Verified Robotics Events Archive — Page 4

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Product LaunchInspire Robots

Inspire Robots launches RH524J1 24-DoF hybrid-drive dexterous hand

End Effectors

· product launch · Inspire Robots · End Effectors

Evidence notes
  • The hand has 22 active degrees of freedom in the hand and two at the wrist.
  • Its hybrid tendon and direct-drive architecture is paired with tactile and depth-vision control inputs.
  • Inspire demonstrated joystick control, object recognition and grasping, data-glove teleoperation and multi-hand coordination at WRC.
Date
Event type Product Launch
Segment End Effectors
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PartnershipTIER IV

TIER IV joins OIN 2.0 patent framework for open-source autonomy

Automotive

· partnership · TIER IV · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • OIN participants grant one another royalty-free cross-licenses covering the network-defined Linux System.
  • OIN 2.0, launched in January 2026, broadens the technology scope covered by the patent non-aggression framework.
  • TIER IV says its participation supports automakers, suppliers and semiconductor companies using open-source autonomy technology.
Date
Company TIER IV
Event type Partnership
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
Facility OpeningGalaxy Corporation

Galaxy Corporation opens Seoul robot entertainment park

Service

· facility opening · Galaxy Corporation · Service

Evidence notes
  • More than 20,000 people visited during pre-opening operations before the Aug. 21 grand opening.
  • Seventeen new robots joined as the full site, including food and beverage areas, went into operation.
  • The Robot Arena stages humanoid K-pop and taekwondo performances, while other zones offer robot-dog control, dancing and hands-on visitor programmes.
Date
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Service
Added to Korthos
Market SignalAMC Robotics

AMC Robotics secures $1M through warrant-inducement agreements

Industrial

· market signal · AMC Robotics · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • Two investors exercised certain December 2025 warrants at a reduced price of $1.65 per share, producing approximately $1.0 million in immediate gross proceeds before fees and expenses.
  • Exercises of remaining warrants within 30 trading days could add up to $1.1 million, but that amount remained contingent.
  • AMC said proceeds would support its planned robotics manufacturing facility in Vietnam, working capital and continued product and service development.
Date
Company AMC Robotics
Event type Market Signal
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
Company FormationVectus Air Defense Systems

Vectus launches with Swarmer holding a 20% stake

Defense

· company formation · Vectus Air Defense Systems · Defense

Evidence notes
  • Vectus will design, integrate and continuously operate layered air-defense systems for governments and critical-infrastructure operators under multi-year agreements.
  • Its technology-agnostic architecture can combine detection and tracking, electronic warfare, interceptor drones and large-calibre guns from allied suppliers.
  • Swarmer will provide autonomy and interceptor-swarming technology and co-develop counter-UAS systems; no customer deployment was disclosed at launch.
Date
Event type Company Formation
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
PartnershipAI2 Robotics

AI2, Sanyuan Foods and Zhongyi Embodied sign dairy-robotics framework

Humanoid

· partnership · AI2 Robotics · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • The three-party agreement was signed during WRC 2026 under a dairy-production and embodied-intelligence programme.
  • Potential applications include material sorting and movement in Sanyuan Foods production workshops and warehouses.
  • The source describes an application framework and exploration programme, not a completed deployment or robot order.
Date
Company AI2 Robotics
Event type Partnership
Segment Humanoid
Added to Korthos
PartnershipX-Humanoid

X-Humanoid partners with Mercedes-Benz on TianGong 3.0 customer experiences

Humanoid

· partnership · X-Humanoid · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • At WRC, TianGong 3.0 autonomously navigated through crowds and handled reception, vehicle-explanation and customer-query tasks.
  • The programme targets future use at Mercedes-Benz dealerships, auto shows, sporting events, livestreams and customer events.
Date
Company X-Humanoid
Event type Partnership
Segment Humanoid
Added to Korthos
DemonstrationSaildrone

Saildrone Surveyor fires JAGM missiles during RIMPAC

Defense

· demonstration · Saildrone · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The live-fire operation was conducted off Hawaii under the Navy Fleet Experimentation Program.
  • The Surveyor acted on target data for a surrogate high-speed surface craft through the ARES combat system.
  • A passive electronic-warfare sensor also detected, classified and identified a surrogate threat radar.
Date
Company Saildrone
Event type Demonstration
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
DemonstrationSaildrone

Saildrone and Lockheed demonstrate missile launch from USV

Defense

· demonstration · Saildrone · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The Surveyor acted on target data for a surrogate high-speed surface craft during the live-fire exercise near Hawaii.
  • The team moved from concept to demonstration in six months in partnership with the U.S. Navy.
  • A separate passive electronic-warfare test used the Surveyor with an MH-60S helicopter to detect, classify and identify a surrogate threat radar.
Date
Company Saildrone
Event type Demonstration
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
PartnershipATOM Humanoid

ATOM Humanoid and NSK sign humanoid-robotics MOU

Humanoid

· partnership · ATOM Humanoid · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • NSK actuators will be installed on ATOM Humanoid robots for joint evaluation, with results intended to improve performance and address mass-production challenges.
  • The companies will collect physical-AI data using ATOM Humanoid robots in NSK manufacturing environments to improve ATOM's foundation model.
  • ATOM Humanoid says it develops both a bipedal, dual-arm robot and its physical-AI foundation model in-house.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Humanoid
Added to Korthos
CapabilityAll3

All3 wins Innovate UK funding for coordinated Mantis construction

Construction

· capability · All3 · Construction

Evidence notes
  • The project runs for 12 months from August 2026 and targets millisecond-latency coordination on live construction sites.
  • Planned work covers multiple Mantis robots installing building panels in coordinated sequences and sharing site-state information.
  • All3 says one Mantis already operates autonomously; the funded work develops the multi-robot layer.
Date
Company All3
Event type Capability
Segment Construction
Added to Korthos
DeploymentKodiak AI

Kodiak reports 1,400 driverless triple-trailer loads

Logistics

· deployment · Kodiak AI · Logistics

Evidence notes
  • The 50-metre triple-trailer configuration operates without a person in the cab as part of Atlas's driverless fleet.
  • The 1,400-load figure applies only to the triple-trailer configuration and not to every Kodiak or Atlas movement.
Date
Company Kodiak AI
Event type Deployment
Segment Logistics
Added to Korthos
PartnershipOrbbec

