Robotics news — humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, drone technology, robot manipulation research, and industrial automation updates.
Skild AI, a Pittsburgh-based robotics startup founded in 2023 by Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, has raised over $2.2 billion in total funding, with a $1.4 billion Series C led by SoftBank and joined by NVIDIA's NVentur…
Agility Robotics announced Digit v5, a humanoid robot designed to work cooperatively and safely alongside humans without the need for safety cages, addressing a major limiting factor in current humanoid robot deployments…
VicOne Inc. released the free VicOne Radeis Extension for NVIDIA Isaac Sim, enabling developers to test cyberattack scenarios on robot models in simulation, based on research from DEF CON 34. The extension stems from Vic…
Amazon has dropped the price of Beatbot's iSkim Cordless Robotic Pool Skimmer to $319, a 32% markdown of $180 off its $499 list price, matching the second-lowest price tracked since its May launch and undercutting the br…
The European Union's Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, entered into force on 27 July 2026, restructuring market access for physical AI by shifting governance toward sector-specific product laws and extend…
The third International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 8 August 2026, with 108 participating countries and territories, 466 contestants, 126 team leaders, and 100 observers…
The Robotics Fair 2026, Silicon Valley's premier interactive robotics and AI experience, took place on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, at the San Mateo County Events Center in San Mateo, Calif., featuring global companies, researc…
Beatbot's Summer Smart Sale offers up to 38% off robot pool cleaners, including the premium AquaSense 2 Ultra AI 5-in-1 Robotic Pool Cleaner at $2,149 shipped (down from $3,150) after using code 2ULTRA150 at checkout, be…
Shanghai-based AgiBot has become the world's largest humanoid robot vendor, shipping roughly 8,400 units in the first half of 2026 and capturing 44% of the global market, according to a new report from Smart Analytics Gl…
Drew Henry, EVP of Arm's Physical AI Business Unit, argues that robotics, humanoids, and autonomous vehicles represent one of the hardest systems-engineering problems in computing, with the physical economy—roughly $70 t…
Proof News found evidence of at least 21 security robot deployments since 2015, with at least 13 programs ended, and Silicon Valley-based Knightscope securing the most contracts but also suffering the bulk of cancellatio…
AgiBot shipped roughly 8,400 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, capturing 44% of the global market to overtake Unitree Robotics as the world's largest humanoid robot vendor, according to Smart Analytics Global. A…
The pyca/cryptography library now supports ML-KEM and ML-DSA, the NIST-standard post-quantum encryption and digital-signature primitives, making post-quantum cryptography available to the entire Python ecosystem via pip.…
MyZubster is organizing TAZ DAY in Riccione, a real-world robotics test that combines open-source software, Gateway infrastructure, AI, and Monero (XMR) payments. The event aims to demonstrate how these components work t…
The Seoul Metropolitan Government opened pre-registration Monday for Smart Life Week 2026, a global tech exposition scheduled for Oct. 6-8 at the COEX convention center in southern Seoul, focusing on physical AI in auton…
Chinese humanoid robots are moving into real jobs in factories and beyond, according to a new analysis by investment bank Morgan Stanley, fueling concerns about AI's destructive potential and China overtaking the West in…
Startups are shifting from precision-based robotics to AI-driven perception to teach robots to fold laundry, using neural networks trained on human movement to handle unstructured objects. Mastering laundry is seen as a …
I-ECO-01, an open-source ecosystem for collective development, has been launched, integrating public issues, bounties, AI, robotics, and privacy-focused payments. The project aims to connect measurable work with measurab…
China's humanoid robot makers held more than 97% of global shipments in the first half of 2026, with total shipments reaching roughly 19,100 units, more than triple the 5,100 units shipped in the same period last year, a…
The Autonomous Driving Mobility Expo 2026 (AME 2026) is scheduled for August 25-27 at Coex Hall B in Seoul, featuring more than 60 exhibitors and 150 booths across autonomous-driving systems, AI software, robots, and mob…