can safely share delivery airspace without manual oversight.

Flytrex and Wing conducted approximately 8,000 drone delivery operations in overlapping airspace in Little Elm…

DRONELIFEJun 25, 2026

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