Robotics

Oct 29, 2026

Leonardo Selects Shield AI Hivemind for Proteus Rotorcraft

Leonardo will use Shield AI's Hivemind software to develop autonomy capabilities for its Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft.

Oct 28, 2026

South Korea Plans 1,700 AI Robots for Public Agencies

South Korea plans to distribute about 1,700 AI robots to public agencies in 2027, supporting uses in security, policing, agriculture and research.

Oct 28, 2026

San Bernardino County Fire Orders Five Seneca Firefighting Drones

San Bernardino County Fire will deploy five autonomous Seneca aircraft for wildfire suppression, with delivery planned for early 2027.

Oct 27, 2026

Swarmer Buys Vataga Drone Technology and Hires 15 Staff

Swarmer will acquire rights to Vataga hardware and software technology and hire its chief executive and 14 engineers. Vataga will remain an independent manufacturer.

Oct 27, 2026

Tensor and Münchner Taxi Zentrum Plan Up to 500 Robotaxis in Germany

Tensor and Münchner Taxi Zentrum signed a letter of intent to deploy up to 500 Tensor Robocars as autonomous taxis in German cities, subject to final agreements and regulatory approval.

Oct 27, 2026

Physical Intelligence Seeks $20 Billion Valuation in Funding Talks

Physical Intelligence is discussing a funding round of at least $1 billion that would value the robotics AI startup at about $20 billion.

Oct 27, 2026

MoSense Raises About RMB 100 Million for Robot Electronic Skin

Chinese startup MoSense, which makes electronic skin for robots, raised about RMB 100 million in an angel-plus round.

Oct 27, 2026

Poseidon Aerospace Prepares Egret Cargo Drone for First Unmanned Flight

Poseidon Aerospace plans to conduct the first unmanned test flight of its Egret cargo aircraft in Oregon by the end of 2026.

Oct 27, 2026

Machenta Raises $40 Million to Train Robots in Simulation

London startup Machenta raised a $40 million seed round co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures for a simulation-trained robot model.

Oct 26, 2026

Bedrock Robotics Raises $600 Million at $4.1 Billion Valuation

Bedrock Robotics, which makes construction excavators drive themselves, raised a $600 million Series C at a $4.1 billion valuation.

Oct 25, 2026

Tokio Marine to Sell Insurance for AI Robots in Japan

Tokio Marine will begin selling insurance for AI powered robots in November, becoming the first Japanese nonlife insurer to offer such coverage.

Oct 24, 2026

Boston Dynamics Employees Oppose $1.3 Million ICE Robot Deal

Boston Dynamics employees petitioned the company to cancel a $1.3 million contract supplying four Spot robots and related technology to ICE. The company will proceed with the sale.

Oct 24, 2026

Formic Raises $50 Million to Expand Factory Robotics Platform

Formic raised $50 million in growth capital to expand its factory robotics platform into general purpose systems and new industrial applications.

Oct 23, 2026

Kabam Robotics to Close After Six Years

Singapore security robot maker Kabam Robotics will cease operations on November 20, with executives considering a shift from hardware manufacturing to AI backend technology.

Oct 23, 2026

Unitree Develops AI System for Robots to Improve Their Performance

Unitree Robotics is developing a feedback loop that lets humanoid robots write code, test it in simulations and improve their physical performance.

Oct 22, 2026

Noetix Robotics Files Confidentially for Hong Kong IPO

Humanoid robot maker Noetix Robotics has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering and could list as early as 2027.

Oct 22, 2026

Warp Sciences Raises $215 Million to Automate Drug Discovery Labs

Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil launched Warp Sciences with $215 million in funding at an $865 million valuation. The startup will train robots to make and test compounds for drug discovery.

Oct 22, 2026

Human Friendly Robotics Signs $3.55 Million Tyler Robot Contract With Foley Tile

Human Friendly Robotics signed a three year, $3.55 million contract to deploy Tyler tiling robots with Foley Tile crews in Arizona and beyond.

Oct 22, 2026

NVIDIA Expands Cosmos With World Model Training and Simulation Tools

NVIDIA expanded its Cosmos platform with new data preparation blueprints, model training tools, simulation models and faster inference services for physical AI development.

Oct 22, 2026

FORT Robotics Gets $20 Million in Investor Commitments

Tiger Global is leading a $10 million financing and committing another $10 million to the PIPE connected with FORT Robotics' planned public listing.