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ISS Crew Rehearses Robotic Arm Moves Before Aug. 18 Antenna Spacewalk
Expedition 75 astronauts completed robotic arm simulations for a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Aug. 18 to swap an old...
Robot Fleet Was on Track for Four Million Units by 2022 as Electronics Leads Growth
Nearly four million industrial robots were projected to be in use by 2022, triple the 2013 level, with China a third of ...
Agora Beats Q2 Revenue Guidance With 18% Growth and Extends GAAP Profit Run
Agora, Inc. posted second-quarter revenue of $40.42 million, above the top end of its guidance, and guided Q3 to $41–42 ...
Unitree’s IPO Marks Physical AI’s Shift From Lab Demo to Public Market
The robotics leader’s IPO, a 3.5 billion yuan fund from Shoucheng Holdings and a funding shift toward proven players sig...
Nikkei Tech Foresight Schedules Aug. 27 Physical AI Webinar
The session will focus on non-NVIDIA chip options and robotic “hand” technology, with related patent analysis covering K...
Warehouse Automation Moves From Point Solutions to Software-Led Orchestration
A logistics roundtable with enVista, Oracle NetSuite, Paccurate and Locus Robotics reframes warehouse automation as a so...
Robotics Industry Could Consume 363 TWh of Power by 2035, Matching France's Nuclear Output
Wood Mackenzie sees industrial and humanoid robots becoming a second major strain on global power grids after AI data ce...
Zhongke Huisi Unveils Three Dexterous Hands, Targeting Practical Task Execution for Embodied Robots
The Chinese startup launched L1, D1, and M1 robotic hands with a layered design strategy, backed by CASIA research and i...
Unitree IPO oversubscribed 8000-fold as Chinese humanoid robot frenzy peaks
Retail demand for the Shanghai listing of robotics challenger Unitree hit 8000-times the shares on offer, valuing the fi...
Retail Tech in July: Robots, AI Assistants, 3D Imaging Reshape Stores
From inventory robots at HomeBase to voice AI drive-thrus at Taco Bell and a paid loyalty tier at Dick’s, July 2026 brou...
Tech’s Two-Faced Approach: Open AI and the Sealed Borders of Robotics
In the same week, US regulators moved to block foreign-made advanced robots while tech giants led by Nvidia called for o...
Industrial Robot Numbers Triple in a Decade as the Global Robotics Market Approaches $210 Billion
Industrial robot deployments have surged to 4 million units worldwide, with China dominating new installations. Meanwhil...
Global Industrial Robot Stock to Reach 4 Million by 2022 as Use Expands Beyond Factory Walls
Nearly 4M industrial robots in use by 2022, triple 2013 levels, as automation expands beyond factories into hospitals, f...
Inside Amazon’s BFI4: How 3,500 Workers and Robots Move 1 Million Packages a Day
A tour of Amazon’s Kent, Washington, warehouse shows how Hercules robots, semi-automated workstations and smart packagin...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds 'Real World AI' Stage for Physical-World AI
The fall conference expands its AI program with a new stage on autonomous hardware, edge AI and de-extinction, featuring...
KAIST, Stanford Unveil Soft Robot That Dresses Wearers Hands-Free in 10 Seconds
A soft, air-powered 'vine' robot from KAIST and Stanford dresses a wearer hands-free in about 10 seconds — even while th...
Indian Cleaning Startup Pronto Turns Head-Camera Footage Into AI Training Data
Bangalore startup Pronto pays cleaners double to record shifts with head cameras, then sells anonymized footage to US AI...
Where $5M–$10M Seed Rounds Are Clustering: Proptech, Cancer Biotech, Space and Robotics
A Crunchbase analysis of about 800 seed financings finds $5M–$10M rounds clustering in proptech, cancer therapeutics, sp...
FCC's China Robot Ban Divides Industry: US Manufacturers Cheer as Startups Fret Over Lost Access
The FCC has banned new imports of advanced Chinese robots, citing national security. Domestic manufacturers applaud, but...
China Orders State Firms to Deploy 10,000 Humanoid Robots by End-2026
A joint directive from China’s industry and state-asset ministries sets an ambitious commercial deployment target, with ...
US Bans Imports of Foreign Mobile Robots and Solar Inverters, Citing Security Risks
The FCC will require special authorization for new mobile robots and blocks inverter imports, shutting out Chinese rival...
Hikvision Net Profit Soars 39.6% in H1, Full-Year Revenue Poised to Break 100 Billion Yuan
Hikvision reported H1 2026 revenue of 46.82 billion yuan, up 12%, with net profit jumping 39.6% to 7.90 billion yuan. In...
DARPA and NASA-Backed Robotic Servicer Launches to Extend Satellite Lives in GEO
A SpaceX Falcon 9 has carried Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle into geosynchronous orbit, where its NASA-suppo...