XPeng (Chinese EV maker) Robotaxi has been approved for L4 demonstration operations across all of…
Qiyuan's (Chinese personal-robot maker) 5,000th personal robot has come off the line, one month after sales…
The day after its launch, Unitree's (Chinese humanoid robot maker) H2-X performed a side flip at the World…
Nanjing Wujing Dynamics (Chinese quadruped robot startup), founded 8 months ago and once said to hold…
Tesla's Optimus enters production in Fremont; Musk says 20,000 units per week is at least a year away, and…
Agility adds 4 new customers and is building another 50,000-square-foot deployment and service base in…
Draft rules from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT): only vehicles equipped…
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT): Chinese humanoid robot output in H1…
Hyundai Kia is handing body-welding teaching to AI, with as many as 1,700 weld points per vehicle, and…
At Unit 4 of Canada's Bruce nuclear station, a single six-axis robotic arm installed all 480 calandria…
15 humanoids from Leju (Chinese humanoid robot maker) are loading parts on an auto-component line at…
The first 6 Chinese national standards for humanoid robots have been released, taking effect on April 1…
An auto parts plant in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, has deployed nearly 20 humanoid robots for machine loading and…
Rokae (Chinese robot-arm maker) delivered its 10,000th humanoid force-control arm in Zoucheng; more than 70…
NHTSA has opened a docket on a petition over Tesla Robotaxi speeding in school zones, estimating about…
Unitree-rival Deep Robotics (Chinese quadruped robot maker) updates its IPO prospectus: only 4 humanoid…
Tesla's registered Cybercabs in Texas rise to 319, up 150 at once
XPENG (Chinese EV maker) names its robotaxi "YOYO" and opens beta testing, with a Guangzhou pilot fleet of…
The US Department of Transportation approved a five-year exemption for autonomous trucking companies…
Sereact's dual-arm robots go live in CEVA warehouses in Germany and Poland, sorting Zalando returns
Nvidia and Foxconn publish assembly data for GB300 test trays: robots install the busbar with a success…
The first customer project for Volvo and Waabi has started in Texas, with autonomous trucks hauling freight…
LS Electric's Busan transformer plant has formally deployed 2 Spot robots to inspect about 300 points
A quadruped inspection robot at a plant in Shangyu, Zhejiang (China) has been deployed in a liquid chlorine…
Boston Dynamics gives Atlas a new 13-degree-of-freedom four-finger hand, dropping the pinky, and it can use…
Pony.ai (Chinese robotaxi developer) and Verne have begun fully driverless passenger testing in Zagreb, a…
Electric driverless mining trucks from EACON Mining (Chinese autonomous mining-truck maker) top 1,500…
AMD acquires World Labs in an all-stock deal worth $8.2 billion, with Fei-Fei Li becoming AMD Executive…
Galbot robots now handle routine prescription-picking duty at a Laobaixing Pharmacy store in Shanghai, with…
R2 Robotaxi, jointly built by DiDi and GAC Aion, has opened driverless pilot operations in parts of Beijing…
Tesla's registered Cybercab count in Texas rose by about 57 in one day, reaching 126 vehicles
Amazon invests over $100 million in Indiana to build a fourth robotics factory; its US production lines…
AgiBot (Chinese humanoid maker)'s 20,000th robot rolled off the line and was delivered at Hengqin…
Qualcomm acquires PickNik, the primary maintainer of MoveIt, and commits to keeping MoveIt open source
Boston Dynamics opened an Atlas training center at Hyundai's Georgia plant, with humanoid robots beginning…
IFR breaks out humanoid robots as a separate category for the first time: about 7,000 units sold globally…
In two years, 106 embodied-AI data collection centers have appeared in China, 84 already in operation, with…
27 autonomous mining trucks at Shougang Mining's Shuichang Iron Mine have moved into mixed human-machine…
Tesla engineers begin auditing Chinese suppliers including Sanhua Intelligent Controls, Joyson Electronics…
XPeng launched its first humanoid robot automated production line — IRON walks off the line on its own two…
May Mobility goes public via SPAC, enterprise value $1.4 billion, 2025 revenue about $10 million
Einride and Lidl put a cabless L4 truck into service on public roads in Germany, receiving Germany's first…
Waymo opens invitation-only Robotaxi service in Las Vegas, launching with dozens of Ojai vehicles in its…
UBTech's Liuzhou humanoid robot factory begins production, designed to output 1 unit every 10 minutes
Galbot (Chinese embodied-AI startup) issued a statement calling online claims about the company false…
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and eight other departments issued the "15th…
Li Auto is pushing a distilled version of Mach VLA 2.0 to already-delivered AD Max vehicles, covering…
Moore Threads (Chinese GPU maker) wins a 100,000-card order from JD Cloud for Chinese-made GPU clusters
XPeng's first IRON humanoid drove itself off the production line, with core manufacturing automation…
China's Supreme People's Court issues its first judicial guidance on AI-related cases with 24 provisions…
Two humanoid robots collaborated to remove a gallbladder in a live-animal surgery from UC San Diego…
Zhejiang University and Alibaba DAMO Academy attach a 40M-parameter corrector to VLA models, lifting…
NHTSA opens an investigation hours after Cybercab hits the road, probing Tesla's basis for self-certifying…
Uber and Wayve launched the UK's first paid robotaxi service in London, with no lidar and no geofencing
World Labs releases world model Atlas, generating a controllable one-minute 1440p video plus 3D output from…
Waymo launched paid robotaxi service in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa on the same day, growing its…
DiDi's next-generation Robotaxi R2 launches fully driverless paid trial rides in Beijing and Guangzhou
AgiBot (Chinese humanoid robotics startup)'s humanoid robot factory built with Minth Group in Serbia begins…
Perceptron open-sources 36-billion-parameter embodied foundation model Isaac 0.5, single-demonstration…
Anthropic releases hardware MCP, letting AI agents directly control lab instruments and production line…
SoftBank in talks to acquire controlling stake in 1X, valuation $6 billion, five years after selling Boston…
Waymo sets end of 2027 for opening robotaxis to the public in Munich, its first entry into the EU
Draft amendment to China's Road Traffic Safety Law adds a dedicated chapter on autonomous driving…
XPeng's robotics business raises over $900 million in its first funding round, at a post-money valuation…
Tiangong Ultra ran the 400m in 38.15 seconds, beating the human world record of 43.03 seconds
A humanoid robot clocked 9.39 seconds in a 100m preliminary heat, faster than Usain Bolt's human world record
Waymo unveils its first self-developed robotaxi chip — built on TSMC 5nm, delivering over 1000 TOPS…
Global humanoid robot shipments topped 22,000 units in H1, up nearly 300% YoY, with Zhiyuan Robotics…
Unitree Robotics shares surged 460.34% on their first day on the STAR Market, closing with a market cap of…
Pony.ai's Q2 Robotaxi revenue up 691% YoY, fleet expands to 1,975 vehicles
Unitree's Shanghai STAR Market IPO is imminent (listing on August 19), with a new humanoid robot "Superman"…
Mandatory national standard for L3/L4 finalized — vehicles that don't meet it barred from market starting…
Waymo secures operating approval in 18 California counties, tripling service area across two major metros
Former Qwen technical lead Lin Junyang starts a company, post-money valuation ~$2 billion
Waymo's Mesa factory inventory shows 953 Robotaxis, with 684 already converted and ready for deployment
Nature sub-journal: a single grasping model drives 7 different robotic hands zero-shot, with 94.3%–98.0%…
Daimon Robotics (Chinese tactile-sensing robotics startup) raises hundreds of millions of yuan led by Ant…
AgiBot (Zhiyuan) shipped about 8,400 humanoid robots in H1, overtaking Unitree to claim 44% of the global…
Waymo filed a recall with NHTSA for nearly 4,000 robotaxis, yet not a single vehicle was taken off the road
116,000 new companies registered in the humanoid robotics sector in H1, up 9.5% YoY
Zoox begins charging for rides in Las Vegas starting next week, cleared to deploy up to 5,000…
Unitree Robotics set its IPO price at RMB 150.80/share, implying an issue-date market cap of RMB 60.993…
Wayve×Uber secures London ride-hailing license, beating Waymo and Baidu to supervised Robotaxi launch
China's mandatory autonomous driving national standard lands — **L3 systems must include driver…
PokeBot Robotics, founded just 4 months ago, raises a nine-figure Pre-A round led by Shunwei Capital and…
NVIDIA's DreamDojo trains a general-purpose robot world model on 44,000 hours of first-person human video
Pony.ai's Shenzhen robotaxis turn a monthly per-vehicle profit, averaging 338 RMB in daily net income
Google's Gemini Robotics 2 for the first time controls everything from bipedal locomotion to a 22-DOF…
Zoox secures the first US commercial exemption for a steering-wheel-free robotaxi, fleet capped at 2,500…
The US FCC has added foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots to its "Covered List" — new models can no…
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi begins road testing in London, public rides planned for 2027
