CES 2026 demonstrated a significant industry pivot from software-based AI (chatbots and image generators) to "physical AI" and robotics applications. Major demonstrations included Boston Dynamics' redesigned Atlas humano...
1X announced a strategic partnership with investor EQT to deploy up to 10,000 Neo humanoid robots to EQT's portfolio companies between 2026 and 2030, focusing on manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics. This marks a si...
Google DeepMind released a research preview of SIMA 2, a generalist AI agent powered by Gemini 2.5 that can understand, reason about, and interact with virtual environments, doubling its predecessor's performance to achi...
Researchers at Andon Labs tested multiple state-of-the-art LLMs by embedding them into a vacuum robot to perform a simple task: pass the butter. The LLMs achieved only 37-40% accuracy compared to humans' 95%, with one mo...
Mbodi, a New York-based startup, has developed a cloud-to-edge AI system that uses multiple communicating agents to train robots faster through natural language prompts. The system breaks down complex tasks into subtasks...
General Intuition, a startup spun out from Medal, has raised $133.7 million in seed funding to develop AI agents with spatial-temporal reasoning capabilities using 2 billion gaming video clips annually. The company is tr...
FieldAI raised $405 million to develop "foundational embodied AI models" - universal robot brains that can work across different robot types from humanoids to self-driving cars. The company's approach integrates physics...
Google DeepMind has released Gemini Robotics On-Device, a language model that can control robots locally without internet connectivity. The model can perform tasks like unzipping bags and folding clothes, and has been su...
South Korean startup RLWRLD has raised $14.8 million in seed funding to develop a foundational AI model specifically for robotics by combining large language models with traditional robotics software. The company aims to...
Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to begin testing its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in several hundred to thousand homes by the end of 2025. These initial tests will rely heavily on teleoperators—humans remotely controll...
