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Retail Shelf Robot Tally Earns UL 3300 Safety Certification Simbe said its robot Tally has received UL 3300 certification from UL Solutions, a safety standard for service robots operating in public-facing environments. The company said it is the first retail r...

🛍️ Simbe announced that its autonomous shelf-scanning robot Tally received UL 3300 certification from UL Solutions after independent testing.

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Techman Robot Deploys AI Cobots With Jinpao Precision for Aerospace Manufacturing Techman Robot worked with precision mechanism manufacturer Jinpao Precision to implement a large-scale automation project using collaborative robots. Jinpao Precision produces precision metal componen...

🤖 Techman Robot Deploys AI Cobots With Jinpao Precision for Aerospace Manufacturing

The automation covers ten factory processes and has freed up approximately 80,000 hours of annual production labor.

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VR Headset Training Initiative Targets Helicopter Safety in Nepal Virtual reality helicopter training is arriving in Nepal through a new safety initiative involving the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Airbus Helicopters, and Loft Dynamics.

🚁 VR Headset Training Initiative Targets Helicopter Safety in Nepal

EASA, Airbus Helicopters, and Loft Dynamics launched a VR-based training program aimed at improving pilot readiness in Nepal’s demanding flight environment.

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BMW Pilots AEON Humanoid Robot in German Production BMW Group has started testing a humanoid robot at its Leipzig plant, marking the company’s first pilot of this kind in production in Germany. The robot, AEON, was developed by Hexagon Robotics and is ...

🤖 BMW Pilots AEON Humanoid Robot in German Production

AEON is a humanoid robot from Hexagon Robotics with a human-like body, interchangeable hand and gripper tools, and the ability to move on wheels.

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Wayve Raises $1.5B to Scale End-to-End Autonomous Driving Platform Wayve raised $1.2 billion in a Series D, bringing its post-money valuation to $8.6 billion and total capital secured for commercial rollout to $1.5 billion, including additional milestone-based invest...

🚘 Wayve closed a $1.2 billion Series D, part of $1.5 billion secured to support the commercial rollout of its autonomy platform.

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ZaiNar Raises $100 Million to Turn Existing Wireless Networks Into a Sensing Platform for Physical AI ZaiNar announced it has raised more than $100 million at a valuation exceeding $1 billion as it publicly launches after nine years in stealth with a platform for Physical AI. The company says its tech...

📶 ZaiNar raised more than $100 million at a valuation exceeding $1 billion as it launched a platform for Physical AI that turns existing wireless networks into a location sensing system.

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VenHub Adds Self-Diagnosing Systems to Keep Autonomous Stores Running VenHub, a Las Vegas–based company that designs and builds fully autonomous Smart Stores, announced a system-wide upgrade to its robotic infrastructure. The update equips every robotic component inside...

VenHub has introduced self-diagnostic capabilities across its robotic systems to reduce downtime and maintain continuous store operations.

The update includes predictive monitoring that alerts service teams before components require maintenance or replacement.

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Toyota Expands Use of Humanoid Robot Digit After Successful Pilot Agility Robotics has signed a commercial agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada to deploy its humanoid robot, Digit, in Toyota’s automotive production facilities.

🚘 Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada has signed a commercial agreement with Agility Robotics to deploy the humanoid robot Digit following a successful pilot.

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Baidu and Uber Expand Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Dubai Baidu and Uber, in partnership with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, announced the next phase of their global agreement by bringing Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing to Dubai.

🚕 Baidu and Uber Expand Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Dubai

The deployment supports Dubai’s goal of making 25% of all transportation trips autonomous by 2030.

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NVIDIA and Samsung Back Odyssey’s Push Toward a General-Purpose World Simulator Odyssey announced new funding from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Samsung Next to accelerate its research toward a general-purpose world simulator.

🌐 NVIDIA and Samsung Back Odyssey’s Push Toward a General-Purpose World Simulator

The company said the investment will help scale research, infrastructure, and deployment of Odyssey-2 Pro through its API.

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Comau Unveils Lighter MATE-XT GO Exoskeleton for Industrial Use Comau has introduced MATE-XT GO, a new wearable exoskeleton built to support workers’ arms and shoulders during repetitive and overhead tasks. The device is designed to reduce physical strain on the j...

