RealSense has spun out of Intel as an independent company after 14 years, raising $50 million in Series A funding to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology. The company's 3D perception cameras are used in robotics, au...
Amazon has deployed one million robots across its warehouses after 13 years of automation efforts, with 75% of global deliveries now robot-assisted. The company also released DeepFleet, a generative AI model that coordin...
Genesis AI emerged from stealth with $105 million in seed funding to build a foundational AI model that can power various types of robots for automating repetitive tasks. The startup uses proprietary synthetic data gener...
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...
Meta unveiled V-JEPA 2, an advanced "world model" AI system trained on over one million hours of video to help AI agents understand and predict physical world interactions. The model enables robots to make common-sense p...
Amazon announced the launch of a new research and development group within its consumer product division focused on agentic AI. The group will be based at Lab126, Amazon's hardware R&D division, and aims to develop agent...
Hugging Face has released SmolVLA, a 450 million parameter open-source AI model for robotics that can run on consumer hardware like MacBooks. The model is designed to democratize access to vision-language-action capabili...
Hugging Face announced two new open-source humanoid robots: HopeJR, a full-size robot with 66 degrees of freedom priced at $3,000, and Reachy Mini, a desktop unit costing $250-$300. The company aims to democratize roboti...
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...
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...
