Robotics News The Robotics category covers news and analysis on industrial automation, humanoid and mobile robots, drones, surgical and service robotics, and the AI systems that power them. Readers find reporting on product launches, funding rounds, research breakthroughs, and regulatory developments from companies, startups, and labs worldwide. Coverage spans manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, and defense applications.
NVIDIA Debuts Jetson Orin Nano 2 With 2× Inference, Wing And Matic Adopt It First — Aug 27, 2026 — NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin Nano 2 doubles the inference performance of the previous Orin Nano at 40% lower power, with Wing, Matic Robotics, Cognex and Doos...UBTECH, Galbot, AGIBOT Lock In Factory Orders As VLA Models Reset China Humanoid Race — Aug 27, 2026 — As Beijing's second World Humanoid Robot Games ends, UBTECH, Galbot and AGIBOT hold hundred-million-dollar factory orders from BYD, Foxconn, CATL and...EnPower And Echion Sign MoU To Build U.S. Robot Batteries With XNO Anodes — Aug 26, 2026 — U.S. cell maker EnPower and UK anode developer Echion Technologies signed an MoU to co-develop and manufacture in Indianapolis fast-charging, long-cyc...Waymo Announces Munich Robotaxi Launch Targeting End of 2027 — Aug 26, 2026 — Waymo unveiled plans on August 25, 2026 to launch its first commercial European robotaxi service in Munich by the end of 2027, kicking off mapping and...Sagtec Launches HALO AI Robot With 1,500-Unit, $3M Dubai Order — Aug 25, 2026 — Nasdaq-listed Sagtec Global commercially launched its HALO AI food-serving robot with a US$3 million, 1,500-unit purchase order from its exclusive Dub...DEEP Robotics' X30 'SPock' Deploys Into Singapore's Power Tunnels — Aug 25, 2026 — Nicknamed SPock inside Singapore's SP Group, DEEP Robotics' industrial X30 quadruped is now patrolling 40 kilometers of underground power-transmission...Amazon Plots Sixfold Prime Air Expansion To Nearly 500 US Cities By Year End — Aug 25, 2026 — Amazon is preparing to widen Prime Air drone delivery from 11 metro areas to nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, a sixfold footprint ex...Waymo Reveals Custom 5nm ASIC And Seven-Supplier Stack Behind Its Ojai Robotaxi — Aug 25, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo has opened up the boot of its robotaxi, publishing the architecture of its onboard computer, a purpose-built 5-nanometer ASIC that pu...Nevada Clears Tesla, Waymo And Uber For Up To 8,000 Paid Robotaxis In Clark County — Aug 25, 2026 — The Nevada Transportation Authority granted Tesla up to 5,000 driverless taxis, Waymo up to 1,000 and Uber up to 1,000 through Zoox and Motional, open...Bedrock Robotics Deploys Fully Autonomous Excavators on U.S. Infrastructure Sites — Aug 25, 2026 — San Francisco startup Bedrock Robotics has moved retrofitted excavators to full autonomy on live U.S. jobsites for Sundt Construction, Champion Site P...XPENG Robotics Raises Over $900M at $6.3B Valuation to Mass-Produce IRON — Aug 24, 2026 — XPENG’s humanoid robotics business closed its first external funding round at over US$900M, valuing the unit at more than US$6.3B, in what the a...Noitom's AdaPT Teaches Humanoids to Play Nadal-Style Tennis on the Court — Aug 24, 2026 — Two days after making its HiPHI motion dataset public, Noitom Robotics and its research partners unveiled AdaPT — a system that teaches Unitree G1 and...DEEP Robotics Debuts Six Industrial Product Lines at WRC 2026 — Aug 24, 2026 — At the 11th World Robot Conference in Beijing Yizhuang, DEEP Robotics rolled out its full quadruped, wheeled-legged and humanoid line-up alongside six...Uber Faces Nearly $1B GDPR Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions — Aug 24, 2026 — The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825M ($966M) — the second-largest GDPR penalty ever — over automated driver deactivations from 201...Tesla Recalls Nearly 3 Million EVs In China Over Hidden Door Handles — Aug 24, 2026 — Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels and push software updates to help occupants find hidden manual door releases, in China's...EngineAI Stages World's First Humanoid MMA Tournament, Robot Fights On After Losing Head — Aug 24, 2026 — Chinese humanoid startup EngineAI launched the Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend league with a $1.48M prize pool, using its T800 humanoid as the standar...FCC Labels Drone Light Shows Military-Grade As Comments Close Sept. 2 — Aug 24, 2026 — FCC Public Notice DA 26-758 puts multi-drone light shows inside a new military-grade swarm category, threatening the Korean-built UVify IFO fleets tha...Oregon Warns: One Drone Over A Wildfire Grounds Every Firefighting Aircraft — Aug 24, 2026 — State agencies say drones have delayed aerial operations at the Grasshopper Fire and warn violators face up to $75,000 in fines and 12 months in feder...Amazon Prime Air Drone Drops Package Into Texas Pool, Fueling MK30 Design Backlash — Aug 24, 2026 — A viral video of an Amazon MK30 drone letting a Texas customer's package fall into her swimming pool has revived design questions about Prime Air's ho...NSK And Atom Sign MoU To Build Japan's Humanoid Robotics Base — Aug 24, 2026 — Precision-component giant NSK and Tokyo humanoid startup Atom agreed to jointly test humanoid actuators and collect physical-AI training data inside N...