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- ASI, SoftBank Form JV and Take $225M Bet on Autonomous Construction — — SoftBank Group has invested $225M in Autonomous Solutions Inc and formed a joint venture to develop fully autonomous construction equipment at scale.
- RobotPlusPlus Brings HighMate Robots to SMM 2026 in Hamburg — — RobotPlusPlus unveiled an expanded HighMate line of coating, cleaning and surface-preparation robots at SMM 2026, days after closing its Series C.
- Modal Motors Bids To Cut China Out Of Drone And Actuator Motors — — US electric-motor startup Modal Motors unveiled its rare-earth-free Hybrid Enigma Drive at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on September 23 as a supply-chain a...
- Nexterity Debuts Bolted-Flange Robot To Automate Dangerous Pipefitting — — Ex-ExxonMobil engineer Lindsey Elliott unveiled Nexterity's battery-powered bolted-flange robot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to take on the physically b...
- Altera Signs Rutronik As New European FPGA Distributor — — Independent Altera hands Rutronik a strategic distribution agreement covering Agilex 3, 5, 7, 9 and legacy Stratix, MAX and Cyclone FPGAs across Europ...
- Huawei Unveils Atlas 960 SuperPoD, Pulls Ascend 960 In Three Quarters Early — — Huawei unveiled the Atlas 960 SuperPoD at Huawei Connect 2026 with 4,096 Ascend 960 accelerators, 8 exaflops FP8 and NPO interconnects, pulling the As...
- Universal Robots Unveils Gen 7 Cobot Platform With UR10g, UR17g, UR18g And PolyScope X At IMTS — — Universal Robots' seventh-generation platform pairs three new cobot arms with a compact CB7 controller, a 20% lighter TP7 teach pendant and an AI-read...
- Kite Aero Kicks Off Australian Serial Production Of Its Long-Range KITE Logistics Drone In Geelong — — Sydney-based Kite Aero has started serial production of its 240 km-range KITE autonomous logistics drone in Geelong with partner Sykes Advanced Manufa...
- AVI-SPL Taps Matternet To Fly Emergency Service Parts To Field Technicians In Minutes — — AV giant AVI-SPL and FAA Type-Certified drone-delivery leader Matternet are partnering to fly critical replacement parts to on-site technicians in min...
- Pentagon Sets 'GroundBreaker 1' UGV Demo For October Amid Robot Race — — The Defense Department will run its first joint UGV showdown at Camp Grafton, North Dakota in October, letting six vendors run Overland AI, HDT, Ameri...
- FCS To Build UK's Largest Hydrogen HGV Refuelling System For HyHAUL — — British hydrogen engineering firm FCS signed a deal to design and build the UK's largest hydrogen refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles, serving...
- HMS Networks Launches Friendly Takeover Bid for Spain's ROBOT S.A. — — Sweden's HMS Networks launched a cash delisting offer for all shares of Barcelona-listed ROBOT S.A. on September 11, adding hotel-focused building aut...
- Jaipur Robotics Raises EUR 4.3M Seed To Scale Waste-Plant AI OS Across Europe — — Swiss deeptech Jaipur Robotics closed a EUR 4.3M seed co-led by EquityPitcher Ventures and HTGF to scale its computer-vision operating system into mor...
- Dynamic Creatures Exits Stealth As Boston Dynamics' Theme Park Partner — — Boston-based Dynamic Creatures emerged from stealth on September 8 as Boston Dynamics' official entertainment partner, unveiling SnowJay and interacti...
- JAKA Robotics Countersues Teradyne, Calls Universal Robots' Cobot Patent Claims "False And Damaging" — — Shanghai-based JAKA Robotics has filed for injunctive relief against Teradyne's Universal Robots, calling the cobot patent claims false and misleading...
- ARM Institute Wins $90M Pentagon Award For 10 Military Manufacturing Modernization Projects — — Pittsburgh consortium ARM Institute has bagged nearly $90 million from OSW ManTech to lead 10 robotics, drone and AI projects that will modernize 12 U...
- XGSynBot Z1 Wheeled Humanoid Makes European Debut At IFA Berlin 2026 — — China's XGSynBot brought its Z1 wheeled humanoid robot to IFA Berlin 2026's IFA Next hall on September 4, pitching a modular six-second tool swap and...
- Pudu Robotics Launches MP2000 AI-Native Autonomous Pallet Handler — — Pudu Robotics unveiled the MP2000, an AI-native pallet-handling robot with 2,000 kg capacity, 3D LiDAR perception and fork-in in as little as 20 secon...
- FANUC Debuts 11 kg CRX-3iA Ultra-Lightweight Collaborative Robot — — FANUC America has expanded its CRX cobot lineup with the CRX-3iA, an 11 kg ultra-lightweight collaborative robot with a 3 kg payload and 692 mm reach...
- Nexcom Debuts RoboWIZ Open AI Robotics Platform With ITRI At Automation Taipei — — Nexcom unveiled its RoboWIZ open AI robotics platform on August 19 at Automation Taipei with ITRI and a dozen Taiwan partners to standardize humanoid,...