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Mantis Robotics Debuts the MR-X, a Fenceless Dual-Arm Robot Built to Run at Full Industrial Speed Next to People
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.
Tesla Launches Robotaxi in Miami, Its First City Outside Texas and California, But Maps Only a Small Geofenced Zone
Tesla began robotaxi service in Miami on July 3, 2026 - its first city outside Texas and California - but the geofence covers only a small slice of Miami-Dade even as its fleet shrinks.
Ant Group Backs Zeroth in Latest Humanoid Robot Deal, Extending an 18-Month Push That Spans Investments, a Subsidiary and a Joint Venture
Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is building a broad humanoid robotics position through equity deals, an in-house unit called Robbyant, and a joint venture with AgiBot.
Pudu Robotics Unveils the D7, a Semi-Humanoid Industrial Robot Built on Its PuduFM Foundation Model
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.
Digit Maker Agility Robotics to Go Public Through $2.5 Billion SPAC Merger With Churchill Capital Corp XI
Agility Robotics will list on Nasdaq as AGLT through a SPAC merger valuing it at $2.5 billion, with more than $620 million in proceeds and a Foxconn-led PIPE.
Wing and Walmart Expand Drone Delivery to Seven New U.S. Cities, Pushing Toward Nearly 20 Markets
Alphabet's Wing added Memphis, Phoenix, San Diego and four other metros to its Walmart drone network, citing more than a million commercial deliveries.
Cainiao Debuts ZeeBot, a Rack-Climbing Warehouse Robot That Doubles Storage and Retrieval Productivity in Live China Operations
Alibaba's logistics arm Cainiao launched ZeeBot, a warehouse robot that drives the floor at up to 4 m/s and climbs five-level racks in about 10 seconds.
NVIDIA Launches Halos for Robotics, Porting Its Autonomous-Vehicle Safety Stack to Humanoid and Industrial Robots
At Automate 2026, NVIDIA unveiled Halos for Robotics, a three-layer functional-safety system spanning IGX Thor compute, Halos OS, and an ANAB-accredited inspection lab, with Agility Robotics as first adopter.
Kawasaki Robotics Debuts the RL030N, an 8-Axis 'Physical AI' Robot Arm, at Automate 2026 and Pairs It With Dexterity's Mech Humanoid
Kawasaki Robotics premiered the RL030N, an eight-degree-of-freedom arm built for physical AI, and named Dexterity's Mech warehouse robot as an early adopter.
CMR Surgical Takes Its Versius Plus Robot Into the US Market and Files to Expand From Gallbladders Into Gynecology
After a December 510(k) clearance for cholecystectomy, the UK firm is commercializing Versius Plus in the US and has applied to add benign gynecology procedures.
MIT's DAAAM Gives Robots a Searchable Long-Term Memory of What They Saw, Where, and When
A new MIT framework lets robots store language descriptions of objects in a spatial map and answer natural-language queries, improving accuracy by 21 to 53 percent over prior methods.
Switzerland's Verity Wins 2026 IERA Award for Autonomous Warehouse Inventory Drones
The International Federation of Robotics gave its 2026 innovation and entrepreneurship award to Verity, whose self-flying drones scan warehouse inventory in 13 countries.