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Curated industry headlines from tier-1 robotics outlets and announcements straight from manufacturers.
Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust?
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access […]
This month
- TechCrunch
Danu Robotics’ fight to build a better recycling robot
- TechCrunch
Tesla renames ‘Full Self-Driving’ to ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in Europe
The name change is enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software.
- Robot China (Chinese)
Moxian Technology Completes Tens of Millions in Industrial Funding, Attracting Investment from Autonomous Variable Robot and Others
- Robot China (Chinese)
Baidu, Galbot Robotics and Others Invest in Jianzhi Robotics
- Robot China (Chinese)
DJI ROMO 2 Sweeping and Mopping Robot Makes Strong European Launch: First Week Sales Reach 3× Previous Generation, Wins Multiple IFA Awards
- Robot China (Chinese)
Xi'an Jiaotong University First Affiliated Hospital Successfully Performs Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Heart Transplant Surgery
- Robot China (Chinese)
Beijing: Advancing 'AI + Consumption' Initiative, Increasing Supply of New-Generation Smart Terminal Products Including AI Smartphones and Computers, Smart Wearables, and Smart Robots
- Robot China (Chinese)
Focusing on Physics AI and Contact Intelligence, Inspiration Robotics Completes Tens of Millions in Angel Funding
- Robot China (Chinese)
Nearly 20 Million Service Instances During Holiday Week, AI Voice Calls Double Year-over-Year — CloudJidd Technology Releases '2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day Holiday Robot Service Operations Report'
- Robot China (Chinese)
OpenWAM unifies video prediction and robot control, publisher self-tests LIBERO at 98.6% average success rate
- Robot China (Chinese)
Faraday Future: Robot Factory Targeted to Begin Operations by Year-End
- Robot China (Chinese)
Kazakhstan President Tokayev: Support UBTECH in Building Robot Equipment Manufacturing Factory in Almaty
- Robot China (Chinese)
International Federation of Robotics: China Retains Position as World's Largest Industrial Robot Market, Expected to Account for About 59% of Global Installed Base in 2025
- TechCrunch
a16z’s Olivia Moore on the state of consumer AI
Moore sees a huge opportunity in consumer AI, particularly if the industry can tap into revenue streams beyond just subscriptions and API charges.
- IEEE Spectrum
Robot Decommissioning By Ball-Pit Free Fall!?! Plus Reachy Mini Raps!
- TechXplore
Two-armed robot throws and catches balls with human-like movements
Humans can move their limbs very rapidly and coordinate their movements with high precision to tackle specific manual tasks. While robots have become increasingly advanced in recent years, many of them remain less agile than humans and struggle to interact with moving objects of different shapes, weights and textures.
- Forbes
Humanoid Combat Robots May Be Much Closer Than You Think
- Robohub
Robot Talk Episode 165 – Robots behind the research, with Kushant Patel
Claire chatted to Kushant Patel from Brookhaven National Laboratory about robots that work in scientific facilities, such as particle accelerators. Kushant Patel builds software that helps robots and instruments perceive, map, and move through the physical world. After completing a Master’s in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo, he spent two years at the University […]
- Digital Trends
A tiny humanoid robot uses an Android phone as its brain, and it costs just $400
- Fortune
Ultra raises $62 million for fast-growing ‘robots as a service’ business, announces tie-up with AI research firm Physical Intelligence
- TMTPost (Chinese)
Tesla Suppliers Quietly 'Building Humans'
On the eve of humanoid robot mass production, Joyson, Tuopu, and Sanhua sprint ahead.
- Interesting Engineering
UBTECH and Volkswagen team up to test humanoid robots in car factories
- QbitAI (Chinese)
0.2-Second Emergency Stop, Second-Level Replanning! Causal Intelligence Steps into the Real World
This is the moment when a robot emergency-stops while closing a microwave oven door because a human hand suddenly reaches inside.
- TechNode
The Robots Taking Warehouses to New Heights
- BBC
UK robotics hubs to drive adoption of new tech
- QbitAI (Chinese)
Dexterous Operation's Top Player: Sharpa Evolves Fingertip 'Touch' into Comprehensive 'Haptic Feedback'
For robots to escape from expos and stage demos and generate real commercial value, what exactly is needed?
