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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a federal procurement notice to spend up to $2 million on Boston Dynamics Spot robot dogs for border security, infrastructure inspection, and hazard assessment in environments that pose risks to personnel.
Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Robotics ER 2, its most capable embodied reasoning model for robotics, introducing multi-robot collaboration, continuous video-based task progress classification, and precision moment-finding, now available to developers via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot delivered the match ball to the referee at halftime of Brazil’s round-of-16 World Cup match against Norway at New York New Jersey Stadium, overcoming stadium RF interference and grass locomotion challenges in the largest public deployment of the production-ready platform to date.
Hyundai Motor's labor union has voted 92 percent in favor of authorizing a strike, with deployment protections against Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robots appearing as a formal demand for the…
As Genesis AI's Eno joins a growing list of robots that reject bipedal human appearance in favor of functional minimalism, the industry is quietly splitting into two camps with different…
Boston Dynamics has published a technical breakdown of how Atlas learned to perform soccer drills - including the Ghost Rabona - using professional motion capture data, motion retargeting, and cloud-based…
Hyundai Motor Group has released a video showing Atlas analyzing and learning soccer movements ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, where the company plans to feature…
Hyundai Motor Group has established dedicated organizational units for its software-defined factory initiative and robot component procurement, as it advances toward deploying 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots across Hyundai and Kia…
Boston Dynamics has published a technical blog explaining how Atlas learned to lift and carry objects exceeding 100 pounds using reinforcement learning trained across millions of GPU-parallelized simulations, with the…
Hyundai Motor Group has outlined plans to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots across Hyundai and Kia manufacturing facilities, targeting 30,000-unit annual production capacity by 2028 and domestic U.S.…
Despite record investment, viral demonstrations, and bold commercial timelines, the gap between what humanoid robots can do on camera and what they can reliably deliver in real industrial environments remains…
Boston Dynamics has released the first live demonstration video of its production-ready Atlas humanoid robot, showing it performing a handstand and L-sit, as Hyundai accelerates toward a 2028 commercial deployment…
Hyundai is pressing Boston Dynamics to deliver tens of thousands of Atlas humanoid robots for its automotive plants, as the company navigates a series of senior leadership departures and attempts…
Boston Dynamics has integrated Google’s Gemini robotics model into its Spot platform, enhancing reasoning and inspection capabilities in industrial environments.
Boston Dynamics is deepening its collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate AI development for its Atlas humanoid robot. The partnership integrates NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor computing platform and Isaac robotics frameworks into…
