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Figure has introduced the Helix 2.5 model, enabling robots to autonomously handle household chores. The company rented 30 homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the robots began tidying up without any additional training upon arrival. The Helix 2.5 aims to explore whether humanoid robots can ent...
Figure has unveiled Helix 2.5, a neural network that allows its humanoid robot to perform three household tasks across 30 unfamiliar homes without prior data collection or model adaptation. This innovation marks a significant leap in robotic generalization, increasing zero-shot task success from 9%...
Figure has unveiled its Helix 2.5 humanoid robot, which successfully completed household tasks such as making beds and folding towels in 30 different homes in the Bay Area. The company reported a completion rate of approximately 56% for full-task trials, showcasing the robot's ability to adapt to un...
Figure has unveiled Helix 2.5, a groundbreaking neural network designed for humanoid robots. Unlike previous models, Helix 2.5 can autonomously perform tasks in unfamiliar environments without prior data collection. This innovation was tested in 30 homes in the Bay Area, showcasing the robot's abili...
Overseas companies have successfully raised $125 million aimed at expanding microsurgery robot therapy. This funding is expected to enhance the development and deployment of advanced robotic systems in surgical procedures, potentially improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency in healthca...
Agility Robotics has achieved a significant milestone in its IPO journey as shareholders of Churchill Capital Corp XI approved the SPAC's merger with the humanoid robot developer. Over 84% of votes at the special meeting on November 2 supported the transaction, which is set to close on November 4, a...
IDTechEx forecasts that the market for humanoid robot batteries could reach $850 million by 2037, driven by a compound annual growth rate of 34.2%. The demand for additional battery packs is expected to increase due to battery swapping, which allows industrial robots to operate continuously while on...
In the third quarter of 2026, North American companies placed orders for 10,989 robots valued at $723.5 million, marking a 24.8 percent increase in units and a 26.1 percent rise in value compared to the same quarter in 2025. This surge represents the strongest quarterly performance of the year, cont...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is currently accepting applications for $250 million in counter-drone grants as part of its Fiscal Year 2027 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program. The deadline for submissions is November 16, 2026, at 5 p.m. Eastern, with funding avai...
DJI has unveiled its DJI Dock 4, which automates battery swapping for its drones, achieving a remarkable 25-second turnaround time. This innovation allows drones to return to the air quickly without the need for onboard recharging, enhancing operational efficiency for various sectors. The significa...
Robot orders in North America reached their highest levels of the year, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). This growth occurred amid improving manufacturing activity, despite challenges related to input costs and trade. Notably, the semiconductor and electronics sector exper...
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Notre Dame have developed a gallium nitride micro-LED that achieves a record optical modulation bandwidth of 2.75 GHz while consuming only 25 milliwatts of power. This advancement presents a potential low-power altern...
Microsoft has announced plans to raise $25 billion through bonds to support its infrastructure expansion, leveraging its AAA credit rating. This move is aimed at meeting the growing demand from AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as other clients, with a target of $170 billion in capital e...
Microsoft has announced its intention to raise $25 billion through a bond sale. This move is part of the company's strategy to enhance its financial flexibility and support ongoing investments in technology and innovation. The bond sale is significant as it reflects Microsoft's strong market positi...
Inventus Power has launched the LV-24V50, a new 24V lithium-iron phosphate battery pack designed for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). This battery is part of the PROformance Li-ion Series and delivers 1.2 kWh of energy in a compact footprint suitable for AMR and...
Hyundai Motor has been ranked 29th in Interbrand's Best Global Brands 2026, with a brand value of $25 billion. This marks a significant achievement for the South Korean automaker, which first entered the global top 100 in 2005 and is now fourth among automotive brands. Interbrand highlighted Hyundai...
In the third quarter of 2026, North American companies placed orders for 10,989 robots valued at $723.5 million, reflecting a 24.8% increase in units and a 26.1% rise in order value compared to the previous year. Notably, automotive component orders surged by 90.4%, while sectors such as semiconduct...