Orbbec and SmartSens deepen physical-AI vision partnership

Vision

· partnership · Orbbec · Vision

Evidence notes
  • The companies said their existing collaboration had produced multiple global-shutter CIS products based on the SmartGS-2 Plus platform.
  • SmartSens SmartGS sensors will be integrated into Orbbec EGO, UMI and WristCam data-collection hardware.
  • The expanded work covers 3D vision and multimodal hardware for visual perception, obstacle detection and data collection.
Date
Company Orbbec
Event type Partnership
Segment Vision
Added to Korthos
FundingOshen

Oshen raises $5M to scale C-Star production

Maritime

· funding · Oshen · Maritime

Evidence notes
  • The Plymouth company plans to grow its fleet from roughly 50 one-metre C-Star autonomous surface vessels toward 150.
  • Capital will support production scale-up and software for coordinating and managing larger robot constellations.
  • C-Star deployments span ocean-data and acoustic sensing, including Royal Navy-funded work connected to North Atlantic hybrid-fleet programmes.
Date
Company Oshen
Event type Funding
Segment Maritime
Added to Korthos
FundingFree Kitchen Lab

Free Kitchen Lab raises seed funding from LG Electronics and BluePoint

Service

· funding · Free Kitchen Lab · Service

Evidence notes
  • The startup is building a unified control layer for kitchen robots and automation equipment from multiple manufacturers.
  • Its compact AIoT modules feed equipment status and operating data into a tablet interface, with remote control supported where hardware permits.
  • Free Kitchen Lab is discussing proof-of-concept projects with restaurant franchises and food-service operators; no production deployment was disclosed.
Date
Event type Funding
Segment Service
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardAEVEX

AEVEX receives $41M one-way attack systems award

Defense

· contract award · AEVEX · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The award covers delivery of one-way attack systems and draws on AEVEX design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
  • AEVEX described the contract as a new government award supporting U.S. government customers.
Date
Company AEVEX
Event type Contract Award
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
Research PublicationLightwheel

Lightwheel releases EgoSuite-Open100K egocentric human dataset

Data Infrastructure

· research publication · Lightwheel · Data Infrastructure

Evidence notes
  • The collection spans seven environment categories, 128 scene classes, more than 15,000 collection scenes and more than 15,000 tasks.
  • Head- and wrist-mounted views are paired with depth, hand-pose, full-body-pose and event-level semantic annotations for manipulation, coordination and task-sequence learning.
  • The first tranche is distributed through Hugging Face and AtomGit, and Lightwheel said the project will be donated to the OpenAtom Foundation for incubation.
Date
Company Lightwheel
Event type Research Publication
Segment Data Infrastructure
Added to Korthos
DeploymentPony.ai

Pony.ai-powered Verne robotaxis go live on Uber in Zagreb

Automotive

· deployment · Pony.ai · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • Rides are available from 07:00 to 21:00 in key Zagreb areas, including the city centre.
  • Pony.ai supplies the Gen-7 autonomous-driving solution, Verne owns and operates the fleet, and Uber provides booking and rider access.
  • A licensed operator remains behind the wheel during the phased introduction before progression toward driverless operation.
Date
Company Pony.ai
Event type Deployment
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
PartnershipAeroVironment

AeroVironment and Eyeonix establish AV Eagle joint venture in Greece

Defense

· partnership · AeroVironment · Defense

Evidence notes
  • AV Eagle is expected to become operational in AeroVironment fiscal 2027 and will be consolidated in the company's financial statements.
  • The venture may establish Greek manufacturing and assembly for unmanned aircraft, loitering munitions and counter-UAS systems as requirements mature.
  • AeroVironment targets production capability in 2028 and plans collaboration with Greek industry and the Hellenic Center for Defence Innovation.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardPowerus

Powerus signs $22.3M counter-UAS contract for Middle East energy sites

Defense

· contract award · Powerus · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The contract covers hardware, software, site activation, installation and a 24-month integrated maintenance programme.
  • The system will provide detection, tracking, classification, early warning and unified command-and-control capabilities.
  • The customer and deployment locations are undisclosed; the architecture can later add Powerus Guardian interceptors.
Date
Company Powerus
Event type Contract Award
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardMaris-Tech

Maris-Tech receives another government intelligence follow-on order

Electronics

· contract award · Maris-Tech · Electronics

Evidence notes
  • The order extends ongoing field deployment of Maris-Tech edge video and AI systems for intelligence gathering.
  • Maris-Tech says the customer also placed orders in March, April and June 2026, making this a separate August follow-on order.
Date
Company Maris-Tech
Event type Contract Award
Segment Electronics
Added to Korthos
PartnershipRobot.com

Robot.com and Sodexo sign seven-year autonomous-delivery agreement

Delivery

· partnership · Robot.com · Delivery

Evidence notes
  • The relationship began in 2021 and already spans selected Sodexo-operated college campuses.
  • The new contract is Robot.com’s largest single enterprise deployment and is intended to broaden the number of deployments.
  • Robot.com reports more than 500 robots deployed across the United States, Canada, Dubai and the wider Middle East and North Africa region.
Date
Company Robot.com
Event type Partnership
Segment Delivery
Added to Korthos
CapabilityWaymo

Waymo details custom 5nm ASIC and autonomous-compute partner stack

Automotive

· capability · Waymo · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • The custom ASIC provides more than 1,000 TOPS for front-end sensor processing and machine-learning workloads.
  • Waymo says its onboard compute performance has increased 20-fold in eight years and processes 13 high-resolution cameras in real time.
Date
Company Waymo
Event type Capability
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
PartnershipForesight Autonomous Holdings

Foresight and VisionWave formalize VARAN autonomous-UGV cooperation

Vision

· partnership · Foresight Autonomous Holdings · Vision

Evidence notes
  • The framework covers joint integration, demonstrations, proof-of-concept programmes, customer evaluations and potential commercialization.
  • Foresight will support VARAN business development in South Korea, Japan, India and Singapore; VisionWave may promote approved integrated military solutions globally.
  • Specific customer programmes, production commitments and commercial terms still require separate definitive agreements.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Vision
Added to Korthos
AcquisitionZenaTech

