Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Kodiak AI reports 64-day driverless-truck uptime milestone
- The uptime streak ran from June 30 through September 1, 2026, without powering off or restarting the autonomy stack or truck.
- Five additional trucks each exceeded 45 consecutive days of uptime on the sixth-generation platform.
- Atlas Energy Solutions owned and operated 35 driverless trucks as of June 30; that fleet had exceeded 40,000 paid driverless hours by that date.
Robinson Unmanned plans Dragonflight autonomy integration with Lyntris
- The work supports Lyntris’ $6.48 million Maritime Tactical Command and Control programme expansion with the Navy.
- Dragonflight enables aircraft to coordinate as a team, with precision formation work intended to support sensing, communications and other configured missions.
- SPARTAN combines coaxial vertical takeoff and landing with a modular open-systems architecture.
The Good Drone Company wins Army Blood Link prototype contract
- GDC is to supply two U.S.-built hybrid VTOL prototypes, each configured to transport up to six blood units.
- Delta Development Team will supply six Delta ICE 2L coolers, each holding two blood units and maintaining temperature for three hours.
- The prototype requirements include semi-autonomous waypoint navigation, single-person operation, delivery accuracy within 10 metres and communications up to 30 miles.
Encord launches Data Labs with EMG-1 and Encord-REACH
- EMG-1 contains 307 hours of field clip-time with wrist EMG and synchronized egocentric video, plus a separate 10.4-hour laboratory collection with optical motion capture.
- Wearable Devices supplied Mudra Pro technology for field capture and Mudra Ultimate for the laboratory collection.
- Encord reports about 25% lower fingertip tracking error from EMG-video fusion in its tests; dataset access is advertised through registration.
Sparkz and Global Ordnance sign drone-battery supply agreement
- Sparkz will manufacture and supply the batteries; Global Ordnance will lead defense-market sales and distribution.
- The partners specify U.S. base materials and assembly, with configurable high-energy-density packs for different unmanned systems.
- Full manufacturing capacity is expected in the second quarter of 2027, following initial availability earlier that year.
Insta360-backed Antigravity adds tracking, dual-stick and 4G options to A1
- The Follow Me Bundle combines visual tracking with GPS in the Watch Remote, while Ring Remote gestures allow manual reframing.
- The dual-stick controller adds a Fixed View aligned with the drone’s heading and requires Vision goggles for flight.
- The cellular module provides an eSIM-enabled backup to OmniLink 360; regional availability, network support and data plans vary.
Helicon Industries announces $16.5 million seed financing
- Buckley Ventures and Mike Chalfen participated alongside six named angel investors.
- Argos coordinates engineering, mould design, simulation and production planning, while robots handle composite placement, extraction and trimming.
- The company’s Helicon One facility in Torrance is ramping production and testing, serving structures for unmanned aircraft, ground and maritime systems.
Burro opens general availability and ships Grande 44
- Production began in August, with first customers receiving machines during the third quarter of 2026.
- The platform provides 44 horsepower peak and 18 continuous, with towing capacity up to 6,000 pounds and a 1,500-pound payload.
- Burro’s wider installed fleet exceeds 800 robots and one million autonomous hours, supported by 50 dealers across 17 countries.
ALS launches planned Cyberjaya driverless RoboVan road trial
- The Level 4 goods vehicle is intended to operate in mixed traffic with no onboard driver or passenger and remote supervision from ALS’s Cyberjaya operations centre.
- Malaysia’s road-transport authority authorised public-road testing in June; the remote operations centre launched in July.
- The programme follows a January postal-logistics proof of concept involving ALS, Zelostech and Pos Malaysia.
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Yitai Embodied adds AgiBot- and Huawei-affiliated shareholders
- The new shareholder roster includes Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology and Shenzhen Habo Technology Investment Partnership.
- Registered capital increased to CNY 1.273 million.
Shadow Robot and Fraunhofer IFF begin tactile-manipulation research
- The project uses dexterous hands mounted on conventional collaborative robot arms, rather than developing a humanoid robot.
- Shadow contributes hand hardware, integration and teleoperation; IFF contributes cognitive robotics, real-time control and industrial-automation expertise.
- The partners will assess the dexterity, sensing, technical requirements and costs needed for manufacturing applications.
Fulin Precision plans RMB500 million robot electric-joint project
- Phase one budgets RMB250 million, including about RMB200 million in fixed assets and RMB50 million in R&D, with expected annual capacity of two million joint/component sets.
