Robotics archive
Every Robotics story, newest first. 84 in this archive.
Sep 15, 2026
Einride and Lidl Run Cab Less Level 4 Truck on German Public Roads Daily
On 15 September 2026 Einride and Lidl began daily cab less SAE Level 4 freight runs between warehouse and store under a first of its kind permit from Germany's KBA transport authority.
Sep 13, 2026
GMO LOOP Ships OTA Style Learning Updates to Deployed Humanoids
GMO AI and Robotics launched GMO LOOP on 8 September 2026, a managed service that returns factory operational data to deployed humanoids as improved motion policies.
Sep 12, 2026
Skild S1 Learns Multistep Assembly Tasks From One Video on Blackwell Lines
Skild AI and NVIDIA disclosed on 10 September 2026 that Skild Brain on dual arm manipulators is assembling NVIDIA Blackwell systems at Foxconn, learning multistep tasks including sixteen screw installs from a single demonstration video.
Sep 11, 2026
NVIDIA SONIC Turns VR and Language Targets Into One Humanoid Motion Policy
NVIDIA described SONIC in Science Robotics as a foundation controller that maps VR, video, and vision language action inputs into coordinated humanoid motion without retraining.
Sep 10, 2026
Unitree Open Sources UnifoLM WLA 1.0 as One Model for Desk and Mobile Manipulation
Unitree Robotics released UnifoLM WLA 1.0, an open source embodied foundation model that unifies desktop and whole body mobile manipulation with cross task generalization.
Sep 8, 2026
XPeng IRON Walks Off Its First Humanoid Production Line in Guangzhou
XPeng's IRON humanoid autonomously exited its Guangzhou production line on 8 September 2026, marking a shift from prototype demos to line built units with on device Physical AI and a 2027 external delivery target.
Sep 7, 2026
CJ Logistics Runs Humanoids on Live Olive Young Packaging Lines
CJ Logistics put two dual arm humanoids on a live Olive Young packaging line in Yongin, the first publicly confirmed live humanoid logistics operation in South Korea.
Sep 6, 2026
Tesla Starts Optimus Production at Fremont for Internal Factory Ramp
Tesla started building Optimus humanoids at Fremont for internal factory use while warning commercial buyers may wait until 2027.
Sep 5, 2026
Wandercraft Signs 12 Calvin 40 Customers as Renault Plans 350 Humanoids
Wandercraft said on 4 September 2026 that twelve blue chip firms ordered its Calvin 40 industrial humanoid, while Renault Group targets 350 unit deployments within eighteen months. The release marks commercial traction beyond medical exoskeleton roots.
Sep 4, 2026
Gemini Robotics ER 2 Ships as a Separable Brain for Multi Robot Task Planning
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics ER 2 acts as a high level embodied reasoning model that plans multi step tasks, tracks success, and coordinates multiple robots while lower level controllers execute motion. Integrators should treat ER 2 as an orchestration layer, not a replacement for safety certified motor stacks.
Sep 3, 2026
Zoox Opens Paid Robotaxi Rides to Las Vegas Airport Terminals
Zoox added Harry Reid International Airport to its paid Las Vegas robotaxi service on 3 September 2026, a revenue grade route test as multiple operators compete for Clark County permits.
Sep 2, 2026
Medtronic Bets 700 Million on Cornerstone Sentire Outside the United States
Medtronic will invest about 700 million dollars in Cornerstone Robotics and distribute the Sentire surgical system outside the United States alongside Hugo, giving hospitals a dual platform option from one vendor.
Sep 1, 2026
Serve Robotics Links Grubhub Delivery With Moxi 2 Hospital Rollout
Serve Robotics linked Grubhub marketplace delivery with Moxi 2.0 hospital deployments, expanding a physical AI platform that now spans sidewalk bots and indoor manipulation.
Aug 31, 2026
FedEx Scales Dexterity Trailer Loading Robots at Hagerstown Hub
FedEx and Dexterity scaled Foresight powered Mech trailer loading robots at the Hagerstown hub beyond pilot scope, testing physical AI inside live parcel network workflows.
Aug 30, 2026
Ambi Robotics Deploys CARGO Stacking Model at 72 Percent Density in Live Ops
Ambi Robotics says CARGO is running in customer warehouses at more than 72.5 percent density and 340 sorts per hour on mixed pallet building.
Aug 29, 2026
Sanctuary AI Hits 99 Percent Success on Live Automotive Wire Plugging Line
Sanctuary AI reports 99.5 percent success at 2.54 second cycle times on a live automotive wire plugging task using Physical AI on industrial arms, not its humanoid. Manufacturing leaders should evaluate dexterity benchmarks on their own lines.
Aug 28, 2026
micro_biorobot_agent Drafts Traceable Living Machine Designs From a 23K Part Library
Researchers built micro_biorobot_agent on Qwen3.5 27B to draft traceable genetic circuit designs from a 23,000 record library and scored highest among seven systems in their benchmarks.
Aug 28, 2026
PhysCaP Teaches Code Policies to Probe Hidden Mass and Stiffness Before Grasping
A physics informed code as policy agent decides when robots should poke, weigh, and squeeze objects when vision alone cannot reveal latent properties.
Aug 25, 2026
Figure AI Leads Humanoid Commercial Deployments While Tesla Optimus Stays Internal
Industry observers contrast Figure AI paying customer deployments at BMW and logistics sites with Tesla still installing Optimus production lines and targeting internal academy use before external sales.
Aug 24, 2026
XPeng Robotics Raises 900 Million Dollars to Scale IRON Humanoids
XPeng Robotics raised over 900 million dollars at a 6.3 billion dollar valuation to mass produce IRON humanoids by late 2026, with CEO He Xiaopeng now running the unit directly.