Cogswell Engineering joins ZenaTech as its 28th Drone as a Service acquisition

Aerial

· acquisition · ZenaTech · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • Cogswell provides civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering services to customers across five Canadian provinces.
  • ZenaTech plans to add drone-based site inspection, structural monitoring and 3D data capture through its ZenaWorx platform.
Date
Company ZenaTech
Event type Acquisition
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
AcquisitionD-Fend Solutions

Motorola Solutions completes $1.5B acquisition of D-Fend Solutions

Defense

· acquisition · D-Fend Solutions · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The closing completes the transaction first announced on June 1, 2026; it is not a new acquisition agreement.
  • D-Fend says its counter-drone technology is deployed in more than 30 countries across airports, borders, military sites, critical infrastructure and public venues.
  • Zohar Halachmi remains D-Fend chief executive and becomes Motorola Solutions senior vice president of counter-drone solutions.
Date
Event type Acquisition
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
Market SignalXTEND

XTEND's X-Strike package enters Drone Dominance Program

Defense

· market signal · XTEND · Defense

Evidence notes
  • X-Strike combines a U.S.-made electronic safe-and-arm device with a warhead in a modular package intended for multiple small-UAS platforms.
  • The package is progressing through Combat Evaluation and has limited U.S. Army Fuze Safety Board approval.
  • Acceptance is a programme-evaluation milestone and does not itself constitute a contract, order or procurement commitment.
Date
Company XTEND
Event type Market Signal
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
DeploymentBaidu

Baidu launches fully driverless Apollo Go rides on Uber in Dubai

Automotive

· deployment · Baidu · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • Riders can be matched with an RT6 through UberX or Comfort, or select a dedicated Autonomous option in the Uber app.
  • The initial service area covers select locations in Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah, with New Horizon Luxury Transport operating the fleet.
  • The sixth-generation electric RT6 carries up to three passengers and uses more than 30 sensors for autonomous operation.
Date
Company Baidu
Event type Deployment
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchZhaowei Machinery

Zhaowei launches ZWHAND B21 dexterous hand at WRC

Motion Components

· product launch · Zhaowei Machinery · Motion Components

Evidence notes
  • B21 weighs 700 g and combines 15 N fingertip force with up to 5 kg of grip force.
  • The five-finger hand is designed for pinching, enveloping grasps and object rotation, with tactile sensing distributed across the hand for force feedback.
  • ZWHAND rates the hand for up to one million operating cycles and provides multiple communications interfaces for robot integration and secondary development.
Date
Event type Product Launch
Segment Motion Components
Added to Korthos
DeploymentSWM

SWM and Kakao Mobility expand Gangnam robotaxi fleet to 19 vehicles

Automotive

· deployment · SWM · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • SWM's share of the fleet increases from five to 13 vehicles, while Kakao Mobility increases from two to six.
  • Passengers continue to hail the taxis through Kakao T across the Gangnam operating area using the service's fixed overnight fare structure.
  • The programme is seeking approval for autonomous operation across the full service area, including school zones, before considering later daytime expansion.
Date
Company SWM
Event type Deployment
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
DeploymentKakao Mobility

Kakao Mobility expands Gangnam autonomous service to six vehicles

Automotive

· deployment · Kakao Mobility · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • The service uses Kakao Mobility's internally developed autonomy stack and operates through the Kakao T app.
  • The company added control logic that reduces speed below 80% of the posted limit and restricts rapid acceleration in child and other vulnerable-user protection zones.
  • Daytime data collection is continuing alongside the overnight public service to improve the end-to-end driving model across a wider range of traffic conditions.
Date
Event type Deployment
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
PartnershipSeyond

AMSYS and SEYOND Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Spatial Intelligence and Operational Digital Twins

Perception

· partnership · Seyond · Perception

Evidence notes
  • The technical configuration includes lidar perception and digital twins.
  • The work is scoped to spatial-intelligence solutions.
  • The announcement identifies a named and bounded programme or configuration.
Date
Company Seyond
Event type Partnership
Segment Perception
Added to Korthos
FundingCastelion

Castelion raises $800M Series C equity at $13B valuation

Defense

· funding · Castelion · Defense

Evidence notes
  • JPMorganChase’s Strategic Investment Group, Andreessen Horowitz and Carlyle co-led the equity financing.
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lavrock Ventures, Altimeter, General Catalyst, Interlagos and T. Rowe Price also participated.
  • Capital will expand Blackbeard production, accelerate a longer-range strike system and support new defensive systems.
Date
Company Castelion
Event type Funding
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
DemonstrationHexagon

AEON enters Schaeffler Humanoid Gym for training and validation

Humanoid

· demonstration · Hexagon · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • AEON learns industrial tasks through imitation learning and repeated execution on representative Schaeffler applications.
  • The programme supports a planned rollout of at least 1,000 AEON humanoids across Schaeffler manufacturing operations over the coming years.
  • Schaeffler is both a prospective operator and an actuator supplier for AEON under the companies’ strategic partnership.
Date
Company Hexagon
Event type Demonstration
Segment Humanoid
Added to Korthos
Org ChangeExyn

Exyn appoints Ben Williams interim CEO and Gregory McNeal chairman

Aerial

· org change · Exyn · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • Williams had led Exyn's day-to-day operations as chief operating officer and previously served as interim CEO in 2023.
  • McNeal is an independent director with technology-law, policy and public-sector advisory experience.
  • The leadership changes took effect on Aug. 19 and were announced in an Aug. 20 SEC filing and company release.
Date
Company Exyn
Event type Org Change
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchJIECANG

JIECANG launches new WRC robot-actuation component variants

Actuation

· product launch · JIECANG · Actuation

Evidence notes
  • The lifting column uses a 150 × 150 mm aluminium body, a 20 × 25 mm internal cable-chain cavity, an integrated servo drive and DC48V power, with full-load lifting speed up to 200 mm/s.
  • The seven-in-one swerve module combines travel and steering motors, a reducer, absolute encoder and drive electronics; it carries 60 kg per wheel and is rated IP67.
  • The WRC launch focused on new component variants; JIECANG had already presented robot lifting-column and frameless torque-motor products at WAIC in July.
Date
Company JIECANG
Event type Product Launch
Segment Actuation
Added to Korthos
Research PublicationGeneralist

