RobCo hits unicorn valuation in employee share sale
The German robotics startup doubled its valuation from earlier in the year as it sets sights on further US expansion.
Sifted AI2 min read
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Orbital Robotics gets set to send up a pair of arms for International Space Station’s robots
Space station astronauts will install Seattle startup's arms on one of NASA's cube-shaped robots for a milestone in-orbit demonstration. Read More
GeekWire3 min read
Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them?
Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don't hurt the real ones.
TechCrunch5 min read
Hitachi & Agile Robots Partner to Develop Physical AI for Autonomous Manufacturing
Insider Brief Hitachi is partnering with Germany’s Agile Robots to develop physical AI systems for automating complex factory work that still depends on human judgment and adaptability.
The AI Insider4 min read
Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test
Professors at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) have developed a soft robotic gripper capable not only of picking up and holding objects but also of manipulating and repositioning what it holds between its fingers without losing its grip.
TechXplore AI4 min read
AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel
AI Robotics company Figure found a creative way of decommissioning its old F.02 fleet without having to allocate resources for difficult and time-consuming disassembly.
Tom's Hardware AI3 min read
Inside NVIDIA’s IsaacTeleop: From Hand and Controller Tracking to Robot Actions with the Graph-Based Retargeting Engine
Learn how NVIDIA IsaacTeleop turns XR hand tracking and motion controller input into robot commands using a pure Python retargeting engine and NumPy. The post Inside NVIDIA’s IsaacTeleop: From Hand and Controller Tracking to Robot Actions with the Graph-Based Retargeting Engine appeared first on…
MarkTechPost19 min read
Researchers built a robot that turns a fall from the sky into a sailing trip
Researchers in Singapore built a robot that drops from the sky, spins down like a maple seed, and then sails across remote waters using nothing but wind.
Digital Trends — AI4 min read
Robotics AI developer FieldAI reportedly raising $700M in funding
FieldAI Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence models for robots, is reportedly seeking $700 million in funding. A source told Business Insider today that the round could value the company at $10 billion. That’s five times what FieldAI was worth last August.
SiliconANGLE3 min read
Robot learns complex 12-step tasks in 5 minutes, replans when things go wrong
A robot learned to complete complex tasks involving up to 12 steps after receiving just...
Interesting Engineering - Robotics3 min read
Wandercraft Acquires Ekso Bionics to Expand Medical Exoskeleton Business
Insider Brief Wandercraft has acquired Ekso Bionics from a subsidiary of ChronoScale Holdings, combining two medical exoskeleton developers with complementary products and geographic footprints.
The AI Insider4 min read
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Your next opportunity could be one conversation away. Get your Expo+ Pass for just $75. Limited to the first 100 qualifying people.
TechCrunch4 min read
FMC³ Robotics, Vector, and PEM Motion plan embodied AI joint venture
At the recent Humanoid Robots Summit 2026 in Stuttgart, Vector Informatik, PEM Motion, and FMC³ Robotics signed a memorandum of understanding at Vector’s headquarters to jointly develop a standardized data infrastructure for industrial embodied AI.
Robotics & Automation News2 min read
Video Friday: Albatross Falls, Spins, Self-Rights, and Sails Away
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.
IEEE Spectrum Robotics4 min read
Robotics startup FieldAI is set to raise $700 million at a $10 billion valuation
The startup, which is building a general-purpose "brain" for robots, is set to quintuple its valuation in just over a year
Business Insider - AI3 min read
Honda & Redwire Explore Robotic Lab System for Commercial Space Stations
Insider Brief Honda’s U.S.-based space development team is working with Redwire to explore a robotic system for future commercial space stations that could automate experiment handling and other laboratory tasks while reducing demands on astronaut time.
The AI Insider4 min readNautical And Marine Startups See Stepped-Up Funding
Over the past year, venture backers have poured close to $3 billion into good-sized rounds for marine-related startups in sectors ranging from defense tech to clean energy, per Crunchbase data.
Crunchbase News - AI4 min read
Zhou Yuxiang hired food delivery riders to sell AI to factories. Now he’s chasing China’s industrial AI breakthrough
China has millions of small factories—and almost no data on them. Yuxiang Zhou thinks AI can fix both.
Fortune AI6 min read
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