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AMD's second-largest acquisition ever brings world-model pioneer World Labs in-house, with Fei-Fei Li becoming chief scientist, as chipmakers race to build AI systems that can understand and act in physical space.
Intrinsic Core brings ROS-compatible motion planning, perception, and real-time control to any developer — the same code Google's robotics unit uses in real manufacturing deployments.
Digit 5 lifts 40% more weight and recharges 10x faster than its predecessor, with a new Nvidia-backed safety system designed to let it work safely near people — timed just before Agility's SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp. XI.
The sidewalk-robot delivery company is launching in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Alexandria with Grubhub, while simultaneously entering Washington DC and San Jose through DoorDash — bringing its network to roughly 8 million people.
DoorDash Air becomes the eighth drone operator in the US to earn FAA Part 135 certification, built entirely in-house by the same team behind the Dot ground delivery robot.
The FCC placed Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots on its Covered List after a wormable Bluetooth exploit called UniPwn was found in Unitree hardware deployed at MIT, Princeton, and Carnegie Mellon — with no patch in sight.
The TactaBot pairs a 15-joint robotic hand with a wearable glove that lets factory workers train the AI simply by doing the task themselves, no coding or teleoperation required. Deployment with manufacturers starts in early 2027.
Uber is fighting a proposed Washington D.C. law that would allow fully driverless robotaxis, pushing instead for a 'hybrid model' that keeps human drivers on its platform — putting it in direct opposition to Waymo just weeks after their Phoenix partnership quietly ended.
Beta Technologies completed the first operational flights in the US government's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, moving manufactured organs for United Therapeutics across a 275-nautical-mile, four-airport corridor in Virginia and Maryland.
Munich-based Quantum Systems hit an $8 billion valuation after Blackstone, Airbus, Advent, and Noteus co-led a $1.2 billion Series D, more than doubling the drone maker's worth in under a year.
UBTech unveiled the UWORLD U1 Series in Shenzhen on July 1, 2026 — three models of full-size ultra-bionic humanoid robots built explicitly for mass production, with 13,361 pre-orders placed and pricing starting at 119,800 RMB (~$16,500 USD).
EngineAI Robotics, the Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker that opened a 12,000-square-metre factory in May and immediately began mass deliveries of its T800, has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO. The three-year-old startup is valued at $1.5 billion after a $200 million Series B in April — and it is joining a stampede of Chinese robot makers racing to list while investor appetite for humanoid robots is at its highest point in history.