Generalist releases GEN-1.5 with one-shot physical-task learning

Foundation Models

· research publication · Generalist · Foundation Models

Evidence notes
  • Across 10 tasks, Generalist reports 59% average success from one 3–12 second in-context demonstration and 83% after 10 gradient steps on five minutes of task data.
  • The multimodal model maintains 30 seconds of video context alongside sensor, language and proprioceptive inputs, and produces action trajectories at 100 Hz.
  • The release also shows prompts transferring from simulation to a physical robot and, in some cases, from human-hand demonstrations to immediate robot execution.
Date
Company Generalist
Event type Research Publication
Segment Foundation Models
Added to Korthos
FundingVeeda AI

Veeda AI reports over US$90 million in cumulative seed financing

Foundation Models

· funding · Veeda AI · Foundation Models

Evidence notes
  • Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures backed the financing; neither investor was identified as the lead.
  • Co-founders Sanja Fidler, Zan Gojcic and Huan Ling are former Nvidia researchers working across spatial intelligence, three-dimensional vision and world modelling.
  • Veeda is building simulated environments in which embodied agents can learn through repeated interaction, feedback and failure before transferring behaviours to physical systems.
Date
Company Veeda AI
Event type Funding
Segment Foundation Models
Added to Korthos
PartnershipAgile Robots

USI and Agile Robots sign strategic humanoid-robotics MoU

Industrial

· partnership · Agile Robots · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • The agreement covers humanoid robots, human–robot collaboration and electronics-manufacturing automation.
  • The partners plan to evaluate Agile Robots humanoids within USI’s manufacturing network.
  • They will also explore development and mass production of robot products and components; the MoU is an exploratory framework, not a disclosed order or deployment.
Date
Company Agile Robots
Event type Partnership
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
PartnershipEHang Holdings Limited

EHang launches Sri Lanka fast-track programme for pilotless eVTOL commercialization

Aerial

· partnership · EHang Holdings Limited · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation and the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka are targeting initial sandbox commercialization within four months, contingent on completing mandatory assessments.
  • The roadmap covers regulatory alignment, sandbox infrastructure, validation flights and commercial launch, with the initial zone planned around Port City in Colombo.
  • EHang will provide aircraft, operating systems, technical services and training; passenger transport and unmanned maritime cargo logistics are among the contemplated uses.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
PartnershipPalladyne AI Corp.

Palladyne AI and Orkid Tech integrate collaborative autonomy into fixed-wing VTOL UAVs

Industrial

· partnership · Palladyne AI Corp. · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • Palladyne describes the agreement as its first fixed-wing UAV partnership and plans integrated systems for U.S. defense and industrial markets.
  • The integration is intended to provide adaptive autonomous and multi-aircraft swarm operation rather than waypoint-only automated flight.
  • Orkid said the companies had completed a joint field exercise in which soldiers operated SwarmOS with the platform.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchDelta Electronics, Inc.

Delta debuts embodied-AI dual-arm robot platform at Automation Taipei

Industrial

· product launch · Delta Electronics, Inc. · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • Delta lists the dual-arm platform among the exhibition's featured new products and solutions, alongside its wider smart-manufacturing and robotics portfolio.
  • The platform is presented as an embodied-intelligence system that connects AI inputs with coordinated two-arm robot execution.
  • The public debut opened with Automation Taipei on 19 August 2026 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center.
Date
Event type Product Launch
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchSharpa

Sharpa launches Wave SE dexterous hand and opens pre-orders

End Effectors

· product launch · Sharpa · End Effectors

Evidence notes
  • Wave SE retains 22 independently actuated degrees of freedom in a human-scale hand intended for embodied-AI research and robot integration.
  • The SE configuration is rated for a 24 kg payload, 90 N grip force, 12 N fingertip force and operation at 2 Hz.
  • Its tactile configuration provides a 60 × 60 array, 0.05 N force sensitivity, 2 mm spatial resolution and onboard inference at up to 30 frames per second.
Date
Company Sharpa
Event type Product Launch
Segment End Effectors
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchXiaomi

Xiaomi publicly debuts new-generation humanoid prototype at WRC

Consumer

· product launch · Xiaomi · Consumer

Evidence notes
  • Half of the robot's 66 degrees of freedom are concentrated in its hands; Xiaomi continues to describe the platform as a prototype.
  • At the Embodied Garden booth, the robot grasps scented paper, scatters it as decorative petals, hands pieces to visitors and performs handshakes and fist bumps.
  • The booth opens to the general public on 20 August, and Xiaomi says the prototype will be shown in Europe after its China debut.
Date
Company Xiaomi
Event type Product Launch
Segment Consumer
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchOrbbec

Orbbec launches Physis and Gemini 338 robot-vision cameras at WRC

Vision

· product launch · Orbbec · Vision

Evidence notes
  • Physis 257g combines stereo RGB imaging with AI depth processing; the compact monocular Physis 157g shares its imaging, synchronisation and software architecture for multi-camera robot perception.
  • The new Gemini 338Le and 338Lg stereo 3D cameras add stronger ambient-light resistance, using industrial Gigabit Ethernet and GMSL2/FAKRA interfaces respectively for industrial and logistics settings.
  • Orbbec also presented its EGO, UMI, WristCam and Hub bodyless data-collection hardware as a complete matrix; the underlying platform had been announced before WRC.
Date
Company Orbbec
Event type Product Launch
Segment Vision
Added to Korthos
DeploymentAmazon

Amazon plans sixfold Prime Air expansion to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns

Logistics

· deployment · Amazon · Logistics

Evidence notes
  • Prime Air currently serves 10 metro areas from 11 U.S. sites, each covering approximately 175 square miles.
  • Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, Syracuse and Boise are among the next planned metro areas, with the service focused primarily on suburban communities.
  • Amazon says Prime Air has delivered hundreds of thousands of packages during 2026 and offers millions of eligible items with delivery in as fast as 30 minutes.
Date
Company Amazon
Event type Deployment
Segment Logistics
Added to Korthos
Facility OpeningChery Automobile

Chery plans UK engineering centre at UTAC Millbrook

Automotive

· facility opening · Chery Automobile · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • The centre is scheduled to open in late autumn at UTAC's Millbrook proving ground and vehicle-development site.
  • Initial engineering work will focus on chassis systems and advanced driver-assistance technology.
  • The programme is planned to expand into autonomous driving and artificial intelligence as the UK team develops.
Date
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
PartnershipGaruda Aerospace