- The project envisages about 30,000 square metres of leased premises, with production targeted within nine months after factory handover.
- Phase two’s planned RMB250 million investment will adjust to market demand; the company separately says related joint products already have small-batch production and deliveries.
OpenWorks receives DHS order for Vision Pace counter-UAS capability
- The issuer says the capability has been provided, using electro-optical tracking, a laser rangefinder and radar/sensor fusion.
- Vision Pace supports stationary or moving platforms and can use its twin-AI modules or third-party classifiers and trackers.
- The Rapid Deployment Kit combines an integral battery, storage and lifting points to move sensing capability between operating positions.
Geek+ completes MISUMI West Japan PopPick installation
- The East and West Japan centres together have 149 robots, 15 stations and 801 shelves.
- At the earlier East Japan centre, the issuer reports roughly double productivity and storage efficiency versus the previous operation.
- The west rollout reuses operating procedures, training and improvements developed at the east site for high-variety industrial-parts logistics.
Matternet and Apian extend NHS drone deliveries to Great Ormond Street
- The partners say urgent delivery times can fall by up to 90%, supporting quicker laboratory processing.
- The initial route connects GOSH with nearby TDL laboratories, with additional sites planned.
- Matternet reports more than 60,000 commercial flights across its global network, separate from this new hospital route.
Arda Industries raises $160 million Series A
- XYZ Venture Capital, 8VC, SVAngel and Felicis participated in the Series A.
- Anduril already uses Arda within ArsenalOS, while adaptive robotic assembly is being prototyped.
RLWRLD-coauthored VPM jointly models video and 3D point motion
- The initial VPM-Data release provides 10,000 simulation clips across tabletop manipulation and urban dynamics.
- VP-WorldBench evaluates forecasting across simulated and real settings; public implementation code accompanies the work.
- Point supervision improves the action-enabled model’s manipulation success in the authors’ simulated and DROID real-robot tests.
Unitree G1 performs five contact-rich interactions in REACT study
- A VLM-guided pipeline preserves meaningful human contact while retargeting demonstrations to the humanoid.
- A privileged teacher is distilled into an egocentric depth policy, with generative partner-state prediction for occlusion.
- Training code is planned for early November; the current repository provides project information and demonstration media.
Arda Industries discloses earlier $72 million seed round
- Khosla Ventures and XYZ Venture Capital also participated in the seed round.
- A later $160 million Series A brought total disclosed financing to $232 million.
Waymo plans Madrid rider service for 2027
- Electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles will first conduct manual driving before validation with trained local autonomous specialists.
- The company is engaging national, regional and local authorities and familiarising emergency services with its technology.
- Local partnerships and operating investment will precede the planned rider service.
Anduril and HD Hyundai demonstrate integrated vessel autonomy off Long Beach
- The roughly 3.5-hour demonstration covered autonomous navigation, mission changes, formation sailing and engine-failure responses.
- A shore control station monitored the trials in real time.
- A separate prototype under construction in Ulsan could launch as early as November before planned U.S. coastal trials.
LinkerBot and Robai sign Robot Academy validation memorandum
- Initial platforms are Linker Hand O6, Linker Hand L20 Lite and Linker Arm P7.
- Robots are intended to learn their joint and actuation characteristics through self-generated movement.
- Integrated solutions and joint customer development depend on successful validation and agreement on the results.
Samsung transfers mobile-robot patents to Powerauto Robotics
- The current i-Series uses Cartesian robotics for electronic-component insertion and press-fitting, with vision and inspection functions.
- Development plans connect production equipment with mobile robots, collaborative arms and humanoids.
- The longer-term goal is production modules that move and rearrange into reconfigured lines.
Tesollo selected to lead KRW 5.2 billion intelligent robot-hand programme
- Partners are Iron Device, Hanyang University and the Korea Institute of Robotics and Technology Convergence.
- The work targets a 25-DoF hand combining multimodal sensing, low-power onboard AI and manipulation algorithms.
- Later validation would integrate the system with a dual-arm upper-body humanoid, targeting TRL 7 or higher.
ROAI and Tokyo Boeki sign memorandum for Japanese manufacturing trials
- Tokyo Boeki contributes its Japanese industrial network and identifies customer requirements.
- ROAI provides core software, evaluation licences and technical support.
