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Startups

Hachidori Robotics builds warehouse robots that need no tracks, magnets or shutdowns

Your Story · India

The Bengaluru-based startup makes autonomous mobile robots for factories and warehouses using a patented indoor positioning system.

Startups

Flo Mobility builds robots that haul construction materials. L&T and Godrej use them

Your Story · India

The Bengaluru-based startup's autonomous robot carries up to 1.5 tonnes across building sites. It raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round.

Geopolitics

Alibaba unit says 5-in-1 AI gives robots unified brain, body and limbs

South China Morning Post – World · China

Alibaba Group Holding’s mapping unit has unveiled an upgrade to what it calls the world’s first technology framework that unites a robot’s “feet, hands, brains…

Tech & Startups

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

TechCrunch · US

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

Startups

Inspecting a corroded ship hull is slow, dangerous work. Octobotics sends a robot instead

Your Story · India

Founded by two marine engineers, the Noida-based Octobotics builds NDT robots that scan welds and pipes for hidden flaws, with clients from the Indian Navy to …

Startups

Every year, Indian workers die inside tanks. Unibose built a robot to take their place

Your Story · India

The Chengalpattu-based startup makes ATEX-certified robots that clean hazardous confined spaces with zero human entry, at about half the global cost.

Geopolitics

Chinese robot maker AgiBot pursues Hong Kong IPO, hiring 3 sponsors: sources

South China Morning Post – World · China

Fast-growing Chinese robot maker AgiBot is pursuing an initial public offering in Hong Kong and has hired Citic Securities as a sponsor, according to two peopl…

Startups

One machine, three domains: This Bengaluru drone flies, swims and dives

Your Story · India

AquaAirX's AVATAAR moves from air to underwater in a single mission, built for coastal patrol, search and rescue, and defence.

Startups

NeuralZome builds no-code AI that lets anyone train a robot without writing code

Your Story · India

The Bengaluru-based deeptech startup makes teachable AI agents for off-road robots, rented as a service, and has raised $2.4 million in a seed round led by 8X …

Startups

Two engineering students built a robot that zaps weeds with lasers instead of spraying them

Your Story · India

Harvested Robotics' tractor-mounted weeder uses AI to spot weeds and lasers to kill them, cutting the cost and the chemicals of Indian farming.

Geopolitics

Chinese robot makers’ lament: if we only had a better ‘brain’, and more data

South China Morning Post – World · China

Chinese robotics companies lack both sufficient data and a good “brain” to improve the interaction of their products with the physical world, according to indu…

Startups

Coratia Technologies builds underwater robots in Odisha, and just signed a Rs 66 crore Navy deal

Your Story · India

The Rourkela startup makes indigenous ROVs and AUVs to inspect bridges, pipelines and undersea cables, and won a Rs 66 crore Indian Navy contract under iDEX.

Startups

Armatrix builds snake-like robots so humans don't have to crawl into dangerous tanks

Your Story · India

The Bengaluru-based deeptech startup makes hyper-flexible robotic arms to inspect confined industrial spaces, and has raised $2.1 million in a funding round le…

Tech & Startups

What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

TechCrunch · US

Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.

Geopolitics

ASTRI and NAMI merger begins yielding hybrid AI and materials technologies

South China Morning Post – World · China

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) has begun to re…

Geopolitics

Robot wars: MMA bout between humanoids leaves 1 without a head, fans stunned

South China Morning Post – World · China

It turns out it isn’t just office jobs people should be worried about AI taking, some athletes might want to watch their backs too. In a scene that could have …

Tech & Startups

Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs

TechCrunch · US

From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.

Tech & Startups

Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard

TechCrunch · US

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

Engineering

This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills

IEEE Spectrum · Global

Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics through her Tulsa, O…

Startups

Cost-effective drones are winning wars, and Unmannd is building the ones that fight back

Your Story · India

This Bengaluru-based defencetech startup builds autonomous drones for battlefield logistics and air defence, and have passed the Indian Army qualification in i…

Startups

Paar Autonomy is building the eyes for India's drones, ground robots and boats

Your Story · India

Founded by a former Asteria Aerospace product lead, the Bengaluru startup makes multi-sensor perception hardware and agentic AI for unmanned vehicles across ai…

Tech & Startups

A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War

Wired · Global

The CEO of Foundation Future Industries, which counts the president’s son as its chief strategy adviser, tells WIRED it’s exploring some “kinetic things.”

