Humanoid robotics is developing a training-data market, but it is not yet a commodity market, according to an analysis of robot developers and data suppliers. Figure AI introduced its Index physical-d…
Apptronik, a human-centered robotics company developing the Apollo humanoid robot, is hiring a Staff Simulation Architect for its Core Simulation Platform in Austin, TX. The role involves owning the a…
Apptronik, a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure in Austin, TX, to build the platform that carries data from collectio…
Figure AI raised over US$1 billion in September 2025 at a US$39 billion post-money valuation despite estimated 2026 revenue in the low tens of millions, implying a price-to-sales multiple above 1,000,…
Humanoid robot experts from Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Persona AI, and PSYONIC will discuss the current state of humanoids at RoboBusiness on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., focusing on real-…
Apptronik, a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots, is hiring a Senior Reinforcement Learning Engineer for its Sunnyvale, CA office to implement and deploy state-of-the-art RL a…
Apptronik, a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots, is hiring a Lead Software Engineer for Dexterous Manipulation in Sunnyvale, CA, to lead the development of learning-based dex…
Apptronik, a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots, is hiring a Staff Software Engineer - Humanoid Controls for its Sunnyvale, CA office. The role involves advancing whole-body …
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, a suite of three AI models that control full humanoid bodies, including walking, crouching, and fine-motor manipulation, demonstrated on Apptroni…
Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics 2, a vision-language-action model that enables whole-body control, advanced dexterity, and multi-robot collaboration, allowing humanoid robots to perform tasks…
Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, a universal AI system designed to operate across different robot bodies, adapting to new hardware with fewer than 200 training examples. The syst…
The Robot Report's top 10 robotics stories of July 2026 highlight major funding rounds, new robot models, and a significant U.S. policy change on robotics imports. AI² Robotics raised about $735 milli…
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2, Gemini Robotics ER 2, and Gemini Robotics On-Device 2 on July 30, marking the first vision-language-action model to control a full humanoid end-to-end, demo…
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 model now controls the Apollo 2 humanoid robot from Apptronik with whole-body coordination, enabling walking, crouching, and fine fingertip actions. The model exten…
Apptronik's Apollo 2 humanoid robot demonstrated fine-motor tasks and kitchen chores using Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 vision-language-action model on July 30, with the system achieving a 68.4…
Google DeepMind has unveiled Gemini Robotics 2.0, an AI robotics platform with enhanced dexterity, long-horizon planning, and multi-robot collaboration capabilities, pushing toward what the company ca…
Google DeepMind launched Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, adding whole-body humanoid control to its robotics AI stack. According to DeepMind, the vision-language-action model can translate vision and lan…
Google DeepMind announced on Thursday that its Gemini Robotics 2 AI model can now control entire humanoid robots, enabling whole-body motions from feet to fingertips. The update allows robots like App…
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 system combines vision, language, and action models to control humanoid robots performing tasks like organizing shelves and replacing lightbulbs, marking a mileston…
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2, a single model that unifies locomotion and manipulation for humanoid robots, eliminating the previous split between walking and arm-control systems. The mod…