- TMTPost (Chinese)
Beyond selling robot 'skin', tactile companies want to sell data and models
2026 looks more like the year when robot 'skin' transitions from technical samples to product commercialization; the value of data and models has already emerged, but has not yet formed an independently verifiable revenue model.
- New Atlas
Saudi 1km tower nears halfway point – already cracks tallest top 15
The incredibly ambitious Jeddah Tower is currently under construction in Saudi Arabia. Due to be the world's new tallest building once complete, it has already made it into the top 15 tallest buildings worldwide – and it's still less than halfway to its final height. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Engineering Tags: Building and Construction , Skyscrapers , World's Tallest , Saudi Arabia
- Interesting Engineering
World’s first drone to reach the stratosphere climbs 34,245 feet for weather data
Swiss weather technology company Meteomatics has unveiled a multicopter drone that it says reached an...
- The Robot Report
SafeWorld emerges from stealth to build, deploy robot safety simulation technologies
- CHChosunbiz
Automakers pivot to humanoids as EV supply chains speed mass production - CHOSUNBIZ
- The Verge
California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches
The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid robot owned by a tech startup, Rek, that […]
- TechXplore
PhoneBot gives old smartphones a new job on two legs
Smartphones combine cameras, motion sensors and powerful processors in devices that fit inside a pocket. These features could also make them useful components for robots, reducing the need to buy and connect separate sensors, processors or other electronics.
- The Verge
Mechanism’s first Switch 2 case is as awesome as I hoped it would be
Most companies have slowed down releasing new Switch 2 cases, but one of my favorite accessory makers recently debuted its first, after a few delays. The $49 Basecase from Mechanism is a snap-on shell for the console that taps into the company's modular lineup of mounts. You could already mount the Switch 2 in numerous […]
- The Verge
SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute
If Elon Musk and SpaceXAI were going to back any Linux distro, it seems obvious they'd back Omarchy. Today it was announced that SpaceXAI would be joining the Omacom Foundation, which oversees Omarchy, as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating $1.5 million worth of Grok tokens to David Heinemeier Hansson's Linux project. According to Hansson's […]
- Interesting Engineering
US’ 100,000-ton aircraft carrier strike group launched 450 land-attack cruise missiles against Iran
One of the most powerful aircraft carrier strike group of the United States launched more...
- The Verge
Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’
In an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon's head of consumer electronics, Panos Panay, confirmed the company would phase out the Fire brand in favor of Alexa Tablets. The new lineup runs proper Android, instead of the custom Fire OS, and has full access to the Play Store, which wasn't available on Fire tablets. To make matters […]
- The Robot Report
Jabil discusses the pace of humanoid robot development and production
- The Next Web
Odyssey-3 drives a car in India and runs humanoids from one world model
- Unite.AI
Artemis Unveils Orion-1, a Cyber Defense Model Built to Reconstruct Attacks
A suspicious login can be the beginning of an intrusion—or an employee working from an unfamiliar location. The hard part is establishing what happened next, which systems were involved, and whether the evidence justifies interrupting someone’s access. Artemis Security is betting that a model trained specifically for defensive operations can make those decisions more effectively. The company has announced Orion-1, a proprietary foundation model for cyber defense that investigates threats across…
- Robot China (Chinese)
Eight Leading Enterprises Lead, Nearly 100 Embodied AI Enterprises Gather | High-Tech Fair Asia Robot Industry Chain Exhibition Gearing Up
- Robot China (Chinese)
After Midea Group Investment, Jundu Robotics to Showcase 'Full-Stack Industrial Embodiment' at 2026 China Industrial Expo
- Robot China (Chinese)
Tesla's robot tactile sensor patent revealed; previously initiated mass production audits in China
- Robot China (Chinese)
Humanoid Robot Rental Demand Cools: Daily Rental Rates Drop from Ten Thousand Yuan to Under One Thousand Yuan
- Robot China (Chinese)
Qiyuan Robotics Global Flagship Store Opens in Shanghai; Q1 and T1 Enter Offline Sales
- Robot China (Chinese)
First orthopedic robot succeeds in minimally invasive surgery
- Robot China (Chinese)
Linggan Robotics Completes Tens of Millions of Yuan Angel Round Financing
- Robot China (Chinese)
Plans to acquire German lawn mower manufacturer, Ledong Robotics (01236.HK) accelerates European expansion
- Robot China (Chinese)
XPeng Humanoid Robot Production Line Activated; Target Monthly Output of 1,000 Units