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Allen Control Systems Raises $200 Million Series B at $2.2 Billion Valuation to Scale Its Bullfrog Autonomous Counter-Drone Gun
Counter-drone startup Allen Control Systems closed a $200 million Series B at a $2.2 billion valuation to scale Bullfrog, an autonomous weapon station already deployed with the U.S. Army and Navy.
China's ROBOTERA Raises Over $200 Million Led by SF Group as Humanoid Maker Scales Logistics Deployments
Two months after a RMB 1 billion round, ROBOTERA raised over $200 million to scale humanoid deployments across 10-plus logistics centers.
Tokyo's Mujin Closes $233 Million Series D Led by NTT and Qatar's QIA to Scale Its MujinOS Automation Platform
Industrial-robotics software maker Mujin raised $233 million in a Series D led by NTT Group and co-led by Qatar Investment Authority, bringing total funding to $411 million as it eyes a 2030 IPO.
KAIST's VOTP Teaches Robots Reward Functions From as Few as Ten Preference Videos, Earning an ICML 2026 Oral
A KAIST team uses optimal transport over video-foundation-model embeddings to learn robot rewards from a handful of preference labels, winning a top-0.7% ICML 2026 oral slot.
China Orders Humanoid Robots Into 'Work Mode': MIIT and SASAC Set a 10,000-Unit Commercial Deployment Target for End of 2026
A joint directive from China's industry ministry and state-asset regulator pushes humanoid robots from demos into paying jobs, targeting 10,000 commercial units and 100-plus applications by year-end.
Vietnam's Vingroup Enters the Humanoid Race With Two Robots: VinDynamics' Dyno Service Bot and VinRobotics' VR-H3 Factory Robot
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.
UBTECH Opens Preorders for Its First Home Humanoid, the UWORLD U1, as China's Top Industrial Robot Maker Pivots Toward the Living Room
UBTECH, which sold 1,079 industrial humanoids in 2025, has launched a consumer brand, UWORLD, and opened JD.com preorders for the U1 ahead of a June 30 reveal.
Amazon Unveils a Next-Generation Proteus Robot That Takes Plain-Language Commands, Anchoring a More Than €10 Billion European Push
Amazon's new Proteus understands conversational commands and works beyond loading docks, debuting in London alongside a more than €10 billion European fulfillment investment.
NVIDIA and Unitree Unveil the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, an Open 75-Degree-of-Freedom Platform for Academic Research
NVIDIA and Unitree announced a jointly developed open humanoid robot reference design built on Unitree's H2 Plus chassis, with 75 total degrees of freedom and Jetson Thor compute, due from Unitree in late 2026.
XPENG Rolls Out China's First Mass-Produced Robotaxi on GX Platform, Targets Driverless Service by Early 2027
XPENG began mass production of its L4 robotaxi on May 18, making it the first Chinese automaker to build a robotaxi entirely through in-house engineering.
SAP and Cyberwave Deploy Autonomous AI Robots in Live Logistics Warehouse, Cutting Training Time From Weeks to Hours
SAP and Milan-based Cyberwave have deployed fully autonomous AI-powered robots in SAP's St. Leon-Rot warehouse, handling box folding, packaging, and shipping fulfillment via VLA and reinforcement learning models.
Locus Robotics Acquires Nexera Robotics to Bring NeuraGrasp AI Grasping to Its Warehouse Picking Platform
Locus Robotics buys Vancouver-based Nexera Robotics, adding NeuraGrasp's patented soft-membrane gripper to its Locus Array autonomous fulfillment system.