Robotics news — humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, drone technology, robot manipulation research, and industrial automation updates.
Shift, a startup offering free professional home cleaning in New York, is recording every cleaning task via head-mounted cameras to train future robot agents. The company trades spotless apartments for hours of first-per…
Chinese researchers led by Zhang Dong published a peer-reviewed paper on May 19 in Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica detailing the HG-STR algorithm, which enables fixed-wing drone swarms to locate and engage target…
Researchers at the University of Osaka developed the Insect Synergy Circuit (ISC), a bio-hybrid AI system that monitors the heartbeat, neural signals, and body motion of Madagascar hissing cockroaches to guide them as cy…
Researchers are developing generalist AI systems designed to operate in the physical world, moving beyond narrow, task-specific artificial intelligence. The effort aims to create machines with broad, adaptable intelligen…
Seeking Alpha published an investment note on May 30, 2026, framing Nvidia as a "Quality Growth" stock with Q1 FY2027 revenue of $81.6 billion and a market capitalization of $5.19 trillion. The note identifies "Physical …
Genesis AI released Genesis World 1.0, a four-component physics platform including the Genesis World engine, Nyx renderer, Quadrants compiler, and a simulation interface, designed to accelerate robotics foundation model …
A developer has built an explainable causal reinforcement learning (XC-RL) system for planetary geology survey missions, addressing a critical flaw where traditional RL agents learned to exploit simulator bugs rather tha…
RoboTrace has launched a new observability platform for AI-powered robots, addressing a critical gap between existing tools like Datadog for backend services and Weights & Biases for training. The platform is built aroun…
AI training startup Shift is offering free home cleaning services in New York and other cities in exchange for permission to film the work, using the footage to train robots for domestic chores. The company joins a growi…
Humanoid robots wearing cowboy hats, retro puffer jackets and silky dresses walked a Seoul runway alongside human models during Galaxy Corporation's "Mach33: Physical AI Fashion Show," marking a shift from purely functio…
A German startup, MicroAGI, is offering free home cleaning in New York City through its Shift app, sending cleaners wearing cameras to record footage for training AI-driven robots. The company claims all personal informa…
SPC's May 2026 update highlights major fundraises including Cognition's $1B Series D and Recursive's $650M round, along with events in SF, NYC, and Bangalore featuring humanoids, drones, and cybersecurity research. Membe…
Google Cloud customers Urban Outfitters, BASF, UKG, WPP, Breuninger, Glance, and Movix deployed new AI and cloud-based solutions in May, including agentic algorithms for supply chain mapping, virtual try-on APIs, and rob…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will deliver a keynote at Computex 2026 in Taipei on June 1, alongside a concurrent GTC Taipei event showcasing the Vera Rubin NVL72 supercomputer and Jetson Thor hardware. The company is deepenin…
UK autonomous-vehicle software company Wayve launched a new research unit called Wayve Labs, led by chief scientist Jamie Shotton, to study embodied AI including spatial reasoning and learning from consequences in real-w…
KIDZ AI amended its $500 million secured convertible financing facility to expand permitted uses to acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, working capital, infrastructure development, and international expans…
Shift, an AI training startup, is offering free home cleaning services in New York in exchange for recording the work to train future robots. Cleaners will wear a camera-equipped "magic hat" to capture footage from their…
Humanoid robots walked a runway alongside human models in coordinated outfits at the "Physical AI Fashion Show" in Seoul's Gangdong District. Galaxy Corporation organized the event, with its chief executive stating robot…
Shift, an AI training startup, is offering limited-time free home cleanings in New York City where cleaners wear head-mounted cameras to record first-person footage. The recordings capture tasks like scrubbing bathrooms,…
The University of Indonesia and South Korea's Kyungpook National University agreed to expand collaboration on artificial intelligence and multidisciplinary research, including joint lectures, faculty exchange, and an "AI…