European Union News
Latest European Union news and analysis — 31 articles tagged European Union on The Robotics Media.
- 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...
- Open Cosmos Wins Spain's Eight-Satellite Atlantic Constellation — — Open Cosmos will build eight Earth observation microsatellites for Spain's component of the Atlantic Constellation, with delivery targeted by 2027.
- Eku Energy Files 10-Hour, 1,000 MWh Griffith Battery Under Australia's EPBC Act — — Macquarie-backed Eku Energy has submitted a 100 MW / 1,000 MWh, 10-hour Griffith BESS for federal environmental assessment, expanding its long-duratio...
- Greenvolt Switches On 288 MWh Buj BESS, Hungary's Largest Battery — — Portuguese IPP Greenvolt Power has put a 99.8 MW / 288.6 MWh BYD-supplied battery storage system into commercial operation at Buj, Hungary's largest B...
- Pasqal Inaugurates Italy's First Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer At CINECA — — France's Pasqal has inaugurated SOL, a 140-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer at Italy's CINECA, tightly coupled to the Leonardo pre-exascale superco...
- Belgium Approves Tesla FSD, Making Tesla's Self-Driving Live In Five EU States — — Belgium's Flemish mobility minister signed off Tesla FSD (Supervised) on June 11, making Belgium the fifth EU country to greenlight the driver-assista...