Enigma emerges from stealth with a $70 million seed round, opening 100+ of its own robots to be…
NeoteAI (Chinese embodied-AI startup) and Fudan University jointly open-source 30,000 hours of…
Waymo notified Uber it will launch its own app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending exclusivity in…
AgiBot (Zhiyuan Innovation) officially launched its Hong Kong IPO process, shipping 5,100 units in 2025 —…
Atoms closes $1.7B in funding led by a16z, with Uber founder Kalanick betting on industrial physical AI
Johnson & Johnson's Ottava surgical robot receives FDA approval, as a medical-device giant formally enters…
Samsung establishes robotics division RX reporting directly to the CEO, poaches former Boston Dynamics…
Blackstone invests about $676 million in South Korean actuator maker Futronic, betting on the robotics…
ModelBest (Chinese AI lab spun out of Tsinghua) open-sources embodied model MiniCPM-Robot, crushing π0.5's…
Tactile-sensing company Yimu Technology completes Series E round exceeding RMB 1 billion, valuation tops…
Xi Jinping attends WAIC for the first time and sets the tone for AI moving into the physical world, giving…
SoftBank exercises its put option, Hyundai buys out Boston Dynamics' last 9.65% stake for $325 million
Xiaomi open-sources 38-billion-parameter world foundation model U0, topping the World Arena leaderboard for…
After 4 months of on-the-job training in a car factory, Xiaomi's humanoid robot's nut-fastening success…
US NHTSA issues ultimatum to all robotaxi operators: submit remediation plans for emergency-response…
Rokae Robotics listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closing up 15.2% on its first day, becoming the…
Unitree Robotics' STAR Market IPO registration takes effect, targeting RMB 4.202 billion in proceeds —…
Ant LingBot (Ant Group's embodied AI team) closes today's roster with LingBot-VA 2.0, formally proposing…
A modified Unitree G1 robot remotely completed the world's first live laparoscopic cholecystectomy…
Ant Group's Robbyant open-sources LingBot-VLA 2.0, using 60,000 hours of data to let a single brain drive…
Official data: Jan–May above-scale robotics enterprise revenue tops RMB 90 billion; H1 embodied AI…
Morphi's angel round exceeds RMB 1 billion, valuation tops RMB 7 billion, with former Huawei autonomous…
CATL and Galbot signed a global strategic partnership, with Galbot's heavy-payload humanoid Galbot S1 (50kg…
The China Humanoid Robot 100 Council and the China Machinery Industry Federation jointly issued an…
South Korean conglomerates Samsung, Hyundai, SK and others announced a combined roughly ₩312 trillion…
Unitree Robotics' STAR Market IPO registration was approved (China Securities Regulatory Commission…
Japan establishes a national strategy for sovereign physical AI: up to ¥1 trillion (~$6.1 billion) in R&D…
Uber and Waymo end nearly three years of Robotaxi partnership in Phoenix: Waymo's fleet shifts to DoorDash…
Shenzhen-based AI²Robotics (Chinese humanoid startup) and X Square Robot (Chinese embodied AI startup) both…
AgiBot (Chinese humanoid robotics company) rolled off its 15,000th embodied robot, less than three months…
USC and collaborators open-source Ψ₀, a VLA foundation model for whole-body loco-manipulation — using…
onsemi is proposing to acquire edge AI chip maker Synaptics in an all-stock deal worth approximately $7…
The UN's Global Technical Regulation on Automated Driving Systems (co-led by China) was approved at Geneva…
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC merger with Churchill Capital XI at a $2.5 billion valuation…
Kunlunxing Robotics (Chinese humanoid startup), co-founded by former Alibaba Group VP Ren Geng and former…
Nvidia launches Halos for Robotics, billed as the industry's first full-stack safety system for physical…
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and State-owned Assets Supervision and…
Hyundai Motor completes **full acquisition** of Boston Dynamics (SoftBank exits at ~**$325 million**)…
Hyundai Motor plans to acquire SoftBank's remaining ~9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for approximately $325…
Waymo has recalled 3,871 robotaxis to NHTSA after its fifth-generation autonomous driving software was…
Robotaxi global expansion advances on three fronts in a single day: WeRide × Uber launches in Zurich…
Alibaba launched Qwen-Robot (Alibaba's embodied AI series), its first embodied large model family under the…
Marine embodied intelligence becomes a new capital frontier: Shihang Intelligent closes an A-round…
XPENG issued an internal letter with He Xiaopeng personally taking over as CEO of the robotics division…
Bezos's Physical AI company Prometheus closes ~$12B Series B at ~$41B valuation, targeting a "universal…
