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SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated sales of $2.3B last year, for $5.38B in a deal expected to close in mid-to-late 2026 (www.reuters.com)
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Sources: Tesla abandoned Elon Musk's goal to make thousands of Optimus robots in 2025 due to significant technical challenges, especially with the robots' hands (www.theinformation.com)
1 day ago Tesla Robot Elon Musk

SoftBank Group consolidates 13 robotics-related companies from its main group and 7 from Vision Fund 2 into a new holding company called SoftBank Robotics Group (asia.nikkei.com)
2 days ago Robot

CNN Warns Food Delivery Robots 'Are Not Our Friends' (hardware.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Robot

Q&A with iRobot founder Rodney Brooks on his startup Robust.AI, which builds warehouse robots, unrealistic expectations around humanoid robots and AI, and more (crazystupidtech.com)
4 days ago Startup AI Robot

Kremlin scientist close to Putin says the West is plotting to wipe out most of mankind with a virus, leaving a small elite who will be served by robots (www.dailymail.co.uk)
5 days ago Russia Putin Robot

A look at a growing number of medical startups that are using robots and AI to fertilize embryos through IVF, helping bring at least 20 babies to term (www.washingtonpost.com)
6 days ago Startup AI Robot

China's Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou showcased robots, EVs, and a self-driving yacht, but questions remain over the US-China trade dispute and profits (www.nytimes.com)
7 days ago China Robot

DoorDash unveils delivery robot Dot, standing 4-foot, 6-inches tall and able to carry up to 30lb of cargo at up to 20mph, and a smart scale for restaurants (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago Robot

Google DeepMind, Meta, Nvidia, and others are racing to release world models, aiming to navigate the physical world by learning from videos and robotic data (t.co)
9 days ago Google Robot Nvidia

Singapore-based Neptune Robotics, which makes robots to clean the underside of giant ships, raised $52M and aims to use AI to help clean ~150 ships per month (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago AI Robot Singapore

There are more robots working in China than the rest of the world combined (indianexpress.com)
10 days ago China Robot

iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots won't learn human-level dexterity from current methods, how to make them safe for humans, and more (rodneybrooks.com)
10 days ago Robot

International Federation of Robotics: Chinese factories installed ~300K new robots in 2024, more than the rest of the world combined; US factories installed 34K (www.nytimes.com)
11 days ago China Robot

Humanoid Robots Are Meta's Next 'AR-Sized Bet' (hardware.slashdot.org)
11 days ago Robot AR

Andrew Bosworth says Meta is working on humanoid robots, internally called “Metabot”, as its next “AR size bet”, envisions licensing software to robot makers (sources.news)
11 days ago Robot AR

Andrew Bosworth says humanoid robots, internally called “Metabot”, are Meta's next “AR size bet” and envisions licensing software to other robot makers (www.theverge.com)
12 days ago Robot AR

Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Robotics-ER 1.5, enabling robots to perform multi-step tasks like sorting laundry, including by using web search (www.ft.com)
13 days ago Google Robot

MLB Approves Robot Umps In 2026 For Challenges (hardware.slashdot.org)
14 days ago Robot

Sources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B+ valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing (www.theinformation.com)
15 days ago Startup Robot

Nvidia and Abu Dhabi institute launch joint AI and robotics lab in the UAE (indianexpress.com)
16 days ago AI Robot Nvidia

Dyna Robotics, which is building an AI foundation model for robotics, raised a $120M Series A led by Robostrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital (www.bloomberg.com)
21 days ago AI Robot

Humanoid robot startup Figure raised a $1B+ Series C led by Parkway Venture Capital at a post-money valuation of $39B, up from $2.6B in February 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
22 days ago Startup Robot Venture Capital

Sources: OpenAI is recruiting people to work on humanoid robots and is training AI algorithms that are better able to make sense of the physical world (www.wired.com)
23 days ago AI Robot Algorithm

Despite hype and optimistic projections, the humanoid robot industry faces hurdles, from battery life and design to limited demand for large-scale deployments (spectrum.ieee.org)
26 days ago Robot Battery

Ant Group unit Robbyant showcases its first LLM-powered humanoid robot, the R1, at a conference in Shanghai, joining an intensifying effort by Chinese companies (www.bloomberg.com)
27 days ago China Robot Shanghai

Chinese robotics firm Unitree eyeing $7 billion IPO valuation (indianexpress.com)
29 days ago China IPO Robot

Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot raised ~$100M led by Alibaba, bringing total funding to ~$280M, and released a foundation model for embodied AI (www.cnbc.com)
30 days ago Alibaba Startup AI Robot Shenzhen

PitchBook: VCs have invested $5B+ in humanoid robotics startups since the beginning of 2024, as years of steady progress and GenAI triggers an investment frenzy (www.washingtonpost.com)
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How Close Are We to Humanoid Robots? (hardware.slashdot.org)
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