Featured
Astribot is the latest Chinese unicorn
Astribot completed a Series B after unveiling T1, a lower-cost robot starting at RMB 89,900.
Westmag discloses $11M seed and committed motor orders for drone and robot manufacturing
Westmag emerged from stealth on 2 June 2026, disclosing an $11 million seed round closed in 2025 and led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Latest
Helsing launches RX-1 as a European robotics research platform
Helsing launched Area 9 and RX-1 on June 1, 2026, with ETH Zurich and INRIA Paris as initial research partners for its European-built quadruped robotics platform.
Robotics developments — 1–5 June 2026
Company developments across robotics, humanoid production, deployments, supply chains and robot learning.
Tangent introduces TR02 three-finger hand for tactile manipulation
A third finger and a usable palm extend Tangent’s fingertip-tracking architecture into stable power grasps and in-hand manipulation.
Humanoid Hands Are getting hot
Xynova’s Series A brings cumulative funding to nearly RMB1 billion, alongside new funding and production plans from Linkerbot and AGILINK.
Robotics developments — 23–30 May 2026
Company developments across robotics, humanoid production, deployments, supply chains and robot learning.
Defense Robotics Has an Integration Problem. Picogrid Wants to Own It.
Picogrid raised a $45 million Series A after Air Force, Army, Space Force and counter-UAS contract activity for its multi-vendor integration infrastructure.
Ondas and the Stack Around the machine
Ondas is acquiring businesses in drones, ground robots, counter-UAS, ISR, manufacturing and mission software.
Agility and the U.S.-Built Humanoid Thesis
Agility is pairing commercial deployments with RoboFab, domestic assembly, U.S.-sourced components, safety certification, and Arc integration software in an attempt to turn humanoids into industrial infrastructure.
Q1 Results Show Robotics Lidar Is Becoming Measurable
Q1 2026 results from RoboSense and Hesai show robotics becoming a measurable lidar category, with the first volume curve concentrated in China.
Humanoid deployments, product launches and robot learning
Company developments across robotics, humanoid production, deployments, supply chains and robot learning.
