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MWC Shanghai 2026 opened at the Shanghai New International Expo Center with Honor's humanoid robots Flash and Vita Boy appearing live on stage, as GSMA Director General Vivek Badrinath named…
Morgan Stanley has raised its China humanoid robot shipment forecast to 50,000 units for 2026, nearly doubling its previous projection of 28,000, as commercial verification in factories, logistics, and retail…
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a modular nanorobot comprising a magnetic propulsion module and a swappable payload capsule connected by a DNA-based self-assembly system, demonstrating targeted anticancer…
Agility Robotics has announced a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI to go public at a $2.5 billion valuation, providing more than $620 million in proceeds to fund commercial expansion…
Bear Robotics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinisi Robotics, adding the KR1 humanoid robot and its vision-language-action manipulation models to Bear's existing fleet of more than 16,000 deployed…
JD.com founder Richard Liu said at the APEC China CEO Forum that robots will replace the company's 700,000 delivery workers "sooner or later", pairing the prediction with a retraining program…
U.S. industrial robot installations grew 11% year-on-year to 38,000 units in 2025, according to the International Federation of Robotics, with food industry adoption surging 30% as the country climbs to…
Sanctuary AI has validated a 99.5% task success rate and 2.54-second cycle time on a wire-plugging task at a global Tier 1 automotive supplier's live production line, as the company…
Kawasaki Robotics has debuted the RL030N at Automate 2026 in Chicago, an 8-degree-of-freedom robot described as the industry's first platform designed specifically for physical AI applications, alongside patented Pulseboard weld…
CYBERDYNE and Pegasus Tech Ventures have launched a JPY 10 billion ($60 million) corporate venture capital fund to invest in startups developing robotics, physical AI, healthcare, and intelligent systems, with…
Autonomique, a Physical AI software company spun out of SRI, has moved its robot autonomy platform from a paid pilot to live production deployment at F&P Mfg., a Canadian Tier-1…
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…
D-Link has publicly confirmed its entry into robotics for the first time, establishing a dedicated subsidiary focused on AI therapeutic robots with software and platform services rather than hardware, targeting…
Chinese automaker Seres has unveiled Xiaosai, its first humanoid robot, designed for visual recognition, autonomous greeting, and voice interaction, as the company expands its embodied AI presence beyond the Xiaosai…
Swiss deep-tech company Verity has won the 2026 IERA Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation for its fully autonomous indoor drone system, deployed across approximately 200 warehouses…
