Launch Weave Robotics Weave Robotics introduced Isaac, a mobile humanoid robot designed for industrial and warehouse tasks. Weave Robotics launches Isaac, its first mobile humanoid robot · The Robot Report
Launch NVIDIA NVIDIA released a new AI model designed to train robots, positioning itself as a central physical AI infrastructure player. NVIDIA Just Released a Seriously Impressive AI Model for Robots—This Could Be the Big Catalyst · 24/7 Wall St.
Launch Tytan Tytan, a German drone maker, is scaling production of interceptor drones designed to shoot down enemy aircraft after Ukraine testing. Germany's Tytan built interceptor drones to hunt other drones in Ukraine, and the results pushed it to scale up fast · OkDiario
Launch UK Defence Ministry The UK Defence Ministry has unveiled the Storm Fighter, a collaborative combat drone designed to work alongside crewed aircraft in Royal Air Force operations. UK unveils Storm Fighter as new collaborative combat drone for the Royal Air Force · Zona Militar
Research Humanoid AI · Bosch · Schaeffler · Siemens — Sotirios Stasinopoulos, Artem Sokolov Humanoid AI, a London-based startup founded by Artem Sokolov, is building wheeled humanoid robots with a four-layer AI architecture to compete against American and Chinese rivals. The 4 Layers Of Brain Behind One Of Europe’s Leading Humanoid Robots · Forbes
Research Georgia Tech Georgia Tech researchers developed a faster, cheaper machine-learning method that taught a humanoid robot to walk across unpredictable terrain. Researchers Create Faster, Cheaper Way to Teach a Humanoid Robot to Walk Over Real-World Terrain · Georgia Institute of Technology
Research TrendForce · AheadForm · Noetix Robotics · UBTECH As humanoid robots move from lab to factory, China pursues scale while the US bets everything on AI smarts to differentiate. Humanoid Robots Part 1: The US-China Divide and Who Controls the Supply Chain · TrendForce
Opinion Waymo Federal regulators are signaling that Waymo must accelerate its rollout or face new restrictions on its driverless operations. Feds to Waymo: No more excuses · Axios
Opinion Waymo San Francisco's mayor is calling for stricter regulations on Waymo after the autonomous vehicle got stuck in the middle of the road causing traffic gridlock. San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco · TechCrunch
Opinion Alphabet Inc. · Waymo · Tesla Inc. — Jonathan Morrison, Elon Musk The Trump administration's highway safety chief aims to create objective behavioral standards for autonomous vehicles, even as Waymo suspends freeway operations after construction-zone mishaps. U.S. aims to set guardrails for autonomous vehicle behavior · The Detroit News
Opinion Tesla A federal investigation cleared Tesla's Autopilot in a fatal crash, finding the driver rather than the autonomous system responsible for a grandmother's death. Fed probe suggests Tesla's self-driving feature wasn't to blame in crash that killed a grandmother · Scripps News
Opinion Waymo A Waymo customer is pushing for policy changes after an incident involving the robotaxi service, raising questions about safety protocols and regulatory oversight. Loyal Waymo customer calls for policy changes after alleged robotaxi attack · NBC Bay Area
Other Foundation Future Industries · Boardwalk Robotics · Institute for Human and Machine Cognition — Sankaet Pathak, Eric Trump, Robert Griffin Foundation Future Industries, backed by Eric Trump as chief strategy adviser, plans to equip humanoid robots with lethal weapons for military deployment within months. A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War · WIRED
Other Hyundai Hyundai factory workers struck over concerns that humanoid robots will displace jobs on the assembly line. Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory · Ars Technica
Other EngineAI — Zhao Tongyang, Donnie Yen EngineAI's T800 humanoid robots threw punches and high kicks in Shenzhen's first global fighting tournament, continuing to battle even after losing their heads. Robots battle with punches, high kicks and even fight on after losing heads in debut global humanoid fighting contest in Shenzhen · Global Times
Other UniX AI UniX AI's humanoid robot grilled kebabs and cooked Chinese dishes in a live AI demo in China. Humanoid robot grills kebabs, cooks Chinese dishes in impressive live AI demo · Interesting Engineering
Other Waymo · Avride · Tesla Inc. · Zoox — Ethan Teicher, Marc Williams, Jonathan Morrison Texas robotaxi operators reported twenty-one crashes to federal regulators, with Waymo's fleet accounting for nearly half despite claiming safer-than-human performance. Texas robotaxi operators report 21 new crashes to federal regulators · Austin American-Statesman
Other Waymo Waymo is expanding autonomous vehicle testing to Charlotte in a new validation phase. Waymo enters next phase of testing in Charlotte · Axios
Other Vatn Systems Americas Vatn Systems launches SIGURD, an autonomous mine-hunting system detecting and neutralizing underwater threats across 30 nautical miles. New Autonomous System Offers All-in-One Approach for Undersea Mine Warfare · The Defense Post
Other Blue Water Autonomy · Saildrone Blue Water Autonomy and Saildrone are suing the Navy after their autonomous surface vehicle was rejected from the MUSV program. Blue Water Autonomy, Saildrone Sue Navy Over MUSV Rejection · USNI News