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AGIBOT introduced new robot hardware and AI models alongside Worken, a proposed way to measure autonomous working hours and productive output.

Agility expects roughly $465 million in gross financing, with its Churchill XI merger targeted for November 4 and Nasdaq trading planned for November 5.

Walmart’s expanded Symbotic agreement commits about $6 billion over several years to add automation capabilities across 25 U.S. distribution centers.

MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures back Rendezvous Robotics as it prepares modular spacecraft to assemble and reconfigure themselves in orbit.

ABB’s upgraded Fashion Inductor combines vision models, retraining and a digital twin to simplify deployment of robotic fashion-logistics cells.

DTL Transport will deploy Kodiak’s autonomous driving system in 75 carrier-owned trucks under a per-mile model, starting with planned Sun Belt routes.

Creandum and Union Square Ventures back Machenta’s simulation-trained robot model, which aims to perform new tasks after a single demonstration.

Physical Intelligence is reportedly discussing new financing at about a $20 billion valuation as its Pi API beta opens robot models to developers.

A3 reports 10,989 robot orders worth $723.5 million in Q3, with automotive suppliers, electronics and collaborative robots posting strong growth.

Wonder is expanding Avride robot deliveries through Grubhub in Jersey City, Hoboken, Arlington County and Philadelphia, adding dozens of participating merchants.

Marlinspike Partners leads Foundry Robotics’ $100 million Series A as the startup expands a 130,000-square-foot Emeryville factory for AI-powered hardware assembly.

Crunchbase reports $9.9 billion in Q3 robotics funding, with investment up around 185% across January–September as China and the United States lead.

NEURA’s Munich RoboGym puts manufacturing expertise to work as training data, while a new report highlights China’s much larger robot-learning infrastructure.

Bedrock Robotics aims to put a triple-digit autonomous machine fleet to work in 2027 as it expands field operations and explores new heavy-equipment applications.

Xpanner’s X1 Piling R6 automates positioning and pile driving for solar and battery storage projects, with one operator supervising the machine remotely.