Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Google DeepMind broadly releases Gemini 4 Argon
- Google reports an 87% score on its Embodied Reasoning benchmark for physical and spatial problems.
- In an internal test, Argon reconstructed a human cornhole video, generated simulation code and transferred a skill to an Apptronik Apollo humanoid that made seven consecutive shots.
- The robotics developer release includes examples for simulation reconstruction, robot control, physical understanding and research reproduction.
AutoStore unveils Fall 2026 hardware and software updates
- FlexBinsPort supports all standard bin heights at one workstation, with release planned for Q4 2026; AutoCase support for 600 × 400 mm cases is scheduled for Q1 2027.
- Pio Pal is live at Norwegian apparel brand Famme under a Robotics-as-a-Service model; further customer adoption is planned for Q1 2027.
- CubeExplore adds GenAI-supported investment modeling, while CubeFleet combines maintenance alerts, guidance and work orders across one or multiple sites.
ABB Robotics globally launches IRB 1700 robots at CIIF 2026
- The two mid-size robots span five payload models from 6 to 12 kg, with stated path repeatability of 0.03 mm and joint speeds up to 700 degrees per second.
- The GoFa coffee demonstration uses a human example, agentic task planning and OmniCore EyeMotion vision; ABB says EyeMotion with AI Robot Trainer can reduce commissioning time by up to 90%.
- China-specific introductions include the IRB 6720 Lite+ and a 7 kg PoWa variant; E-Device enables programming and control from users’ own PCs and tablets.
Mind Robotics appoints Doug Field president
- Field previously led EV, digital and design work at Ford, Apple’s Special Projects Group and Mac hardware engineering, and Tesla engineering for the Model 3.
- Rivian serves as a key customer and launch partner, providing a high-volume manufacturing environment for robot-model training and deployment.
- Mind combines foundation models, purpose-built robotics and deployment infrastructure for industrial and manufacturing tasks.
Dominion Dynamics and TENCORE sign Canadian TerMIT manufacturing MoU
- A TENCORE team will lead technology transfer and train Canadian technicians; the companies are working toward definitive agreements.
- The planned programme supports Ukraine’s front lines and includes development of an Arctic-hardened TerMIT for Canadian use and NATO exports.
- TENCORE reports delivering more than 5,000 UGVs to Ukrainian military units since 2024.
Physical Intelligence opens Pi API beta to more robot developers
- Teams can upload their robot data, launch fine-tuning on PI-managed compute and infrastructure, and run the resulting models through hosted inference.
- Early users include Argon Robotics, which trained a dish-racking policy within 35 hours, and General Instinct, which trained a server-assembly policy within three days.
- Beta participation is by application; most showcased applications use cloud-hosted inference, with network connectivity identified as an area for improvement.
IAI and SIG SAUER complete Fire Storm 250 aerial live-fire test
- The reusable quadcopter fired at targets from varying distances and altitudes using its stabilized M250 weapon mount.
- Onboard imagery and fire-control data support the operator; engagement and firing decisions remain human-controlled.
- The announcement describes technical validation, with no procurement award or operational fielding disclosed.
PlusAI and Texas Ventures III file S-4 for proposed business combination
- The S-4 advances the combination agreed on 3 September; SEC effectiveness and transaction closing remain pending.
- The proposed transaction retains approximately $800 million pre-money equity value and up to approximately $300 million of conditional capital.
- PlusAI expects a Nasdaq listing under PXAI after closing and targets a 2027 commercial launch of factory-built SuperDrive trucks.
Agility Robotics S-4 declared effective; Churchill XI vote set for 2 November
- SEC effectiveness is a registration milestone; the business combination remains subject to shareholder approval and other closing conditions.
- Churchill XI’s extraordinary general meeting is scheduled for 2 November 2026.
- Agility expects to trade under AGLT following closing; more than $620 million in expected gross proceeds remains conditional.
SEEN·E unveils SE-1 model, Sculptor and Edge robots at CIIF
- Sculptor uses configurable bases and end tools for mixed-case palletizing, picking, truck handling and related logistics tasks.
- Edge demonstrated 0.1 mm-class cable insertion under perturbations and interactive, multi-step candy packing.
- The model combines a World Model MoE architecture, OMPO experience matching and asynchronous off-policy reinforcement learning.