Researchers at ETH Zurich and collaborators have developed a novel control approach enabling a humanoid robot to climb ladders, navigate obstacles, and recover from falls using a single learned policy. This method, demonstrated on Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot, emphasizes planning contact with the env...
Agile Robots has entered the humanoid robotics sector, aiming to leverage a market projected to reach €635 billion by 2035. The company is focusing on developing humanoid robots that can perform various tasks alongside human operators, enhancing productivity in diverse environments. This move is si...
Huixi Intelligent, a company specializing in embodied intelligence large-compute chips, has announced that it has raised over 2.5 billion yuan in equity financing for 2026. This funding round was led by the Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund, with participation from various government and market-or...
On October 23, Unitree Technology, a leader in humanoid robotics, experienced a significant surge, hitting a 20% limit-up and surpassing the 600 yuan mark in stock price, with its market value exceeding 250 billion yuan. This surge is attributed to positive developments in the embodied intelligence...
On October 22, Huixi Intelligent, a Beijing-based company specializing in large-compute AI chips, announced the completion of Pre-B+ and Series B funding rounds, bringing its total equity financing to over 2.5 billion yuan in 2026. This funding round was led by the Beijing AI Industry Investment Fun...
Reliable Robotics has successfully raised an additional $115 million, increasing its Series D funding to $275 million and elevating its valuation to over $1 billion. The company is focused on developing the Reliable Autonomy System for automated flight operations and is pursuing FAA certification fo...
The Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) has announced the release of FlagOS 2.2, which expands its operator libraries to a total of 1,454 operators. This update includes enhancements that reportedly increase the speed of operators by approximately 27% across ten different types of AI c...
Swedish robotics startup 120ft has recently emerged from stealth mode after securing €576,000 in angel funding to create autonomous microfactories that utilize humanoid robots for local manufacturing. Based in Stockholm, the company aims to enable consumer brands to assemble products in smaller batc...
The Robot Report is now accepting nominations for the 2027 TRR50 Robotics Innovation Awards, with a submission deadline of January 5, 2027. This year marks a rebranding from RBR50 to TRR50, continuing its tradition of recognizing groundbreaking robotics innovations since 2012. The awards celebrate...
The increasing adoption of robotic surgery is significantly impacting the hernia repair device market, with projections extending to 2035. This trend highlights the growing integration of advanced technologies in surgical procedures, enhancing precision and patient outcomes. The importance of this...
Zhi Yuan has reached a valuation of $50 billion, marking a significant milestone for the company. This valuation positions Zhi Yuan as a leading player in its sector, reflecting strong investor confidence and market potential. The importance of this valuation lies in its implications for future gro...
The US Navy successfully established a remote control link with an MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refueling aircraft from the USS Ronald Reagan, located over 2,100 miles away. This milestone demonstrates the Navy's commitment to integrating drones into carrier operations, utilizing a satellite network for...
Agility Robotics has unveiled its next humanoid robot, Digit 5, designed to maximize productivity by achieving over 20 hours of work within a 24-hour period. This advancement is made possible through a partnership with Nyobolt, which provides battery technology that allows for 90 minutes of operatio...
At the CIIF 2026 event, Axera introduced the AX8860, a 6nm edge AI chip designed for large-model inference. This chip boasts an impressive performance of 256 TOPS and supports advanced features such as AXLink cascading and PCIe 5.0 connectivity. The introduction of the AX8860 is significant as it a...
Nature Will has introduced Natura-1, a 50-billion-parameter model that has been pretrained on one million hours of first-person human video. This advanced model has been specifically adapted with limited robot data to effectively control 20 degrees of freedom (DoF) in robotic hands. The significanc...
Andrea Bajcsy, an Assistant Professor at the Robotics Institute, has been named a recipient of the 2026 AI2050 Early Career Fellowship. This honor places her alongside fellow faculty members Akari Asai and Daniel Fried from the Language Technologies Institute, who also received the Schmidt Sciences...
