European Union News
Latest European Union news and analysis — 36 articles tagged European Union on The Robotics Media.
- Creotech Preps DV-QKD Module For 2026 Launch After EU Sign-Off — — Poland's Warsaw-listed Creotech Instruments will start shipping a Common-Criteria-certified DV-QKD module in 2026 after the European Commission signed...
- Intuitive Surgical Rolls da Vinci 5 Force Feedback and 100+ Updates Into Europe — — Intuitive Surgical is bringing CE-marked Force Feedback instruments, Intuitive Telepresence and more than 100 system updates for the da Vinci 5 platfo...
- Germany Backs QUDORA-Led €122M NFQC-1k Consortium To Build 1,000-Qubit Machine — — Germany's BMFTR is putting €122M behind a QUDORA-led consortium - AQT, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Leibniz University Hannover, PTB, TU Braunschweig and...
- Cohere and Aleph Alpha Sign Definitive Merger Agreement at ~$20B Valuation — — Cohere and Aleph Alpha have signed a definitive combination agreement, formalizing an April deal and creating a roughly $20B transatlantic sovereign-A...
- AiMOGA Mornine Becomes First Humanoid To Clear EN 18031 EU Cybersecurity Rule — — Chery-backed AiMOGA opened IFA Berlin 2026 pitching Mornine as the first humanoid to clear the EU's mandatory EN 18031 cybersecurity standard under th...
- Waymo Announces Munich Robotaxi Launch Targeting End of 2027 — — 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...
- OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Ads To 31 European Markets Next Week — — OpenAI will expand ChatGPT Ads to 31 European markets starting the week of August 24, its largest ads rollout to date and a direct push into ad revenu...
- Arianespace Sets Aug 27 for Ariane 6's First Geostationary Mission — — Ariane 62 will loft the MTG-I2 weather satellite for EUMETSAT and ESA on August 27, 2026 — Ariane 6's first flight to geostationary transfer orbit.
- Germany Launches 3 Fusion Hubs With €125 Million Backing — — Germany's federal research ministry has launched three national fusion hubs — VEGA, STRIDE and MAT-TRIX — with €125 million to consolidate laser, magn...
- Rocket Lab Opens Munich Subsidiary To Anchor European Sovereign Space Push — — Rocket Lab Corp. has formally established Rocket Lab Germany GmbH in Munich, using the Mynaric acquisition as a launchpad for European satellite manuf...
- EU AI Act Enforcement Powers Over GPAI Providers Go Live August 2 — — The European Commission's enforcement powers over general-purpose AI providers activate August 2, 2026, unlocking fines of up to 3% of global turnover...
- Medicaroid Wins Europe's CE Mark For Hinotori Surgical Robot — — Kobe-based Medicaroid, a Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex joint venture, has secured a CE mark for its hinotori surgical robot, clearing a Europea...
- Unitree H1 Pro Launches in Europe in First Three-Continent Humanoid Rollout — — Unitree Robotics kicks off the industry's first simultaneous three-continent humanoid launch, bringing the H1 Pro to Europe on July 22 before Asia and...
- Lyten Signs €60M MoU To Take Over Northvolt Drei Gigafactory In Germany — — U.S. lithium-sulfur battery maker Lyten has signed an exclusive €60 million MoU with Germany's KfW, the federal government and Schleswig-Holstein to a...
- Pasqal Leads €50M Q-PLANET Push To Industrialise Neutral-Atom Quantum Chips — — The EU Chips Joint Undertaking and Pasqal have launched Q-PLANET, a €50 million pilot line coordinated by 28 organisations across 11 EU states to indu...
- EU Commission Unveils AI-and-Cybersecurity Action Plan With Pre-Market Model Testing — — Brussels published an Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI on July 7, 2026, promising an EU capacity to evaluate advanced models before release, a secu...
- Vopak Closes EUR230M Green Energy Storage Deal in Netherlands — — Royal Vopak has taken a 79% controlling stake in Dutch battery developer Green Energy Storage and greenlit a 200 MW / 800 MWh grid-scale battery in Oo...
- CaoCao and May Mobility Partner to Bring Robotaxis to Europe — — CaoCao and May Mobility have formed a strategic partnership to commercialize robotaxi services internationally, beginning with Europe, combining fleet...
- NatPower and Tesla Sign 25GWh Megapack Storage Deal for Europe — — NatPower and Tesla have signed a multi-year agreement to deploy more than 25GWh of Megapack battery storage across Italy and the UK.
- Vattenfall Picks Rolls-Royce SMR for Sweden's Ringhals Nuclear Build — — Vattenfall's Videberg Kraft has selected Rolls-Royce SMR over GE Vernova to supply three small modular reactors near Ringhals, adding 1.5 GW to Sweden...