Garuda Aerospace signs autonomous-drone MoU with Timed Automation

Aerial

· partnership · Garuda Aerospace · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • The technical scope includes drone-in-a-box orchestration, fleet and site control, AI-assisted image review and enterprise-system integrations through Timed Automation's SkyStream platform.
  • The companies will evaluate non-exclusive product distribution, joint drone development and participation in domestic and international projects.
  • The MoU also covers prospective pilot deployments in Australia and New Zealand for agriculture, infrastructure inspection and remote operations.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
FundingMotion Brain

Motion Brain closes nearly RMB 500 million Pre-A+ round

Foundation Models

· funding · Motion Brain · Foundation Models

Evidence notes
  • Participants include Shenzhen Press Group Yiben Fund, Orient Securities, Shaanxi High-Tech Industrial Investment, Anyu Fund, Tianmeng Investment and Jianyuan Tianhua, alongside follow-on capital from Chuanghehui, Xuhui and Gengxin.
  • The company plans further work on robot-native models, edge intelligence and adaptation to domestically produced compute platforms.
  • Its World Motion Model approach covers motion representation, generation and control across different robot embodiments, supported by internet video, motion-capture and physical-robot training data.
Date
Company Motion Brain
Event type Funding
Segment Foundation Models
Added to Korthos
PartnershipMomenta

Momenta, XHEART and QNX develop mass-production autonomous-driving platform

Automotive

· partnership · Momenta · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • Momenta contributes its full-stack autonomous-driving algorithms.
  • XHEART contributes the X7 automotive system-on-chip.
  • QNX contributes SDP 8.0, targeting functional-safety and mass-production requirements.
Date
Company Momenta
Event type Partnership
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
Research PublicationNoitom

Noitom releases the HiPHI motion and interaction dataset

Data Infrastructure

· research publication · Noitom · Data Infrastructure

Evidence notes
  • The dataset contains recordings from 132 performers, including 371.8 hours of motion and 245.7 hours of interaction data.
  • Noitom reports 90 Hz capture across 40 objects in 12 categories.
  • Policies trained with HiPHI were evaluated through transfer to a physical Unitree G1; commercial licensing is offered separately.
Date
Company Noitom
Event type Research Publication
Segment Data Infrastructure
Added to Korthos
AcquisitionInturai Ventures

Inturai signs definitive agreement to acquire DomeCommand assets

Perception

· acquisition · Inturai Ventures · Perception

Evidence notes
  • Total consideration is up to C$6.025 million, primarily in milestone-linked shares.
  • DomeCommand provides AI command-and-control software for autonomous drone swarms.
  • The transaction remains subject to its disclosed closing conditions.
Date
Event type Acquisition
Segment Perception
Added to Korthos
Market SignalAiMOGA Robotics

AiMOGA Robotics begins IPO preparations

Humanoid

· market signal · AiMOGA Robotics · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • CEO Zhang Guibing told Reuters the Chery robotics unit is preparing for an IPO.
  • AiMOGA said it has delivered more than 3,000 robots globally, including 2,000 overseas.
  • The disclosure remains preparation rather than a filed or launched transaction.
Date
Event type Market Signal
Segment Humanoid
Added to Korthos
DeploymentRealSense

PAL Robotics standardizes RealSense cameras across robot platforms

Vision

· deployment · RealSense · Vision

Evidence notes
  • The configuration uses RealSense depth sensing as a common perception layer across several PAL Robotics systems.
  • The customer case describes a deployed platform standard rather than a one-off laboratory demonstration.
Date
Company RealSense
Event type Deployment
Segment Vision
Added to Korthos
Facility OpeningSaildrone

Saildrone opens Copenhagen headquarters and expands European production

Defense

· facility opening · Saildrone · Defense

Evidence notes
  • Van Der Valk Shipyard is slated to build the first European-produced 52-metre Spectre in the Netherlands.
  • Umoe Mandal will produce the next Surveyor generation in Norway, while Southern Spars will build Surveyor wings in Poland.
  • The Copenhagen base supports business development, maintenance, mission management and piloting across Northern Europe.
Date
Company Saildrone
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
FundingVelaura AI

Velaura AI raises $110M Series A

AI Compute

· funding · Velaura AI · AI Compute

Evidence notes
  • Seligman Ventures led the round, with Capricorn Investment Group joining Mayfield, Maverick Silicon, MARA, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund and StepStone Group.
  • The capital supports Titan Core commercialization, engineering and customer-facing hiring, and collaborations with Physical-AI system developers.
  • Velaura says Titan Core targets a 2-4x improvement in performance per watt for mathematical operations used in AI accelerators.
Date
Company Velaura AI
Event type Funding
Segment AI Compute
Added to Korthos
Research PublicationSkild AI

Skild AI publishes S1 in-context robot learning model

Foundation Models

· research publication · Skild AI · Foundation Models

Evidence notes
  • S1 applies in-context learning to seen and unseen manipulation tasks, including plant potting, pancake preparation, pour-over coffee and kit assembly.
  • Skild reports unseen tasks lasting up to 10 minutes and a sevenfold improvement over language-only prompting on its evaluation set.
  • The official release demonstrates transfer from a human video example to robot execution, including an 11-minute demonstration-to-execution plant-potting workflow.
Date
Company Skild AI
Event type Research Publication
Segment Foundation Models
Added to Korthos
DeploymentBrightpick

Brightpick expands Dr. Max robot deployments across Czechia and Slovakia

Warehouse Logistics

· deployment · Brightpick · Warehouse Logistics

Evidence notes
  • The Prague distribution center had expanded to 30 Autopicker robots.
  • Dr. Max planned 44 additional robots across Ostrava and Bratislava.
  • The milestone is an expansion announcement; the additional deployments are not presented as already live.
Date
Company Brightpick
Event type Deployment
Segment Warehouse Logistics
Added to Korthos
Commercial OrderSafe Pro Group

Safe Pro receives $180,000 demining-software subcontract

Vision

· commercial order · Safe Pro Group · Vision

Evidence notes
  • The order includes five hardened GPU laptops configured with OnSight software and three years of licensing and model upgrades.
  • The award establishes an order, but the announcement does not claim that delivery or field deployment was complete.
Date
Event type Commercial Order
Segment Vision
Added to Korthos
Market SignalWrap Technologies

