Running reasoning and agentic AI at the edge has been harder than it needs to be. Until recently, models capable of multi-step reasoning were too large to run...

Running reasoning and agentic AI at the edge has been harder than it needs to be. Until recently, models capable of multi-step reasoning were too large to run locally on edge hardware. Developers building agents have had to route inference through a data center, adding network dependency, increasing costs, and exposing data that may need to stay on device. That constraint is lifting.

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A perception stack is shaped by the vehicle that carries it. Move the same software to a new carline—for example, from an SUV to a sedan or another vehicle...

A perception stack is shaped by the vehicle that carries it. Move the same software to a new carline—for example, from an SUV to a sedan or another vehicle variant in the portfolio—and its perception of the world changes. The sensor placement, calibration, fields of view, occlusions, body geometry, timing, and coverage all shift. A traffic light may appear in a different part of the frame.

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Kodiak AI, a provider of physical AI-powered autonomous driving technology, has announced a collaboration with chipmaker AMD to implement its AMD EPYC Series processors to power Kodiak’s seventh-generation autonomous truck platform. Kodiak is the first company to deploy the advanced AMD EPYC processors into their hardware platform for driverless trucking. High-performance AMD EPYC Series CPUs […]

Navigation enables a robot to turn perception and motion into purposeful autonomy. Unlike locomotion, which produces stable movement, navigation must be used to...

Navigation enables a robot to turn perception and motion into purposeful autonomy. Unlike locomotion, which produces stable movement, navigation must be used to continuously localize the robot, interpret changing surroundings, select a route, and avoid obstacles to reach a goal safely. Moving this capability to a new robot or scene can require new data, simulation assets, robot interfaces…

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Robot bodies are waiting for their AI brains to catch up.

Burns & McDonnell and Gritt have entered into a strategic partnership focused on evaluating and deploying AI-powered robotics technology on utility-scale solar projects. The technology will help improve safety, enhance project predictability and support construction teams as demand for new energy infrastructure continues to grow. Gritt combines AI and robotics to automate labor-intensive tasks on […]

XPeng – previously known only for electric cars – has raised more than $900 million for its robotics business at a post-money valuation of more than $6.3 billion, as the Chinese electric vehicle maker prepares to begin mass production of its IRON humanoid robot. The company says the financing is the largest single-round private capital […]

Japanese technology giant NEC’s corporate venture capital fund has invested in US-based robotics startup Dexmate, developer of the VEGA humanoid robot and an integrated physical AI development platform. The investment was made through the NEC Orchestrating Future Fund (NOFF), with NEC and Dexmate planning to explore opportunities to deploy physical AI technologies across a range […]

Neura Robotics is expanding its physical AI ecosystem into another key application area. Neura Mobile Robots is acquiring 100 percent of the shares in Adlatus Robotics, an established provider of autonomous cleaning robotics. Following the recent addition of Bosch Rexroth’s Active Shuttle to its portfolio, this marks another step in Neura’s strategy: bringing together different […]

Waymo has revealed new technical details about the onboard computing system that powers its autonomous driving technology, including a purpose-built 5 nm ASIC delivering more than 1,000 TOPS of machine learning performance. The company says its latest compute architecture is designed to provide millisecond-level response times while operating under the vibration, temperature extremes and other […]

Robots need policies that can adapt to their sensors, environments, and tasks while running on onboard computing hardware. World models offer a foundation for...

Robots need policies that can adapt to their sensors, environments, and tasks while running on onboard computing hardware. World models offer a foundation for learning physical interactions, but their size can make on-device deployment difficult. This changes with the new NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Edge. Cosmos 3 Edge is a 4B omni-model (with a 2B NVIDIA Nemotron-based reasoner) in the Cosmos 3 family.

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Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, a California-based global embodied AI ecosystem company, has announced its support for an orderly exit by AIxC Holdings, of which FF is the majority and controlling shareholder, from its digital asset treasury strategy. AIxC intends to focus on physical AI and robot sharing and rental, operations, and commercialization. The two companies […]

Scientists have developed a hybrid robotic skin that combines electrical impedance tomography with pneumatic pressure sensing in an effort to improve force detection across large areas of a humanoid robot, as highlighted by RoboSkin. Described in a preprint published in May 2026, the system uses electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to determine where contact occurs, while four […]

Brightpick, a provider of AI-powered warehouse automation, is significantly expanding its partnership with Dr. Max Group, Europe’s largest pharmacy chain. Following successful operations and progressive scaling at Dr. Max’s Prague distribution center, Brightpick will deploy an additional 44 Autopicker autonomous mobile robots across other facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The total number of […]

FORT Robotics, a safety platform developing a “trust layer” for physical AI, and Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in the combined company becoming a publicly traded company. Upon closing of the business combination, the combined company will be named […]

As robots become more intelligent, autonomous and connected, much of the attention naturally falls on increasingly powerful AI models. But underneath those models is an increasingly complex collection of sensors, processors, control systems and security hardware that must operate reliably – often within strict limits on power consumption, size and heat. Lattice Semiconductor is one […]

Serve Robotics is expanding its autonomous delivery network through a new partnership with Grubhub, while its Diligent Robotics subsidiary begins rolling out the next generation of its Moxi hospital robot across the United States. The Grubhub agreement adds a third major delivery platform to Serve’s network alongside Uber Eats and DoorDash, increasing the number of […]

Gravis Robotics has raised $200 million in a Series A investment from SoftBank to scale its autonomous heavy machinery technology across construction sites globally. The company says growing demand for energy networks, data centers, housing, transit and climate-resilient infrastructure is placing increasing pressure on the construction industry. Labor shortages are adding to the challenge, while […]

South Korean electronics giant LG is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot built using Nvidia Isaac GR00T, Nvidia’s open reasoning humanoid foundation model, for a public unveiling in the first quarter of next year. LG and Nvidia signed a memorandum of understanding on August 13 at Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, with chairman and […]

Unitree Robotics’ initial public offering has reportedly been oversubscribed more than 5,000 times as investors scramble for shares in one of China’s best-known humanoid robot manufacturers. The Hangzhou-based company priced its IPO at 150.8 yuan ($22.4) per share, raising approximately $900 million and giving Unitree a valuation of around $9 billion, according to CNBC. Demand […]