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Human Archive, which trains robots using first-person video from 1,000+ camera-equipped caps worn by Indian home services workers, raised $8.2M from YC and more (techcrunch.com)
2 hours ago India Robot

August Robotics, which makes autonomous robots for construction and industrial applications, raised $30M led by Big Pi Ventures (siliconangle.com)
5 days ago Robot

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears (hardware.slashdot.org)
10 days ago Japan Robot

Seoul-based WIRobotics, which develops wearable and humanoid robots and is collaborating with Nvidia and AWS, raised a ~$68M Series B led by JB Investment (www.thelec.net)
10 days ago Robot Nvidia

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's Mind Robotics, which is building AI-powered robots for manufacturing tasks, raised $400M, source says at a $3.4B valuation (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago AI Robot Manufacturing

Q&A with Alexandr Wang on rebuilding Meta's AI stack, launching Muse Spark, personal superintelligence, acquiring Assured Robot Intelligence, and more (www.corememory.com)
13 days ago AI Robot Intelligence

Config, which is building a data layer for robotics foundation models, raised a $27M seed at a $200M+ valuation led by Samsung Venture Investment (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago Samsung Robot

Humanoid Robot Becomes Buddhist Monk In South Korea (hardware.slashdot.org)
17 days ago Korea Robot

Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera raised over $200M led by SF Group, after raising ~$146M in March at a ~$1.47B valuation (www.caixinglobal.com)
17 days ago Robot

Sony and TSMC announce a new JV to build next-gen image sensors for robots and cars, as Sony moves from in-house manufacturing to a more asset-light approach (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago Robot Manufacturing Sony Asset

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking (techcrunch.com)
19 days ago Startup AI Robot

Sources: Sam Altman discussed spinning out OpenAI's robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected (www.wsj.com)
21 days ago Robot

Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familiar Machines & Magic and unveils Familiar, a dog-like, “emotionally intelligent” robot that reacts to owner's feelings (www.wsj.com)
22 days ago Robot

China's Linkerbot, which holds 80%+ of global dexterous robotic hands market, raised a Series B+ at a $3B valuation and seeks a $6B valuation in its next round (www.reuters.com)
22 days ago China Robot

Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground (hardware.slashdot.org)
22 days ago Robot Texas

Meta acquires a startup Assured Robot Intelligence to bolster its robotics team, which is working on humanoid hardware and the underlying AI that powers it (www.bloomberg.com)
25 days ago Startup AI Robot Intelligence

Humanoid robotics startup 1X opens a new 58,000-square-foot factory in Hayward, California, where it aims to build 100,000 robots by the end of 2027 (www.bloomberg.com)
26 days ago Startup Robot California

A look at Eka, which trains its robotic claw on a “vision-force-action model” incorporating realistic joints, motors, and physics principles into its simulation (www.wired.com)
26 days ago Robot

Sources: SoftBank plans to create an AI and robotics company called Roze in the US to build data centers and list it as early as 2026, seeking a $100B valuation (www.ft.com)
26 days ago AI Robot

Humanoid Robots Start Sorting Luggage In Tokyo Airport Test Amid Labor Shortage (hardware.slashdot.org)
27 days ago Robot Tokyo

'Grandma, hop on!' Robot rescues Ukrainian pensioner after she is spotted fleeing Russian shelling with her walking sticks (www.dailymail.co.uk)
28 days ago Russia Robot Ukraine

Paris-based SquareMind, whose Swan robot uses AI for full-body dermoscopic skin imaging, raised $18M, including a previously undisclosed pre-Series A (www.massdevice.com)
28 days ago AI Robot Paris

Stuttgart-based Sereact, which develops software for industrial robots to handle tasks they haven't been trained on, raised a $110M Series B led by Headline (www.bloomberg.com)
29 days ago Robot

Sources: Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup Genki Robotics, co-founded by Andy Rubin, raised a Series A at a ~$1B valuation; it raised a ~$50M seed in 2025 (www.axios.com)
30 days ago Startup Robot Tokyo

Shenzhen-based Pudu Robotics, which makes commercial service robots, raised ~$150M, bringing its total funding to $300M+, and says its valuation exceeds $1.5B (www.therobotreport.com)
2026-4-24 Robot Shenzhen

Ping-Pong Robot Makes History By Beating Top-Level Human Players (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-23 Robot

Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-23 AI Robot Sony

Reliable Robotics, which is developing autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160M led by Nimble Partners, pushing its valuation to ~$1B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-22 Robot

Robots Beat Human Records At Beijing Half-Marathon (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-21 Robot

Chinese robot smashes human world half-marathon record (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-4-20 China Robot

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