Wrap Technologies closes $12M registered direct offering

Defense

· market signal · Wrap Technologies · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The offering comprised 8,571,609 common shares or pre-funded warrants priced at $1.40 each, with Maxim Group acting as sole placement agent.
  • Wrap said proceeds would support working capital and general corporate purposes, including potential expansion of WrapShield and its public-safety business.
Date
Event type Market Signal
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
FundingCyboPal

CyboPal closes hundreds of millions of RMB in financing

Consumer

· funding · CyboPal · Consumer

Evidence notes
  • Oriental Fortune Capital led the financing, with Legend Star and Tianqi Capital participating and FlowCapital acting as financial adviser.
  • The company plans to use the proceeds for production and delivery of CyboPal ONE and iteration of its embodied-interaction system.
  • One report described the transaction as an Angel+ round while other coverage used a Series A label; no exact amount beyond hundreds of millions of RMB was disclosed.
Date
Company CyboPal
Event type Funding
Segment Consumer
Added to Korthos
DeploymentFANUC

RentoRobot deployed more than six rented FANUC palletizing systems across Pearl Crop, using CRX…

Industrial

· deployment · FANUC · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • Pearl Crop uses more than six palletising systems supplied under RentoRobot's rental model.
  • CRX cobots serve constrained lines while industrial robots handle higher-volume 50-pound cases.
Date
Company FANUC
Event type Deployment
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
PartnershipOrbbec

Orbbec and LinkerBot expand cooperation on hand-eye robotics solutions

Vision

· partnership · Orbbec · Vision

Evidence notes
  • The companies plan to co-develop products and solutions around coordinated robot vision and dexterous-hand operation.
  • Their stated architecture links visual perception, dexterous manipulation and data feedback into an integrated development loop.
  • The agreement expands an existing relationship involving Orbbec robot-vision modules and LinkerBot dexterous-hand systems.
Date
Company Orbbec
Event type Partnership
Segment Vision
Added to Korthos
PartnershipSkyDrive

SkyDrive signs Australian operator LOI for up to five SD-05 aircraft

Aerial

· partnership · SkyDrive · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • The basic agreement sets pricing and a delivery schedule targeting two aircraft in 2028 and three in 2029, but remains a letter of intent rather than a firm aircraft order.
  • The partners plan to launch sightseeing flights in 2028 from the existing Marina Mirage heliport on the Gold Coast.
  • Preparatory work includes aircraft certification plus a dedicated vertiport and maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Southport Airfield.
Date
Company SkyDrive
Event type Partnership
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
Production MilestoneCreativity (Changzhou) Robotics

Creativity Robotics begins production in Changzhou

Industrial

· production milestone · Creativity (Changzhou) Robotics · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • The company was jointly established by Creativity Intelligence, AgiBot and a Changzhou state-backed investment platform.
  • Its initial application focus is industrial machine-tool automation.
Date
Event type Production Milestone
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
Company FormationDulo

Sebastian Thrun reveals robotics startup Dulo

Manufacturing

· company formation · Dulo · Manufacturing

Evidence notes
  • The company is developing foundation-model software for hardware design and manufacturing.
  • Its team reportedly includes alumni of Waymo, Google Brain and Stanford SAIL.
  • No financing, customer deployment or commercial product was announced with the reveal.
Date
Company Dulo
Event type Company Formation
Segment Manufacturing
Added to Korthos
Production MilestoneElsight Ltd.

Elsight opens additional U.S. and German production capacity

Communications

· production milestone · Elsight Ltd. · Communications

Evidence notes
  • Elsight says its German manufacturing network can support close to 10 million Halo units per year.
  • Its California manufacturing partner operates two high-performance surface-mount-technology production lines.
  • The additional capacity localises supply for drone, UGV and other uncrewed-system customers in the United States and Europe.
Date
Company Elsight Ltd.
Event type Production Milestone
Segment Communications
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardVisionary Machines

Visionary Machines wins Cap Vista autonomous-platform trial

Perception

· contract award · Visionary Machines · Perception

Evidence notes
  • Testing covers perception, localisation, mapping and navigation.
  • The evaluation will span varying terrain and environmental conditions.
  • The announcement describes a trial contract, not a production deployment.
Date
Event type Contract Award
Segment Perception
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchFoxglove

Foxglove launches agentic robotics-data platform with NVIDIA Cosmos search

Development Platform

· product launch · Foxglove · Development Platform

Evidence notes
  • Semantic Search uses NVIDIA Cosmos to query multimodal robotics and autonomy data in natural language.
  • Agentic workflows can investigate fleet failures and help curate training and evaluation datasets.
  • The release also includes Comparison Mode for side-by-side analysis and packages Remote Access for live fleet visibility and intervention.
Date
Company Foxglove
Event type Product Launch
Segment Development Platform
Added to Korthos
FundingDefendEye

DefendEye closes investment round led by NovaCapital

Aerial

· funding · DefendEye · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • ff Venture Capital, Hard2beat, Sunfish Partners and In-Q-Tel participated in the round.
  • The capital will support production and expansion of the pilot-free Overwatch aerial intelligence system, which deploys from a launch tube.
  • DefendEye manufactures hardware and assembles printed circuit boards at facilities in Krakow, Poland, and Hallandale Beach, Florida.
Date
Company DefendEye
Event type Funding
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
Market SignalHesai Technology

Hesai discloses new humanoid lidar orders and actuation shipments

Perception

· market signal · Hesai Technology · Perception

Evidence notes
  • New robotics-lidar orders and JT128 adoption include Unitree, Robbyant, Galbot, Galaxea and Dexmal.
  • After Kosmo prototype deliveries in July 2026, orders were secured from humanoid-robot companies including Galbot, with initial revenue expected in Q3.
  • The robotic-actuation production line is operational, dexterous-hand module shipments are underway and Sharpa is an actuation-module customer.
Date
Event type Market Signal
Segment Perception
Added to Korthos
PartnershipTrossen Robotics

Trossen integrates Stereolabs vision into Workbench and Rivet

Development Platform

· partnership · Trossen Robotics · Development Platform

Evidence notes
  • Each platform combines one centre-mounted ZED X Mini with two wrist-mounted ZED X Nano cameras in a synchronized three-camera system.
  • The Workbench and Rivet use dual WidowX Pro 6-DoF arms and onboard NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB compute.
  • The integrated stack targets imitation learning, reinforcement learning and sim-to-real workflows through ROS 2 and NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Development Platform
Added to Korthos
Market SignalLimX Dynamics

