SoftBank has invested $200m in Swiss robotics startup Gravis Robotics, in what has been billed as a record investment. Gravis says the Series A funding round, in which the Japanese investor was the so…
Uber is upping its robotaxi offensive across Europe, after signing an expanded partnership with a Chinese autonomous driving company. The US ride-hailing company and Pony.ai are deploying more than 2,…
German robotics company NEURA Robotics will acquire the ACTIVE Shuttle driverless transport system from Bosch Rexroth effective October 1, 2026. The ACTIVE Shuttle has established itself in numerous …
The Mission Robotic Vehicle is making the first attempt to attach a new thruster to an aging satellite.

A Qualcomm exec suffered from one of the most disastrous tech demos we’ve ever seen live on stage at Computex 2026 this summer when a humanoid robot spectacularly collapsed.
Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2 lets humanoid robots walk, handle delicate tasks, and coordinate with other robots, all while staying safer around humans
UK-based robotics software startupKinematic Trees has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate thedevelopment of its robot-agnostic software platform and expand its commercialand engineering …
University of Minnesota researchers taught an underwater robot to estimate a diver’s breathing from exhaled bubbles, creating a contactless monitor that could eventually flag unusual respiration without pretending it can diagnose distress.
UK wind technology company Perceptual Robotics has securedover £4 million in funding so far this year. The funding combines investmentfrom new and existing shareholders, including Investing for Purpos…
The massive seed round was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners.