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Helm.ai expands driver platform

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:01:58 +0000

Autonomous vehicle and robotics automation AI software company Helm.ai has announced an expansion of Helm.ai Driver. The software is a vision-only software stack designed to scale seamlessly from advanced Level 2+ [...]

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Faraday announces EAI robot & vehicle delivery plans

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:32:38 +0000

California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. has announced plans for its first EAI Robotics deliveries. Faraday began deliveries of FF 91 in 2023, with [...]

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Agility Robotics and Toyota sign commercial agreement

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:17:31 +0000

Agility Robotics has announced that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has signed a commercial agreement with the company. After a successful pilot, TMMC plans to deploy Agility’s robot, Digit, in [...]

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Onconetix acquires AI-powered robotics company Realbotix

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:43:21 +0000

Onconetix, Inc. and Realbotix LLC. have signed a share exchange agreement pursuant to which Onconetix will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Realbotix. Realbotix LLC is [...]

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Apptronik announces $520m in Series A funding

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:20:45 +0000

AI-powered robotics company Apptronik today announced a US$520 million (c. £381m) Series A-X funding round. Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots, with specific interest in humanoid robotic [...]

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Microsoft announces Rho-alpha robotic model

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:38:21 +0000

Microsoft has announced Rho-alpha (ρα), its first robotics model derived from Microsoft’s Phi series of vision-language models. Rho-alpha translates natural language commands into control signals for robotic systems performing bimanual [...]

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Fauna Robotics debuts humanoid robot

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:27:27 +0000

Fauna Robotics has launched its debut robot Sprout, a friendly and capable humanoid robot platform designed to operate safely in shared human spaces. Reportedly, moving beyond the closed industrial systems [...]

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XELA Robotics develops anthropomorphic robot hand

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:25:43 +0000

Advanced 3D tactile sensor specialist XELA Robotics has reportedly succeeded in providing a human sense of touch for humanoid and industrial robots. The hardware and software solution enabling physical AI, already [...]

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PepsiCo deploys Siemens industrial AI software in US manufacturing

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:09:35 +0000

Siemens has announced Digital Twin Composer, a new software solution that builds Industrial Metaverse environments at scale. The system is designed to apply industrial AI, simulation and real-time physical data [...]

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Cyngn expands DriveMod Tugger deployment with G&J Pepsi

John Thornton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:03:44 +0000

Cyngn has secured an additional autonomous vehicle order from G&J Pepsi, one of the largest independent Pepsi bottlers in the USA, as it looks to scale deployments of its DriveMod [...]

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