IDrive has launched IDrive Autonomy Assisted Driving, a licenseable L2+ driver assistance platform for automakers that is available now and already demonstrated on public roads.
Amap has released ABot-Recon, a streaming 3D reconstruction model that uses 12 consecutive frames to reconstruct scenes spanning more than 10,000 frames in real time.
Warpify Robotics raised its first institutional funding from Zhongguancun Zhongnuo Fund. The company plans to use the pre Series A round to expand internationally and develop its software, operating tools, and delivery systems.
SoftBank Robotics America and Flagship Aviation Services expanded their autonomous airport floor care program to more than 200 robots across 25 U.S. airports.
Hilco Global is seeking offers to acquire Canyon Navigation's patent portfolio and related assets for autonomous navigation in environments where GPS is limited or unavailable.
GeoComm and Brecourt Solutions are partnering to connect indoor autonomous drone response with public safety location intelligence for security teams and first responders.
VANEA Defence has unveiled ATOMZA, a drone defence system for civilian operators that uses directed photonic radiation to disable drone optical sensors without destroying the aircraft.
Cellebrite introduced C-TEK, a backpack sized digital forensics kit for military teams to extract and review data from phones, SIM cards, drones, and storage devices in the field.
LF AI & Data Foundation has added AIRSEAI, an open source embodied AI project initiated by Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society, to support interoperability across robotics hardware, software, data, and AI models.
Hexagon has agreed to acquire Guidance Marine, a UK maritime sensor company focused on relative positioning for vessels near offshore platforms, wind turbines, quaysides, and other ships.
Spineart and eCential Robotics received FDA 510(k) clearance for the PERLA TL application for use with the eCential Op.n navigation and robotics platform.
Hyundai Motor laid out plans for AI data collection, Level 2+ autonomous systems, a 100 megawatt AI data center, expanded robotaxi supply to Waymo, and robotics commercialization with Boston Dynamics.
Fixstars Corporation will support the planned Qualcomm Japan Robotics Center as a participating partner from its launch. The company will focus on AI model inference optimization and acceleration for robotics applications on Qualcomm Technologies platforms.
Riverside Research and Tera AI have partnered to bring Tera AI's DeepSLAM mapping technology into Riverside Research offerings for national security customers.
SkyPSI launched in the Dallas Fort Worth area with $5 million from founder Vic Pellicano to provide cleaning drones, training, certification, and commercial contracts to independent operators.
Jack Demmer Automotive Group, blueflite, and Airspace Link have launched an autonomous drone delivery program for automotive parts in metro Detroit with support from a $740,000 Michigan grant.
SiMa.ai and AVerMedia will show an integrated drone AI hardware solution at the August 27, 2026 Drone Seminar in Taipei. The platform combines SiMa.ai's Modalix MLSoC with AVerMedia's industrial platform and delivers 50 TOPS of AI compute under 10W.
TianGong Ultra, developed by X-Humanoid, completed a 100 meter sprint in 9.32 seconds at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
Galbot humanoid robots completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous tennis rallies against human athletes during a live match at the Second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
Galileo Robotics unveiled Galileo X at WRC 2026, presenting a ground mobility platform that combines wheeled AGV, vehicle, and legged robot capabilities.
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