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Alibaba's AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients (www.scmp.com)
24 days ago Alibaba AI Robot

How Chinese manufacturers are dominating the humanoid robot supply chain, even as the industry struggles to find a purpose for such robots (www.nytimes.com)
28 days ago China Robot

Sources: Shenzhen-based humanoid robot manufacturer EngineAI has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO; the company was last valued at $1.5B in April 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
29 days ago Hong Kong IPO Robot Shenzhen

Barcelona-based Theker, which is building AI-powered robots for industrial environments, raised $85M led by CRV, with Samsung, LVMH, and others participating (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
29 days ago Samsung AI Robot

Sources: Germany's Neura Robotics, which builds AI-powered humanoid robots, raised $1.4B from Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon, Nvidia, and others at a ~$7B valuation (www.ft.com)
30 days ago Germany Amazon AI Robot Nvidia

A look at Unitree's growth strategy, which mimics those used by BYD and DJI, and leverages its quadruped robot dominance to create and lead the humanoid market (newsletter.semianalysis.com)
30 days ago Robot

New York-based Standard Bots, which wants to make AI-powered robotic arms in the US, raised $200M led by General Catalyst and Robostrategy at a $1B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-9 AI Robot New York

Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI Factory and co-designing future data center architectures (www.chosun.com)
2026-6-8 AI Robot Nvidia

Out-of-control robot karate kicks a child in the stomach while performing martial arts (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-6-5 Robot

Robotics startup Generalist, which released its GEN-1 model to complete short physical tasks in April, raised $400M led by Radical Ventures at a $2B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-4 Startup Robot

Amazon unveils its next-gen Proteus warehouse robot, adding AI-powered language capabilities to let workers assign tasks, rolling out in Europe in H1 2027 (www.theverge.com)
2026-6-4 Europe Amazon AI Robot

Thanks To Robots, Ukraine Is Now Talking About Winning, Not Just Surviving (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-6-3 Robot Ukraine

New York City-based Mecka AI, which trains robots with human data sourced from body sensors and iPhones, raised $60M, including a $25M Series A (fortune.com)
2026-6-2 AI Robot New York

Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T, an open humanoid reference design powered by its Jetson Thor chip, combining a Unitree H2 Plus robot and Sharpa five-fingered hands (www.reuters.com)
2026-6-1 Robot Nvidia

Nvidia unveils Cosmos 3, an open physical AI foundation model, to help robots and autonomous cars better understand the real world with limited training data (www.axios.com)
2026-6-1 AI Robot Nvidia Autonomous Car

LG shares jumped 300%+ this year, after largely sitting out South Korea's chip-rally in 2025, as LG seeks to expand into physical AI businesses such as robots (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-1 Korea AI Robot

PitchBook: VC investment in global robotics and physical AI jumped to $26B in 2025 from $4.2B in 2019, and has already topped $23B as of May 20 this year (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-31 AI Robot

China's tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies (restofworld.org)
2026-5-31 China AI Robot

BlackBerry's stock is up more than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots (sherwood.news)
2026-5-30 Robot

AI startup Shift launches a free home cleaning service in NYC to record first-person video with a camera-equipped cap and use it to train robots (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-29 Startup AI Robot

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)
2026-5-27 India Robot

August Robotics, which makes autonomous robots for construction and industrial applications, raised $30M led by Big Pi Ventures (siliconangle.com)
2026-5-22 Robot

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 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)
2026-5-16 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)
2026-5-14 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)
2026-5-14 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)
2026-5-13 Samsung Robot

Humanoid Robot Becomes Buddhist Monk In South Korea (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-9 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)
2026-5-9 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)
2026-5-8 Robot Manufacturing Sony Asset

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