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NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.4B in Series C funding for physical AI

Robots are closing in on human-like judgments, addressing a key challenge in physical AI

KAIST researchers solved a key challenge in the commercialization of physical AI by developing a new technology that enables AI to learn human judgment criteria on its own from just a few videos.

Struggling German auto supplier Bosch pivots to robots

German industrial giant Bosch said Wednesday it will step up efforts in the field of humanoid robotics as its traditional auto parts business comes under increasing pressure.

Humaniod robotics company raises up to $1.4 billion from Nvidia, Amazon and others

German start-up Neura raises $1.4bn in humanoid robot push

Robotics will not have a clean Llama moment

The Llama moment in robotics will not be the day a policy becomes downloadable. It will be the day another team can take that policy, adapt it to its robot, release it into a customer process, and still know what failed weeks later when the line stops repeating. The post Robotics will not have a clean Llama moment appeared first on The Robot Report .

Precise aggressive aerial maneuvers with sensorimotor policies | Science Robotics

A data-driven approach controls a quadrotor under strict spatial constraints using onboard sensing.

Translational bottlenecks for biohybrid microrobots | Science Robotics

Rapid advances in biohybrid microrobots have prompted focused examination of the barriers to their clinical translation.

From ball to rover: Transformable palm-sized rover SORA-Q for autonomous lunar exploration | Science Robotics

A transformable palm-sized rover achieved fully autonomous locomotion and imaging on the lunar surface.

Bike robot lands first unassisted front flip thanks to Ph.D. student

A bicycle robot from the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first to perform an unassisted acrobatic front flip. RAI calls the bicycle robot an ultra-mobility vehicle (UMV). It can reach a height of 3 feet (0.9 meters) and can jump from the floor onto a platform. The contributions of a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student helped make these feats possible through a robot control policy he developed.

How an AI-powered robot helps recycle your waste

New Z01 humanoid robot performs complex Tai Chi routine with stability

From dance to factory floor: China moves to fast track humanoids into industry

MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

Fact Check: FIFA uses robots to patrol during World Cup, not for face scanning

Xpeng boss to head robot unit with humanoid mass production imminent

Yaskawa Motoman To Expand Robot Manufacturing Headquarters In Miamisburg Ohio To Accommodate Increasing Automation Demand

For **GP200R**, I did **not** find a 2025–2026 press release or announcement specifically naming **MOTOMAN-GP200R** in the latest Yaskawa news results.

Robots learn to anticipate chaos, but still fail to read a decidedly human signal

Cornell researchers are investigating the potential for using artificial intelligence to give robots social intelligence—the ability to read facial cues, anticipate the needs of those around them, and function within society. The new study tested the ability of vision language models (VLMs)—AI systems that can interpret and generate both visual information and language—to predict whether a tense scenario in a short video would end well or badly, such as a toddler carrying an overly full mug o…

Walmart, Wing add 7 markets in drone delivery expansion

The creepiest videos from the robotics company Google just sold

Standard Bots raises $200M at $1B valuation to revolutionize AI-native industrial robotics

Effort to establish a National Commission on Robotics advances in Congress

As the proposed National Commission on Robotics advances, industry leaders continue to call for more unified U.S. policy. The post Effort to establish a National Commission on Robotics advances in Congress appeared first on The Robot Report .

Standard Bots Raises $200 Million Series C at $1 Billion Valuation to Scale AI-Native Industrial Robotics

China builds 85% of the world’s humanoids robots for cheap at scale, but finding buyers is tricky

Video: New palm-sized robot with 8 smart actuators can walk, trot, and jump

Standard Bots raises $200M to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint

Beyond Dexterity: Why Contact May Define the Next Era of Robotics

This article is brought to you by AGILINK . Throughout the exhibition hall at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics (ICRA), in Vienna, one demonstration seemed to attract a disproportionate amount of attention. Two robotic hands were making a balloon dog. Slowly and deliberately, the robot twisted a long balloon into loops, bends, and joints without popping it. Visitors stopped, watched, and often returned with colleagues to watch again. AGILINK’s balloon dog demonstration draws …

Humanoid robot kicks child during performance in China’s western Xinjiang region

How JPL Keeps the 13-Year-Old Curiosity Rover Doing Science

Thirteen years ago last August, I was camped out in the Jet Propulsion Lab press room in Pasadena, Calif., waiting to see whether the Curiosity rover would survive its descent and skycrane-assisted landing on the surface of Mars. It did, and it was awesome . Since then, Curiosity (also known as Mars Science Laboratory) has traveled nearly 37 kilometers , drilled into and sampled 42 different rocks , and as of publication, has snapped nearly 763,000 photos . The fact that this robot is still h…

Thinking About Buying Humanoid Robots? Think Again

Chinese firm plans life-like male and female humanoid robot companions

First look: This weird wearable device turns human workers into robot data collectors

Marc Lore’s robots make 500 burrito bowls an hour. A human can make 45.

Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield?

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Humanoid robots are great, but they need buyers too

5-in-1 miniature surgical robot is the size of a seed

Autonomous drone can deliver life jackets to people that fall overboard

It's a race against the clock when someone falls overboard: People's chances of being found before they drown from exhaustion or freeze to death dwindle by the minute. Rescue efforts are often hampered by the time it takes a vessel at full throttle to halt so a rescue boat can be deployed and start searching for the person, who is by now far from the ship.

ACS raises $200M to scale autonomous counter-drone system

Allen Control Systems will use the funding to scale manufacturing and accelerate deployment of its autonomous weapon station, Bullfrog. The post ACS raises $200M to scale autonomous counter-drone system appeared first on The Robot Report .

Robot mountaineer reaches 6,200-meter peak in Ecuador

Robotic arm inspired by octopus uses tactile sensors in suction cups for autonomous underwater grasping

The oceans hide some of the most sophisticated solutions nature has ever developed and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the robotics of the future. The Bioinspired Soft Robotics research unit, coordinated by Barbara Mazzolai, associate director for robotics at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT—Italian Institute of Technology), has developed an octopus-inspired soft robotic arm that, thanks to the technology embedded in its artificial suction cups, is capable of sensing co…

Daimon Robotics and Galbot jointly launches RobOmni for benchmarking tactile perception and dexterous manipulation

Embodied AI is evolving from vision-centric perception toward Physical AI. The post Daimon Robotics and Galbot jointly launches RobOmni for benchmarking tactile perception and dexterous manipulation appeared first on The Robot Report .

China: 100 humanoid robot to take over household chores in free trial

China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots

Humanoid robot with embodied intelligence to run convenience store 24/7 in Hong Kong

Robot.com CEO Wants to Automate the Work That Makes People Quit

Can Humanoid Robots Run Stairs Without Tripping? Do They Need Shoes?

Robotic Hands Fold Balloon Dogs With Surprising Contact Skills

Nvidia CEO says company is working with LG on humanoid robots and data centers

We hung out with around 100 robots – and here are the bizarre highlights

AGIBOT holds World Challenge 2026 to see how AI models perform on real tasks

AGIBOT said the industry is moving beyond simulation scores toward closed-loop testing on real robots with real tasks. The post AGIBOT holds World Challenge 2026 to see how AI models perform on real tasks appeared first on The Robot Report .