Geopolitics

Race against Tesla: China EV maker Xpeng to launch viral humanoid globally in 2027

South China Morning Post – World · China

Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng expects to produce more than 1,000 humanoid robots a month by the end of 2026 as it competes with Tesla in a high-stakes r…

Tech & Startups

How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product

TechCrunch · US

Drawing on more than a decade spent helping build some of the world's most influential AI systems, including research that later informed the development of Ch…

Geopolitics

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang seals Japan robotics push after ‘yakitori summit’

South China Morning Post – World · China

Jensen Huang, chief executive of US artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia, held a “yakitori summit” with Japanese executives from semiconductor materials an…

Tech & Startups

Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

TechCrunch · US

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

Startups

Kerala's iHUB Robotics is teaching robots to see, act, and understand

Your Story · India

This Ernakulam-based deeptech startup builds humanoids from scratch in its Kochi facility, and is now shipping them to the Gulf.

Tech & Startups

OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move

TechCrunch · US

The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is d…

Tech & Startups

Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch · US

The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.

Geopolitics

Meet the magnetic liquid metal robot that merges & squeezes through tiny gaps

Times of India – World · India

- TOI Science Desk is a team of journalists dedicated to exploring science, offering news, features, and articles on topics like genetics, space, and AI. - T…

Geopolitics

In a First, U.S. Forces Used Naval Drones in Combat Operations

The New York Times – World · US

The use of unmanned vessels to attack Iranian naval installations offers new evidence of how drones are taking over modern warfare.

Tech & Startups

Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi

Wired · Global

A Tesla representative at a DC hearing said the vehicle is “an active product being built.” But its timeline isn’t clear.

Geopolitics

A Robot Army Remakes Ground Warfare in Ukraine

The New York Times – World · US

They began as supply mules. Now ground robots evacuate the wounded, hold trenches and even do the killing.

Engineering

Building a Foundation Stack for General-Purpose Robots

IEEE Spectrum · Global

This article is brought to you by X Square Robot.Large language models gave artificial intelligence a working recipe. Pretrain a large model on broad data, and…

Tech & Startups

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum

TechCrunch · US

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

Tech & Startups

This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

TechCrunch · US

General Intuition is betting millions of hours of video game data can train the foundation models for physical AI, making it easier to build smarter robots wit…

Tech & Startups

Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal

TechCrunch · US

Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.

Geopolitics

Alibaba eyes physical world with its first suite of AI models for robots

South China Morning Post – World · China

Alibaba Group Holding has launched its first suite of artificial intelligence models for robots, joining a global race to move AI out of chatbot windows and in…

Engineering

Will Robotics Have a ChatGPT Moment?

IEEE Spectrum · Global

Over the next few decades, billions of autonomous, AI-powered robots will work alongside people in factories, perform tedious tasks in warehouses, care for the…

Tech & Startups

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows

TechCrunch · US

Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo sho…

Tech & Startups

I've Covered Robots for Years. This One Is Different

Wired · Global

From sorting chicken nuggets to screwing in lightbulbs, Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment for the physical world.

Geopolitics

A Humanoid Robot Races to a Record Half-Marathon Finish

The New York Times – World · US

The android won a half-marathon for robots (and humans) on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing faster than any person in his…

Tech & Startups

Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon

TechCrunch · US

The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.

Geopolitics

Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances

The Hindu – World · India

The winning robot, developed by Chinese smartphone brand Honor, finished the race in 50 ⁠minutes and 26 seconds, several minutes faster than the half-marathon …

Tech & Startups

Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why

TechCrunch · US

The company, which deploys AI-guided robot arms for food production, says it is looking to expand its services to provide for a broader array of customers.

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