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Mytra raises $120M Series C for pallet-based warehouse robotics
The Brisbane-based ASRS startup closes its Series C with Lineage and RyderVentures as strategic investors; early deployments show 32% reductions in material handling labor and 34% gains in storage density.
Mytra is building 3D robotics into a supply-chain operating system
Mytra tied a January 2026 $120 million Series C to more than $200 million in total funding, large-scale deployments, Albertsons customer pull, and software-defined material flow.
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RoboSense reports 303,000 robotics LiDAR units sold during 2025
RoboSense reported on 15 January 2026 that it sold 303,000 LiDAR units into robotics during calendar 2025, an increase of 1,141.8% from 2024.
Skild AI raises $1.4B Series C as valuation reaches $14 billion
The Pittsburgh robotics software company, founded in 2023 by two former Carnegie Mellon professors, has grown from a $1.5 billion valuation to $14 billion in 18 months on a hardware-agnostic model that claims to run any robot without prior knowledge of its body form.
Simbe Robotics is building Tally robots into retail shelf intelligence
BJ’s rolled out Simbe’s Tally across its clubs, scanning shelves up to three times daily for inventory and pricing checks.
Matrix Robotics launches MATRIX-3, its third-generation humanoid
MATRIX-3 adds tactile skin, 27-DoF hands and a proprietary cognitive core; early access is open for selected industry partners ahead of expected pilot deployments in mid-2026
Mobileye agrees to acquire Mentee Robotics for $900 million
The deal gives Mobileye a humanoid platform and Real2Sim2Real training IP; Mentee's last private valuation was $162 million in March 2025.
Sharpa unveils North humanoid and SharpaWave hand at CES 2026
The Singapore-registered robotics startup, debuted four fully autonomous humanoid demonstrations at CES alongside its mass-produced 22-DoF hand
AeiROBOT demonstrates ALICE at CES 2026 as Jensen Huang cites its robot pairing in NVIDIA keynote
The Hanyang University spin-off showed Alice 4 and Alice M1 working together in a manufacturing and logistics workflow; NVIDIA's CEO cited the demonstration in his CES keynote, and the company is now running industrial trials in shipbuilding and construction in Korea.
LG debuts CLOiD home robot at CES 2026 with dexterous arms and appliance ecosystem integration
The South Korean electronics giant's most hardware-capable home robot features dual 7-DoF arms and five-fingered dexterous hands alongside integration with LG's existing appliance ecosystem; LG has also invested in Figure AI, AgiBot, and Dyna Robotics alongside its own development.
JLG is building Canvas drywall finishing into a construction robotics line
JLG acquired Canvas core technology on January 6, 2026, then placed Canvas Robotics inside its CONEXPO jobsite-of-the-future program with the 1200CX and 2000CX drywall machines.
Boston Dynamics begins production of Atlas humanoid
The production-ready Atlas unveiled at CES moves the long-running humanoid programme toward industrial work, with 2026 fleets committed to Hyundai's RMAC and Google DeepMind.
