Avnet and Weston Robot launched a real-time autonomous inspection platform for factory floors, powered by quadruped robots and Avnet's edge computing architecture with up to 50 TOPS of AI performance.…
Moove, a mobility infrastructure company, announced it raised $250 million in Series C funding, bringing its valuation to $2.1 billion. The round was led by Mubadala Investment Company, Woven Capital,…
Humanoid robots will not scale on factory floors until their costs drop, according to an analysis of the robotics industry. While the technology is mostly ready, the high price tag—one leading develop…
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…
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…
In Episode 255 of The Robot Report Podcast, Derik Pridmore, CEO and co-founder of OSARO, discussed how warehouse robotics has evolved from limited perception systems to adaptable AI-driven automation,…
KUKA AG has deployed its Automation Management Platform (AMP) at KUKA Toledo Production Operations in Ohio, a facility that produces over 300 vehicle bodies per day and has generated more than 2 milli…
Procore Technologies Inc. will acquire DroneDeploy for approximately $845 million in cash, a deal that combines Procore's construction management software with DroneDeploy's robotics and visual intell…
NVIDIA and Applied Intuition are among five horizontal infrastructure platforms shaping the emerging physical AI stack for robotics in 2026, according to an industry analysis. NVIDIA's Isaac ecosystem…
Teradyne Robotics reported $100 million in revenue for Q2 2026, a 33% year-over-year increase from $75 million in Q2 2025, marking its fifth consecutive quarter of growth. CEO Greg Smith said AI-drive…
GMEX Robotics Corp. has entered a definitive share-purchase agreement to acquire MediaMeta.ai, a Singapore-based developer of AI and human behavioral modeling technology, for a combination of cash and…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has restricted U.S. imports of foreign-made advanced robotic devices, including humanoids, mobile robots, and quadrupeds, citing national security and cyber…
Registration is open for RoboBusiness 2026, the leading event for commercial robotics developers, taking place Oct. 20-21 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The event, produced by The Robot Report …
Generalist's GEN-1 embodied foundation model now supports a broad range of robot end effectors, from five-fingered hands to specialized tools, demonstrating that a single base AI model can learn senso…
In Episode 254 of The Robot Report Podcast, Doug Pagnutti, developer advocate at Tiger Data, discussed how time series databases like TimescaleDB improve industrial automation, robotics, and AI applic…
NEURA Robotics GmbH has partnered with RWTH Aachen University to establish the NEURA Gym RWTH Aachen, a specialized facility for training physical AI models, addressing the scarcity of real-world data…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) announced the Ryzen AI Embedded X100 series and Kria AI Robotics platform, claiming 3.4x better real-time performance over NVIDIA Thor T5000 and 2.3x more agentic AI …
Ropedia, a company building data infrastructure for physical AI, has raised $22 million in pre-Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $30 million. The company plans to use the funds to scale …
Physical AI firms have raised more than $23 billion in venture capital in 2026 so far, according to The Wall Street Journal, with major deals including Waymo's $16 billion Series D, Skild AI's $1.4 bi…
Medtronic PLC unveiled Touch Surgery Aide, an AI-powered compute platform for the operating room that runs on NVIDIA's accelerated computing infrastructure, enabling real-time multimodal AI support du…