UK and Germany launch industrial tech corridor to accelerate AI and deeptech growth

Today sees the launch of an industrial tech corridor between Britain and Germany as the Prime Minister visits Berlin. The deal will drive companies on both sides of the North Sea to strike partnersh…

HiPHI: A Large-Scale Benchmark for High-Precision Human Motion and Object Interaction
HiPHI: A Large-Scale Benchmark for High-Precision Human Motion and Object Interaction

This White Paper gives robotics researchers and engineers an overview of a new large-scale motion capture dataset built to close the data gap limiting humanoid robot learning. It also shows how policies trained on the dataset transfer to a real humano…

Get all your questions answered at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: The full breakout session agenda revealed

Get all of your scaling and tech questions answered at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Here’s the full breakout session agenda, happening October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register now to join and save up to $100, and get a second pass at 50% off.

Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them?

Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don’t hurt the real ones.

Robotics startup has real human vs. robot cage match, California responds with cease-and-desist order

The California State Athletic Commission intervened when it saw a human facing off with a humanoid robot inside the fighting ring.

AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel

AI Robotics company Figure found a creative way of decommissioning its old F.02 fleet without having to allocate resources for difficult and time-consuming disassembly.

Last 24 hours: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and reach 10,000+ tech leaders

Today is the very last day to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. On October 13–15, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders will arrive at San Francisco’s Moscone West looking for companies, products, ideas, and people …

Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page

“One of the biggest reasons we are winning against robotics companies is because we are not a robotics company.”

3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Three days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Book by October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to showcase your startup to 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders.

Inbolt raises €11M to bring real-time vision and intelligence to industrial robots

Paris-based industrial roboticscompany Inbolt has raised €11 million in funding to support its internationalgrowth and entry into the data centre and electronics manufacturing sectors.The round was le…