Robotics news — humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, drone technology, robot manipulation research, and industrial automation updates.
World Labs, the AI startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, says its Real-to-Sim-to-Real (R2S2R) engine trained robot policies entirely in simulation that ran autonomously for one hour on RB-Y1, YAM, Flexiv, and xArm systems, with…
Treble, a company specializing in advanced audio and voice technologies, argues that humanoid robots will not be widely adopted until they can communicate naturally through voice in real-world, noisy environments, citing…
World Labs has developed a simulation engine that can turn a single robot task into thousands of training scenarios, enabling trained models to run for an hour across five different robot platforms with zero human interv…
World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, unveiled a simulation engine that trains robot controllers entirely in virtual environments, generating thousands of controlled variations from a single real-worl…
A developer has launched a cloud-based service offering NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulation platform, with 32GB+ memory accessible via browser at $0.92 per hour, eliminating the need for a $4k-$5k workstation. The se…
Hugging Face's LeRobot and Strands Agents streamline robotics deployment by using Hugging Face Storage Buckets as a central data hub, eliminating manual file transfers and enabling continuous retraining loops. The integr…
Periodic Labs, an AI and physical sciences company, is hiring a Research Engineer for Lab Automation in Menlo Park, CA, offering $200,000–$250,000 per year plus equity. The role involves translating scientific goals into…
TAU Robotics' home cleaning robot is not autonomous but relies on teleoperation, where human operators remotely control the device, according to a critical analysis. The approach, described as a 'Wizard of Oz' method, al…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is using autonomous AI to accelerate experimentation and broaden scientific discovery across metal alloys, chemical compounds, and cancer treatments, with staff scientist Aldair Gon…
Protolabs chief technology and AI officer Marc Kermisch discussed how the company turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours, highlighting its automated quoting, AI-driven design for manufacturability, and pricing stra…
Applied Intuition, Inc., a $15 billion Silicon Valley company founded in 2017, is hiring a Research Engineer for its new grad 2027 cohort, offering $140k–200k/yr, on-site in Sunnyvale, California. The role targets recent…
The Unitree G1, a 4-foot robot from Chinese robotics company Unitree, has become an online influencer due to its relatively affordable price and crowd-charming abilities, but its practical utility for real jobs remains u…
224 Ventures, an AI-focused investment platform with more than $100 million under management, is pursuing seed-stage bets in future-of-work software, robotics, and AI infrastructure, according to general partner Shaun Jo…
Neros Inc. raised $250 million in a Series C round, reaching a $2.5 billion valuation, to accelerate development and production of its Archer AI and Bandit defense drones, with deployment planned by the end of 2026. The …
The Haskell development roadmap for Dependent Types (DH) will be updated with links to key research papers, including PhD theses by Adam Gundry (2013) and Richard A. Eisenberg (2016), a specification by Stephanie Weirich…
Agility Robotics Inc. announced on June 24 that it will go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a SPAC, at a $2.5 billion pre-money valuation. The deal is expected to generate about $620 million in gro…
Humanoid Analytics' July 2026 market snapshot shows that 126 of 351 tracked Core and Adjacent entities (35.9%) are in Adjacent segments such as dexterous manipulation, sensing, and AI, rather than building complete human…
X Square Robot reported its stationary dual-arm system sorted 1,816 parcels in a one-hour live test on August 12, with a success rate above 98%, about 45% higher than Figure AI's separate 200-hour average of 1,247.8 parc…
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo signed an agreement with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang at Nvidia's Santa Clara headquarters on Thursday, formalizing a strategic partnership in humanoid robots, AI factories, and auto…
LG announced it is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot using Nvidia Isaac GR00T, with a public unveiling planned for the first quarter of next year. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding on A…