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U.S. Army awards drone blood-delivery prototype contract to Delta Development and Good Drone Company
Two hybrid VTOL prototypes will integrate temperature-monitored blood coolers for the Army Blood Link medical-resupply programme.

Dream Labs emerges with $90M seed round and launches Dream-1 robot foundation model
Former NVIDIA robotics researchers launch Dream Labs with $90M in seed funding, a cross-hardware robot foundation model and a public developer API.
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Arbe launches Gryphon 4D radar for unmanned ground vehicles
Gryphon applies Arbe’s 48-by-48-channel radar architecture to off-road navigation and terrain sensing.

ZAP Surgical raises $36M for gyroscopic robotic radiosurgery
Catalio leads the financing as ZAP reports shipment of its 50th ZAP-X system and nearly 10,000 patients treated.

Intuitive's Ion system passes 10,000 robotic bronchoscopies in Europe
European clinicians have performed more than 10,000 Ion procedures since the system’s 2023 CE mark.

Figure 03 walks 348 miles in nine-day treadmill test
Brett Adcock reports 1.2 million steps in a continuing hardware stress test as Figure validates its third-generation humanoid.

Siemens and NVIDIA test AI-driven inspection and factory planning in Erlangen
Digital twins and synthetic images prepare PCB inspection before prototypes exist, while an AI agent tests production plans in simulation.

Kodama raises $7M to expand supervised-autonomy forestry equipment
The forestry robotics company will expand equipment deployments and manufacturer integrations after reporting 100,000 tons of timber moved in six months.

KAIST humanoid v0.9 pushes 35 kg objects and lifts 20 kg using onboard vision
DRCD Lab and RAILAB demonstrate visually guided whole-body manipulation, using reinforcement learning and human demonstrations to develop interaction skills.

Physical AI capital moves — 12–18 October 2026
Funding, acquisitions, strategic investments and public-market milestones across robotics, autonomous systems and the technologies that enable them.

Wandercraft opens Paris production site as Calvin-40 humanoid programme scales
The new headquarters combines R&D, assembly and maintenance for industrial humanoids and medical exoskeletons.

FAIRINO discloses nearly RMB1B across C+ and D rounds for robot components and embodied AI
Meituan Longzhu and Meituan lead separate rounds supporting component production and industrial embodied-AI development.




