robotics

The Austin startup closes a $520M Series A extension backed by Google, Mercedes-Benz, and John Deere, bringing its war chest to $935M as it races to commercialize Apollo humanoid robots while China commands 90 percent of global shipments.

Ex-Waymo engineers secure major Series B to deploy operator-less construction equipment amid an industry labor crisis.

Zhejiang University and MirrorMe unveil Bolt, a full-size humanoid robot reaching 10 m/s — tripling the previous Guinness record for bipedal robots.