Gartner: Half of New Warehouses in Developed Markets Will Be Human-Optional by 2030
Gartner predicts that 50% of new warehouses built in developed markets by 2030 will be designed as robot-centric facilities where human labor is required only for...
Penn Engineers Build Millimeter-Scale Jumping Robots from Knotted Fibers That Plant Seeds
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have published a study in Science describing tiny robots made from knotted fibers that can jump nearly two meters, control...
Pudu Robotics Raises Nearly USD 150 Million, Valuation Exceeds USD 1.5 Billion
Pudu Robotics has closed a funding round of nearly USD 150 million, pushing its valuation past USD 1.5 billion and bringing cumulative funding to over USD...
Sony’s Ace Robot Defeats Elite Table Tennis Players in Study Published in Nature
Sony's Ace robotic arm has become the first autonomous system demonstrated to be competitive with elite human table tennis players, according to a study published in...
A&K Robotics Raises CAD $8 Million to Scale Autonomous Passenger Mobility in Airports
A&K Robotics has closed a CAD $8 million Series A round led by BDC's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and Vantage Futures, funding the expansion of its...
NVIDIA and Partners Demonstrate Production-Ready AI Manufacturing Systems at Hannover Messe 2026
NVIDIA and more than a dozen industrial partners used Hannover Messe 2026 to demonstrate AI-driven manufacturing systems already operating in live production environments, from humanoid robots...
UBTECH Partners with Terra Robotics to Deploy Humanoid Robots in European Logistics
UBTECH has appointed Terra Robotics as its exclusive distributor and strategic partner in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, with an initial batch of Walker series humanoid robots...
Tesla Expands Robotaxi Service to Dallas and Houston
Tesla has launched its driverless robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston, extending a program that began in Austin and marking the company's most significant autonomous ride-hailing...
Toyota Unveils CUE7, a Lighter Basketball Robot Built on Hybrid AI Control
Toyota has introduced CUE7, the latest iteration of its basketball-shooting robot, featuring a significantly lighter frame, an inverted two-wheel base, and a hybrid control system combining...
Accenture Invests in General Robotics to Build a Unified AI Layer for Industrial Robots
Accenture Ventures has invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform connects robots from multiple manufacturers under a single AI intelligence layer, targeting scaled automation in factories...
Siemens, NVIDIA and Humanoid Test Factory-Ready Humanoid Robot in Live Production
Siemens, NVIDIA and Humanoid have tested a humanoid robot in a live factory environment, signaling progress toward industrial-scale physical AI deployment.
Humanoid Robot Chasing Wild Boars in Warsaw Highlights Real World Deployment Shift
A viral humanoid robot chasing wild boars in Warsaw has drawn attention to the rapid global spread of Chinese robotics hardware.