Skydio makes ISR Command available for X10D multi-drone missions
- One operator can manage two X10D aircraft from a single controller, with autonomous observation handoff as batteries run down.
- Camera-based navigation supports GNSS-denied flight, while TAK and NGC2 connections share target positions, video and telemetry.
- The system supports STANAG 4609/MISB 0601 and STANAG 0903/MISB 0903 metadata for static and moving targets.
Saronic’s Corsair evaluated by the Hellenic Navy
- The minister described surveillance, reconnaissance and cooperative swarming capabilities evaluated over the preceding weeks.
- Corsair appeared at the PALASKAS Training Centre alongside Greece’s Pyrpolitis and the PLUTO PLUS and PLUTINO underwater systems.
- The centre provides joint training, maintenance and basic repair instruction for unmanned and autonomous maritime systems.
ASD reports Aibao retail use across 100 stores
- Store sales during the campaign were 39% higher than a year earlier.
- An unmanned retail warehouse also began operating on September 28; further warehouse expansion remained planned.
JD Industrial launches one-stop robotics component procurement platform
- The platform aggregates over 1,600 original manufacturers, component suppliers, contract manufacturers and distributors.
- A second phase of the robotics component-industry alliance focuses on jointly developed standards and supply-chain coordination.
- Five standardized robot battery designs and cooperation with over 20 brands support purchasing plans for more than 10,000 batteries.
QuickLogic secures six-figure eFPGA design contract for robotics-capable SoC
- License revenue is expected over six months, with royalties contingent on production shipments.
- The design uses the Australis eFPGA IP Generator to tailor programmable logic to performance, power and silicon-area requirements.
- Reconfigurable logic supports updates to control algorithms, acceleration, security and communications after chip manufacture.
Nearhuman wins Innovate UK support for efficient Physical AI research
- The project will assess technical feasibility and establish evidence for subsequent research and development.
- The programme is funded by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, and follows Nearhuman’s GBP350,000 pre-seed round.
Gates launches IntraLogix LRB-100 conveyor belt in the United States
- The design removes the fabric construction associated with V-guide delamination.
- Gates’ comparison testing reports more than five times the belt life and approximately 75% less elongation than conventional designs.
- LRB-100 extends the existing IntraLogix range alongside LRB-45 and LRB-77.
Deep Robotics introduces LynxScenes outdoor wheel-legged robot dataset
- The corpus contains about 100,000 clips, 833.6 hours and 3,294.7 km of recorded movement.
- Synchronized recordings combine four fisheye cameras, dual lidars, IMU, odometry and robot states.
- Benchmark tasks cover trajectory prediction, bird’s-eye-view perception, future-scene prediction and multi-view reconstruction.
AgiBot introduces WorldOracle benchmark for action-conditioned world models
- The 335-example evaluation spans AgiBot G2, YAM and human-hand embodiments with successful, failed and extended interactions.
- Seven world models are tested across rigid, deformable, fluid and articulated-object interactions.
- Metrics assess physical-state correctness, spatial alignment, interaction-area fidelity and coherence across synchronized views.
Rhoda demonstrates tactile sensing with touch-guided Direct Video-Action models
- Tests cover normal and shear force, vibration and temperature, spanning millinewtons to over 40 newtons.
- Contact vibrations are sampled at approximately 500 Hz.
- Results are company-reported; the post does not release code, model weights or a downloadable dataset.
HITS starts production at Mudanjiang UAV and imaging-payload base
- Robotic sub-assembly cells and inspection support the manufacturing line.
- Airframes and stabilized EO/IR payloads are assembled at the same site.
- The release discloses no numeric output or annual capacity; further volume ramp-up remains planned.
Serim Robotics deploys industrial cleaning robots at GS E&C and POSCO E&C sites
- The machines clean large concrete floors where construction dust and debris accumulate repeatedly.
- Sensors and autonomous navigation guide the robots through assigned work areas as site layouts and traffic change.
- Serim supports model selection and operations according to each site’s floor area, working environment and routes.
L3Harris demonstrates first Red Wolf launch from an MH-60 helicopter
- The test was conducted with Army Special Operations Aviation Command’s Systems Integration Management Office.
- The milestone supports integration with Black Hawks and other H-60 variants.
- The Wolf Pack portfolio, which includes Red Wolf and Green Wolf, has reached 60 flight demonstrations across multiple launch contexts.