- The work targets engineering effort in robot process planning, including welding and inspection.
UBTECH executes exclusive Japanese distribution agreement with Bitcoin Japan
- The models are Walker S2, Walker Tienkung, Tienkung Dex, Sky Walker, Walker C1 and Cruzr S2.
- Bitcoin Japan plans a prepayment and Japanese certification applications beginning with Walker C1.
- Before certification, the company plans supply for legally permitted research, testing, data collection and demonstrations.
Shiawase Mono Kobo unveils Noruno Atlas cart-transport prototype
- The concept avoids requiring dedicated replacement carts or towing fixtures.
- A low, compact chassis is intended for constrained routes and cart handling.
- The prototype is at technical-validation and market-exploration stage; general-sale and production dates were not announced.
Mitsubishi MELFA gains HoloLab arm-pilot XR teleoperation software
- The supported XR device is Meta Quest 3.
- Intended uses include hazardous environments, variable tasks and capturing operator demonstrations for Physical AI.
- HoloLab is recruiting manufacturing and logistics partners for proofs of concept.
Roen Surgical reports Indonesian Zamenix refractory-stone case
- The procedure lasted 75 minutes, with approximately 3mL blood loss and discharge after two days.
- The research involved Universitas Indonesia’s Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital and Seoul National University Hospital teams.
UBTECH and Ras Al Khaimah sign humanoid climate-testing memorandum
- Initial applications cover industrial assembly, public-facing services, elder care and cultural spaces.
- UBTECH plans to send robots and engineering teams, while the emirate provides a testing sandbox and links to research institutions.
- Trials are intended to produce performance data from demanding environmental and day-to-day operating conditions.
WHILL raises mezzanine financing through bond-type preferred shares
- The mezzanine instrument strengthens capital while avoiding dilution of ordinary equity.
- The company combines mobility hardware and service software for short-distance travel.
- The bank assessed the business’s contribution to mobility needs arising from ageing populations and labour shortages.
Hyundai Wia agrees KRW 358.4 billion defence-business sale to Hyundai Rotem
- The division makes large-calibre weapons including K9 artillery barrels and K2 tank main guns.
- The seller retains excluded land and buildings, initially leasing them to Rotem before possible use for new businesses.
- A shareholder vote is scheduled for November 27, with closing targeted by March 31, 2027.
MicroPort Toumai used in Seoul–Shanghai animal telesurgery demonstration
- The procedure used an animal model at the preclinical stage.
- A console in Seoul transmitted the surgeon’s movements to the robot arms in Shanghai.
- The hospital identified patient safety, clinical validation and regulatory arrangements as requirements before cross-border human use.
MAUM.AI’s Cheonan patrol programme names three planned trial sites
- The programme will evaluate river hazards, park emergencies and links to the municipal control system.
- Robots are intended to broadcast evacuation guidance and relay on-site video and situation information.
- Stairs, slopes and fixed-camera blind spots are part of the planned patrol scope.
Stryker joins Gil Hospital’s planned smart-orthopaedics programme
- The diagnostic workflow will analyse knee and lower-limb X-rays with AI.
- Surgery plans combine patient-specific 3D CT analysis, robotic-arm cutting and haptic technology.
- Rehabilitation will use mobile devices to support personalised exercises.
Arbe launches Gryphon 4D imaging radar for unmanned ground vehicles
- Its automotive-derived architecture combines 48 transmitting and 48 receiving channels.
- Dense radar data supports obstacle and negative-obstacle detection, free-space mapping, tracking, odometry and localisation.
- The system targets small UGVs through heavy industrial vehicles, with extended data-cable support for sensor placement.
Intuitive Ion passes 10,000 robotic bronchoscopies in Europe
- More than 1,000 Ion systems are installed in hospitals worldwide.
- Physicians used Ion for more than 140,000 lung biopsies globally during 2025.
- The shape-sensing catheter is designed to reach peripheral lung nodules and stabilise biopsy tools.
ZAP Surgical secures $36 million financing led by Catalio
- The company recently shipped its 50th ZAP-X system.
- Nearly 10,000 patients have been treated worldwide.
- Catalio’s Nicholas von Guionneau joins the board as an observer.
FANUC opens $18 million-plus automation training academy in Auburn Hills
- The academy increases classrooms from 13 to 28 and replaces the former Rochester Hills training facility.
