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Robolist Weekly
The Week in Robotics

Stryker Makes US$400M Preferred Equity Investment in CMR Surgical, Gains Buyout Option
Issue 13 · Oct 10–16, 20265 min read
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Issue 12 · Oct 3–9, 2026
RobCo Hits US$1B Valuation via New Investment and Employee Share Sale
5 min read
Issue 11 · Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2026
Tesla secures US$30B in new credit lines to help scale Cybercab, Optimus
9 min readIssue 10 · Sep 19–25, 2026
Cognex to acquire RealSense, Intel's robotics vision spinoff, for US$600M
5 min read
Issue 09 · Sep 12–18, 2026
May Mobility to go public via US$1.4B SPAC merger with ACP Holdings
9 min read
Issue 08 · Sep 5–11, 2026
The Boring Company raises US$3B Series D at US$23B valuation, led by UAE
7 min read
Issue 07 · Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2026
Medtronic to make ~US$700M strategic investment in Cornerstone Robotics
9 min read
Issue 06 · Aug 22–28, 2026
XPeng's Dogotix raises over US$900M for humanoid robotics at US$6.3B valuation
9 min read
Issue 05 · Aug 15–21, 2026
Unitree's Shanghai IPO closes up 460%, raising US$905M; analysts weigh commercial gaps
9 min read
Issue 04 · Aug 8–14, 2026
Hadrian raises US$1.37B, valuation hits US$7.87B, for U.S. defense manufacturing
7 min read
Issue 03 · Aug 1–7, 2026
Unitree prices its Shanghai IPO at a US$9B valuation
6 min read
Issue 02 · July 23–31, 2026
Robotics stopped being a tech story and became a security one
7 min read
Issue 01 · July 14–20, 2026