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Kraken Robotics acquires Covelya Group for $615M
Kraken Robotics said it hopes to transform subsea intelligence with 3D imaging sensors, power systems, and uncrewed maritime systems. | Source: Kraken Robotics Kraken Robotics Inc. last week acquired Covelya Group Ltd. for around $432 million USD ($615 million CAD). Kraken said this acquisition aligns with its goal to deliver value to customers through a…
Humanoid says KinetIQ Ascend reinforcement learning approaches human-level dexterity
Arm drift after long reinforcement training caused by action prefix drift. Source: Humanoid Robotic manipulation is making progress with artificial intelligence. London-based Humanoid last week introduced KinetIQ Ascend, its reinforcement learning, or RL, approach designed to reach 99.9% manipulation reliability at human speed and beyond. “The humanoid race is becoming a question of scale, and…
#RoboCup2026 – humanoid league knockout stages
This weekend saw the finale of the league competitions at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea, with the winners in the small, middle, and large humanoid divisions decided. Congratulations to the following teams, who finished in the top three positions in each size class: Small division Invic, Wuhan University, China Hamburg Bit-Bots, Universität Hamburg, Germany…
China’s Ant Group Deepens Bet on Humanoid Robots, Leads $74m Funding Round in Zeroth
Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is accelerating its push into humanoid robotics, leading a 500 million yuan ($73.6 million) funding round in Chinese robotics startup Zeroth as the company expands beyond fintech and artificial intelligence into one of the fastest-growing frontiers of AI-powered hardware. The investment marks Ant’s latest move to build a strategic presence across China’s…
Anyverse Dynamics Raises Over $200 Million as China’s Robotics Funding Boom Accelerates
Beijing-based embodied-AI startup Anyverse Dynamics has raised more than $200 million in an angel round, bringing its total fundraising in the first half of the year to several hundred million dollars. The capital injection underscores a funding surge in China’s robotics industry, as startups race to build war chests for compute-intensive AI model training and…
