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Teledyne FLIR PRISM AI edge computing payload mounted on autonomous tactical reconnaissance drone
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Teledyne FLIR Defense Lands Landmark European Military Contracts as NATO Allies Accelerate Sovereign Drone Production

Teledyne FLIR Defense has secured major multi-year European military drone procurement contracts to deliver Black Hornet 4 nano-UAVs and establish sovereign localized production.

5 min to readSep 11, 2026 · 17h
Ratel Robotics unmanned ground vehicle platform deployed for tactical autonomous defense missions
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Swarmer Agrees to Acquire Ratel Robotics for $224M to Unify Swarm AI With Combat Ground Robotics

Defense autonomy software developer Swarmer has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ratel Robotics for $224 million, creating an integrated autonomous defense contractor combining swarm artificial intelligence with combat unmanned ground vehicles.

5 min to readSep 11, 2026 · 05h
Figure humanoid robot operating in an advanced manufacturing environment powered by physical AI foundation models.
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Figure AI Secures $3.5B Compute Partnership with Nscale to Power Helix Humanoid Brain

Humanoid robotics pioneer Figure AI partnered with Nscale in a $3.5 billion infrastructure agreement, securing 100,000 next-generation NVIDIA GPUs to train its Helix physical AI model.

4 min to readSep 10, 2026 · 20h
IDF military defense command center operating autonomous telemetry and tactical drone feeds.
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Israel Defense Forces Establishes Dedicated Fourth Branch for Unmanned Systems and AI

The IDF announced the creation of an unprecedented fourth military branch dedicated entirely to unmanned autonomous robotics and AI, uniting air, land, and sea drones under Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.

5 min to readSep 10, 2026 · 05h
Boeing-Anduril mid-range air defense interceptor missile model showing aerodynamic surfaces and guidance optics.
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Boeing and Anduril Advance in US Army IFPC Competition for Autonomous Interceptor

The US Army selected the Boeing-Anduril defense team to advance in the IFPC Inc 2 competition, pairing Boeing airframes with Anduril solid rocket motors to defeat cruise missiles and drone swarms.

4 min to readSep 9, 2026 · 18h
Ukrainian unmanned aerial strike drone undergoing autonomous flight and field operational testing.
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Ukraine Approves Six AI Drone Guidance Platforms for State Defense Procurement

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence and Brave1 certified six domestic artificial intelligence terminal guidance systems for military procurement following rigorous field trials.

3 min to readSep 9, 2026 · 05h
Unitree bipedal humanoid robot dynamically engaging in autonomous physical sparring tests inside a robotics development laboratory.
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Unitree Unveils UnifoLM-X2-1.0 World Model for Autonomous Humanoid Reactions and Physical Combat

Chinese robotics pioneer Unitree debuts predictive multimodal physics engine UnifoLM-X2-1.0, enabling bipedal humanoids to forecast human movement and execute real-time evasive sparring autonomously.

3 min to readSep 8, 2026 · 17h
Full-body view of the XPeng Iron bipedal humanoid robot standing in the newly commissioned automated assembly center.
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XPeng Commissions Automated Humanoid Factory as First Production-Line Iron Robot Walks Off Floor

XPeng inaugurates its high-throughput Guangzhou robotics plant featuring 80% automated manufacturing lines as its Iron bipedal humanoid walks off the floor into commercial production.

3 min to readSep 8, 2026 · 05h
Digit bipedal humanoid robot standing in an industrial warehouse fulfillment aisle carrying automated logistics totes.
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Agility Robotics Reports $1.8M Revenue for Digit Humanoid Fleet Ahead of SPAC Listing

Agility Robotics files regulatory audit disclosures showing $1.8 million in commercial deployment revenue for its Digit bipedal humanoid robots operating in enterprise logistics warehouses.

4 min to readSep 7, 2026 · 17h
Travis Kalanick speaking at an international technology conference outlining automation and logistics
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Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Prepares Entry Into Autonomous Robotaxi Fleets via Atoms Startup

Travis Kalanick's robotics enterprise Atoms prepares to enter the commercial robotaxi race, positioning automated fleet tech against Waymo and Tesla.

4 min to readSep 7, 2026 · 05h
Tesla Cybercab Robotaxi Rollout Faces Federal Safety Investigation Following Initial Commercial Deployment
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Tesla Cybercab Robotaxi Rollout Faces Federal Safety Investigation Following Initial Commercial Deployment

Federal regulators at NHTSA open a preliminary safety probe into Tesla Cybercab autonomous robotaxis after reported navigation stalls during early public deployments in Texas.

3 min to readSep 6, 2026 · 05h
XDOF co-founders Philipp Wu and Fred Shentu demonstrating their robotic teleoperation system hardware
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Physical AI Pioneer XDOF Seeks $1.2B Valuation in Series B to Scale Robot Data Pipelines

Robotics foundation data company XDOF is negotiating a $1.2 billion Series B round just months after exiting stealth, highlighting the critical bottleneck of real-world physical training datasets.