Hai Robotics details planned 1,500-plus-robot system for LPP’s Tczew centre
- The storage area is approximately 30,000 square metres and consolidates inventory for multi-brand e-commerce fulfilment.
- Rack-climbing robots combine vertical retrieval and horizontal transport to reduce handovers between fleets.
- Software coordinates inventory placement, workstation supply, traffic and priorities across the integrated system.
L3Harris starts VAMPIRE deliveries under U.S. Army’s $106 million order
- VAMPIRE provides reconnaissance and precision strike against drones and other remotely piloted aircraft.
- The system has accumulated more than 350,000 operational hours in European combat operations since 2023.
- A dedicated Huntsville, Alabama production facility was established earlier in the year to support increased output.
Cincoze computers used in drone-control and counter-drone systems
- The DI-1200 targets compact, low-power installations with configurable communications and positioning interfaces.
- DS-1302 supports expansion cards and multiple displays for ground-control work.
- The GM-1100 offering supports Intel Core processors and NVIDIA MXM GPU modules for edge-AI work.
Axera launches AX8860 edge-AI chips and A256S module at CIIF
- Vendor specifications include256 TOPS mixed-precision computation with native FP4,128 GB LPDDR5X and273 GB/s memory bandwidth.
- AXLink cascading, PCIe 5.0 and multi-stream video processing support larger compute configurations.
- Dexmal demonstrated DM0.5 on Axera’s platform across insertion, quality inspection and dexterous cutting tasks.
Parrot reports nearly $2 million in US Army Marketplace orders for ANAFI UKR
- Parrot is organising deliveries around a roughly two-week target for eligible military and government customers purchasing ANAFI UKR systems.
- Following June flight demonstrations, Parrot is one of five manufacturers selected for the next Short Range Reconnaissance assessment phase.
Fortem and MBDA expand autonomous counter-drone partnership
- FireThorn combines Fortem’s radar-guided autonomous airframe with an MBDA NATO-approved warhead for kinetic interception of hostile drones.
- The agreement extends a collaboration begun in 2024 around Sky Warden integration; sales remain subject to applicable export authorisations.
Xianyin Future discloses three financing rounds totalling hundreds of millions of yuan
- BlueRun, Hillhouse Ventures and Binfu led the angel round, with AgiBot and Trina Solar among strategic participants; Huaying Capital led the pre-Series A.
- The company develops flexible cable-driven arms for orbital refuelling, inspection and deorbiting, with a rendezvous and docking demonstration planned for 2027.
Kongyu Technology completes Series B for low-altitude airspace security
- Capital will support multimodal sensor fusion, distributed drone detection and defence, and digital airspace-management technology.
- The company plans to deepen its presence in public safety, defence, energy and transport, extending its systems into additional operating environments.
SoftBank Robotics Singapore and SJ Integrated Solutions agree building-robotics pilots
- Both partners will provide pilot sites, including SJ Campus, and assess performance against agreed operational baselines and targets.
- Development combines SJ’s 24K platform and robotics-management software with SoftBank’s Smart Building X expertise, connecting robots to lifts, doors, access control and facilities workflows.
Ola Dimensions completes Angel+ financing for household robots
- Participants include Chengyuanxiang Fund, Xineng Capital, Xizhou International, Topband and Hony Capital.
- The programme combines a wheeled dual-arm robot with household-data collection and world-action model development.
Shuangpai Robotics closes Series A+ led by Daosheng Capital
- Proceeds support core components and motion-control production, assisted-driving and voice features, overseas channels and capacity expansion.
- Its W1 walking aid, P2 powered wheelchair and M2 folding scooter serve older people and users with limited mobility.
Vector expands Nammo agreement for integrated drone munitions
- Nammo munitions are being integrated through Vector’s High Voltage Electronic Safe Arm Device, the interface between aircraft and payload.
- A repeatable modular architecture is intended to accommodate multiple munition configurations and changing mission requirements.
- The programme combines American-made unmanned systems, allied-manufactured munitions and NDAA-compliant supply chains.
N Robotics signs exclusive global ROMI partnership with Bibliotheca
- The companies expect sales of more than 100 robots over three years.
- ROMI combines autonomous navigation and RFID with book search, lending, returns and guidance to book locations.
- Bibliotheca’s international sales and service network will support overseas distribution and joint business development.
