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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong proposed a radical solution for the US $36 trillion debt crisis, suggesting constitutional amendments, special economic zones, and growth driven by AI, robotics, and crypto. He argued the Con…

BMW Group announced on June 25, 2026 that Figure 03 humanoid robots will begin a logistics sequencing use case at Plant Spartanburg, following a Figure 02 pilot that supported production of over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles. T…

NVIDIA announced Halos for Robotics on June 22, 2026, a full-stack safety system for robotics and physical AI. Agility is the first company using Halos for humanoid robots in factories and warehouses for customers includ…

The United Auto Workers union is furious after General Motors replaced 1,000 workers at its Detroit Factory Zero plant with 50 AI-integrated robots, known as "cobots." The UAW says the layoffs undermine recent contract g…

Japan launched Noetra, a ¥380 billion AI company backed by SoftBank, Sony, NEC, Honda, and METI, to secure national leadership in physical AI and robotics. The coalition aims to reduce reliance on foreign AI models and p…

NVIDIA and academic researchers introduced ASPIRE, a self-improving robotics framework that achieves 31% zero-shot success on LIBERO-Pro long tasks. The system uses a coordinator-actor architecture with closed-loop execu…

Wimbledon's hawk Rufus, who has kept pigeons away from the grounds for 18 years, may eventually be replaced by AI drones, his handler Donna Davis acknowledged, though current technology is not sophisticated enough to foo…

The Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2026 will be held in Austin, Texas, from November 9 to 12, chaired by Yuke Zhu and Peter Stone. The event will focus on robot foundation models, real-robot reinforcement learning, …

Overland AI secured a $19.7 million U.S. Marine Corps contract on June 26, 2026, becoming the first ground-autonomy company to serve as prime contractor on a military production deal. The contract funds autonomous ground…

Mirsee Robotics, a Cambridge, Ontario startup, has built eight prototypes of its third-generation MH3 humanoid robot and plans to begin mass production in 2027, scaling to thousands of units. The wheeled, teleoperated ro…

The first Shanghai International Embodied Intelligence Expo (CIEI 2026) opened July 2, 2026, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, featuring nearly 200 robotics and AI companies and drawing over 1…

Major Korean conglomerates including Hanwha, Hyundai, Samsung, SK, LG and Doosan announced a combined 312 trillion won ($204 billion) in investment plans for the Yeongnam region, targeting AI, robotics, data centers, aer…

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced that Hanwha, Hyundai Motor, Samsung, SK, Doosan, and LG will invest a combined 312 trillion won ($204 billion) to transform the country's southeast into a hub for artificial…

The Automate 2026 trade show highlighted the robotics industry's shift from humanoid hype to practical deployment of physical AI and edge computing, with companies like ABB, FANUC, and Siemens showcasing AI-powered palle…

Munster Technological University (MTU) has been named the tenth node in agrifoodTEF, a European network for testing AI and robotics in agrifood, receiving €460,000 in EU and Irish funding. The funding will enable Irish A…

BlackBerry reported Q1 revenue of $152.9 million, up 26% year-over-year, and EPS of 4 cents, beating estimates. The company's QNX operating system is now in 275 million cars and expanding into robotics, drones, and medic…

Luxonis raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Denali Growth Partners to scale production of its OAK cameras and advance its physical AI perception layer. The company plans to expand commercial operations, R&D, an…

Italian startup Ganiga and Dublin-based Montro showcased practical AI applications at Dublin Tech Summit 2026, with Ganiga using AI and robotics to improve waste management at airports and offices, and Montro offering a …

World models, AI systems capable of understanding physical environments, have become a major focus in 2026, attracting billions in funding from investors. Startups like AMI Labs, World Labs, Runway, Luma, and General Int…

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 Standard Bots securing $…