Robotics

Avatar Robotics Raises $6.5 Million for Industrial Humanoid Robots

Avatar Robotics raised a $6.5 million seed round led by AlleyCorp to expand deployments of humanoid robots for warehouse and manufacturing work.

August 06, 2026

Firefighting Drone Market Projected to Top $8 Billion by 2032

The firefighting drone market is projected to grow from about $2.5 billion today to more than $8 billion by 2032, as emergency agencies use drones for wildfire detection, thermal imaging, live video, and disaster response.

August 05, 2026

Autodesk Opens Robotics Construction Lab at University of Florida

Autodesk and the University of Florida opened the Autodesk Design and Make Laboratory in Gainesville with a $1 million donation to support robotics research and training for industrialized construction.

August 05, 2026

American Rheinmetall Gets U.S. Army Contract for Autonomous Logistics Vehicles

American Rheinmetall has received an 18 month U.S. Army contract to deliver autonomous, hybrid powered uncrewed ground vehicles for Project Sustainment.

August 03, 2026

GeoComm and SkyfireAI Connect 911 Calls to Drone Response Operations

GeoComm and SkyfireAI have connected emergency call data to Drone as First Responder operations using GeoComm DFR Routing and SkyfireAI drone response tools.

August 03, 2026

NARMA Launches PXN Flight Control Software for U.S. Drone Makers

NARMA has launched PXN in the U.S., a security hardened flight control software platform built for drone manufacturers, integrators, and enterprise operators.

July 31, 2026

Lantronix and DoD Solution Begin Production of Edge AI Drone Platform for Ukraine

Lantronix and DoD Solution have completed integration of DoD Solution's AURA AI autonomy platform with Lantronix's Open-Q 6490CS edge compute solution, with initial production now underway for drone systems used in Ukraine.

July 30, 2026

LG Innotek and TDK to Build Robot Sensing Modules

LG Innotek and TDK Corporation have partnered to develop vision and tactile sensing modules for physical AI systems, including robot modules that detect contact and pressure.

July 29, 2026

Tacta Systems Unveils TactaBot Robotic Hands for Manufacturing

Tacta Systems has unveiled TactaBot, a robotic hand system for high value manufacturing tasks. The system combines the Tacta Hand, Skill Capture, and a Dexterous Intelligence AI model, with shipments planned for early 2027.

July 29, 2026

Shanghai Electric Shows Industrial Robots and AI Factory Tools at WAIC 2026

Shanghai Electric showed humanoid robots, pipe processing robots, robot components, and 51 industrial AI agents at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai.

July 27, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group Outlines Physical AI Strategy in San Francisco

Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung presented a Physical AI strategy at the San Francisco AI Summit, covering vehicles, robots, AI factories, and city level systems.

July 27, 2026

Skydio Adds X10, Dock for X10, and R10 to Blue UAS List

Skydio's X10, Dock for X10, and R10 have been added to the Blue UAS Cleared List, making the systems eligible for federal procurement and grant programs without additional waivers.

July 27, 2026

HDT Robotics Joins U.S. Army Autonomous Logistics Project

HDT Robotics, doing business as BLADE, was selected as one of five partners for the U.S. Army Project Sustainment initiative and will propose its Dire WOLF unmanned ground vehicle.

July 27, 2026

Ultra Maritime Demonstrates Underwater Drone Detection at U.S. Navy Exercise

Ultra Maritime's Sea Spear sonar system detected, tracked, and classified unmanned underwater vehicles during the U.S. Navy Lanternfish 2026 exercise in Washington.

July 27, 2026

Alibaba’s Amap Introduces Full Stack Upgrade to ABot Embodied AI System

Amap, Alibaba’s location-based services platform, has released a full stack upgrade to its ABot embodied AI system, adding new models for navigation, manipulation, reasoning, memory, and motion control.

July 23, 2026

TARS Wins SAIL Award at WAIC 2026 with Launch of AWE 3.5 Model

TARS presented its AWE 3.5 embodied foundation model at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, earning the prestigious SAIL Award for technical innovation. The model improves efficiency and performance in real-world robotic tasks through advanced perception and control capabilities.

July 23, 2026

Moon Surgical and KARL STORZ Form Collaboration on Laparoscopic Platforms

Moon Surgical has entered a strategic commercial collaboration with KARL STORZ to integrate the Maestro platform with KARL STORZ 3D visualization and instrumentation, aiming to expand access to advanced laparoscopic surgery.

July 23, 2026

Sentante Secures CE Mark for Robotic Endovascular Platform

Sentante has received CE marking for its haptic endovascular robotic platform designed for remote vascular procedures. The system captures force, torque, and motion data from each procedure, laying the groundwork for future AI-supported endovascular interventions.

July 23, 2026

MDA Space to Supply Lunar Landing Sensors for ESA Argonaut Mission

MDA Space Ltd. has received a pre-authorisation contract from OHB System AG to provide advanced lunar landing sensors for the European Space Agency's Argonaut mission. The sensors will support autonomous lunar landings through LiDAR-based hazard detection and avoidance technology.

July 22, 2026

Uforce and Reconcraft Partner to Produce Autonomous Maritime Drones in the U.S.

Uforce has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. boat builder Reconcraft to jointly produce autonomous surface vessels in the United States. The deal will bring Uforce's combat-proven MAGURA drone technology to American manufacturing under the Arsenal of Freedom initiative.

July 22, 2026