- Across the academy and eight regional facilities, FANUC can train approximately 17,500 participants annually using more than 160 robots and over 40 CNC simulators.
- The workforce investment accompanies a separately announced $90 million Michigan manufacturing expansion.
High Lander closes strategic financing as total funding reaches $30 million
- Capital supports expansion in the United States and other international markets.
- Development priorities include Orion fleet management, Vega traffic management and Andromeda operational intelligence.
- Andromeda combines multi-vendor sensors and effectors in a hardware-agnostic low-altitude airspace control layer.
Exyn joins DOE-selected MAP-POD autonomous mining project
- MAP-POD combines autonomous robotics, sensing and AI for underground mapping and real-time mineral identification.
- DOE’s $29.5 million initiative covers 17 selected national-laboratory projects.
- The proposed contribution extends Exyn’s GPS-denied navigation from mine mapping to ground-vehicle prospecting.
TD SYNNEX expands KUKA AMR channel rollout into the United States
- Channel partners receive technical training, enablement and demand-generation support.
- The offering targets robotics and automation practices across logistics, manufacturing and other operational settings.
- Additional geographic markets are planned in coming quarters.
Siemens welcomes Logiicdev to Factory-One robotics validation programme
- Initial validation is proposed on FPGA platforms using LiDAR, vision and multi-sensor datasets.
- The evaluation will measure latency, power, predictability and other practical operating constraints.
- Longer-term development could involve motion control, industrial communications and a dedicated system-on-chip.
Reply earns NVIDIA Physical AI Specialization
- Roboverse Reply’s work at Hermes Fulfilment’s Loehne centre links multi-vendor robot fleets with warehouse systems.
- NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac support simulation of layouts, robots and workflows before rollout.
- Reply provides engineering from simulation and AI training through integration, production rollout and scaling.
Figure 03 passes nine days of continuous treadmill testing
- The test uses an external power connection, so the duration does not measure battery endurance.
- CEO Brett Adcock said the robot was still running when he shared the October 19 update.
beRobox launches arm-mounted 3D Dynamic Safety for PALTZ
- The protective area moves with robot position, combining arm-state information with three-dimensional presence detection.
- The companies say the system can allow a pallet change at one station while palletizing continues at the other, subject to the safety configuration.
- The module is being demonstrated with a Universal Robots UR20 at PACK EXPO International in Chicago.
Dream Labs raises $90 million seed financing
- B Capital led the $90 million seed round, with Kindred Ventures and other institutional and angel investors participating.
- The new capital will primarily fund compute as Dream Labs expands the robot types, tasks and developer capacity supported by its services.
- The financing accompanies the launch of Dream API and a browser playground that gives users access to real robots.
Dream Labs launches Dream API for robot foundation-model access
- The service converts camera inputs, robot state and language instructions into robot actions.
- Initial work focuses on tabletop gripper manipulation; wheeled robots and dexterous hands are planned extensions.
- The company reports more than twenty hardware partners and distinguishes baseline zero-shot control from additional partner-specific adaptation.
Tesla says Optimus V3 is ready for mass-production preparation
- The shareholder letter places Optimus line construction alongside investment in Semi manufacturing and AI data-centre infrastructure.
- The materials describe continuing investment in battery and chip manufacturing to support future product scale.
- The filing provides a production-readiness update without disclosing an Optimus production rate or external delivery date.
Intel petitions FCC for maintenance waiver for fab AGVs
- The October 16 petition seeks relief under Sections 2.932 and 2.1043 in ET Docket 26-256.
- Intel says the vehicles have served its fabs for over two decades and that replacing them with qualified alternatives would take years.
- The named vehicles and suppliers are confined to a confidential appendix; this filing requests permission and does not grant it.
Kodama Systems raises $7 million for forestry robotics
- Konvoy Ventures and Breakwater Ventures co-led the round; six other named investors participated.
- The capital supports expanded commercial deployments, OEM partnerships and further off-road autonomy development.
- Kodama reported more than 100,000 tons of timber moved by equipped machines across multiple states during the preceding six months.
Siemens and NVIDIA unveil AI applications tested at Erlangen factory
- Cosmos generates inspection-training images from digital twins before physical PCB prototypes are available.
- AI agents propose production scenarios that planners validate against a factory digital twin before implementation.
- Siemens claims potential reductions of up to 85% in preparation engineering, 40% in time to market and 20% in planning costs.
WeTouch and Hefei Aoweixun agree robotics interaction development
- WeTouch is expected to contribute touch displays, manufacturing and supply-chain support; Aoweixun contributes robot design, motion control and algorithms.
- Planned work includes accessible touch interfaces and communication between older adults, caregivers and service providers.
- Development is intended to proceed through application testing and customer validation, with commercialization subject to feasibility and demand.
ACE Robotics releases ACE-Brain-0.6 spatial-grounding model
- Supervised fine-tuning uses about one million spatial-grounding examples covering roughly 940,000 images and 2.7 million question-answer pairs.
- The company reports a 74.53 average across seven public benchmarks, compared with 73.68 for GPT-6 Astra, and higher scores on six of eight evaluations.
- Its company-built RobotGrounding evaluation scored 94.13 versus 91.10; these visual-grounding results do not measure general physical-task success.
Imacreate launches motion-reproduction software for Unitree G1
- The annual licence costs JPY 5 million before tax, excluding the robot; implementation support starts at JPY 3 million per month.
- Processing and motion data remain on a local GPU-equipped computer.
- In company testing, G1 performed kendama for about an hour without intervention, with approximately 4,000 successes per hand.
Sharpa coauthors Embodied Playground long-horizon robotics benchmark
- The suites cover launching, Tower of Hanoi, interlocking assembly, cube manipulation and household tasks.
- EP-Easy and EP-Hard each contain 50 tasks; EP-20 provides a compact diagnostic subset.
- The released environment SDK supports MuJoCo, Isaac Lab and ManiSkill with declared observation/tool-access levels.
Moying Robotics and Siemens Xcelerator agree industrial robot collaboration
- The cooperation combines Moying’s robot technology with Siemens Xcelerator’s open industrial platform.
- Work targets industrial embodied intelligence and robot infrastructure.
- Shared interfaces are intended to reduce robot-development and deployment effort.
TWINNY and The Prime Group sign unmanned-forklift commercialization MoU
- The initial focus is moving floor-level pallets between locations inside logistics centres.
- The Prime Group contributes process analysis, automation-line design, equipment implementation and operational integration.
- Project roles, scope and implementation conditions will be defined through separate agreements.
Ludens AI opens INU public crowdfunding presales in Japan
- The campaign runs through November 29; shipments are planned from around February 2027.
- INU responds through touch, expressive eyes, sounds and movement, using millimetre-wave presence sensing without a camera.
- Visitors can try the robot at Futako-Tamagawa Tsutaya Electrics’ GREEN FUNDING exhibition through December 14.
Dynamic Map Platform joins Daiwa House and Hacobu autonomous-truck hub trial
- DPL Hiratsuka and DPL Shin-Yokohama III will host validation of facility guidance, camera-assisted safety and mobility-hub operations.
- Dynamic Map Platform will provide high-precision 3D maps and a cooperative mobility platform; Hacobu will connect MOVO Berth reservations and develop hub-management software.
- The project plans to use TIER IV autonomous trucks to assess Level 4-equivalent facility driving and tractor–trailer exchange operations.
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BRILS details Michigan AMR manufacturing and local component-sourcing plans
- BRILS S/W Navigation and FMS fleet-management software are planned for the US market alongside the hardware.
- Discussions with Rust Belt electric-vehicle and automotive-parts manufacturers concern potential AMR supply; firm orders are not disclosed.
- The Michigan operation was established in April 2026, with investment and R&D discussions held in September.
T-Robotics joins KRW 10.2B optical-module autonomous-manufacturing R&D programme
- Participants include T-Robotics, a large Korean enterprise and KAIST; the company-specific allocation is not disclosed.
- The programme combines robot automation with process control, equipment-state monitoring and fault prediction.
- The project falls under the machinery-and-equipment technology development programme supported by the industry ministry and KEIT.
Velotric raises RMB 200M Series C while developing consumer exoskeletons
- The exoskeleton programme targets light outdoor hiking and walking and remains in development.
- Research areas include sensing, materials and drive technology.
- The financing covers the wider consumer-mobility business; it is not a disclosed exoskeleton-only budget.
Zhuge Robotics completes undisclosed pre-A financing for assistive robots
- Shanghai Puchuang Miaopu AI Industry Venture Investment Partnership, Zhejiang Bawitong Spatial Intelligence Technology and Shijiazhuang Quchuang Technology invested.
