Robotics news — humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, drone technology, robot manipulation research, and industrial automation updates.
Scientists at NTU Singapore and Waseda University have created 3D-printed diving suits for Madagascar hissing cockroaches, enabling them to walk underwater for up to three hours. The suits use a chemical oxygen generator…
Nvidia is hiring for over 12 robotics and AI positions in China, focusing on its Omniverse platform and humanoid robotics, despite US export tensions. The company partnered with Unitree Robotics in June to build a humano…
Nvidia is expanding its robotics team in China, recruiting for over a dozen roles across Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to advance physical AI and accelerate the deployment of autonomous machines from research labs into…
X Square Robot closed a Series C financing round on June 29, 2026, pushing its valuation above $2.8 billion. The startup has received backing from major Chinese tech firms including Alibaba, ByteDance, Meituan, and Xiaom…
Richtech Robotics launched a 24/7 interactive livestream allowing users to chat with its humanoid robot ADAM in real time, developed on NVIDIA's Isaac platform with Jetson Thor compute. The company also completed a $21.2…
UBTech Robotics unveiled the Cruzr Y1, a wheeled humanoid robot designed to automate box handling, palletizing, and other logistics tasks in warehouses. The new hardware expands options for integrating humanoid-style rob…
Apptronik opened a 90,000-square-foot Robot Park in Austin where its Apollo humanoid robots practice warehouse tasks, with most sessions still guided by human operators. The facility, described as a data factory, generat…
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. The company aims to…
Apptronik opened a 90,000-square-foot training facility called Robot Park in Austin to collect task data from its humanoid fleet, including the newly unveiled Apollo 2. The facility supplies data to Google's Gemini Robot…
Apptronik, a Texas-based humanoid robotics startup valued at over $5.5 billion, has opened a 90,000-square-foot 'Robot Park' in Austin where its Apollo robots practice tasks like loading boxes and sorting toys to generat…
June 2026 saw major gadget announcements at Computex, Apple's WWDC, and AWE, including Dell's XPS 13 laptop, Segway's Navimow X430 lawn mower, and Xbox Series X25, but rising component costs due to AI data center demand …
BlackRock's iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) increased its holdings in Strive Inc. by 79,805 shares, bringing total holdings to 213,713 shares valued at approximately $3 million. Strive, a Bitcoin treasury company, now holds …
China announced the initial scale deployment of embodied AI in complex automotive supply chains, challenging Western dominance in high-value manufacturing. The move aligns with Beijing's 'Made in China 2025' strategy to …
Scan Computers has evolved into a leading provider of AI, cloud and advanced computing solutions, including humanoid robots and cloud compute platforms, as one of only a handful of NVIDIA Elite Solution Partners in the U…
Physical AI raised $55.8 billion in H1 2026, nearly double the full-year record from 2025, with 12 commercial humanoid platforms available and Figure AI delivering 350+ units. NVIDIA released new Vision-Language-Action m…
SPHERE AX signed an MOU with Blaize Holdings to collaborate on edge AI products, targeting smart cities, factories, security, robotics, and mobility. The partnership aims to combine Blaize's AI semiconductors with SPHERE…
LG Electronics has established a Robotics Business Center directly under its CEO, consolidating commercialization, sales, and operations for home, industrial, and commercial robots. The move, reported by Korea Herald and…
Japan's industry ministry announced ¥387.3 billion in aid for a project led by Noetra to develop a domestic AI foundation model for controlling robots, aiming to catch up with the US and China. SoftBank and Preferred Net…
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced JPY387.3 billion in funding for a five-year project to develop a domestic multimodal foundation model for physical AI controlling robots, led by a METI-backed con…
LG Electronics announced Tuesday it will establish a Robotics Business Center directly under its CEO, effective Wednesday, to accelerate its push into physical AI. The unit, led by Song Si-yong, will consolidate business…