Mobilicom launches SwarmiX mesh communications family
- The family targets throughput up to 1 Gbps and mesh networks connecting hundreds of nodes.
- An embedded module serves drones and robots; a ruggedized unit serves operators, vehicles and launch systems.
- Multi-band spectrum agility extending up to 7 GHz is part of the suite’s roadmap.
Echodyne and ACS sign radar and Bullfrog collaboration
- EchoShield provides drone position and velocity tracks through open interfaces into Bullfrog and command-and-control systems.
- The companies will continue integrated testing and participate in Department of War demonstrations.
- The collaboration covers fixed sites, mobile and expeditionary forces, and maritime platforms.
Arrive AI forms defence logistics division
- Initial priorities include defence partnerships, technical requirements, demonstrations and government research and procurement programmes.
- Planned applications include fixed, mobile and deployable logistics endpoints for secure cargo exchange.
Sharpa outlines 30,000-robot commercial deployment target
- The company intends to let operators collect small amounts of task data to adapt robots to their businesses.
- The approach emphasizes working in existing environments and sustaining continuous operation.
- Xiang described human demonstrations, simulation and real-robot interactions as complementary training data.
Draganfly establishes U.S. defence subsidiary chaired by Thomas Modly
- Thomas Modly will leave the parent board to chair the subsidiary; Cameron Chell will also serve as a director.
- AJ Pasagian, appointed president in August 2026, will lead the U.S. defence operations.
- The subsidiary will establish defence-specific governance, cybersecurity, export-control and sensitive-data procedures.
Seyond reports about 268,900 LiDAR shipments in Q3
- Falcon series shipments were about 66,500 units, up about 26% year on year.
- Robin series shipments were about 200,900 units, up about 530%, exceeding 200,000 in a quarter for the first time.
- The shipment total covers the company’s LiDAR portfolio across end markets, including automotive uses.
deliverz.ai expands Sheba robot deliveries to blood and bone marrow
- Bone-marrow specimens move from hematology to the laboratory, and donated blood moves from the donation centre to the blood bank.
- The robot-agnostic orchestration platform coordinates autonomous robots and human transport teams across hospital departments.
- The wider Sheba deployment has completed thousands of indoor and outdoor delivery missions.
PDW signs Kurbas camera qualification and production MoU
- Initial work would evaluate a U.S.-compliant, export-ready configuration of the Kurbas 640 camera family.
- PDW’s proposed manufacturing role depends on successful evaluation and separate definitive agreements.
- The partners also intend to explore U.S. thermal-sensor manufacturing through Project Foundation.
PDW and Revenant sign Ukrainian technology integration MoU
- Revenant contributes technology selection, Ukrainian partner relationships and U.S. customer engagement.
- PDW contributes engineering, supply-chain localization, product integration and testing.
- Initial opportunities cover unmanned systems, counter-UAS, electronic warfare, sensors and critical components.
TXR Robotics approves KRW30 billion convertible-bond issue
- KRW20 billion is designated for facilities and KRW10 billion for operations, including robot R&D and overseas expansion.
- The bonds carry zero coupon and maturity interest, mature on 20 October 2031 and initially convert at KRW15,633 per share.
- Conversion rights run from 20 October 2027 through 20 September 2031.
Miko developer Inner Sky Labs launches physical-AI model stack
- Drishti, Shruti and Sparsh address vision, audio and tactile perception; Kriya, Prana and Karma address physical action intelligence.
- Kavach evaluates proposed actions before execution and can block actions that violate locally defined safety rules.
- Deployment options include cloud, on-premises and on-device operation, including offline environments.
BAE Systems unveils MDACS and HPM counter-drone demonstrators
- MDACS uses Hypervelocity Projectiles for air defence and Scorpio-XR guided rounds for fixed and moving ground targets.
- HPM provides the directed-energy layer; BAE says its architecture uses more than 99% commercial off-the-shelf components.
- The systems target critical installations and manoeuvring forces facing massed drone attacks.
CMR Surgical agrees proposed Stryker investment and U.S. alliance
- The agreement gives Stryker an exclusive option to acquire all CMR Surgical equity in the future.
- Stryker will serve as exclusive U.S. sales agent for the Versius portfolio.
- CMR Surgical will continue product development and commercialization outside the United States.
