XPENG Robotics raised over $900 million at a valuation above $6.3 billion to fund humanoid robot research, production facilities, and global expansion for its IRON robot.
Galaxea AI demonstrated more than ten robotics systems at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, including a dark store fulfillment system, robot assembly tools, and its Nexo wheeled dual arm robot.
SU Group subsidiary Shine Union Macao has signed an exclusive deal to distribute Green Light Multiplex's Inspec Spider inspection robot in Macao.
The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games will feature 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries, with new autonomous races, sports events, and dexterous hand tasks.
Zoomlion is showcasing humanoid and quadrupedal robots for industrial tasks at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing.
Shield AI’s X-BAT has been named the Official Autonomous Aircraft of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA. The 2026 game will take place Dec. 12 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Baidu's Apollo Go vehicles are now available through Uber in Dubai. Riders can be matched with a fully driverless vehicle through Uber Comfort, UberX, or the Autonomous option in the app.
Unitree Robotics shares closed up 460.3 percent in their Shanghai STAR Market debut, valuing the company at 341.77 billion yuan.
TIER IV and Renesas Electronics are collaborating on an open AI native computing platform for software defined vehicles using Autoware, reference AI models, and Renesas R-Car Gen 5 automotive SoCs.
SANY Group shipped its first SKT110Ei autonomous electric mining trucks to South America, pairing the vehicles with intelligent dispatch and life cycle operation and maintenance services.
Simple AI has published a tech report for HiFi-UMI and released HiFi-UMI-2K, a 2,000 hour open dataset for robot manipulation learning.
Robot.com and Sodexo have signed a seven year agreement to expand autonomous robot delivery across Sodexo operated college campuses in North America. The deal also includes robot advertising.
TELUS Digital was named a Leader in NelsonHall's 2026 NEAT evaluation for AI Enablement Services, with strengths cited in AI training, physical AI, robotics data, and computer vision.
The Las Vegas Raiders named Waymo their official ride hailing partner for Allegiant Stadium, with dedicated pickup and drop off areas planned for games, concerts, and major events.
Vision Marine Technologies and Avikus have begun a partnership to evaluate NEUBOAT integration with Vision Marine's twin motor E-Motion electric propulsion architecture, using the STERK 31E as the first validation platform.
51WORLD introduced AperData and AperOne at its Physical AI Master Plan 2030 event, along with a three tier aerospace strategy covering low altitude airspace, space, and deep space.
Ramaco Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding with roboLoop to test and potentially buy gallium rich electronic waste materials for its planned Brook Facility in Wyoming.
AIxC Holdings is shifting away from its digital asset treasury strategy to focus on robotics operations. Its RoboShare marketplace completed its first paid commercial order for a Malibu event.
FORT Robotics plans to go public through a business combination with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp. The deal values the combined company at $556.6 million and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
The U.S. Army will evaluate BLADE's Hunter WOLF unmanned ground vehicle with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Polk on August 20, 2026.
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