LimX reportedly files confidentially for Hong Kong IPO

Humanoid

· market signal · LimX Dynamics · Humanoid

Evidence notes
  • Potential proceeds are up to $300 million, but the size and timing could change while preparations continue.
  • No company-confirmed prospectus, offer terms or listing timetable has been disclosed.
  • This is a reported public-markets milestone, not another private funding round or a completed listing.
Date
Event type Market Signal
Segment Humanoid
Added to Korthos
PartnershipSmith & Nephew

Smith+Nephew and Imperial launch five-year surgical-robotics centre

Surgical

· partnership · Smith & Nephew · Surgical

Evidence notes
  • Smith+Nephew engineers and clinicians will work directly with Imperial researchers to co-develop less invasive and more broadly usable robotic-surgery techniques.
  • Research topics include markerless registration and tracking and computer vision that adapts to patient anatomy in real time.
  • At full capacity, the centre is expected to support one senior postdoctoral researcher and up to seven fully funded PhD students.
Date
Event type Partnership
Segment Surgical
Added to Korthos
PartnershipEinride

Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis for Saga AI fleet rollout

Logistics

· partnership · Einride · Logistics

Evidence notes
  • The phased rollout begins in September 2026 and runs for 24 months across freight corridors in California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois and Georgia.
  • Einride says the 500-truck addition will roughly triple its deployed electric-truck fleet and convert signed shipper contracts into revenue-generating capacity.
  • The autonomy relevance is Saga AI fleet orchestration and optimisation; the announcement does not describe the Tesla Semis themselves as driverless or autonomous vehicles.
Date
Company Einride
Event type Partnership
Segment Logistics
Added to Korthos
Market SignalFORT Robotics

FORT Robotics signs proposed $556.6M SPAC combination

Electronics

· market signal · FORT Robotics · Electronics

Evidence notes
  • The proposed transaction values the combined company at a $556.6 million pro forma enterprise value and FORT at a $500 million pre-money equity value.
  • FORT expects about $201 million in gross proceeds assuming no shareholder redemptions, including more than $31 million of signed PIPE and non-redemption commitments; closing is targeted for Q4 2026 and remains subject to approvals and other conditions.
  • FORT disclosed more than 600 cumulative customers and deployment across more than 19,500 units globally; the agreement does not yet make FORT a listed company.
Date
Event type Market Signal
Segment Electronics
Added to Korthos
Market SignalPony.ai

Pony.ai reports international Robotaxi pipeline above 4,000 vehicles

Automotive

· market signal · Pony.ai · Automotive

Evidence notes
  • The 4,000-plus figure is a negotiation pipeline, not a deployed fleet or fully signed order book.
  • The global Robotaxi fleet stood at 1,975 vehicles as of June 30, with all Gen-7 vehicles in daily service.
  • Robotaxi revenue was $12.1 million in Q2 2026, about one-third of the company’s $36.2 million total revenue.
Date
Company Pony.ai
Event type Market Signal
Segment Automotive
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchAttracLab

AttracLab develops AT-Dock autonomous robot charging system

Industrial

· product launch · AttracLab · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • AT-Dock integrates WiBotic transmitter and receiver hardware with ROS 2 control for charging start, stop, voltage and current.
  • The system supports 150 W to 1 kW configurations for drones, UGVs, AMRs and USVs.
  • It provides coupling feedback, live voltage/current/temperature/error telemetry, battery-specific settings and IP67-rated transmitter and receiver hardware.
Date
Company AttracLab
Event type Product Launch
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
CapabilityLG Electronics

LG details NVIDIA-powered Data Factory for physical-AI robotics

Consumer

· capability · LG Electronics · Consumer

Evidence notes
  • The Yangjae R&D Campus facility is planned to be fully operational by the end of 2026, with several hundred robots in replicated home and factory environments.
  • LG targets 100,000 hours of real and synthetic training data by year-end using NVIDIA Cosmos, Isaac and Omniverse.
  • The programme includes LG CLOiD home robots, LG CNS logistics robots and LG Innotek robotic hands and expands the Aug. 13 LG Group–NVIDIA MOU into a specific operating programme.
Date
Event type Capability
Segment Consumer
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchAttracLab

AttracLab develops AT-GCS for cross-domain robot coordination

Industrial

· product launch · AttracLab · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • The browser interface combines robot position, operating state, camera and sensor data, and survey progress on a shared map.
  • AT-GCS can run on a local PC, cloud environment or robot computer and connect over Wi-Fi, LTE or satellite communications.
  • Integration with AT-SYNAPSE enables cooperative and swarm roles while one operator supervises multiple robots.
Date
Company AttracLab
Event type Product Launch
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
Product LaunchPudu Robotics

Pudu Robotics launches PUDU MP2000 pallet-handling robot

Service

· product launch · Pudu Robotics · Service

Evidence notes
  • MP2000 combines VSLAM and 3D LiDAR-SLAM with depth cameras and multi-sensor perception.
  • It recognizes pallet position, misalignment, load dimensions and clearance before handling standard or customized load carriers.
  • Onboard decision-making and fleet-level orchestration coordinate multi-robot work, including offline fleet operation.
Date
Event type Product Launch
Segment Service
Added to Korthos
FundingJaten Robotics

Jaten Robotics raises tens of millions of yuan in strategic financing

Warehouse Logistics

· funding · Jaten Robotics · Warehouse Logistics

Evidence notes
  • Listed electronics company Heertai led the financing.
  • Daohe Fund and Jinmu Capital also participated.
  • Yunxiu Capital is serving as exclusive adviser for Jaten’s subsequent financing.
Date
Event type Funding
Segment Warehouse Logistics
Added to Korthos
DemonstrationHesai Technology

ETH Zurich AutoBike completes autonomous campus ride with Hesai JT128 lidar

Perception

· demonstration · Hesai Technology · Perception

Evidence notes
  • Ten bachelor students developed the bicycle prototype over roughly nine months at ETH Zurich's Autonomous Systems Lab.
  • The JT128 generated the 3D point cloud used for localisation, obstacle detection, free-space detection and route planning.
  • The team reported a 75 percent success rate on the final day of testing and said further development would be required before public operation.
Date
Event type Demonstration
Segment Perception
Added to Korthos
DeploymentVecna Robotics

