AVerMedia Unveils Jetson-Powered Robotics Platforms for Intelligent Drones and Humanoid Automation
AVerMedia has introduced three purpose-built Physical AI robotics platforms powered by NVIDIA Jetson modules, tailored for autonomous drones, mobile rovers, and humanoids.
Agility Robotics Unveils Digit 5 Humanoid with Redesigned Actuators and Modular Battery System
Agility Robotics unveiled the Digit 5 humanoid robot, featuring high-torque leg actuators, swappable quick-charge batteries, and an ISO 13849 Category 3 safety architecture for commercial logistics.
Agility Robotics Unveils Digit 5 Humanoid Robot with Cage-Free Safety and $300M in Orders
Agility Robotics has unveiled Digit 5, a cage-free humanoid robot featuring NVIDIA Thor edge AI, a 50lb payload, and $300M in orders ahead of a $2.5B public listing.
Arbe Robotics Launches Alerion 4D C-UAS Imaging Radar to Neutralize Autonomous Fiber-Optic Drones
Arbe Robotics has unveiled Alerion, an ultra-high-resolution 4D imaging radar capable of detecting radio-silent, fiber-optic tethered micro-drones in dense battlefield clutter.
Waymo Robotaxi Autonomously Detects Armed Passengers Handling Ghost Gun and Summons Police
A Waymo autonomous vehicle uses interior computer vision to detect riders assembling an unregistered firearm, routing itself to police and leading to immediate arrests in San Francisco.
Monumental Deploys Autonomous Bricklaying Swarm Robots to Overcome European Masonry Shortage
Robotics pioneer Monumental deploys fleets of autonomous mobile bricklaying robots across European construction sites to solve acute structural masonry labor shortages.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft Unveils Project Zenith to Turn Windows 11 Into an Out-of-the-Box 30B Local AI Workstation
Microsoft introduces a streamlined Windows 11 developer environment requiring 64GB of RAM that strips out consumer bloatware and configures the OS to run 30B local AI models natively.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NHTSA Opens Safety Defect Investigation into Tesla Cybercab After Initial Commercial Trials
Federal highway safety regulators have initiated a formal Preliminary Evaluation into Tesla's steering-less Cybercab robotaxi following unexpected operational incidents during early urban pilot programs.
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.
Zcash Surges Past Thousand-Dollar Milestone as Privacy Demand Triggers 34 Million Dollar Short Squeeze
The privacy-preserving cryptocurrency rallied over twenty percent to breach four figures for the first time in nearly a decade, wiping out short sellers across major perpetual swap venues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.