Sitegeist has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding to scale its AI-powered construction robots, targeting infrastructure repair and labor shortages in renovation projects.
China’s top humanoid robot companies will showcase their latest technologies and global expansion plans at AW 2026 in Seoul, highlighting intensifying competition in physical AI.
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest $6.9 billion in an AI, hydrogen, and robotics hub in South Korea, accelerating its transition into physical AI and advanced manufacturing.
The global reception robots market is projected to grow from $1.2 billion in 2023 to $6.8 billion by 2032, driven by AI advances and rising demand for automated customer service.
Amazon has halted its Blue Jay warehouse robotics project less than six months after unveiling the prototype, redirecting its underlying technology to other automation initiatives.
Unitree Robotics plans to ship up to 20,000 humanoid robots in 2026, signaling rapid scaling as the company moves from demonstrations to broader commercial deployment.
A new report projects humanoid robotics could grow into a $200 billion market, driven by labor shortages, aging populations, and advances in physical AI deployment.
Trener Robotics has raised $32 million in Series A funding to expand Acteris, its robot-agnostic AI skills platform. The company aims to replace traditional robot programming with conversational, production-ready automation across industrial environments.
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter will step down, a move that coincided with a sharp rise in Hyundai Motor shares and renewed focus on accelerating commercialization of the robotics business.
Starbucks is investing heavily in artificial intelligence and automation to speed service, support baristas, and restore growth – betting that technology can strengthen, not replace, human connection.
Skild AI raised nearly $1.4 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank, valuing the robotics AI company at more than $14 billion as it scales a unified foundation model for robots.
Mobileye agreed to acquire humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics for $900 million, expanding its autonomy technology from vehicles into Physical AI and general-purpose humanoid robots.
Boston Dynamics and Google have renewed their collaboration at CES 2026, combining advanced AI with the next generation of the Atlas humanoid robot.
Kodiak has entered a strategic agreement with Bosch to scale production-grade autonomous trucking hardware, aiming to accelerate commercial deployment of driverless trucks.
UPS has purchased hundreds of warehouse robots designed to unload packages from trucks, expanding automation across its U.S. logistics network to address labor strain and efficiency demands.