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Italian startup Mirai Robotics has raised $4.2 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous maritime systems, aiming to deploy fleets of robot ships for security, monitoring, and commercial operations.
Texas Instruments and NVIDIA are expanding their collaboration to accelerate robots and other physical AI systems by combining advanced sensing, power electronics, and AI computing platforms.
China has introduced its first national standard system for humanoid robotics, aiming to unify technical specifications and accelerate commercial deployment across industries.
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a robot pollinator that uses computer vision and 3D modeling to automate flower pollination in indoor farms.
Revobots has introduced TASKBOT SCOUT XT, an all-weather autonomous patrol robot designed for outdoor enforcement and campus monitoring under a Robots-as-a-Service model.
AGIBOT presented its X2 humanoid robot at MWC 2026, highlighting shipment leadership and a shift toward scenario-based, commercial-scale deployment.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says robotics will become a major revenue stream by 2028, as the company positions its Dragonwing chip at the center of the physical AI market.
BMW has introduced the AEON humanoid robot at its Leipzig plant to automate battery assembly tasks as part of a broader push into physical AI-powered manufacturing.
Xiaomi is preparing to release a new robotics product this year as the company deepens investment in AI, chips, and operating systems to compete in embodied intelligence.
Beijing-based Noetix Robotics has raised nearly $140 million in a Series B round led by a CATL-backed investment fund as it develops humanoid and biomimetic consumer robots.
Xiaomi has deployed a humanoid robot on its EV assembly line, marking a step toward large-scale industrial use of embodied AI in automotive manufacturing.
Samsung Electronics plans to convert its global manufacturing network into AI driven factories by 2030, integrating agentic AI, robotics, and digital twins across production.
Unitree Robotics has introduced the AS2 quadruped robot, combining high-speed mobility, heavy payload capacity, and LiDAR-enabled autonomy for industrial and field applications.
Researchers at Osnabrück University are building an AI-powered robotic system to identify and sort smart textiles, aiming to make e-textile recycling scalable and sustainable.
Hyundai’s Atlas humanoid robot is emerging as a major challenger to Tesla’s Optimus as automakers race to dominate what analysts see as a multi-trillion-dollar robotics market.
