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Apptronik has closed a $520 million extension to its Series A, bringing the total round to more than $935 million as it accelerates production and deployment of its Apollo humanoid…
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.
South Korean equities extended gains as tariff concerns eased and early export data showed strong growth. Robotics-linked manufacturers contributed to the market’s upward momentum.
Boston Dynamics and the Robotics & AI Institute unveiled new footage showing the Atlas humanoid robot executing gymnastic-style movements, highlighting advances in whole-body control and simulation-to-reality learning as the company…
Indian automation firm Addverb has unveiled Elixis-W, the country’s first domestically developed wheeled humanoid robot, marking a shift from experimental robotics to real industrial deployment.
An end effector is the tool or device attached to a robot arm that performs tasks like gripping or cutting.
A collaborative robot is a safe industrial robot designed to work directly alongside humans without protective barriers.
Robco has raised $100 million in new funding to expand deployment of its modular industrial robots. The capital will support international growth and increased production capacity.
Hadrian has raised additional funding to expand its automated manufacturing platform, pushing the company’s valuation to $1.6 billion. The capital supports scaling production capacity and defense-focused manufacturing.
Industrial automation focuses on automated control systems that optimize industrial processes and operations.
Airbus has placed a six-figure order for humanoid robots from UBTech, marking one of the largest industrial deployments of humanoid robotics in aerospace manufacturing to date.
Asus is winding down new smartphone development as it redirects resources toward AI computing, robotics, and physical AI systems for industrial and enterprise markets.
NEURA Robotics and Bosch have formed a strategic partnership to industrialize humanoid robots and physical AI in Germany, combining real-world data collection with large-scale manufacturing expertise.
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…
CES 2026 marked a turning point for Physical AI, as humanoids, autonomous machines, and AI-driven platforms moved from experiments to scalable, real-world systems.