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Tesla Begins Cybercab Mass Production at Giga Texas as Safety Record and Regulatory Path Remain Uncertain
Tesla begins Cybercab mass production at Giga Texas, targeting one unit every ten seconds, as its Austin robotaxi service logs 14 crashes and operates fewer than ten unsupervised vehicles.
Hyundai Targets 30,000 Atlas Robots Per Year as Boston Dynamics Shifts From Prototype to Mass Production
Hyundai Motor Group plans to purchase tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics robots and build a dedicated robotics factory capable of producing 30,000 humanoid Atlas units annually by 2028, marking the industry's largest commitment to humanoid manufacturing at scale.
Figure AI's Humanoid Robot Walks Into the White House, Becoming the First to Address World Leaders at a U.S. Presidential Summit
Figure 03 appeared alongside First Lady Melania Trump at a global education summit, greeting 45 delegations in multiple languages.
WeRide and Grab Launch Singapore's First Public Robotaxi Service, Opening a New Front in the Global Autonomous Vehicle Race
Chinese AV firm WeRide and Southeast Asian superapp Grab begin public autonomous rides in Singapore's Punggol district, marking the city-state's first driverless service open to everyday residents.
Over 300 Humanoid Robots Will Race Alongside 12,000 Humans in Beijing's Second Robot Half-Marathon on April 19
Beijing's E-Town district is hosting the world's largest humanoid robot race, with a fivefold increase in robot participants and a new autonomous navigation category.
Saronic Closes $1.75 Billion Series D at $9.25 Billion Valuation as Autonomous Warship Maker Scales Production for the U.S. Navy
Kleiner Perkins leads the largest defense tech raise of 2026, more than doubling Saronic's valuation as the company expands shipyards and targets 20 vessels a year by 2027.
Northwestern Engineers Build AI-Evolved Modular Robots That Survive Being Chopped in Half and Keep Running
Legged metamachines evolved by AI traverse rugged terrain, self-right when flipped, and continue operating after losing limbs, in research published in PNAS.
Waymo Robotaxis Force First Responders Into Roadside Assistance Role as Fleet Expands to Ten Cities
A TechCrunch investigation identifies at least six incidents where police and firefighters had to manually drive Waymo vehicles during emergencies, including an Austin mass shooting and a California wildfire.
Waymo Crosses 500,000 Weekly Paid Rides Across 10 U.S. Cities as Robotaxi Leader Targets One Million by Year-End
Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have grown tenfold in under two years, reaching 500,000 across 10 cities even as school bus safety incidents draw federal scrutiny
Shield AI Raises $2 Billion at $12.7 Billion Valuation as Defense Tech Startup Prepares Autonomous Fighter Drone
Defense AI startup Shield AI closes a $1.5 billion Series G and $500 million in preferred equity, more than doubling its valuation to $12.7 billion while acquiring simulation firm Aechelon Technology.
Google DeepMind Partners With Agile Robots as Gemini Robotics Foundation Models Expand to a Third Hardware Maker
Agile Robots will integrate Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics vision-language-action models into its industrial platform, joining Boston Dynamics and Apptronik in a growing ecosystem play.
GM Begins Public Road Testing of Eyes-Off Autonomous Driving System Ahead of 2028 Escalade IQ Launch
General Motors has deployed more than 200 test vehicles on highways in California and Michigan to validate its next-generation Level 3 autonomous driving system, which will allow drivers to look away from the road entirely when it debuts in the 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ.