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Atoms, Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics venture, closed a $1.7 billion round led by a16z, with Uber and Bain Capital among the backers.
Mantis Robotics unveiled the MR-X, a biomimetic dual-arm robot that lifts 70 lbs and moves at 10.6 m/s without safety cages, relying on its SafetyCore reflex system to work near people.
Pudu Robotics launched the D7, a dual-arm semi-humanoid industrial robot running its PuduFM 1.0 foundation model, with a 14 kg payload and 2-meter reach for warehouse work.
THEKER raised $85M (€73M) led by CRV with Samsung and LVMH backing, for AI-native factory robots that reconfigure for different tasks.
Two Vingroup subsidiaries debuted humanoid robots at ICRA 2026 and Computex Taipei, marking Vietnam's entry into a field led by US and Chinese firms.
Figure 03 appeared alongside First Lady Melania Trump at a global education summit, greeting 45 delegations in multiple languages.
Kalanick rebrands City Storage Systems as Atoms, absorbing CloudKitchens and acquiring autonomous-driving startup Pronto to build purpose-built industrial robots.