IAI introduces HawkGuard interceptor-drone defence system
- Radar and electro-optical sensors feed AI-enabled command and control for threat detection and tracking.
- The modular system is designed for mobile platforms, permanent facilities, strategic infrastructure and offshore assets.
- IAI says the system completed successful detection, tracking and interception tests before its AUSA unveiling.
Loomia signs acquisition agreement with Unichem
- An additional up to $1 million in performance-linked convertible bonds is tied to robot and automotive production-order targets through 2028.
- The agreement retains founder Madison Maxey and key personnel for at least three years.
- Loomia’s flexible pressure-sensing, heating and touch technology is intended for robot hands, grippers and automotive interiors.
Tesla robotaxis face NHTSA school-zone speeding petition review
- The petition was received September 23 and concerns Model Y and Cybercab vehicles with the Automated Driving System engaged.
- The opening resume estimates 1,000 vehicles and lists four reports, with no crashes, injuries or fatalities recorded.
- The agency will decide whether to grant or deny the petition; this opening is not a defect finding or recall.
Sagar Defence and Lloyd’s Register sign maritime autonomy assurance MoU
- Work covers verification, validation, testing and classification-readiness assessments.
- The partners will develop operational concepts, mission profiles and safety cases with regulators and government agencies.
- System-level assurance will consider vessels, sensors, communications, remote operators and infrastructure under degraded and failure conditions.
MindOn reports 142 garments per hour in extended Mind-1 folding demo
- The upload lasts 59 minutes and 22 seconds, with a displayed folding counter reaching 142.
- A person supplies each new garment to a fixed dual-arm station with grippers.
- The footage is labelled normal-speed autonomous folding; garment selection and fold-quality criteria are not standardized.
Siemens opens six embodied-AI validation scenarios at five Chinese factories
- Scenarios include bulk-part sorting and loading, container transport, depalletizing and palletizing.
- Other tasks cover process operations and quality inspection, precision screw fastening and finished-product packaging.
- The programme aims to test transfer across production lines and operating scenarios.
DeepRoute.ai and TomTom sign automated-driving MoU
- A demonstration vehicle will be shown on Paris roads during the Paris Motor Show.
- The integration grounds advanced L2+ and L2++ functions in road layouts, local rules and regional driving context.
- Selected participants can book demonstration test drives during the show.
JODELL introduces tactile sensing and JoEgo Core product matrix
- JOTAC optical tactile modules support modular replacement and contact-data collection.
- JoEgo Core combines acquisition, storage and high-speed transfer as an integrated data hub.
- The company packages dexterous hands, end-effectors, tactile sensing and data tools into execution units and industrial workstations.
Asmec begins offering Vecow EAC-7000 computers in Japan
- The offering includes five configurations with camera, PoE+ and 10GigE interface options.
- T5000 and T4000 configurations are advertised at up to 2,070 and 1,200 FP4 TFLOPS respectively.
- The system supports JetPack 7.0, Isaac Perceptor and Holoscan Sensor Bridge for robotics and multi-sensor applications.
Intuitive da Vinci SP used in four-part breast surgery at MedStar Georgetown
- The patient was a 50-year-old woman with early-stage breast cancer.
- The approach is intended for selected patients with small to moderate breast size, a healthy body weight and appropriately positioned nipples.
Hexar Robotics signs exclusive wearable-robot OEM agreement with Winners Elec
- Winners Elec will handle production-process setup, core modules, precision assembly and outgoing inspection.
- The contract includes guaranteed annual minimum orders and automatic renewal provisions.
- The companies will also explore joint sales channels and government R&D and public-sector projects.
Forterra selected for JRTC Project LAUNCH Box integration
- The programme supports Geronimo, JRTC’s resident opposing force, during brigade training rotations.
- Forterra will source Army-prioritized systems from multiple vendors and link new and existing equipment through OASIS-Fabric.
- Its responsibilities include operator training and sustainment; the programme will collect operational data to inform requirements and acquisition decisions.
Textron Systems launches CoreMotion robotic control package
- The package coordinates steering, braking and power distribution from human or machine-generated commands.
- Rugged computers, actuators, wiring and electronics are designed for field-level installation on new or existing fleets.
- Textron reports more than 8,000 operational miles across its RIPSAW family; that history is a company-reported validation metric.