🤖 Comau Unveils Lighter MATE-XT GO Exoskeleton for Industrial Use

The new MATE-XT GO exoskeleton reduces muscle activity and perceived effort by up to 50% during repetitive and overhead tasks.

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Yokogawa and ANYbotics Join Forces on Integrated Robot Inspection for Industry Yokogawa, a Japanese automation company, and ANYbotics, a Swiss robotics firm, have announced a partnership to combine plant operations software with autonomous robotic inspection.

🤖 ANYbotics’ autonomous inspection robots will now be managed directly through Yokogawa’s OpreX plant control platform.

The integration enables unified oversight of both standard and explosion-proof robots across hazardous industrial sites.

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How Computer Vision Is Teaching Machines to Read the Wild Camera traps capture rare wildlife moments, but millions of images need sorting. Computer vision tools like MegaDetector and SpeciesNet turn chaos into data, helping scientists track species, find rar...

🦁 Wildlife cameras see everything. AI makes sense of it.

In our latest editorial from Richard Pallardy, we look at how computer vision is transforming camera trap data into real tools for conservation and research.

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Khronos Publishes Release Candidate for glTF Gaussian Splatting Extension Khronos Group released a draft update to glTF that adds support for 3D Gaussian splat data. The group said the rapid growth of Gaussian splatting could lead to fragmentation without standardization. T...

🌏 Khronos Group published a release candidate glTF extension that enables storage of 3D Gaussian splats in glTF 2.0.

The organization opened the specification for industry feedback ahead of expected ratification in the second quarter of 2026.

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U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Google Cloud Test Smartphone-Based AI Motion Analysis for Training U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Google announced a joint effort to build an AI video-analysis tool on Google Cloud aimed at elite ski and snowboard athletes.

⛷️ U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Google announced an experimental AI video-analysis tool built on Google Cloud for skiing and snowboarding.

The system uses standard smartphone video to generate near-real-time motion data without wearable sensors.

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Faraday Future Launches FF EAI-Robotics With Three Robot Models Faraday Future announced the launch of its first robotics portfolio, along with debuting FF EAI-Robotics Inc., a new California-based subsidiary. The company positioned the move as a brand expansion i...

🤖 Faraday Future launched its FF EAI-Robotics brand and introduced three embodied AI robots spanning humanoid and quadruped formats.

The company opened sales and paid pre-orders while preparing for initial deliveries later this month.

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Figure Releases Helix 02, a Full-Body Foundation Model for Humanoid Control Figure has released Helix 02, a major upgrade to its foundation model that brings full-body autonomy to its existing humanoid platform. Building on the previous Helix model which controlled the upper ...

🤖 Helix 02 is an updated foundation model that unifies sensing and control across the full body of Figure’s humanoid robot.

It enables continuous, multi-minute tasks like walking, grasping, and fine manipulation with no resets or human input.

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Apple Acquires Q.ai to Advance Invisible Interface Vision Apple has acquired Q.ai, a stealth audio AI startup backed by GV and others, as first reported by Reuters. The transaction is being described as Apple's second-largest acquisition ever.

Apple Acquires Q .ai to Advance Invisible Interface Vision

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Honda and DriveOhio Pilot Uses Vehicle Sensors to Automate Road Condition Detection Honda and DriveOhio have completed a two-year pilot of its Proactive Roadway Maintenance System, a prototype developed to identify road conditions and infrastructure deficiencies using vehicle sensor ...

🚘 Honda test vehicles logged 3,000 miles to validate an AI-powered system for detecting potholes, signage issues, and road wear.

The pilot achieved up to 99% accuracy and is said to potentially save the Ohio DOT more than $4.5 million annually.

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Sprout steps in a softer smarter robot built for human spaces Fauna Robotics came out of stealth with Sprout, a 3.5-foot humanoid designed for developers building real-world robotics applications.

🤖 Sprout is a lightweight, soft-bodied humanoid platform shipping today as a Creator Edition for use in shared human spaces.

Early users include Disney, Boston Dynamics, and NYU, with applications spanning retail, entertainment, and home services.

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Richtech and Microsoft Equip ADAM Robot with Context-Aware AI Richtech Robotics is working with Microsoft’s AI Co-Innovation Labs to bring adaptive intelligence to its beverage robot, ADAM.

