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A Gadget Review report says Gemini 4 Argon is being used to teach robots physical tasks like throwing cornhole bags and taking out trash, as frontier models extend into robot control.
Europe is becoming a key battleground as US and Chinese robotaxi operators expand beyond home markets, navigating fragmented but evolving regulation, per an Arthur D. Little partner.
US lawmakers asked the FAA to conduct a review before allowing Amazon's planned drone delivery hub near Boston, raising safety and noise concerns.
Chinese firm unveils a 13-foot robot with 39 hydraulic actuators that can crush over 1,100 pounds, demonstrating heavy-duty physical AI capabilities.
RoboBusiness panelists will discuss how robots can support reshoring manufacturing, a high priority for policymakers and technologists, and what it takes to promote it.
University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers are using human gaze signals to improve robot control and interaction.
NeodraDynamics and JD Industrial debuted Neo1, a 4-meter, 1.2-ton hydraulic-electric hybrid heavy-duty robot, at CIIF to address industrial '4D' challenges.
A touchscreen manufacturer plans to build control interfaces that help human workers collaborate with industrial robots.
UBTECH and FAW Volkswagen partnered to deploy humanoid robots in automotive logistics operations.
Timken combines Cone Drive, SPINEA, CGI Motion, and Timken Encoders to build application-specific motion systems aimed at humanoid robots.
FLÆ Robotics raised over €1M from Purple Ventures to put an AI receptionist in more than 60 hotels, automating front-desk tasks.
Ukraine accused SpaceX of crippling drone missions after the company limited Starlink service for Ukraine's high-speed military drones without prior warning, amid worsening US-Ukraine ties.
Nscale and humanoid robotics startup Figure announced a strategic partnership to power next-generation physical AI; reports say Nvidia may invest $1 billion in Figure AI.
A semi-humanoid robot can complete a full commercial laundry shift, per American Laundry News, pointing to automation in laundry operations.
Unitree Robotics announced an autonomous charging dock that lets its robots self-dock and recharge without human help, extending unattended operation time.
A new system lets humanoid robots navigate and squeeze through cluttered, narrow environments, expanding where they can operate.
Lidar maker Hesai launched Kosmo, a 3D spatial camera combining lidar for robot vision, with ambitions to also train humanoid robots using the sensor.
ABB Robotics is deepening its China innovation push, deploying AI-powered robots as part of expanded local development.
WION compiled a list of careers it considers most automation-proof as humanoid robots spread across industries.
MotifDrive, an end-to-end self-driving software developer, raised $4.9 million to advance its autonomous driving stack.
Japan's Omron will acquire US-based OnLogic for $675 million to strengthen its physical AI and edge computing offerings for factory and industrial robotics, Nikkei Asia reports.
A Danish supermarket is training humanoid robots to restock shelves overnight, with footage showing them shelf-stacking as a glimpse of retail automation. No deployment scale, pricing or availability details were given.
Poland said drone fragments found on a Baltic beach were likely from a military test, and opened an investigation into the incident.
A report profiles the emerging job of robot data trainers in China, paid around $900 a month to teach robots movements that could replace human workers.
Science Robotics describes the system design of the Ultra Mobility Vehicle, a bicycle robot capable of driving, balancing and jumping.
Science Robotics presents MonoRace, a robust monocular AI approach that reaches champion-level performance in autonomous drone racing.
German robotics unicorn NEURA Robotics introduced Neuron AI, a multimodal foundation model that gives robots perception and memory for physical AI and humanoid applications.
Tampere University's Robostudio brings social robotics to the public, teaching Finns how robots interact with people as a new everyday civic skill.
A 'PhoneBot' humanoid robot is built from repurposed outdated smartphones, using the phones' cameras and sensors for perception in a low-cost robotics approach.
Nvidia details research on robotic perception and learning, covering how robots sense their environment and acquire skills, aimed at advancing physical AI systems.
Nasscom publishes an analysis of how physical AI is being adopted in automotive manufacturing, covering robots and automation on factory lines.
Galaxy Corporation unveiled a humanoid robot modeled on its CEO's face, with the company saying it will keep trying despite the risk of failure.
Ondas Holdings shares rose after a $50 million US Army order pushed its Mistral program awards above $240 million, according to Stocktwits.
An Asia Economy report surveys humanoid robots performing tasks from picking up lip balm to detecting landmines, describing brains that act before our eyes.
Yaskawa aims to roll out humanoid robots by 2030, with AI lifting its forecast, according to DigiTimes. The Japanese firm joins the humanoid race.
Tesollo expects cumulative robotic hand and gripper sales to surpass 1,000 units in 2026, according to Seoul Economic Daily. The company supplies dexterous hands for humanoid and industrial robots.
Korean researchers developed a platform that trains humanoid robots to walk and run with human-like whole-body motion, aiming to improve physical AI locomotion skills.
Korea's Yujin Robot is expanding beyond mobile robots into humanoid development, according to Seoul Economic Daily, joining the growing humanoid robotics field.
NYSOFA and Intuition Robotics signed a new three-year, $2.1 million agreement to keep rolling out the ElliQ companion robot to seniors.
Max Hodak's Science Corporation implanted its PRIMA vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient, part of its path toward a brain-computer interface.