- The round supports AI LOOK development and deployment in mobility, campus and public-service settings.
- The financing amount and company valuation were not disclosed.
AiMOGA schedules Mobo global showcase and pre-orders for October summit
- The 22-degree-of-freedom robot uses MoAgent for multimodal interaction, spatial perception and task planning.
- The summit programme also includes Mornine, Argos Pro, police and healthcare robot demonstrations.
- AiMOGA’s broader portfolio has more than 3,000 cumulative deliveries across more than 60 countries and regions; these figures are not Mobo-only deliveries.
Leadshine projects 800,000–900,000 motor deliveries and targets 3M annual capacity
- Current frameless-motor capacity is150,000 units per month; automated-line expansion targets 3 million units annually.
- Full-year frameless-motor orders on hand exceed 1 million units, while expected 2026 deliveries are 800,000–900,000.
- Joint-module orders exceed 60,000 units across harmonic, planetary and integrated-wheel categories.
PaXini ships robots for ReYuu and JD Japan logistics proof of concept
- The trial is planned at a JoyLogistics domestic logistics site in Japan.
- Testing covers object recognition, grasping, movement and sorting, with Big Hands providing technical support.
- ReYuu will evaluate paid robot-rental feasibility, pricing and maintenance support after the trial.
FAIRINO completes nearly RMB 1B across C+ and D funding rounds
- Participants include Yongxin Capital, Shishan PhaseII and Suzhou Venture Capital; returning investors include Guolian Minsheng Capital, Suchantou and ClearVue Partners.
- Capital will support core-component production capacity and industrial embodied-intelligence expansion and R&D.
- Named development areas include ART industrial humanoid force-controlled arms and the AIRLab embodied-intelligence tool platform.
Xspark AI completes undisclosed Angel+ financing for tactile Physical AI
- Investors include Liedao Investment, HuaShan Capital, Yuanhang Capital, Pudong Venture Capital Group, Junyuan Capital, Nanshan Strategic Emerging Industries Investment and Shuimu Venture Capital.
- Capital will support tactile multimodal model iteration, industrial and commercial-service applications and product delivery.
- The company develops tactile sensing hardware and multimodal models for industrial and commercial-service robots.
AIBotics completes acquisition of NovaCore operating assets in Jamaica
- Initial consideration is 22,500 Series B preferred shares with an aggregate stated value of $225,000.
- An earn-out provides up to $3 million in additional preferred stock over four years, conditional on revenue milestones.
- A proposed $1 million operating budget is planned capital deployment, separate from acquisition consideration; this is an asset purchase, not acquisition of PlayJamaica’s legal entity.
Waymo targets first Toronto robotaxi riders in 2028 with Element fleet support
- Manual driving is due to begin in the following days; the announcement is not a launch of driverless passenger service.
- Element will provide end-to-end fleet management, extending the companies’ existing partnership to Toronto.
- Facilities and hundreds of operational roles are planned over time; the release gives no committed passenger-service fleet count.
KONGSBERG reports five-minute DR100 setup at Interpol counter-drone exercise
- Sensor data reached the control centre through a secure 5G connection.
- The exercise evaluated detection, tracking and classification of airborne objects.
- Kinetic and non-kinetic effectors were outside the test scope; the trial does not establish an interception result or procurement award.
Boeing awarded up to $80 million MQ-25A support contract
- Contract N0001927D1006 was not competitively procured.
- Work is based in St. Louis and is expected to finish in October 2031.
- Funding will be obligated through individual orders; the ceiling is not booked proceeds, delivered aircraft or immediate expenditure.
DeYi Medical receives tens-of-millions-yuan strategic investment from Kritina
- The collaboration targets health management, beauty care and home wellness through Kritina’s service network.
- DeYi combines its Deep PT model with 3D vision, acupoint recognition and six-axis force control in wellness robots.
- The company reports products reaching more than 300 cities and over 20 countries and regions.
Mercedes-Benz expands NVIDIA partnership for automated driving and future Level 4 applications
- Alpamayo supports point-to-point urban assistance, active safety and automated parking.
- Halos provides a parallel safety stack for redundancy and guardrails.
- Future SAE Level 4 applications include robolimousines; the companies also collaborate on engineering simulation and the MO360 production ecosystem.
Noble Machines receives completed strategic investment from Shimizu
- The work targets physically demanding and hazardous construction tasks.
