US Navy Expands Gecko Robotics Partnership to $300 Million with AI Wall-Climbing Inspection Robots
The U.S. Navy increases its contract ceiling with Gecko Robotics to $300 million to deploy magnetic climbing robots, sensor drones, and AI structural analytics across warships.
Agility Robotics Unveils 9-Minute Fast Charging for Digit 5 Humanoids in AGCO Factory Pilot
Agility Robotics partners with Nyobolt to introduce ultra-fast 9-minute battery charging for Digit 5 bipedal humanoids deploying across AGCO agricultural manufacturing facilities.
Boston Dynamics Scales Electric Atlas Humanoid Robot Deployment at Hyundai Metaplant
Boston Dynamics scales live commercial operations for its electric Atlas humanoid robot at Hyundai Metaplant America, moving parts sequencing and machine tending to production lines.
XPENG Outlines Commercial Production Roadmap for IRON Humanoid Robot Fleet
XPENG CEO He Xiaopeng details the commercial production timeline for the IRON bipedal humanoid robot, targeting commercial retail deployments in early 2027.
Agility Robotics and Nyobolt Equip Digit 5 Humanoids with 9-Minute Fast Charging for 20-Hour Shifts
Agility Robotics partners with Nyobolt to integrate ultra-fast charging into Digit 5 humanoids, unlocking 20-hour operational shifts with 9-minute dock cycles.
Figure AI and BMW Deploy Figure 02 Humanoid Fleet for Commercial Assembly at Spartanburg Plant
Figure AI and BMW commercialize Figure 02 humanoid robotics, deploying autonomous bipedal units into production automotive chassis assembly.
RoboParty Launches RP1 Open-Source Full-Stack Humanoid Robotics Platform and PartyOS
RoboParty launches RP1, releasing open-source mechanical blueprints, cycloidal actuators, and PartyOS to democratize embodied humanoid robotics research.
Agility Robotics Pairs Digit 5 Humanoid with Nyobolt Fast-Charging Cells for 20-Hour Daily Uptime
Agility Robotics integrates Nyobolt ultra-fast charging lithium battery cells into its Digit 5 humanoid robot, achieving 90 minutes of warehouse runtime on a nine-minute charge.
XTEND Secures 40.5 Million Dollar Order for 6,000 Tactical STRIKER AI Drones
XTEND AI Robotics wins a 40.5 million dollar defense procurement contract to deliver 6,000 STRIKER autonomous tactical drones equipped with edge machine vision.
Tata Consultancy Services Launches Industrial Intelligence Foundry to Scale Autonomous AI Agents in Manufacturing
Tata Consultancy Services has unveiled its Industrial Intelligence Foundry, deploying pre-configured domain agents, digital twins, and industrial IoT pipelines to shorten production lifecycles and advance autonomous smart factory execution.
NEURA Robotics Unveils Neuron AI Foundation Model for 4NE1 Humanoid Robot
German robotics pioneer NEURA Robotics has introduced Neuron AI, a multimodal physical AI foundation model that equips the 4NE1 humanoid robot with spatial memory and object permanence for complex autonomous task execution.
Agility Robotics Secures SEC Clearance for $2.5B SPAC Merger to Trade as AGLT
The SEC has declared effective Agility Robotics' Form S-4 registration with Churchill Capital Corp XI, unlocking over $620 million to scale Digit production.
ESA and Oxford Build a Robot-Dog and Drone Team That Shares Maps at the Edge
Four robotic dogs and a scouting drone will combine local AI, multi-sensor mapping and hybrid 5G, 6G and satellite links for infrastructure, disaster and space missions.
Intel and ADR Push Edge AI Deeper Underground With the Explora Mining Robot
ADR's Explora rover processes LiDAR, thermal, camera and gas data where mines have no GPS or dependable cloud link, with a Core Ultra Series 3 upgrade planned for existing customers.
Feather Robotics Unveils Twenty-Nine-Thousand-Dollar Mobile Humanoid Platform for Open Physical AI
San Francisco startup Feather Robotics has introduced a modular, dual-arm mobile humanoid robot priced under $30,000, establishing an open hardware body for physical AI models.
Boston Dynamics Appoints Former Amazon AI Executive Rohit Prasad as CEO to Scale Physical AI
Boston Dynamics has named former Amazon head of artificial general intelligence Rohit Prasad as chief executive officer, signaling an aggressive transition from robotics research demonstrations to high-volume commercial manufacturing.
Odyssey Launches Odyssey-3 Physical AI Foundation World Model to Power Autonomous Humanoid Robots and Industrial Drones
Robotics intelligence startup Odyssey unveiled Odyssey-3, a multi-modal foundation world model trained on physical dynamics and spatial causality to power autonomous humanoid robots, warehouse manipulators, and commercial drones.
Clive Barker and Bad Robot Games Launch Hellraiser Revival Across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2
Bad Robot Games and Clive Barker released first-person survival horror game Hellraiser: Revival globally across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, featuring the Genesis Configuration puzzle box mechanics and Day-One Xbox Game Pass inclusion.
Deliveroo and Coco Robotics Partner to Deploy Autonomous Electric Sidewalk Delivery Robots Across London Starting at Canary Wharf
Deliveroo formed a multi-city UK commercial partnership with Coco Robotics to deploy autonomous electric sidewalk delivery rovers, commencing pilot food and grocery deliveries across London Canary Wharf financial and residential district.
Edge AI Foundation and NXP Establish Physical AI Robotics Working Group for Safe Autonomous Automation
The Edge AI Foundation announced a Physical AI and Robotics Working Group led by NXP Semiconductors, uniting chipmakers, cloud providers, and robotics developers to establish safety protocols for collaborative industrial automation.
ARX Robotics and Roboneers Formalize Strategic Partnership in Kyiv to Mass-Produce Autonomous Combat Ground Fleets
Signed during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's state visit, the bilateral defense agreement establishes distributed manufacturing lines across Germany and Ukraine for Rys Pro unmanned ground vehicles.
NXP Semiconductors Ara240 Discrete Neural Processing Unit Arrives at Global Distributors to Accelerate Edge Robotics AI
Global distributor Mouser Electronics begins shipping the 40-eTOPS edge silicon accelerator, equipping industrial robotics and automated machines with dedicated offline vision-language-action capabilities.
United States Army Directs Creation of Futures and Autonomous Systems Command to Operationalize Battlefield Robotics by Fiscal 2028
A leadership directive establishes FASCOM to integrate autonomous uncrewed aircraft, robotic combat vehicles, and uncrewed logistics across operational fighting formations by 2028.
AEVEX Aerospace and Coretronic Unveil Vandal and Onyx 3D-Printed Autonomous Drones in Bilateral Production Pact
AEVEX Aerospace and Coretronic Intelligent Robotics have unveiled the Vandal and Onyx autonomous drone systems in Taipei, combining US flight software with Taiwanese additive manufacturing for scalable production.