Reimagine Robotics, founded by former Google DeepMind Applied Robotics team leaders, has emerged from stealth with robots that workers can train, correct, and adapt without specialist programming, with deployments already active in plastics manufacturing and hard drive disassembly.
Agile Robots, which supplies automation to Foxconn and Tata Electronics for iPhone production in India, has acquired a majority stake in Bengaluru-based XNG Automation, a 200-person…
BYD will unveil its first humanoid robot at its Di Space showrooms in August 2026, presenting a functional production model that attendees can interact with, as…
New York state senators have introduced legislation that would prohibit AI-enabled humanoid robots from performing teaching responsibilities in public schools, following a New York Focus report…
A LexisNexis report ranking global humanoid robot startups by patent asset strength places six Chinese companies in the top ten, with the top five all from…
Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Robotics 2.0, a three-model suite covering embodied reasoning, robot action generation, and on-device inference, with a new ASIMOV-Agentic safety benchmark and…
DoorDash has earned FAA Part 135 air carrier certification and launched DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery program, becoming one of only eight drone operators in…
PNDbotics has demonstrated its Adam humanoid riding a robotic horse and firing an arrow at a target from 20 metres, highlighting advances in whole-body coordination and…
MicroWatt Controls has launched the ExR-2.5, the first inspection robot certified under the new UL 6260 framework for potentially explosive industrial environments in North America, targeting…
Xpeng is targeting monthly production capacity of more than 1,000 IRON humanoid robots by end of 2026, with deployment as showroom sales assistants in China in…
The global hybrid robots market is forecast to grow from $4.93 billion in 2025 to $10.03 billion by 2030 at a 15.3% CAGR, driven by AI…
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University Singapore have developed a 3D-printed diving suit that allows remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches to survive underwater for up to three hours, following…
Shanghai-based Run Robotics has unveiled a centaur-configuration robot combining a humanoid upper body with a wheeled-legged lower body, capable of carrying 100-120 kg continuously and up…
