Humanoid robots and large funding rounds dominated robotics news in June 2026, with Agility Robotics announcing a SPAC merger to go public, NEURA Robotics raising up to $1.4B for physical AI, and Stan…
Apptronik unveiled Apollo 2, an updated humanoid robot available in bipedal and wheeled-base configurations, and opened Robot Park, a flagship data collection and training facility in Austin, Texas. T…
London-based robotics startup morph embeds sensing and adaptive control directly into reconfigurable deformable materials, creating soft robotic cells that can change shape and stiffness in real time.…
Bear Robotics acquired Kinisi Robotics to boost its physical AI capabilities, as announced on The Robot Report Podcast. Kinisi Robotics founder Bren Pierce, a humanoid robotics Ph.D. from TUM, has rai…
BMW Group will deploy Figure 03 humanoid robots at its Spartanburg plant after a successful 11-month pilot with Figure 02, which produced over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles. The new robots will handle logist…
MBody AI Corp. is expanding its service robotics operations to eleven U.S. states and Canada, leveraging its Orchestrator platform to manage multi-robot fleets. The company, which plans to merge with …
AGIBOT Innovation Technology Co. announced the production of its 15,000th robot, a milestone in scaling embodied AI systems from batch production to larger-scale deployment. The company's G2 wheeled m…
Humanoid robots are now commercially available for $14,000 without standardized safety testing, as robotics intelligence outpaces validation frameworks. Researchers propose a five-level taxonomy for r…
General Intuition US Inc. raised $320 million in Series A funding to build AI models trained on billions of video game clips from Medal, aiming to develop physical AI that can perceive and act in virt…
Orbbec showcased AI-powered 3D vision systems at Automate 2026 in Chicago, including the LingBot-Depth for Gemini 330 Series developed with Robbyant to enhance robotic spatial perception. The systems …
Robust.AI selected Aptiv PLC's intelligent perception systems, including the Aptiv PULSE sensor, for its Gen 3 Carter collaborative mobile robot. The sensor fuses radar and vision using machine learni…
The ARM Institute expanded its RoboticsCareer.org website to focus on physical AI, aiming to demystify skills and training for working alongside AI-enabled robots in manufacturing. The platform now li…
Investment firm Reservoir Co. acquired agriculture finance and data platform Contain Inc., its first corporate acquisition, and appointed Contain founder Nicola Kerslake as a general partner. Kerslake…
FAULHABER launched its new GPT gearhead family, designed for high torque, low noise, and flexibility in robotic and industrial applications. The gearheads offer power densities up to 25 Nm intermitten…
Mantis Robotics launched the MR-X, a biomimetic dual-arm robot designed to operate without safety fences, using embedded physical AI to work alongside humans. The robot, built on the company's SafetyC…
Arm Holdings PLC's executive vice president of Physical AI Business Unit, Drew Henry, discussed the company's strategies for physical AI and robotics on The Robot Report Podcast. Arm is focusing on sa…
Vention Inc. announced partnerships with FANUC America and Universal Robots at Automate 2025, expanding support for industrial and collaborative robots through its AI-powered software-defined automati…
CreateMe Technologies partnered with Avalo and Laguna Fabrics to launch Seed to System, an initiative connecting climate-smart cotton, domestic textile manufacturing, and robotic garment assembly into…
The robotics industry's shift from physical AI 1.0 to 2.0 requires a new focus on physical state recovery to bridge the gap between sensor data and real-world conditions, as high-level reasoning alone…
FORT Robotics and NVIDIA launched an AI-driven Outside-In Safety blueprint that uses external infrastructure sensors to boost autonomous robot productivity and worker safety. The system, demonstrated …