DHL Supply Chain completes Vecna CaseFlow pilot

Warehouse Logistics

· deployment · Vecna Robotics · Warehouse Logistics

Evidence notes
  • The pilot combined autonomous mobile robots with workflow orchestration for case picking.
  • The first implementation met acceptance milestones with stable performance.
  • DHL described the result as a basis for broader evaluation and possible future deployments.
Date
Event type Deployment
Segment Warehouse Logistics
Added to Korthos
DeploymentBedrock Robotics

Bedrock starts operator-out excavation on three commercial projects

Construction

· deployment · Bedrock Robotics · Construction

Evidence notes
  • Sundt Construction advanced from supervised testing to fully autonomous excavation at a Nevada water-treatment project.
  • Champion Site Prep began fully autonomous excavation on a large earthwork project in Texas.
  • Zachry Construction began using Bedrock-equipped excavators on a 1.2-million-cubic-yard civil-sitework project.
Date
Event type Deployment
Segment Construction
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardNordic Wing

Nordic Wing wins Swedish FMV Recce-Strike procurement

Aerial

· contract award · Nordic Wing · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • The system combines the ASTERO reconnaissance drone with the Raptor 2 unmanned strike platform and common mission software.
  • The procurement includes operator stations, simulators and purpose-built workshop containers for field maintenance.
  • FMV plans delivery and handover to the Swedish Armed Forces in the second quarter of 2027.
Date
Company Nordic Wing
Event type Contract Award
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
PartnershipBlue Ops

Blue Ops and Havoc partner on collaborative autonomy for uncrewed vessels

Defense

· partnership · Blue Ops · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The planned integration covers the Variant 7 and future Blue Ops platforms, supporting coordinated multi-vessel operations for U.S. and allied defense customers.
  • The companies plan operational fleets at Havoc's Rhode Island headquarters and Blue Ops' Florida headquarters for demonstrations, testing, training and operational evaluation.
  • Blue Ops and Red Cat will introduce Havoc's autonomy stack to their customers, while Havoc will market Blue Ops vessels and the parties will jointly pursue integrated maritime-system opportunities.
Date
Company Blue Ops
Event type Partnership
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
DemonstrationBLADE

BLADE schedules Hunter WOLF evaluation with 82nd Airborne

Defense

· demonstration · BLADE · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The UGV will be configured for autonomous logistics, casualty evacuation, communications and mobile power.
  • The evaluation configuration includes two AN/VRC-158 radios, five Universal Battery Chargers, extended cargo rails and 15 kW power export.
  • Hunter WOLF can carry up to 2,800 lb, and the trial follows Army evaluations with the 10th Mountain Division and 101st Airborne Division.
Date
Company BLADE
Event type Demonstration
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardElroy Air

Elroy Air wins $46.06M Army contract for autonomous hybrid-VTOL UAS

Aerial

· contract award · Elroy Air · Aerial

Evidence notes
  • $5,135,354 in fiscal 2026 research, development, test and evaluation funds was obligated at award.
  • The firm-fixed-price work will be performed in South San Francisco and is scheduled for completion on February 18, 2029.
  • Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground is the contracting activity under contract W911QX-26-C-A016.
Date
Company Elroy Air
Event type Contract Award
Segment Aerial
Added to Korthos
Facility OpeningSaildrone

Saildrone opens European HQ and names three regional build partners

Defense

· facility opening · Saildrone · Defense

Evidence notes
  • Van der Valk Shipyard will build the first European 52-metre Saildrone Spectre in the Netherlands.
  • Umoe Mandal will produce the next-generation Surveyor in Norway, while Southern Spars will manufacture Surveyor wings in Poland.
  • The Copenhagen base will support European deployment, maintenance, piloting, mission management, vehicle assembly and technical operations.
Date
Company Saildrone
Event type Facility Opening
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos
Research PublicationDyna Robotics

Dyna Robotics details the million-hour infrastructure behind Dyna-2

Industrial

· research publication · Dyna Robotics · Industrial

Evidence notes
  • A new episode format with topic-group chunking reduced storage by about 68% and made sample reads approximately 2.9 times faster.
  • An Airflow-based ingestion architecture increased throughput from 14,000 to 440,000 episode-hours per week, cutting million-hour processing from roughly 16 months to under three weeks.
  • Warehouse-backed curation and memory-mapped tables reduced time to first training batch from about 48 hours to under one minute across a 43-million-episode dataset.
Date
Event type Research Publication
Segment Industrial
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardNODA AI

NODA AI wins $100M contract to scale autonomous mission command

Mission Software

· contract award · NODA AI · Mission Software

Evidence notes
  • The vendor-agnostic orchestration layer is designed to work across government and OEM platforms without requiring hardware or software modifications to the underlying systems.
  • NODA combines its URZA orchestration platform with a software-defined-effects engine to translate commander intent into actions across manned and unmanned teams.
  • NODA reports integrations with more than 30 OEM-specific vehicles and control systems, spanning subsurface platforms to space and supporting degraded or denied communications.
Date
Company NODA AI
Event type Contract Award
Segment Mission Software
Added to Korthos
FundingGravis Robotics

Gravis Robotics raises $200M Series A from SoftBank

Construction

· funding · Gravis Robotics · Construction

Evidence notes
  • Gravis retrofits excavators and other existing heavy machinery with perception, compute and control systems rather than requiring purpose-built autonomous equipment.
  • The company reports deployments across four continents, with customer and partner work involving Holcim, Taylor Woodrow and HD Hyundai, including autonomous excavation at Manchester Airport.
  • Gravis describes the transaction as the largest Series A financing completed by a construction-robotics company.
Date
Event type Funding
Segment Construction
Added to Korthos
Contract AwardKratos Defense & Security Solutions

Kratos and GE win USAF JASSM EMD contract for F143 engine

Defense

· contract award · Kratos Defense & Security Solutions · Defense

Evidence notes
  • The GEK800 received the U.S. military designation F143-ZZ-100 and was selected as a second-source propulsion system for JASSM.
  • The 800-pound-thrust turbofan is also intended for cruise missiles, collaborative combat aircraft and other uncrewed aerial vehicles.
  • The joint team reported more than 50 ground-test starts and successful altitude testing completed in 2025.
Date
Event type Contract Award
Segment Defense
Added to Korthos