Launch UBTech UBTech unveiled the U1, a mass-production humanoid robot with emotional AI designed for lifelong companionship. Humanoid robot designed ‘for a lifetime’ of companionship unveiled · The Independent
Launch 1X 1X upgraded its Neo humanoid robot with more dexterous hands for human-level precision and touch sensitivity. Human-Level Hands? 1X Just Gave Humanoid Robot Neo Something Close · Forbes
Launch A startup shipped its first humanoid robot to customers, raising questions about machines becoming servants or competitors. The first commercial human-like robot is here. Are replicants next? · Fast Company
Launch Agility Robotics — Peggy Johnson Agility Robotics, led by Peggy Johnson, is going public via SPAC merger, becoming the first pure-play humanoid robotics company to trade publicly. This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon · TechCrunch
Launch Mitsubishi Mitsubishi enters the humanoid robotics race with plans to manufacture and deploy robotic workers by 2027. Mitsubishi joins global robot race, plans to manufacture, deploy humanoid workers in 2027 · Automotive News
Launch UMA · Tesla · Hugging Face · Figure — Rémi Cadène, Simon Alibert, Rob Knight Rémi Cadène, who led AI systems at Tesla's Optimus lab, is launching UMA, a Paris-based humanoid robot startup targeting Europe's aging workforce and industrial warehouses. Ex-Tesla Optimus scientist unveils European humanoid robot startup · Electrek
Launch Waymo Waymo is quietly testing its Denver robotaxi service on employees before facing actual customers. Waymo launching robotaxi service in Denver. But only for its own workers. · The Colorado Sun
Launch Waymo Waymo is pushing into four new cities as the company turns its longest-running robotaxi experiment into something resembling a real business. Waymo to start driverless rides in 4 more U.S. markets as expansion accelerates · CNBC
Launch Waymo Waymo is expanding its autonomous taxi service to San Diego, another notch in its methodical march toward mainstream driverless operations. Waymo's vehicles ready to drive themselves in San Diego, company says · NBC 7 San Diego
Launch Waymo Waymo's arrival in Tampa raises immediate questions about liability when self-driving cars inevitably collide with the city's notoriously aggressive drivers. Waymo comes to Tampa — who is responsible? · FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Launch BayCare · Zipline BayCare, Florida's largest health system, taps Zipline to deploy autonomous drones for moving blood and medical supplies across Tampa Bay. BayCare Selects Zipline to Build Drone Delivery Network Across Tampa Bay · Dronelife
Launch ZenaTech ZenaTech is building a spherical autonomous drone, betting rounded geometry solves problems rectangular designs don't. ZenaTech begins development of sphere-shaped autonomous drone · Investing.com
Launch Skydio Skydio's autonomous charging dock reached 1,000 deployments in one year, validating the company's unattended flight strategy. Skydio crosses 1,000 drone Dock deployments in just one year · DroneDJ
Launch DJI DJI's heavy-lift EV50 drone is being tested to ferry supplies up Everest's slopes, stress-testing autonomous mountain logistics. Beyond the Helicopter: DJI’s EV50 drone brings autonomous logistics to the slopes of Mount Everest · sUAS News
Launch Percepto Percepto launches an AI-powered inspection platform enabling drones to autonomously monitor power grids without human pilots. Percepto Unveils AI-Powered Inspection Intelligence Platform for Energy Infrastructure and Autonomous Drone Operations · uasweekly.com
Funding AeroVironment AeroVironment wins an $80.5 million task order to deploy AI-powered drone-detection systems at Air Force bases. Pentagon awards $80M task order for AI-enabled tech to defend Air Force bases against small drones · DefenseScoop
Funding Ondas · DZYNE Ondas is acquiring military drone maker DZYNE for $875.8 million to expand its defense sector presence. Ondas to Buy Military Drone Maker DZYNE for $875.8 Million · Bloomberg.com
Research NVIDIA NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T software pipeline enables training humanoid robots for complex physical tasks without simulation code. Develop Humanoid Robot Policies End-to-End with NVIDIA Isaac GR00T | NVIDIA Technical Blog · NVIDIA Developer
Research Unitree Robotics Unitree Robotics' Chinese humanoid robot successfully performed minimally invasive keyhole surgery in a demonstration by American surgeons. US scientists use Chinese humanoid robot to carry out keyhole surgery · South China Morning Post
Research Johns Hopkins researchers examine crash data to evaluate autonomous vehicle safety claims and regulatory gaps. The Safety Data on Autonomous Vehicles · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health