- Noble develops MOBY-series hardware, control systems and application software.
- The partners plan to combine BIM/CIM-based simulation with tests at real construction sites.
Li Auto’s Mahexin chip unit signs RMB1.625 billion financing agreement
- Hangzhou Jingtao, BlueRun Ventures and HLC led the external investment, with MiraclePlus participating.
- The base transaction implies a post-money valuation of about RMB16.63 billion.
- An additional subscription option of up to RMB500 million could lift that valuation to about RMB17.1 billion; Li Auto will retain control.
Youibot receives CSRC filing approval for proposed Hong Kong listing
- The company develops industrial logistics and inspection-maintenance systems for sectors including semiconductors, energy and electronics.
- Its 2025 revenue was approximately RMB340 million, up 33.3%, with industrial logistics contributing 59.4%.
- Proposed use of IPO proceeds includes embodied-intelligence R&D, facilities, overseas expansion and strategic investment.
Simate discloses early investment from Xiaomi- and Baidu-linked funds
- The company was established in Shanghai in May 2026 and is led by founder and CEO Zhang Ying.
- Its development stack combines robot-learning models, research-agent workflows and simulation-to-robot infrastructure.
- Other early backers include Chentao Capital, Xinhe Capital, Yunji Tianze, Ningbo Juxing and Shanghai Qijixing.
CleanBotix receives strategic investment from Intralox for Rosie production
- Rosie automates detergent and sanitizer application, rinsing and wand swapping in wet cleaning.
- Commercial Food Sanitation, an Intralox company, will contribute application expertise to further sanitation products.
- CleanBotix was founded by Clean Logix founder Adam Jacques.
Hobbywing details X15 propulsion in Taihang 100 emergency UAV
- The aircraft was specified for loads up to 100 kg and remote control over a stated range up to 30 km.
- Its interchangeable mission equipment addressed emergency delivery, firefighting and high-rise window breaking.
- Hobbywing specified PWM and CAN control for the X15 propulsion assembly.
Lenovo expands Shenzhen pilot-production base and adds six manufacturing partners
- The MaaS workshop expanded from 4,000 to 11,000 square metres; Lenovo reports fourfold capacity expansion.
- The first 50 MileBot exoskeleton units were assembled, tested and delivered in under a week after materials were ready.
- Existing work includes TITA volume production, Daimon tactile-sensor production preparation and Zhejiang Humanoid dexterous-hand manufacturing.
Aibo Medical Robot completes A+ financing for vascular intervention robotics
- The disclosed amount is tens of millions of renminbi.
- Proceeds support expanded indications and commercialization of vascular intervention robots, automated and remote-system R&D and registration, and hiring.
- The PANVIS STAR platform uses five instrument-drive channels for coordinated vascular-intervention tool handling.
Haon Robotics receives two exclusive perception-system supplier nominations
- The customer issued product nomination letters covering the two sensing-system projects.
- The estimated RMB30M+ is prospective project value; no booked revenue or delivery quantity was disclosed.
- Haon Robotics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Longhorn Automotive.
Ruoyu Technology completes Pre-A financing led by Sunway Communication
- Jinmu Capital, Qindao Capital, Huanghai Capital and Zhongchuang Capital also participated.
- Proceeds support iteration of the Ruoyu Jiutian robot brain and expansion into additional industrial settings.
- Its Foshan fuel-station pilot connects robot operation with collection of force-control and abnormal-condition data.
AVITA and ZOZO NEXT sign MoU for humanoid clothing research
- Research will combine smart-textile materials, pattern design and measurement with physical robot and motion data.
- Robot-specific design concerns include joint movement, external structures, heat and garments slipping out of place.
- Functional textiles could communicate intent or sense human contact; detailed research themes remain under discussion.
Cerence AI and Geely extend collaboration to multilingual service robotics
- Speech recognition supports French, English and Mandarin simultaneously.
- The work brings Cerence’s conversational AI and human-machine interaction technology to Geely’s service-robotics programme.
- The Paris demonstration is the first international showcase of their robotics collaboration.
Hyundai details 204-robot Pune factory configuration and automated welding
- Six cobots support automatic ADAS calibration without equipment modifications for each new vehicle model.
- AI cameras monitor press access and detect small panel cracks and surface defects.
- Current annual vehicle capacity is about 170,000, with expansion to 320,000 targeted by 2030.
