https://fixtherobot.dev/news/ Robotics stories from independent outlets, newest first. Every item links to the original article. en 30 Sun, 15 Nov 2026 18:53:31 GMT https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/15/google-deepmind-launches-gemini-robotics-2-5-with-improved-dexterity-and-industrial-capabilities/107186 story:233f9a6c5d00e7ba Sun, 15 Nov 2026 18:53:31 GMT Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2. 5, an updated vision-language-action (VLA) model designed to improve robots’ ability to perform complex physical tasks in industrial and everyday environments. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/15/wing-and-walmart-launch-drone-delivery-service-in-memphis/107176 story:c88212c5bb578eab Sun, 15 Nov 2026 16:01:55 GMT Wing has launched its drone delivery service in the Memphis metropolitan area in partnership with Walmart, extending its autonomous delivery network into Tennessee for the first time. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Drones https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/15/physicl-raises-10-million-to-improve-physical-ai-training-with-synthetic-data/107173 story:2f2882263f14f76b Sun, 15 Nov 2026 15:45:16 GMT Paris-based startup Physicl has raised $10 million in seed funding to develop technology that helps robotics and physical AI researchers identify and address weaknesses in their AI models. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI Robotics Startups https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/15/zacua-ventures-raises-135-million-to-invest-in-robotics-physical-ai-and-industrial-technology/107166 story:d034a608649e5d57 Sun, 15 Nov 2026 14:57:29 GMT Venture capital firm Zacua Ventures has closed its second investment fund at $135 million, more than doubling the size of its original $56 million fund as it expands its focus on robotics, physical AI and technologies for… Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI Robotics Startups https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/15/robbyant-launches-lingbot-touch-to-give-robots-a-sense-of-touch/107152 story:5fe99539c03f32d5 Sun, 15 Nov 2026 14:34:52 GMT Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, has announced the open-source release of LingBot-Touch, a tactile foundation model that gives robots a critical missing sense by enabling robust touch perception. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Open Source & Tools Physical AI https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/15/embodied-ai-unveils-air-humanoid-robot-designed-to-learn-factory-tasks-on-the-job/107133 story:f17c782c21047d6d Sun, 15 Nov 2026 11:53:06 GMT Swiss robotics company Embodied AI has unveiled AIR at Humanoid Europe 2026, a humanoid robot built to share the factory floor with people. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics Physical AI Industrial Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/humble-robotics-raises-51-million-to-expand-autonomous-electric-freight-operations/107110 story:48d5c1c9e61209f3 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 04:27:34 GMT Humble Robotics, which specializes in developing autonomy for freight, has announced a $51 million Series A, bringing its total funding to $75 million in less than a year since its founding. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Robotics Startups https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/wing-invests-125-million-in-us-drone-manufacturing-to-support-nationwide-expansion/107107 story:df365aeca1a24282 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 04:04:48 GMT Wing, the drone delivery company owned by Alphabet, is investing up to $125 million in US manufacturing over the next two years as it prepares to expand its autonomous delivery network across the country. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Drones Industrial Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/zipline-raises-an-unbelievable-1-5-billion-to-build-nationwide-drone-delivery-network/107104 story:4eae88aa35421641 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 03:56:44 GMT Zipline has announced an extraordinary $1. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Drones Robotics Startups https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/neura-robotics-partners-with-e-on-to-bring-humanoid-robots-to-energy-infrastructure/107100 story:2c4041e1376f1b54 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 03:48:43 GMT ON and German energy company enviaM have announced a partnership to develop physical AI applications for electricity networks, with initial real-world trials planned for 2027. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/gecko-robotics-unveils-faster-raptor-inspection-robot-with-adnoc-as-first-customer/107096 story:80bcd3a274a70230 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 03:15:32 GMT Gecko Robotics has unveiled Raptor, its next-generation industrial inspection robot, designed to collect data on the condition of critical infrastructure significantly faster than existing systems. Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/queue-introduces-robotic-pharmacy-kiosk-that-fills-prescriptions-in-30-seconds/107084 story:0f7780a6dd13ab76 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:52:19 GMT California-based healthcare technology company Queue has introduced an autonomous robotic pharmacy kiosk designed to fill, verify and label prescription medications in approximately 30 seconds. Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/14/nexcom-expands-robowiz-robotics-platform-with-new-technology-partners/107080 story:84711558691cdeda Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:44:21 GMT NEXCOM and its robotics subsidiary NexCOBOT have showcased their RoboWIZ AI Robotics Platform at Nvidia GTC Berlin, highlighting an open development ecosystem designed to simplify the integration of artificial intelligence,… Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/13/why-build-a-humanoid-robot-from-the-sensor-up-the-thinking-behind-gentos-corl-2026-debut/107075 story:5f6e3f676fa69d7e Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:18:16 GMT At CoRL 2026 in Austin, GENTO showed humanoid robots and a new dexterous hand that sit on top of a stack Tianji Intelligence has been building since 2015, starting with a single component most people never see. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics https://therobotreport.com/how-rhoda-ai-is-using-video-data-to-create-generalized-ai-models-for-robots story:b168eb85f72654e6 Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:30:44 GMT Earlier this year, Rhoda AI emerged from 18 months of stealth with $450 million in Series A funding. Source: The Robot Report. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/12/xpeng-expands-uk-operations-with-new-vehicles-robotaxis-and-humanoid-robots/107054 story:818715237ad78110 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:00:28 GMT XPENG is taking its ambitions in the UK to the next level, setting out a long-term growth strategy that extends beyond expanding its electric vehicle presence to bringing its vision for physical AI to British consumers. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics Autonomous Vehicles https://techxplore.com/news/2026-11-german-ai-robotics-startup-valued.html story:84389582a0e6bfb1 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:20:01 GMT German AI robotics startup Agile Robots said Thursday that a new funding round valued the company at $8. 7 billion euros), providing additional firepower for a global expansion. Source: Tech Xplore Robotics. Robotics Startups https://therobotreport.com/viam-launchpad-aims-to-accelerate-robotics-deployments story:893edd2b2a89c3d0 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:30:31 GMT Returning from RoboBusiness and RobOpsCon , I have never felt more optimistic about the robotics — I mean the physical AI — industry. Source: The Robot Report. Physical AI https://therobotreport.com/runways-praxis-1-world-action-model-for-robotics-is-now-available story:ef4688e8c8a42993 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:18:47 GMT Source: The Robot Report. Physical AI https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/12/cainiao-introduces-upgraded-climbing-robot-with-four-side-retrieval-and-denser-storage/107042 story:6e1e02d98f132856 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:33:03 GMT Cainiao, a developer of e-commerce logistics and logistics technology, unveiled its self-developed climbing robot system at the recent CeMAT Asia event, showcasing new capabilities including four-side item retrieval, double-deep… Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/11/agility-robotics-completes-merger-and-secures-465-million-in-capital-ahead-of-nasdaq-listing/107039 story:0da487929ee8a42c Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:21:07 GMT Agility Robotics, the US-based developer of the Digit humanoid robot, has completed its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI, paving the way for its shares to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “AGLT”. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/11/niqo-robotics-unveils-50-foot-ai-weeder-for-large-specialty-crop-farms/107030 story:65d247ca9f90d127 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:03:52 GMT Niqo Robotics, the physical AI company building the intelligence layer for farm machines, is expanding its US lineup of AI weeding robots built to fit local farms with the RoboWeeder F50, North America’s widest hooded AI weeder. Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/11/fmc%c2%b3-robotics-introduces-doceo-system-to-help-industrial-robots-learn-from-factory-workers/107021 story:845c2309fa6cab45 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:38:23 GMT FMC³ Robotics has introduced its Doceo series, a collection of data acquisition and processing technologies designed to help industrial robots learn manufacturing tasks from real-world human activity. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Industrial Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/11/lincoln-electric-introduces-xpertlinc-a-physical-ai-technology-platform-that-redefines-the-future-of-robotic-automation/107017 story:3729a8b6130c310d Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:30:17 GMT Lincoln Electric has launched XpertLINC, a proprietary physical AI-enabled technology platform that integrates vision, coordinated motion, process control, and decades of welding expertise in one package. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI https://therobotreport.com/serve-robotics-opens-robot-delivery-network-for-others-to-build-on story:4d63a7ff3a70ad5b Wed, 11 Nov 2026 22:17:00 GMT Reported by The Robot Report, Robotics & Automation News. https://robohub.org/ai100-report-released-embodied-ai-highlighted-as-grand-challenge story:b570f1545bfa5e42 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 13:48:55 GMT The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) is a longitudinal study that assesses AI’s development and societal impact. Reports are released once every five years, with the 2026 edition the third in the series. Source: Robohub. Physical AI https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/10/china-blocks-softbanks-5-4-billion-takeover-of-abb-robotics/106941 story:e3abbd11573660de Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:13:43 GMT China has blocked SoftBank Group’s proposed $5. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Industrial Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/10/path-robotics-raises-stunning-300-million-at-2-45-billion-valuation-to-expand-physical-ai-in-manufacturing/106929 story:a516fcd77fe36343 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:32:27 GMT Path Robotics, a developer of physical AI for manufacturing, has announced a staggering $300 million in Series E financing at a post-money valuation of $2. 45 billion, led by Georgian, an AI-focused growth equity firm. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI Robotics Startups Industrial Robotics https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/10/ring-known-for-its-doorbell-cameras-launches-a-home-security-drone-and-an-enterprise-security-robot story:4228f290e3f466e8 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:30:00 GMT Amazon-owned Ring is pushing into robotics with the launch of a home security drone and a rolling robot designed to patrol and protect businesses. Source: TechCrunch. Drones https://therobotreport.com/axon-invests-1-2b-into-skydio-and-becomes-its-u-s-public-safety-distributor story:ccaf33eb1b90daf8 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:06:58 GMT Source: The Robot Report. Drones https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/10/genrobot-ai-raises-100-million-to-expand-robot-training-data-infrastructure/106905 story:dd68327ca21d5b37 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:50:38 GMT Chinese robotics technology company GenRobot AI has raised $100 million in a Series A+ funding round as investment continues to flow into the data infrastructure needed to train increasingly capable robots. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Robotics Startups https://waymo.com/blog/2026/11/uk-accessibility-network story:5830016409b19c5c Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Today, we’re launching the Waymo Accessibility Network UK to inform the future of autonomous mobility in the UK and enable a more independent future of transport. Source: Waymo. Autonomous Vehicles https://therobotreport.com/nvidia-launches-gr00t-2-isaac-lab-3-0-corl story:af9a8bd25a0277ef Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:52:05 GMT Source: The Robot Report. Open Source & Tools Physical AI Robotics Research https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/nature-will-launches-50-billion-parameter-ai-model-for-dexterous-robot-hands/106855 story:9fb890dfac5eabec Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:39:03 GMT Nature Will, a physical AI lab dedicated to building physical AGI, has announced the launch of Natura-1, a 50-billion-parameter physical general foundation model for dexterous hand control and zero-shot instruction following in… Source: Robotics & Automation News. Manipulation Physical AI https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/berkshire-grey-unveils-enhanced-ai-capabilities-powered-by-bg-pilot-software/106852 story:0acf360e32947bd8 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:33:03 GMT Berkshire Grey, a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group, has announced new AI-enabled enhancements across its robotic automation portfolio, powered by BG Pilot software (BG Pilot), the company’s unified AI software platform. Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-adds-wheels-to-atlas-humanoid-to-test-whole-body-control story:080da37fc50a07a8 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:34:38 GMT Bridging the divide between deterministic physics-based control and policy-driven adaptation, Boston Dynamics released a video today showing its Atlas humanoid using wheels to move around. Source: The Robot Report. Robot Control Humanoid Robotics Robot Learning https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/honda-launches-10000-challenge-to-improve-human-robot-collaboration-in-factories/106834 story:d5c197ba060d8a49 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:45:40 GMT Honda has partnered with nonprofit organization Base 11 and online freelancing platform Freelancer to launch a $10,000 competition challenging young Americans to develop ideas for safer and more effective collaboration between… Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-assisted-learning-platform-helps-robots-reason-beyond-literal-commands-1109 story:61c6b6672c9bea25 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:40:01 GMT Humans are intuitive by nature. We can sense meaning beyond the literal words that we encounter. Reported by MIT News, Tech Xplore Robotics. Robotics Research https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/nebius-and-positronic-launch-physical-ai-competition-to-test-robot-manipulation-models/106828 story:957476bbe03b209b Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:36:37 GMT Positronic Robotics and Nebius have launched an international physical AI competition aimed at improving robotic manipulation and establishing more consistent methods for evaluating AI models on real-world tasks. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI Manipulation https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/edge-sound-research-raises-2-million-to-expand-physical-ai-perception-technology/106816 story:ceec8ede1f7f1280 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:18:27 GMT EDGE Sound Research has secured an additional $2 million in funding led by Stormbreaker Ventures, bringing its total funding to $9 million as the company expands its sound-based perception technology into robotics and physical AI. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI Robotics Startups Perception https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/abb-robotics-launches-ai-robot-trainer-to-simplify-robot-vision-programming/106808 story:3268ee75d375101d Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:20:32 GMT ABB Robotics is expanding OmniCore EyeMotion with AI Robot Trainer, enabling customers to train, deploy, and continuously improve AI-powered robot vision applications faster and without needing experts to build AI models from… Source: Robotics & Automation News. Industrial Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/09/precision-spatial-tracking-for-autonomous-systems-training-humanoid-robots-and-drones-with-optical-motion-capture/106784 story:80a0d7746831d24e Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:19:12 GMT A robot can repeat a movement convincingly while still getting its position wrong. Source: Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics Drones https://therobotreport.com/chinese-regulators-block-softbanks-5-4b-acquisition-of-abb-robotics story:f27908ddfac47971 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:41:17 GMT It has been more than a year since ABB announced it singed an agreement to sell its robotics division to the Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group. Source: The Robot Report. Industrial Robotics Robotics Startups https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/physicl-raises-10m-to-make-the-digital-world-real-enough-for-robots story:7f25e52123268a52 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online. Source: TechCrunch. Robotics Startups https://therobotreport.com/agility-robotics-shareholders-approve-25b-humanoid-spac story:ac96b7401e5e0ce2 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:48:14 GMT Robotics has cleared a major hurdle in its planned initial public offering (IPO). Reported by The Robot Report, Robotics & Automation News. Humanoid Robotics https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/serve-robotics-launches-new-business-to-become-the-aws-for-robots story:825aa1ad46e837fc Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:15:00 GMT Serve Robotics announced alonsgside its third-quarter earnings that it will launch a new business line called Physical AI Services to offer customers its connectivity and data tools. Source: TechCrunch. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/05/pudu-robotics-unveils-one-brain-multiple-embodiments-strategy-and-showcases-full-portfolio-in-european-first/106725 story:c6c619e340ccbca2 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:02:02 GMT Global commercial robotics specilaist showcased six product lines together for the first time at its 2026 European Partner Summit in Amsterdam Pudu Robotics, a global provider of commercial robotics, has set out the next phase… Source: Robotics & Automation News. https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/agility-is-the-first-pure-humanoid-robot-company-on-the-stock-market-are-you-buying story:e2980a3d09f6cfeb Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company. Source: TechCrunch. Humanoid Robotics https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/11/05/agibot-unveils-go-3-preview-and-takes-top-spot-on-three-embodied-ai-benchmarks/106711 story:fba58520dd089495 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:23:15 GMT The new embodied foundation model connects pre-training, post-training and post-deployment learning, helping robots develop general-purpose capabilities and continuously improve through real-world experience AGIBOT has unveiled… Source: Robotics & Automation News. Physical AI Robotics Research https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/build-world-models-for-interactive-simulation-with-nvidia-cosmos story:4efaac88dd4b8c3e Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:11:04 GMT Physical AI developers working with world models face two distinct challenges: adapting models to their sensors, tasks, and data, and getting those models into applications reliably. NVIDIA Cosmos addresses each. Reported by NVIDIA Technical Blog, arXiv. Physical AI