Robotics Industry News
A collection of Robotics latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team's prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor…
Robotics, Science Underway as Cosmonauts Prep for Wednesday Spacewalk
Robotics controllers wrapped up a weekend of swapping scientific hardware packed inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft's trunk for installation on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Expedition 74 crew is continuing its…
Figure Humanoid Robots Get Jobs With JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers
Figure 03 humanoid robot. Screenshot from a Brett Adcock tweet. Figure got a job at dad's company. Not literally, of course, because humanoid robots don't have dads. Or moms. But figuratively (sorry) because a key investor in Figure's series C…
VenHub Doubles Down on Robots With Massive New Vegas Plant
VenHub is expanding. The autonomous retail company just dropped a major anchor in Las Vegas, opening a second, much larger production facility to churn out its robotic “Smart Stores” at scale. They have to. A massive backlog of…
3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components is not going to win marathons just yet. But such relatively inexpensive hardware could enable researchers to more easily test and train AI-powered…
SoftBank hires banks for US IPOs of SB Energy and AI robotics spinoff Roze, sources say
SoftBank Group has tapped banks to prepare initial public offerings for its energy and infrastructure developer SB Energy and its planned autonomous robotics spinout Roze, as founder Masayoshi Son ramps up the Japanese group's push into artificial…
TorqueAGI Announces Collaborations with NVIDIA, John Deere, and Dexterity to Advance Physical AI for Enterprise-Grade Robots
Bringing Physical AI into production is a team effort. From compute infrastructure to foundation models to deployment systems, TorqueAGI is building at the model layer alongside partners working across the full stack. As an NVIDIA Perception…
Fashion Brands Are About to Discover Their Next Growth Market: Dressing Humanoid Robots
Robots need clothes for the same reason humans do, how they're dressed changes how people feel about them. A humanoid in exposed metal reads as cold industrial machinery. The same machine in a tailored concierge uniform reads as helpful, calm, and…
Oops! Domino's-Partnered Robotics Startup That Was Supposed to Put Human Pizza Chefs Out of a Job Just Shut Down
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Picnic, a Seattle-based startup that raised more than $53 million to develop robots capable of putting human restaurant workers out of a job — even partnering with the giant…
Robot jazz and power naps: How a Sydney soil scientist got on par with Einstein
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Alex Broadfoot McBratney and his collaborators once dumped 300 tonnes of dirt into an Australian art space. It was not just any dirt: the…
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visits robot factory in China
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visits robot factory in China By: Global Times | Published: May 27, 2026 05:55 PM Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is on a state visit to China, visited a future factory of Minth Group in Jiaxing, East…
Sorry, Humanoid Robots, You Can't Fly On Southwest Airlines Anymore
It seems that Southwest Airlines has adopted a similar policy as the Mos Eisley Cantina when it comes to droids: 'We don't want them here.' A recently released policy spells this out in no uncertain terms. Southwest Airlines does not allow…
I just watched a Chinese robot make the worst eggs I've ever seen
You can't make a great humanoid home robot without breaking a few eggs, and in that way, GigaAI's SeeLight S1 almost succeeds. It doesn't break the eggs, but it does appear to bend the rules of good culinary skills, delivering some of the…
Humanoid robot warning as Scots say safeguarding laws 'not ready'
Humanoid robots could soon become a common sight in homes, schools and workplaces — but Scots experts have warned the UK is dangerously unprepared for the risks they pose. Researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are…
Inside the NBA' astonished by robot humanoids
Robot humanoids may not be quite ready to take over the world just yet, but they are getting closer each and every day. And Inside the NBA was the latest to come uncomfortably close to the realization that the human race will soon become totally…
Receive a Daily briefing on Robotics Industry News
Get Started