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…
Avride has integrated vision-language models into its delivery robots. Source: Avride Avride Inc. has built its delivery robots for high level of autonomy. Every single day, hundreds of them navigate busy city streets entirely on their own, processing complex sensor data locally on their onboard compute units. Our sidewalk robots run with minimal human involvement,…
Warehouse robotics vendor Symbotic has acquired ARMS Innovations Ltd., a UK-based software company specializing in real-time operational intelligence solutions for complex automated warehouse environments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the firms said that ARMS’s software introduces a layer of AI-driven warehouse operations orchestration that coordinates people, robotics, and workflows. The solution dynamically…
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…
Abstract According to the latest IndexBox report on the global Sensors for Drones and Robots market, the market enters 2026 with broader demand fundamentals, more disciplined procurement behavior, and a more regionally diversified supply architecture. The World Sensors for Drones and Robots market is undergoing a structural expansion driven by the proliferation of autonomous systems…
Rice is best known as one of the world’s most important food crops, but scientists have now shown it could also help inspire a new generation of smart materials. Researchers discovered that packed rice grains behave in an unusual way under pressure. When compressed slowly, the grains remain relatively strong. But when squeezed quickly, they…
The article discusses the increasing activity in the robotics sector, highlighting significant developments such as humanoid test centers and the scaling up of drone operations. It emphasizes the rapid acceleration of enterprise robotics deployments across various sectors. Key developments are anticipated in the second half of 2026, impacting areas like humanoid robots and logistics automation….
However, its biggest classroom is not a laboratory. In Shenzhen and Beijing, X Square Robot has partnered with 58.com to launch an AI-powered cleaning service where robots work alongside professional cleaners in occupied homes. Instead of carefully staged demonstrations, the machines are navigating cluttered living spaces and responding to the unpredictability of daily life. Under…
Imagine if one company could become the railroad, electric utility and cloud-computing provider of the emerging space economy. That potential fueled excitement around the long-anticipated initial public offering of SpaceX. Investors are not simply betting on rockets anymore. They are betting on an entire orbital ecosystem. Among the most ambitious and challenging ideas riding this…
Soochow University Professor’s Robotics E-Skin Startup Secures Angel Funding Pandaily