Foundation Future Industries has secured a $24 million Pentagon contract to test its Phantom humanoid robot for military breach and combat support applications, as the U.S. defense establishment accelerates investment in ground-based autonomous systems.
Texas Instruments reported first-quarter revenue of $4.83 billion, up 19% year-over-year, driven by 90% growth in its data center segment and 30% growth in industrial, sending shares to their best single-day gain since 2000.
Tesla has raised its 2026 capital expenditure target to over $25 billion, up from a January forecast of more than $20 billion, as CEO Elon Musk accelerates investment in AI infrastructure, self-driving technology, and humanoid robotics.
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 300 million, as the Shenzhen-based company targets embodied AI expansion and global market growth.
Xpeng president Brian Gu told Reuters the Chinese EV maker will begin mass production of its flying car in 2027 and plans to bring humanoid robots to market by the final quarter of 2026, adding to an expanding portfolio that includes robotaxis and EV partnerships.
Accenture, SAP, and Vodafone Procure & Connect have completed a humanoid robotics pilot at a warehouse in Duisburg, Germany, where robots autonomously conducted visual inspections and reported findings directly into SAP’s warehouse management system.
At Hannover Messe 2026, German manufacturers and startups showcased AI-powered robots for industrial applications, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz backing wider AI adoption as Germany seeks to close the gap with China and the U.S. in physical AI.
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 Cruz autonomous mobility pods into permanent airport deployments globally.
Agibot used its annual partner conference to declare 2026 the first year of large-scale commercial deployment for embodied AI, unveiling five new robotic platforms, eight AI models, and an open-source development architecture called AIMA.
NEURA Robotics and Amazon Web Services have announced a strategic collaboration to train, validate, and deploy cognitive robots at scale, with Amazon exploring deployment of NEURA systems in select fulfillment centers as a real-world data source for Physical AI development.
DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics LAB have announced a strategic collaboration to co-develop an ultra-low-power AI computing platform capable of running large-scale generative AI models on-device within robotic systems.
Chinese robotics startup X Square Robot has partnered with household service platform 58.com to deploy humanoid robots alongside professional cleaners in Shenzhen homes, in one of the first commercial pilots of embodied AI in domestic service environments.
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 expansion to date.
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 reinforcement learning with model predictive control.
SoftBank Robotics America and Matternet have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate autonomous drone delivery deployments across the U.S., targeting healthcare and other industries where speed and reliability are critical.