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Sources: SoftBank plans to create an AI and robotics company called Roze in the US to build data centers and list it as early as 2026, seeking a $100B valuation (www.ft.com)
2026-4-30 AI Robot

Humanoid Robots Start Sorting Luggage In Tokyo Airport Test Amid Labor Shortage (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-30 Robot Tokyo

'Grandma, hop on!' Robot rescues Ukrainian pensioner after she is spotted fleeing Russian shelling with her walking sticks (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-28 Russia Robot Ukraine

Paris-based SquareMind, whose Swan robot uses AI for full-body dermoscopic skin imaging, raised $18M, including a previously undisclosed pre-Series A (www.massdevice.com)
2026-4-28 AI Robot Paris

Stuttgart-based Sereact, which develops software for industrial robots to handle tasks they haven't been trained on, raised a $110M Series B led by Headline (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-27 Robot

Sources: Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup Genki Robotics, co-founded by Andy Rubin, raised a Series A at a ~$1B valuation; it raised a ~$50M seed in 2025 (www.axios.com)
2026-4-27 Startup Robot Tokyo

Shenzhen-based Pudu Robotics, which makes commercial service robots, raised ~$150M, bringing its total funding to $300M+, and says its valuation exceeds $1.5B (www.therobotreport.com)
2026-4-24 Robot Shenzhen

Ping-Pong Robot Makes History By Beating Top-Level Human Players (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-23 Robot

Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-23 AI Robot Sony

Reliable Robotics, which is developing autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160M led by Nimble Partners, pushing its valuation to ~$1B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-22 Robot

Robots Beat Human Records At Beijing Half-Marathon (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-21 Robot

Chinese robot smashes human world half-marathon record (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-4-20 China Robot

Hilarious moment robot falls flat and smashes into pieces after tripping during humanoid half-marathon run before being carried off on a stretcher by medical team (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-20 Robot

At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-19 Robot

Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots on tasks they weren't trained on, an “early sign” of generalization, surprising researchers (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-17 Robot Intelligence

Hangzhou-based Manycore shares rose 187% early in its Hong Kong debut after raising $156M in its IPO; it is pivoting to selling AI training data to robot makers (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-17 Hong Kong IPO AI Robot

Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Can Now Read Gauges, Spot Spills, and Reason (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-16 Robot Boston Dynamics

Ukraine's death-dealing robots which have captured Russian positions and single-handedly defended key positions for more than a month while blasting Putin's forces with .50-calibre machine guns (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-15 Russia Putin Robot Ukraine

Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 robotic reasoning model, says it shows significant spatial and physical reasoning improvements over ER 1.5 (deepmind.google)
2026-4-15 Google Robot

Robot Birds Deployed by Park to Attract Real Birds - Built By High School Students (news.slashdot.org)
2026-4-13 Robot

Researchers Build a Talking Robot Guide Dog to Help Visually Impaired People Navigate (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-12 Robot

Learn IoT, robotics, and automation in one $49.99 course bundle (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-10 IoT Robot

Russia tests mortar drone with integrated robotic arm (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-4-10 Russia Robot Drone

Elorian, which builds visual AI models with better reasoning capabilities for industries like robotics, emerges from stealth with $55M at a $300M valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-9 AI Robot

A profile of South Korea's Galaxy, which is trying to disrupt K-pop's traditional idol system by blending AI characters and life-size robots, as it plans an IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-8 Korea IPO AI Robot

Kuka, one of the largest industrial robotics suppliers, says it is prioritizing US and Asia investments, as Europe's industrial companies are slow to adopt AI (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-8 Europe Asia AI Robot

Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data (www.fastcompany.com)
2026-4-8 Robot Drone Qihoo

South Korea is deploying thousands of ChatGPT-enabled social care robots to help elderly people; over-65s now account for ~20% of the country's 51M people (www.ft.com)
2026-4-7 Korea Robot

MLB rolls out “robot umps”, or an Automated Ball-Strike System, using Sony-made advanced cameras to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-7 Robot Sony

Russia unveils battle robot armed with rapid-fire mortar cannon (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-7 Russia Robot

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