Dynamic Solution demonstrates BCI-enabled Dynamic X-hand at WCNR
- The system combines ETRI-transferred X-HAND technology with EEG analysis and integrated hand-control software.
- The research consortium includes Charité, Imagin and Bundang Seoul National University Hospital.
- A further developed X-HAND presentation is planned for CES 2027.
Daedong selected for K-GX electric-autonomous tractor development
- The roadmap targets core-technology development by 2027, followed by manufacturing infrastructure and field trials in 2028–2029.
- Planned systems combine electric propulsion, battery thermal management, autonomous driving and implement control.
- Manufacturing plans include autonomous transport robots, robotic processes and AI vision inspection.
iPresence begins kubi 2.0 sales at ¥165,000 with 300-unit initial run
- The ¥165,000 price includes Japanese tax and excludes the iPad; the initial production run is 300 units.
- Independent motors provide 300° pan and 55° tilt, with approximately four hours of cordless operation.
- The iPresence Agent feature launches in beta for face-oriented reception and guidance applications.
Hurotics raises 25 billion won in Series A
- Cumulative financing exceeds KRW33.5B; the current round is KRW25B.
- Existing investors include Stonebridge Ventures, IBK, Aju IB Investment and Wonik Investment Partners.
- New participants include Daewoong, Naver, Lotte and Mirae Asset Venture Investment.
KIRO and KIMCO sign MoU for advanced robot-materials research
- KIMCO contributes elastomer and fine-chemical materials expertise, while KIRO contributes robot design, control and material-application technology.
- The cooperation includes shared research facilities and equipment, researcher exchanges, technical advice and research-information sharing.
Agility Robotics selects Nyobolt as fast-charge battery provider
- The planned battery system offers 90 minutes of runtime and a nine-minute recharge, a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio compared with Digit 4’s 2:1 ratio.
- Early access to Digit 5 with Nyobolt technology is expected in the first half of 2027, with availability increasing over the following six to nine months.
- Nyobolt’s high-power battery design targets smaller, lighter packs and repeated charging in warehouse and manufacturing environments.
Axonex joint venture launches TOMO education humanoid and joins FLAIR hub
- TOMO combines an expressive face, interactive chest display and two-finger parallel grippers for reading, STEM education and supervised robotics activities.
- The FLAIR collaboration initially explores education and manufacturing, pairing robot platforms with scenario training, model development and technology validation.
- Rice Robotics HK is an indirect majority-owned joint-venture entity; the announcement does not quantify robot sales or deployment scale.
HopeRun Tokyo schedules Hoprobo guidance trials at two Kanagawa schools
- The eastern school will test guidance to locations around campus; the western school will use the robot for facility guidance during smart open-campus activities.
- Both trial periods are scheduled to continue until around February under the prefecture’s programme to make robots accessible to residents and support facility staff.
Standard Bots launches AI platform with Agent, Locate and Inspect
- Agent builds routines through natural-language dialogue, drawing on the company’s robot manuals and programming practices.
- Locate lets operators identify objects by tapping the camera feed or describing them in text, supporting changes between parts without manually specifying every waypoint.
- Inspect, developed with Roboflow, loads customer-trained vision models into robot routines to flag surface defects such as scratches.
Space Data publishes five physics experiments for drone, humanoid, quadruped and arm control
- The demonstrations vary payload assumptions, floor friction, terrain, wind or positional error to explain success and failure through physics calculations.
- ContactLab compares force-guided search with position-only insertion; CarryLab separates the actual load from the weight communicated to the robot.
- The simulations follow nine physics demonstrations released on October 14 and seven robot-planning demonstrations released on October 8.
Redwire receives approximately $13.8 M in Stalker UAS training orders
- The systems will support the Army’s 15 X Tactical UAS Specialist curriculum, combining operator and maintainer skills.
- Training sites include Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
- The Group 2 aircraft will support instruction in complex flight operations, field maintenance and multi-mission payload use.
ABB Robotics upgrades Fashion Inductor with AI Robot Trainer
- ABB says pre-trained fashion-specific vision models and retraining tools can reduce engineering and commissioning effort by up to 75%.
- A new digital twin connects Application Controller Platform, Automatic Path Planning, AI Robot Trainer and RobotStudio, including support for third-party grippers.
- The closed-loop workflow monitors robot performance, identifies anomalies, generates training data and returns model updates to the robot.