Google DeepMind has demonstrated a new robotics training technique in which its Gemini 4 Argon AI model learns a physical task by watching video and then transfers the resulting behavior to Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robot. The demonstration forms part of the launch of Gemini 4 Argon, Google’s latest frontier AI model, which the company says […]

Swedish robotics startup 120ft has emerged from stealth after raising €576,000 in angel funding to develop autonomous microfactories using humanoid robots for local manufacturing. The Stockholm-based company is developing modular factories designed to enable consumer brands to assemble products locally in smaller batches rather than relying on large production runs and lengthy international supply chains. […]

Infineon has named Italian robotics startup AdapTronics as the winner of its 2026 Startup Challenge, which focused on technologies for humanoid robots and physical AI. More than 100 startups from 29 countries entered the competition, with 15 selected to develop and present their technologies. The finalists pitched at the challenge’s Demo Day during the Electronic […]

Cerence, a developer of conversational AI-powered user experiences, has announced that its collaboration with Geely is expanding from intelligent cockpits to embodied robotics, with the two companies working together to advance multilingual human-machine interaction for robotics applications. The collaboration with Geely – one of China’s largest automakers – brings Cerence AI’s production-proven speech and conversational […]

Schneider Electric, Nvidia and HPE have formed a strategic collaboration to introduce AI agents that can monitor and help optimize industrial operations from inside factories and process plants. The companies describe the technology as a route to “physical AI” for industries such as energy, chemicals, pulp and paper, where AI is more likely to interact […]

Robotiq has launched the 2FC physical AI gripper, a production-ready adaptive gripper with tactile sensing and embedded intelligence, helping robots learn from physical interaction and act reliably on what they learn, from the lab to production. Pre-orders open today, with shipping in Q1 2027. The industry is investing heavily in vision, demonstrations, simulation and data, […]

Voxel51 has launched version 3.0 of its data platform, adding new tools designed to help robotics and physical AI developers manage the huge quantities of camera, video and sensor data generated by machines operating in the real world. The basic problem Voxel51 is trying to solve is straightforward: robots need large amounts of real-world data […]

Toyota Material Handling Europe is using Nvidia simulation and digital twin technologies to accelerate the development and commissioning of autonomous forklifts, with the company targeting a reduction of up to 50 percent in commissioning effort. The material handling equipment manufacturer is working with Nvidia and technology services company SoftServe on a simulation-first approach that allows […]

Agility Robotics, a humanoid robotics and physical AI company, has announced that Nyobolt, a pioneer of high-power, ultra-fast charging solutions, is the technology provider to Agility. The technology powers one of Digit 5’s most significant upgrades: a fast recharge battery system that enables Digit to work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day. Agility […]

Tesollo, a South Korean robotics company specializing in robotic hands and multi-finger robotic grippers, expects cumulative sales of its robotic hands and grippers to surpass 1,000 units by the end of 2026. The milestone comes as demand continues to grow across humanoid robotics, physical AI, industrial automation and robotics research, while Tesollo expands its production […]

Origin, a full-stack physical AI company building general-purpose robots for interior construction, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in total funding, co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures. Other backers include Unilazer Ventures, Schema Ventures and Z21, alongside angel investors from Anduril, Skild AI, 1X and Tesla. The funding will primarily go toward deploying OG-1, […]

Tesla has filed a US patent application for a touch-sensitive “skin” that can be molded around robot fingers and palms, potentially providing humanoid robots with a scalable way of detecting contact, force and pressure. The application, US 2026/0310299 A1, was published on October 8 and describes a manufacturing process in which tactile sensors can be […]

Skild AI has demonstrated a new self-play training approach that enables robots to develop physical skills without relying on human demonstrations, using its S1 robotics foundation model to learn soccer through more than 140 years of simulated play. The company says the technique could eventually allow robots to acquire increasingly complex skills in factories, construction […]

Neura Robotics has launched Neuron AI, its multimodal foundation model for physical AI. Combining 3D vision, touch, audio, robot state and language with memory, Neuron AI enables robots to act on information beyond what cameras alone can capture, as well as retain relevant context when objects disappear from view. Its “Perception-Language-Action” (PLA) architecture connects what […]

Ubitium, a semiconductor startup building a “universal processor” for machines that perceive, think and act in the real world, has announced $14 million in new seed funding. The round was led by Ibex Investors, with participation from OpenOcean, existing investors including KBC Focus Fund, Runa Capital and Inflection, and Florian Seibel, co-founder and co-CEO of […]

PlusAI has moved a step closer to becoming a publicly traded company, filing registration documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for its proposed merger with special purpose acquisition company Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp. The transaction, first announced in September, values autonomous driving technology developer PlusAI at approximately $800 million in pre-money equity […]

Symbotic, a specialist in AI-enabled robotics technology for the supply chain, has announced the acquisition of cellumation, a Bremen, Germany-based automation company and creator of the celluveyor, a patented, software-driven sortation technology. The celluveyor is made up of hundreds of independently controlled, omnidirectional cells. Each cell can move an item in any direction, meaning the […]

South Korean entertainment technology company Galaxy Corporation has staged a synchronized performance involving 16 humanoid robots in New York as part of a demonstration combining robotics with K-pop and other entertainment content. The company deployed the humanoid robots in Times Square for what it described as a K-pop “Peace Flash Mob”, held as part of […]

Odyssey, an AI research company pioneering foundation world models, has announced Odyssey-3, its most powerful world model to date. The new model represents a significant advance toward general-purpose intelligence that can understand, predict, and interact with both physical and virtual environments. World models learn from vast examples of the world evolving to predict and simulate […]

Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy (AFDE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the deployment, localization and commercialization of embodied AI and robotic solutions in the United Arab Emirates and the wider GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and Middle East markets. The agreement was […]