Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.
Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.
On April 19, 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by 7 minutes and the best robot time from 2025 by almost two hours.How did they do it? Is there some magical technol…
Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker’s machines are built to be reconfigured.
Barcelona-based AI robotics startup Theker has raised what it says is the largest robotics Series A round ever in Europe. The $85 million round in Theker was led by US VC CRV, with other investors inc…
An examination of how socially assistive wellness robots could support the seven dimensions of senior wellness, and how a framework can measure their autonomy.What Attendees will LearnWhy the senior care crisis exceeds incremental automation. Demograp…
NEURA Robotics has announced up to $1.4 billion in Series C funding to accelerate the development of its physical AI platform. Investors include Tether, Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon, NVIDIA, imec.xpa…
A humanoid robot named Pemba reached Ecuador’s Chimborazo summit, but the climb also showed the limits of robot autonomy, especially when humans had to carry it through tougher terrain.
Georgia Tech researchers have developed COBALT, a smartphone-based platform that allows anyone to remotely control robots from anywhere using simple motion controls and Wi-Fi connectivity.
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