Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?

Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave readings.

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z

Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick’s company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.

Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support
Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, where it will use its advanced robotics to service spacecraft. RSGS leverages in-space robotics expertise from NASA, […]

Google Cloud and NVIDIA power microagi’s embodied AI ambitions

Robotics deployment company microagi today announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate the development of models and robotics capable of understanding and interacting with physical envir…

UK robotics startup Humanoid hits $1.35B valuation with $152M Series A

Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, today announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the to…

Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else

Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.

Zalando joins Sereact’s $116M Series B to accelerate AI-powered warehouse automation

Sereact, a provider of physical AI for warehouse robotics, today announced that Zalando, Europe’s leading technology platform for fashion and lifestyle, has joined its ongoing Series B round as a stra…

Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard

Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.

This spinning drone hides in plain sight using a visual illusion

Northwestern engineers built a spinning drone that exploits motion blur, making it about ten times less visible than conventional drones.

Hyperion Robotics secures $7.4M to expand robotic construction

Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish physical AI company developing robotic manufacturingtechnology for infrastructure construction, has raised $7.4 million in a growthfunding round to scale its robotic micro…