🍸 Richtech Robotics and Microsoft jointly enhanced the ADAM robot bartender with vision, voice, and reasoning using Azure AI.

New features enable ADAM to adapt to real-world conditions and notify staff of issues before service disruptions occur.

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📬 Remix Reality Insider: Robots Are Learning to Feel Robots move beyond vision into touch as dexterity becomes the next Physical AI frontier. A deep dive into Zipline’s $600M raise and logistics empire, plus a look at wearable tech's power of diminished...

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🖐 Robotics is moving beyond vision and into touch
🚕 Waymo Launches Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Miami
🏀 NBA Launchpad Reveals 2026 Tech Cohort
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Nucleus4D Raises $1.5M to Scale Spatial Capture Platform for Real-World Digitization Nucleus4D has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its spatial computing platform for digitizing real-world environments. The round was led by Antler and South Loop Ventures

🌐 Nucleus4D has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its spatial computing platform for digitizing real-world environments.

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Boston Dynamics Expands Spot Robot with New Cam 2 and Multimodal Inspection Tools Boston Dynamics has introduced Spot Cam 2, a new camera system for its mobile robot, Spot. The upgraded system includes a 4K pan-tilt-zoom camera with 25x optical zoom, a radiometric thermal camera, a...

📸 Boston Dynamics Expands Spot Robot with New Cam 2 and Multimodal Inspection Tools

Spot Cam 2 adds 4K PTZ optics, radiometric thermal, and spherical imaging with new support for acoustic sensors.

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NBA Launchpad Reveals 2026 Tech Cohort Focused on Cognitive, Spatial, and Fan Engagement Tools The NBA has announced the latest group in its Launchpad program, which finds and tests new technologies that could shape the future of basketball. For its fifth year, the league picked five companies ...

🏀 NBA Launchpad Reveals 2026 Tech Cohort Focused on Cognitive, Spatial, and Fan Engagement Tools

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Serve Robotics to Buy Diligent Robotics to Expand Autonomy Platform Into Hospitals Serve Robotics will acquire Diligent Robotics in a $29 million stock deal, with an additional earn-out of up to $5.3 million. Serve Robotics develops autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, while Diligen...

🤖 Serve will acquire hospital robotics company, Diligent Robotics, its first move into indoor environments.

Diligent’s Moxi robot has completed over 1.25 million deliveries across 25 hospitals and will continue operating as a Serve subsidiary.

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SPIE and UNC Charlotte Launch $1M Doctoral Scholarship Fund in Optical Science SPIE and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced a $1 million endowed fund to support doctoral research in optics and photonics. The SPIE Emerging Innovators in Optical Science and Eng...

💰 SPIE and UNC Charlotte Launch $1M Doctoral Scholarship Fund in Optical Science

The SPIE Emerging Innovators Scholarship will support two PhD students in UNC Charlotte’s Optical Science and Engineering program.

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Baidu and AutoGo Launch Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Abu Dhabi Apollo Go and AutoGo have launched a fully driverless ride-hailing service in Abu Dhabi. The service is open to the public on Yas Island, where users can book rides through the AutoGo app in vehicles ...

🚘 Baidu and AutoGo Launch Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Abu Dhabi

The AutoGo app now offers fully autonomous rides to the public on Yas Island, with no human driver on board.

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Humanoid Robots Trialed at Siemens Factory in Logistics Test Humanoid and Siemens have concluded a proof of concept showcasing the use of autonomous humanoid robots in industrial logistics. The HMND 01 Alpha robot from Humanoid was deployed in live operations a...

🤖 Humanoid’s HMND 01 robot completed a two-week live trial at a Siemens facility, automating tote handling tasks.

The proof of concept met all performance metrics, including an over 90% autonomous pick-and-place success rate.

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ByteDance Joins Alibaba-Backed X Square Robot in $140M Series A++ X Square Robot announced a $140 million Series A++ funding round, bringing in new strategic investors including ByteDance and HongShan. The company, founded in December 2023, focuses on general-purpos...

🤖 X Square Robot closed a $140 million Series A++ round with participation from ByteDance, HongShan, and other Chinese investors.

The company previously raised funding from Alibaba and Meituan to support its general-purpose AI model and hardware platform.

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