Forterra launches OASIS-OneLink mission integration platform
- OneLink works alongside existing command-and-control tools through the OASIS-Fabric integration framework.
- Operators can add or swap capabilities without starting a custom integration for each new system.
- Native desktop applications support offline operations when connectivity is unavailable.
Synthoid demonstrates SynRobot 03 industrial assembly at CIIF
- The screw-fastening sequence combines identification, force-guided alignment, clamping, tool use and quality checks.
- During PCB insertion, the robot withdraws and replans around contact or alignment errors before closing the enclosure with both arms.
- SynRobot 03 combines a mobile base, dual arms and interchangeable end tools; performance specifications remain company-reported.
Weco reports Denshi wave-powered buoy demonstration at REPMUS
- REPMUS ran from August 31 to September 25 around Tróia and Sesimbra; the exact Denshi test day is undisclosed.
- The buoy combines wave-driven power generation, a battery, computing and LTE/4G/5G communications for offshore payloads.
- Weco will use exercise lessons to develop Denshi for maritime security and long-term ocean monitoring.
OPT PowerBuoy Mini selected for U.S. government evaluation
- The baseline combines 1.6 kW solar generation, one wind turbine and 28 kWh of energy storage.
- Remote control, diagnostics, communications and configurable payload interfaces support offshore assessment.
- Participation is an evaluation selection, with no contract award, procurement decision or government endorsement.
Red Cat unveils TRICHON VTOL ISR drone
- Red Cat Aerial combines the two teams and technologies under one public identity.
- TRICHON combines long-endurance VTOL ISR with an electronics core drawn from technology used by U.S. and allied operators.
- The new platform joins Black Widow, FANG, Edge 130 and Hellcat at AUSA 2026 in Washington, D.C.
Elsight launches GNSS-denied Positioning capability
- Existing Halo customers receive the application as a software or feature unlock without additional hardware.
- Its fusion engine combines cellular Timing Advance, nearby base-station signals, verified GPS and motion vectors.
- Elsight says it cross-checks GPS against cellular-derived location and alerts when they diverge beyond a threshold.
Saab receives Ørsted order for third Cougar ROV
- The vehicle is intended for inspection and maintenance across Ørsted’s offshore wind portfolio.
- Its tasks cover submerged foundations, cables and other critical assets.
- The electric architecture provides controlled manoeuvring for subsea inspection and intervention.
Neuromeka subsidiary Robolution joins autonomous manufacturing R&D programme
- The July 2026–December 2029 programme totals KRW10.4 billion, including KRW7.38 billion in government R&D support across the project.
- Robolution will develop autonomous material transport and torque-wrench assembly with vision and force-based correction; factory validation is planned.
- Programme targets include 20% higher assembly productivity and an 80% intelligent-process automation rate.
Charging Robotics launches automated charging platform for autonomous fleets
- The platform uses a ground charging pad and onboard receiver, with stated power up to 10 kW and efficiency up to 95% under specified conditions.
- Scheduling considers battery state, vehicle requirements and expected departures, with session logs and remote monitoring.
Monopulse raises over €2M for UAV production and NATO market expansion
- LitBAN angels and Plug and Play Ventures participated; NGL Ventures and 68 individual angels contributed €560,000.
- Proceeds support entry into Germany, France and the Netherlands.
- Its Falcon MK3S reconnaissance platform sits alongside HydroHex, which combines aerial and surface operation.
Raytheon completes three Coyote Block 2C+RM developmental tests
- The upgrade adds a tactical rocket motor intended to accelerate launch and flight.
- Initial tests confirmed integration with the current counter-drone architecture and first launches of the rocket-equipped effector.
- A new seeker and warhead are part of the development effort against evolving drone threats.
Applied Intuition named in proposed £4.98M CARRION direct award
- The earliest signing date is October27, with an estimated contract period ending March31,2028.
- The scope covers mission autonomy, swarm coordination, planning, simulation, integration, testing and assurance.
- The prototype phase extends ProjectLOW and is intended to support NATO STEADFAST DEFENDER2027 testing.
Samsung selects SNU tactile Physical AI project for future-technology programme
- The team led by Yongtaek Hong and Jonghyun Choi is the round’s sole selected project in the next-generation robotics category.
- Planned electronic skin will sense pressure, temperature and heat flow, with tactile information combined with vision and language for robot control.
