Embodied AI AI News & Updates
1X Pivots Neo Humanoid Robot from Consumer Homes to Industrial Settings with 10,000-Unit EQT Partnership
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...
DeepMind Unveils SIMA 2: Gemini-Powered Agent Demonstrates Self-Improvement and Advanced Reasoning in Virtual Environments
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...
Experiment Reveals Current LLMs Fail at Basic Robot Embodiment Tasks
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 Develops Multi-Agent AI System for Rapid Robot Training Using Natural Language
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 Raises $134M to Build AGI-Focused Spatial Reasoning Agents from Gaming Data
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 Secures $405M to Develop Physics-Based Universal Robot Brains for Cross-Platform Embodied AI
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 Releases Gemini Robotics On-Device Model for Local Robot Control
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...
RLWRLD Secures $14.8M to Develop Foundational AI Model for Advanced Robotics
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...
1X Announces In-Home Tests of Neo Gamma Humanoid Robots Starting in 2025
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...
Nvidia Launches Groot N1, An AI Foundation Model for Humanoid Robotics
Nvidia has announced Groot N1, an open-source AI foundation model designed specifically for humanoid robotics with a dual-system architecture for "thinking fast and slow." The model builds on Nvidia's Project Groot from...