4 min to readSep 5, 2026 · 17h
DJI Launches ROMO 2 Series Robot Vacuums with Drone-Grade LiDAR and Local Data Mode — Engadget
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DJI Launches ROMO 2 Series Robot Vacuums with Drone-Grade LiDAR and Local Data Mode

DJI introduced its second-generation floor care lineup at IFA 2026, debuting the ROMO P2 and ROMO A2 with drone obstacle avoidance, 36,000 Pa suction, and air-gapped local privacy.

4 min to readSep 5, 2026 · 05h
NHTSA Opens Federal Probe into Tesla Cybercab Deployment Over Lack of Driver Controls — TechCrunch / Getty Images
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NHTSA Opens Federal Probe into Tesla Cybercab Deployment Over Lack of Driver Controls

Federal transportation safety regulators initiate an official inquiry into commercial operations in Texas, scrutinizing the omission of manual steering wheels, pedals, and sideview mirrors.

4 min to readSep 4, 2026 · 17h
Auterion and Airlogix Win 300 Million Dollar Deal to Build Autonomous Strike Drones in Germany — DroneLife Industry News
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Auterion and Airlogix Win 300 Million Dollar Deal to Build Autonomous Strike Drones in Germany

A 300 million dollar joint manufacturing initiative establishes sovereign European production of AI-guided unmanned systems powered by Auterion's Skynode avionics.

3 min to readSep 4, 2026 · 05h
Zoox purpose-built autonomous electric robotaxi operating at Harry Reid International Airport
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Amazon Zoox Expands Autonomous Commercial Robotaxi Operations to Las Vegas Airport

Amazon autonomous mobility subsidiary Zoox announced on September 3, 2026, that it received regulatory clearance to extend commercial robotaxi passenger operations to Las Vegas airport.

4 min to readSep 3, 2026 · 17h
GeoCue TrueView TV1 NDAA drone lidar mapping sensor mounted on aerial drone hero
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GeoCue and Ouster integrate Rev8 OS1 Max digital lidar into TrueView drone mapping payloads

GeoCue and Ouster partnered on September 2, 2026, at Commercial UAV Expo to unveil the TV1 NDAA and TV1 NDAA UL drone lidar payloads, integrating 256-channel Rev8 OS1 Max digital sensors for survey-grade utility and infrastructure mapping.

4 min to readSep 3, 2026 · 07h
Caterpillar and FieldAI autonomous industrial robotics on heavy manufacturing jobsite
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Caterpillar and FieldAI partner to bring physical AI foundation models and digital twins to heavy jobsites

Caterpillar partnered with robotics leader FieldAI on September 2, 2026, combining heavy machinery telemetry with NVIDIA Omniverse digital twins and robot-agnostic physical AI models for autonomous jobsite operations.

3 min to readSep 2, 2026 · 17h
US Navy seeks a five-ton carrier drone for less than $30 million — source image
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US Navy seeks a five-ton carrier drone for less than $30 million

A new market survey asks for two flyable collaborative combat aircraft, carrier qualification within three years, and compatibility with existing deck crews and equipment.

4 min to readSep 2, 2026 · 05h
DARPA Lift Challenge heavy-lift drone
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AVIDrone carries 3.84 times its own weight to lead DARPA's Lift Challenge

The electric helicopter missed DARPA's four-to-one target by a narrow margin but established a scored heavy-lift benchmark and won the $1.25 million first prize.

3 min to readSep 1, 2026 · 05h
Industrial edge AI system
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Arduino's VENTUNO Q turns Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 into a practical robotics computer

The board combines a Dragonwing IQ8 QCS8275 processor with an STM32H5 microcontroller, giving industrial and robotics developers Linux AI compute beside deterministic real-time control.

3 min to readAug 31, 2026 · 19h
L3Harris CORVUS-RAVEN on an ARX GEREON vehicle
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L3Harris and ARX show how mobile robots could make counter-drone defense more distributed

L3Harris and ARX Robotics demonstrated a mobile counter-drone capability at Project Convergence-Capstone 6, combining robotic mobility with detection and response workflows.

3 min to readAug 31, 2026 · 05h
Pollen Robotics Microduck squad
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Pollen Robotics prices Microduck at $399 as small open-source bipeds move toward makers

Pollen Robotics has introduced Microduck, a low-cost open-source biped positioned as an accessible platform for experimentation and learning.

3 min to readAug 30, 2026 · 19h
VANEA Defence presentation imagery for the ATOMZA civilian counter-drone system.
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VANEA’s ATOMZA brings counter-drone mitigation into civilian security operations

VANEA Defence says ATOMZA is production-ready for airports, events, and critical infrastructure, opening a legally sensitive market beyond military and sovereign operators.

3 min to readAug 30, 2026 · 05h