BigBear.ai has secured over $225 million in contract awards since July, focusing on homeland security, defense, intelligence, and federal civilian sectors. This includes more than 25 new generative AI contracts with agencies such as the FBI, NASA, and the U.S. Coast Guard, showcasing the company's e...
The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program is set to initiate a significant competition, aiming to procure around 60,000 one-way attack drones under a $450 million Phase III initiative. This initiative also includes a delay of the Gauntlet 2.5 competition for reusable bomber drones until early November,...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is set to continue at San Francisco's Moscone West on October 14-15, offering a 50% discount on tickets for the remaining two days of the event. Attendees can look forward to engaging with prominent speakers, including actor Mark Wahlberg and leaders from major tech companies...
DJI has introduced the DJI Dock 4, its first drone-in-a-box solution, featuring a 25-second automated battery swap capability. This innovation allows operators to enhance situational awareness by quickly deploying drones in response to alerts, providing real-time context for ground crews. The signi...
Germany has announced a €2.5 billion initiative aimed at becoming the first country to harness nuclear fusion power. This ambitious plan involves significant investment in research and development to advance fusion technology, which promises a cleaner and virtually limitless energy source. The impo...
MagicLab has announced that its VLM agent framework, EchoPolicy-0, achieved an average manipulation success rate of 75.4% across four tasks in the MolmoSpaces environment. This performance has placed it at the top of the leaderboard published by AI2. The significance of this achievement lies in the...
NVIDIA has announced a five-year commitment of $250 million to bolster agentic safety and security research in the United Kingdom. This initiative will provide $50 million annually in compute access, primarily benefiting the U.K. AI safety and security research community, including collaborations wi...
On October 12, Geek+ announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Geek+, would invest 50 million yuan to acquire a 20% stake in Beijing Shenyi Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. Shenyi specializes in embodied intelligence technology and robot product research and development, focusing on the deplo...
LogiMAT will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Stuttgart on March 16, 2026, marking a significant milestone in intralogistics. Over the past two and a half decades, the event has evolved from a regional showcase to the leading international trade show for intralogistics and process management, attra...
LogiMAT will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Stuttgart on March 16th, showcasing a quarter-century of advancements in intralogistics. This event highlights significant technological developments and the growing importance of intralogistics in the industry. The evolution of LogiMAT over the past 2...
IndexBox has released a report predicting that the global neurosurgery robotic surgical systems market will expand significantly from 2026 to 2035. The market is expected to enter a phase of sustained growth, driven by the increasing prevalence of complex neurological and spinal disorders, alongside...
At the end of September, market research firms Frost & Sullivan and IDC reported significant growth in the humanoid robot sector, with IDC noting nearly 25,000 units shipped globally in the first half of 2026, marking a 432.1% increase year-over-year. In contrast, Frost & Sullivan reported 36,000 un...
The aerospace robotics market is projected to reach $9 billion by 2030, with joint robots expected to account for 59% of this growth. This significant increase highlights the rising demand for automation and robotics in the aerospace sector, driven by advancements in technology and the need for effi...
Sodexo Campus Dining and Avride have entered into an agreement to implement robot delivery services across 425 universities in the United States. This initiative aims to enhance campus dining experiences by providing efficient and contactless food delivery options for students and staff. The deploy...
Robotera's open-source VPP2 has surpassed RoboDojo's dual-arm benchmark by achieving a 58.5% zero-shot success rate on Real ALOHA Arms. This success was made possible by training the model to predict video sequences before executing robot actions, demonstrating a significant advancement in robotic c...
UBS has projected that the value of embodied intelligence will reach $402 billion by 2035, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%. This significant growth highlights the increasing importance of embodied intelligence in various sectors, including robotics and AI. The forecast underscores...
MMI, a surgical robot company, has successfully secured $125 million in Series D funding. This investment aims to enhance the precision of microsurgery techniques, specifically targeting the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The funding will enable MMI to advance its technological capabilities and d...
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