Robotics

Sep 10, 2026

Pony AI and Verne Begin Driverless Robotaxi Tests in Zagreb

Pony AI and Verne have started fully driverless passenger test rides on public roads in Zagreb, using a route spanning 22 kilometers.

Sep 10, 2026

Amap Unveils ABot-Earth 0.7 for 3D Street View

Amap unveiled ABot-Earth 0.7 to power an upgraded version of Flying Street View. The model generates interactive 3D urban scenes across more than 196 countries and regions.

Sep 9, 2026

ANTHBOT R7 Mower Adds Robotic Arm for Edge Trimming

ANTHBOT's R7 Series robotic mower received 12 industry and media honors at IFA 2026. Its extendable robotic arm trims grass along walls and fences.

Sep 9, 2026

Vention Opens Montreal Physical AI Lab for Manufacturing

Vention has opened a Physical AI lab in Montreal to develop robotic manipulation systems for manufacturing and plans to expand the team beyond its current eight members.

Sep 9, 2026

SandboxAQ Tests Magnetic Navigation on Northrop Grumman Lumberjack Drone

SandboxAQ completed a flight test of its AQNav magnetic navigation system on Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack unmanned aircraft.

Sep 9, 2026

Beep Raises Series B for Autonomous Transit Services

Beep closed a Series B round led by Mobileye, bringing its total capital raised to about $130 million. The company will use the funding to expand autonomous transit services and deploy its AutonomOS management platform.

Sep 9, 2026

Protocol Infrastructure Launches Robot Fleet Framework for Commercial Buildings

Protocol Infrastructure has released the Protocol Asset Index, a framework that assesses whether commercial buildings can support robot fleets from multiple suppliers.

Sep 9, 2026

Nauticus Robotics Releases ToolKITT Software for ROV Fleets

Nauticus Robotics has commercially released ToolKITT, an autonomy software suite that adds assisted navigation capabilities to existing remotely operated vehicles.

Sep 9, 2026

Hyper3D Launches WorldGen for Editable 3D Scenes

WorldGen converts a single image into a 3D scene with separate objects that users can edit, replace and reposition.

Sep 9, 2026

DFI Introduces Mini-ITX Platform for Robotics AI

DFI introduced the ARH171 and ARH173 Mini-ITX platform for robotics and industrial automation. It supports 16 Intel Core Ultra processor options and provides up to 99 TOPS on Arrow Lake H models.

Sep 8, 2026

YYForce Forms Drone Facade Inspection Venture in Singapore

YYForce and Integral Cleaning have formed Facadevision AI to provide drone based exterior cleaning and inspection for commercial buildings in Singapore.

Sep 8, 2026

CAE and WB Electronics Plan Unmanned Systems Training

CAE and WB Electronics signed an agreement to explore training and simulation systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms.

Sep 8, 2026

Inceptio Logs 1 Billion Kilometers of Commercial Autonomous Trucking

Inceptio Technology says its autonomous driving systems have surpassed 1 billion kilometers in commercial trucking operations.

Sep 8, 2026

Hirain and Arbe Selected for Level 3 Radar Program in China

Hirain Technologies and Arbe Robotics were selected to supply imaging radar for a Level 3 automated driving program spanning multiple vehicle brands in China.

Sep 8, 2026

Motional Releases nuReasoning Dataset for Autonomous Driving

Motional has released nuReasoning, a dataset containing 20,000 rare driving scenarios, more than 105 hours of video, and 247,000 reasoning annotations.

Sep 8, 2026

ZaiNar Joins Arm Physical AI Program as Location Partner

ZaiNar is joining Arm Total Design for Physical AI as a founding location partner, contributing location technology for robots and autonomous machines.

Sep 8, 2026

Xpeng Activates Production Lines for IRON Humanoid Robot

Xpeng has started operating production lines for its IRON humanoid robot, with mass production planned by the end of 2026.

Sep 8, 2026

STRADVISION Joins Arm Physical AI Program

STRADVISION is joining Arm Total Design for Physical AI and will contribute its visual perception expertise to a proposed framework for comparing robotics capabilities.

Sep 7, 2026

World Labs Introduces Atlas World Model for 3D Reconstruction

Atlas generates videos, reconstructs scenes and creates 3D assets from images or footage, with applications in robotics, visual effects and game design.

Sep 6, 2026

XDOF Nears Series B at $1.2 Billion Valuation

Robotics data startup XDOF is in talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion, with 8VC expected to lead the round.