Robotics: latest AI news

Robots and embodied AI: products, documented demonstrations and research.

2 Nov Agility Robotics takes its Digit humanoid to two more GXO warehouses and says over 30 firms are evaluating it
2 Nov Nearly 90 robot teams race up 3,100 steps of Mount Tai; a Unitree-linked robot dog wins in 43 min 41 s
2 Nov Korea's IL tests humanoid robots on a working injection-moulding line ahead of RoboWorld 2026
2 Nov Tesla says its driverless Robotaxi service opens to riders in Fort Worth from 6 a.m. Monday
2 Nov China's robot makers shift from motion to AI brains as embodied-AI investment booms
2 Nov AgiBot runs a convenience store around the clock with six Genie G2 humanoid robots in a trial
2 Nov Korean startup Aei Robot's Alice 5 humanoid named a top Vanguard winner at Robot World 2026
2 Nov Krafton unveils Ludi 0.2, robot AI designed to read human intent and work alongside people
1 Nov Meta reportedly built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese maker Fourier
1 Nov Lab-automation robot maker Opentrons Labworks raises $40 million in a Series E led by Avego
1 Nov HD Hyundai Robotics says AI agents built with Palantir cut its field problem-solving time from 21.5 days to 7.9
1 Nov IDC cuts its 2030 US humanoid robot revenue forecast by 58% after the FCC added foreign robots to its Covered List
1 Nov Fysiverse and Fudan University release UniWAM, one model for robot navigation and manipulation, with a tech report
1 Nov London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for a cap on robotaxi numbers as the UK prepares to allow driverless cars in the capital
1 Nov Chinese humanoid maker Matrix Robotics plans a joint R&D centre in South Korea within a year
1 Nov First CMG robot race up Mount Tai starts Nov. 2 with a 3,100-step, 3.9 km course for legged robots
1 Nov Unitree's first quarterly report as a listed company shows Q3 revenue up 69.93% while profit falls
31 Oct Meta built a prototype humanoid robot called Max with China's Fourier in about three months, The Information reports
31 Oct Meta built a humanoid robot prototype with China's Fourier and is working on a second version, The Information reports
31 Oct Google DeepMind shows a dancing robot that AI agents designed, simulated and built from one text prompt, report says
31 Oct Moth-shaped robot uses an artificial circulatory system to grow its own UV light sensor, Advanced Science paper reports
31 Oct Westlake University opens a world model research centre for physical intelligence led by Yu Kaicheng
31 Oct Huawei says Qiankun ADS has logged more than 17.3 billion km of assisted driving
31 Oct China's upgraded Jiaolong submersible carries AI fault diagnosis and seabed recognition after 7,056.9-metre dives
31 Oct Adrian Flux and Tokio Marine HCC launch what they call the UK's first home insurance for domestic humanoid robots
31 Oct Musk replies 'No' to a report that Tesla will open Optimus robot reservations in early December
30 Oct FCC exempts robots from Lightberry, OMRON and four other makers from its Covered List after Department of War approval
30 Oct Agility Robotics expects about $465 million from its SPAC merger, with a Nasdaq debut as AGLT planned for 5 November
30 Oct CNTXT AI plans 30,000 sq ft of robot training-data facilities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, first opening in November
30 Oct KRAFTON's Ludo Robotics presents Ludi 0.2, a robot intelligence system built to read human intent and gestures
30 Oct Tencent Cloud launches a data and training stack for robots and self-driving and plans a TCLake XPhysis platform
30 Oct Noetix Robotics launches Bumi, a humanoid robot priced at RMB 9,998 for programming education and companionship
30 Oct SynDexy delivers its first batch of C1 humanoids built for precision electronics assembly
30 Oct Toyota will build bZ4X robotaxis for Waymo, with testing in Japan from 2027
29 Oct Walmart commits about $6 billion to expand Symbotic's AI warehouse automation to 25 US distribution centres
29 Oct Tau Robotics takes invite-only bookings for home cleaning by two remotely supervised humanoid robots
29 Oct Opentrons raises $40 million Series E to scale lab robots for AI-driven experiments
29 Oct AGIBOT proposes Worken, a metric for productive robot work hours
29 Oct AGIBOT says its GO-3 Preview model lifted a store robot's task success from 28.6% to 85.7% in five days
29 Oct Kongsberg wins a $54 million US Defense Innovation Unit contract modification for autonomous underwater vehicles
28 Oct North American robot orders rise 24.8% to 10,989 units in Q3 2026, A3 says
27 Oct Percepto launches Axion, a hardware-agnostic AI platform for drone and sensor inspection data
26 Oct CircuitHub opens The Grid, a robotic circuit-board factory in Massachusetts claiming four-day turnaround
24 Oct 110 AgiBot humanoids set a Guinness record for synchronized robot dancing, state media report
21 Oct Unitree unveils H2-X, a full-size humanoid pitched for security and rescue at $25,400
20 Oct Bob McGrew's Arda raises $160 million at $1.5 billion to speed up U.S. factory lines with AI
16 Oct Robot skin with more than 10,000 touch sensors lets humanoids feel fine texture and pull back from harm
14 Oct Artificial Analysis launches AA-Robotics, testing language models that directly drive a robot arm
14 Oct NEURA Robotics introduces Neuron AI, a robot foundation model that combines vision, touch, sound and memory
12 Oct DeepSeek leads seed round for robot AI startup Winverse at about $400 million, Bloomberg reports
9 Oct DEEP Robotics tests waterproof DR02 humanoids directing traffic in rainy Hangzhou
8 Oct UBTECH and FAW-Volkswagen agree to test humanoid robots for car-factory logistics
6 Oct Minerva Humanoids unveils Roger, a VR-piloted humanoid for bomb disposal and offshore energy work
5 Oct SafeWorld emerges with $12.2 million to stress-test robots around people in simulation