Robotics archive
Every Robotics story, newest first. 84 in this archive.
Oct 12, 2026
Amap and Sands China Deploy Tutu Robot Guides Across Macau Resort Floors
Resort deployments in Macau report thousands of bilingual guest interactions and more than 40 kilometers traveled in an 11 hour Tutu robot dog trial before wider Sands property rollout.
Oct 9, 2026
AWS Open Source Physical AI Toolchain Targets the Gap Between Training and Deployment
Amazon Web Services released an open source Physical AI Toolchain that links synthetic data, NVIDIA Isaac tools, SageMaker training, and edge delivery for robotics teams.
Oct 8, 2026
Kirin Brewery Scales Spot Patrols to Save Hundreds of Inspection Hours
Kirin Brewery’s Chitose plant deployed Boston Dynamics Spot with partner TECO for autonomous patrol inspection, targeting about 650 annual labor hours saved on routine equipment checks.
Oct 5, 2026
Coco Robotics and Deliveroo Will Scale Sidewalk Robot Deliveries Across the UK
Coco Robotics and Deliveroo announced on 5 October 2026 an exclusive UK partnership starting in London Canary Wharf, with depot investment and multi city expansion planned as Coco extends its European footprint.
Oct 3, 2026
MFR Wins Posco Contract for High Risk Steel Yard Robot Work
DGIST spinoff MFR won a Posco contract to supply autonomous robots that place spacers between heavy steel plates, combining sensor fusion navigation with 3D vision arm control in a live mill.
Oct 2, 2026
ANYbotics Shift Becomes the Command Layer for Multi Robot Inspection Fleets
ANYbotics launched Shift on 1 October 2026 to orchestrate heterogeneous inspection robots, connecting plant models, field data, and maintenance systems for industrial sites scaling beyond single ANYmal deployments.
Oct 1, 2026
AGIBOT Deploys More Than 300 Robots Across Chimelong Theme Park
AGIBOT and Chimelong launched a large embodied AI deployment on 24 September 2026 with more than 300 robots across guest and hotel operations in Zhuhai.
Sep 30, 2026
DYNA 2.1 Runs Full Commercial Laundry Shifts Without Human Help
DYNA Robotics launched DYNA 2.1 on 29 September 2026, a semi humanoid agent that completes end to end commercial laundry workflows using a vision language orchestrator and whole body controller.
Sep 27, 2026
Universal Robots Gen 7 Targets Physical AI on the Factory Floor
At IMTS 2026 Universal Robots unveiled Gen 7, a redesigned cobot platform with native AI connectivity and an open partner stack for industrial physical AI deployments.
Sep 26, 2026
Boston Dynamics Opens Atlas Training Hub Inside Hyundai Metaplant
Boston Dynamics launched its Robotics Metaplant Application Center at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America on 21 September 2026, training Atlas humanoids for automotive logistics with a 25,000 unit deployment plan.
Sep 25, 2026
AGIBOT Deploys More Than 300 Robots Across Chimelong Theme Park
AGIBOT and Chimelong Group launched a large scale embodied AI deployment on 24 September 2026 with more than 300 robots across entertainment, education, visitor services, and hotel operations in Zhuhai, China.
Sep 24, 2026
GXO CEO Says Humanoid Pilots Need Finger Dexterity Not Sprint Records
GXO Logistics CEO Patrick Kelleher told investors the $13.6B operator is piloting five humanoid vendors and prioritizes hand dexterity and task speed over locomotion stunts, a buyer signal for warehouse automation budgets.
Sep 23, 2026
Isaac ROS 5.0 Pairs Agent Workflows With Zero Copy CUDA Transport
NVIDIA Isaac ROS 5.0 adds agent ready robotics workflows, rosidl::Buffer zero copy CUDA transport, and faster FoundationPose tracking, launched at ROSCon on 22 September 2026.
Sep 22, 2026
Skild S1 Now Assembles Nvidia Blackwell Systems From One Demo Video
Skild AI’s in context robot model is running on dual arm lines at an Nvidia factory, fastening screws and installing busbars after a single video prompt.
Sep 21, 2026
Boston Dynamics Opens Atlas Training Center Inside Hyundai Georgia Plant
Boston Dynamics launched its Robotics Metaplant Application Center at Hyundai's Georgia factory on 21 September, training Atlas humanoids on parts logistics while Hyundai targets 25,000 units across global plants.
Sep 20, 2026
CATL Puts Humanoid Xiao Mo on Live Battery PACK Line in Zhongzhou
CATL reports its humanoid robot Xiao Mo is operating on a live new energy battery PACK line, handling connector work and inspection with vision language action control.
Sep 19, 2026
UBTECH Opens Liuzhou Plant Targeting 10000 Humanoids a Year
Production started 12 September at a Siemens built site sized for more than 10000 Walker S and Cruzr units annually, with humanoids on the assembly line.
Sep 18, 2026
Geekplus Opens Düsseldorf Lab So Buyers Can Test AI Warehouses Before Rollout
Geekplus opened its first European Innovation Lab in Düsseldorf on 16 September 2026, letting logistics operators test pallet, tote, shelf, and humanoid systems with Brain software before live warehouse deployment.
Sep 17, 2026
Toyota Plans 400000 ELEY Robots Inside Factory Retrofits
Nikkei reports on 18 September 2026 that Toyota will deploy 400000 in house ELEY human support robots at upgraded group factories, using wheeled two finger arms that learn tasks from workers.
Sep 16, 2026
Agility Digit 5 Targets Cooperatively Safe Factory Work at Scale
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 on 15 September 2026 as its first humanoid engineered for cooperatively safe work beside people without safety cages, citing more than 300 million dollars in conditional customer orders and CE marked EU expansion from 2027.