Ambarella announced it will present 'The Ambarella Edge: From Agentic to Physical AI' at Embedded World 2026, featuring its edge AI SoCs, software tools, and developer resources for robotics, automotive, and industrial automation.
Opentrons Labworks has partnered with NVIDIA to integrate its Isaac and Cosmos AI platforms with a global network of 10,000 laboratory robots, enabling physical AI systems that learn from real-world experiments.
Palladyne AI has announced the first successful flight of its IntelliSwarm system, combining SwarmOS autonomy software with the BRAIN X2 flight computer, enabling autonomous collaboration between multiple UAVs.
Bedrock Robotics has raised $270 million in Series B funding co-led by CapitalG and the Valor Atreides AI Fund. The funding will support the expansion of its autonomous construction systems and connected fleet technology across major infrastructure and industrial projects.
Faraday Future has introduced three robotic product lines—FF Futurist, FF Master, and FX Aegis—at the NADA Show in Las Vegas, with preorders starting immediately and first deliveries expected by the end of February.
AIxCrypto Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with FF AI-Robotics Inc. to explore Web3 infrastructure supporting embodied AI devices, focusing on decentralized identity, blockchain-based task coordination, and privacy-preserving data frameworks.
Teledyne FLIR Defense has secured a $17.5 million contract from armasuisse to supply Black Hornet 4 nano-drones for integration with the Swiss Armed Forces' Piranha 8x8 vehicles, enhancing reconnaissance capabilities.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed the first AI-planned drive on another planet, with Anthropic’s Claude model generating the route for two drives in December 2025. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory used Claude to create waypoints and verify commands before sending them to Mars.
Ondas Holdings Inc.'s subsidiary American Robotics has received approval for its Optimus drone to be listed on the Defense Contract Management Agency's Blue UAS Cleared List, enabling rapid federal procurement for defense and infrastructure use.
Grid Aero has raised $20 million in Series A funding co-led by Bison Ventures and Geodesic Capital to advance its long-range autonomous aircraft for defense and humanitarian missions.
Robbyant, an embodied AI company under Ant Group, has released LingBot-VLA as an open-source vision-language-action model designed to function as a universal brain for robots. The model demonstrated strong cross-morphology performance on real-world and simulation benchmarks.
Pony.ai has announced a partnership with Beijing ATBB Travel & Express Service to jointly deploy robotaxi services across China's major cities, expanding into airport and business travel routes.
WeRide has launched GENESIS, a simulation platform that combines physical and generative AI to accelerate autonomous vehicle development and testing across global environments.
Richtech Robotics has partnered with Microsoft through the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs to enhance the ADAM robot with agentic AI powered by Azure AI. The collaboration aims to improve contextual awareness and operational efficiency across various industries.
XPRIZE has announced five finalist teams in the Autonomous Wildfire Response Track of its $11 million Wildfire competition, awarding $750,000 among them to advance AI-driven firefighting technologies. The finalists include Anduril, Data Blanket, Dryad, FireSwarm Solutions, and Wildfire Quest.
AgiBot unveiled Genie Sim 3.0 at CES 2026, an open-source simulation platform for embodied AI built on NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Omniverse, offering over 10,000 hours of synthetic data and standardized benchmarking tools.
aiMotive showcased its aiDrive automated driving software and aiSim 6 simulation platform at CES 2026, highlighting scalable ADAS solutions and neural simulation technology for virtual vehicle testing.
Microsoft has unveiled Rho-alpha, its first robotics model derived from the Phi series of vision-language models. The system translates natural language commands into control signals for robots performing complex bimanual manipulation tasks.
Baidu's Apollo Go and K2's AutoGo have begun offering fully autonomous ride-hailing services on Yas Island via the AutoGo app, following their acquisition of a driverless commercial permit in November 2025. The companies plan phased expansion to Reem, Al Maryah, and Saadiyat Islands throughout 2026.
Seeing Machines has established a Future Mobility Group to integrate its driver and occupant monitoring systems with autonomous vehicle platforms as commercial deployments expand globally.
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