- The research targets grip adjustment during slips, safe release of hot objects and adaptive assembly movements, with validation on unfamiliar objects and manufacturing conditions still planned.
Xinjian Transmission discloses humanoid screw mass-production orders
- The issuer says order arrangements are increasing with the customer’s production ramp, following stabilization of the product’s technical route and manufacturing parameters.
- Xinjian added 13 robotics customers in July–August 2026 and reported sales to them; these customers were mainly in sample-trial production, with orders being delivered.
- Embodied-robotics sales were RMB6.97 million in 2024, RMB31.11 million in 2025 and RMB16.21 million in the first half of 2026.
GM Defense unveils Silverado-based unmanned ground vehicle concept
- The UGV uses a Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD dual-rear-wheel skateboard architecture.
- Silent logistics and casualty evacuation are intended missions, with functional trials targeted for 2027.
- The accompanying EPIQ Hybrid prototype pairs a 60-kilowatt, 100-kilowatt-hour energy-storage system with an onboard generator.
Exail starts production of Indonesian unmanned mine-countermeasures systems
- Production has begun on four Inspector 90 USVs with Seascan mine-identification ROVs and K-Ster disposal systems.
- Exail will integrate selected third-party towed sonar and influence sweeps, including Henriksen HEMLIS on the Inspector 90 vessels.
- The June2025 contract includes integration and personnel training in France and Indonesia; production start is separate from delivery.
Genesis AI is named in NVIDIA’s planned French startup investments
- The new planned investments also include healthcare platform Doctolib, materials-discovery startup Entalpic and planning software company Pigment.
- Genesis AI develops robotics foundation models alongside data collection, simulation and robot hardware.
- The company’s wider commitments across Europe totalled nearly $10 billion.
Leonardo DRS launches cxMHR radar and begins initial production
- Four AESA radar panels and supporting systems are integrated into one transportable ISO-containerised system.
- The radar provides hemispheric surveillance for threats including unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles and rockets.
- Its open architecture supports integration with multiple air-defence command and control interfaces.
Hobbywing powers Tianmushan-9 high-rise rescue demonstration
- The six-axis aircraft was jointly developed by Beihang University’s Tianmushan Laboratory and Tianxun Innovation.
- The drill took place on 19 September 2026, before Hobbywing’s October account.
- The aircraft incorporated a personnel-carrying flight deck and a stated payload capacity up to 200 kg.
Ondas and Palantir announce Regna AI for sovereign mission models
- Ondas will bootstrap the standalone company and serve as its first customer.
- Palantir will provide training infrastructure, deployment support and forward-deployed engineering.
- Initial work targets intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; customer deployments are planned.
LDROBOT and HUST agree flexible three-dimensional tactile-sensing research
- Work includes signal-acquisition hardware, three-axis force decoupling and tactile-imaging algorithms spanning individual sensors and complete arrays.
- Professor Li Kan’s team at HUST’s mechanical engineering school will support the programme, extending LDROBOT’s visual-perception portfolio toward contact sensing.
PongBot raises hundreds of millions of yuan in Series B financing
- Proceeds support sports AI models, machine vision and training-decision technology, alongside overseas channels and local brand operations.
- The company plans additional sports product categories and wider reuse of its technology platform, following three earlier Series A financings.
AIM Robotics qualifies for Canada Defence Drone Initiative Stream 5
- The Marketplace allows qualified suppliers to compete for trials, prototype development, limited acquisitions and production; qualification itself confers no contract.
- AIM’s portfolio connects airspace detections, drones, maps, video and personnel through SafeAirspace, MANTIS, Secure Flight and RPAS WILCO.
JAKA announces Kargo50 and Zu50 for CIIF debut
- Kargo50 targets heavy industrial tote handling and flexible material transfer.
- Zu50 was announced as a high-payload collaborative arm extending the Zu range.
- Earlier Kargo10 deployments in automotive components and electronics informed the larger platform; reported cycle-time improvements concern Kargo10.
Amap delivers first Tutu robot dogs to Sands China
- At the delivery ceremony, Tutu walked to the stage autonomously around obstacles without a remote control or leash.
- During an 11-hour NBA House workday, Tutu completed 214 direction requests and answered 4,546 questions in Chinese and English.
- The partnership also covers resort-wide indoor navigation and 3D previews of selected resort areas in the Amap app.
GenRobot.AI adds Baidu and a Galbot subsidiary as registered shareholders
- Registered capital increased from approximately RMB193,000 to RMB10.524 million.
- The company develops DAS multimodal human-data capture hardware and a data-governance platform for embodied AI.
- The ownership update follows the August Series A led by Momenta.
Moxian Technology completes tens-of-millions-RMB industrial financing
- Investors include Zibianliang Robot, Songshan Lake Industrial Investment and an unnamed embodied-AI company, with follow-on investment from Clear Water Bay Fund.
- Its current glove portfolio combines tactile sensing and hand-pose capture, with synchronized multimodal data for robot learning.
- Founder Kuang Zheng says the company shipped 350,000 sensor sets in 2025.
Lumos Robotics receives strategic investment from Keli Sensing
- The partners plan to integrate Keli’s industrial force-sensing hardware and joint-torque sensors with Lumos robot platforms.
- Their collaboration also covers supply-chain development and joint work on industry-specific applications.
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Kuling Robotics completes tens-of-millions-yuan angel round
- The financing will support research and development and expansion of production capacity.
- Kuling develops joint modules and thermal-management systems for humanoids and quadruped robots from its Nanjing base.
UBTECH and C&D plan humanoid robotics joint venture in Fujian
- The planned venture will operate a regional technology centre combining maintenance, training, application development, equipment rental and sales, and competitions.
- The partners intend to apply robots within C&D’s supply-chain and property businesses; the 10,000-unit figure is a shared sales goal through 2030.
Archon Robotics shares Whole-Body Intelligence debut demonstration
- S1 handles task understanding and multimodal inputs; S0 coordinates stabilization and whole-body movement.
- The company distinguishes autonomous full demonstrations from teleoperated S0 explanations and DAgger correction segments.
- Its training pipeline combines human demonstrations, real-robot post-training and corrective demonstrations.
X Square open-sources X2Real robot-policy evaluation runtime
- The technical report defines 44 hierarchical tasks across 10 capability dimensions and reports 0.84 correlation between simulation and real-robot task-progress scores.
- The benchmark separates training and evaluation settings and varies appearance, task configuration and robot embodiment.
- ManaEnv manages simulation and scoring while separate Policy Space services run policy inference.
EOS signs conditional £370M nationwide Gulf counter-drone contract
- MARSS NiDAR will coordinate detection and response to aerial and coastal maritime drone threats, integrating radar, electro-optical and sonar sensors.
- EOS expects more than 80% of contract revenue within 12–24 months after the contract becomes unconditional, with the balance associated with four years of support.
- Outstanding conditions include a £74 million bank guarantee, a £74 million customer advance and export licences.
LEAPTING launches AFR autonomous tracked forklift for solar construction
- The tracked platform carries payloads of up to 3,000 kg and combines GPS-RTK, laser SLAM and 3D vision for navigation.
- Fork-hole detection and autonomous pallet handling extend LEAPTING's module-installation workflow into on-site materials transport.
Vicon discloses major robotics orders and expanded movement-data rights
- Vicon's systems capture human motion for robot training and provide reference measurements for testing robots and autonomous systems.
- The group is increasing investment in markerless and hybrid capture, robotics and recurring software while established entertainment and research markets face weaker demand.
Oxford Metrics acquires Move AI assets for £525,000 to expand Vicon
- Immediate transaction expenses bring the total cash cost to approximately £725,000.
- Move AI adds single-camera and large-volume markerless capture, including its Genesis real-time platform, to Vicon's measurement systems.
- The purchased business reported unaudited revenue of £1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025.
BYD humanoid robot design appears in Chinese patent disclosure
- The patent description identifies service, education and industrial applications; the drawings show an oval head and articulated shoulder, elbow, hip and knee joints.
- BYD had confirmed plans on July 28 to unveil a humanoid at its Di Space exhibition venue in August, but the formal product debut remains pending.
Exail details H1 maritime robotics profitability as programmes ramp
- The segment's current EBITDA margin reached 24%, supported by greater absorption of production costs as maritime robotics programmes ramped.
- Higher navigation-system production and deliveries also contributed to profitability; the group recorded €275 million revenue and €63 million current EBITDA.
- Retrospective accounting restatements affected reported net income but left current EBITDA and cash flows unchanged.