Robotics dispatch — SUN · 19 JUL 2026

Launch

GeniusRobotics

GeniusRobotics' Ares humanoid robot enters mass production in China, marking the first commercially scaled humanoid platform.

'World's 1st mass-produced humanoid robot' motors to market in China · New Atlas

Launch

Realbotix

Realbotix is deploying humanoid robots into New York school district classrooms this fall to teach STEM subjects.

New York school district to deploy humanoid robot in classrooms this fall · Fox News

Launch

ACE Robotics

ACE Robotics unveiled Kairos 3.1, an embodied AI system spanning data collection to robot deployment, at WAIC 2026.

ACE ROBOTICS Unveils Kairos 3.1 and Expands Its Embodied AI Stack from Data to Deployment at WAIC 2026 · Yahoo Finance

Launch

BrainCo

BrainCo unveiled a brain-computer interface platform that lets users control humanoid robots directly with their thoughts via EEG headsets.

Chinese platform lets people control humanoid robots with thoughts · Interesting Engineering

Launch

EngineAI

EngineAI's T800 humanoid robot landed a head-high kick at China's first freestyle robot fighting tournament.

Humanoid robot lands head-high kick during ‘world’s first freestyle’ fighting in China · Interesting Engineering

Launch

Tesla

Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Miami with a notably constrained operating territory.

Tesla's Robotaxi Just Launched in Miami. Here's How Small the Service Area Really Is · Yahoo Finance

Launch

Kraken Technologies

The Royal Navy airdropped a Kraken Technologies autonomous drone boat from an RAF cargo plane into rough North Sea waters.

World-first airdrop of an autonomous drone boat into rough seas · New Atlas

Launch

Matternet · Beeline

Matternet partners with Beeline to scale drone delivery operations across the United States.

Matternet taps Beeline to accelerate US drone delivery expansion · DroneDJ

Launch

Anduril

Anduril's autonomous drone successfully fired a live missile at a target, marking the company's first weaponized flight test.

Anduril Autonomous Drone Fires Its First-Ever Live Missile at a Target · autoevolution

Launch

Tornyol — Alex Toussaint

Tornyol, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is taking preorders for an autonomous micro-drone that hunts mosquitoes by tracking their wingbeat and colliding with them mid-flight.

A mosquito-hunting killer drone is available for preorder – and I have questions · TechRadar

Launch

Tesseract Ventures · Defense Innovation Unit — John Boucard

The Pentagon tapped Kansas City-based Tesseract Ventures to develop containerized drone pods that let one operator manage multiple aircraft with minimal human intervention.

US picks containerized drone system for next-gen autonomous warfare · Interesting Engineering

Launch

Figure

Figure introduced Figure 03, its third-generation humanoid robot redesigned for manufacturing and trained on proprietary Helix AI.

Introducing Figure 03 · Figure

Launch

Figure

Figure's Helix 02 robot tidies living rooms using coordinated tool use and learns new household tasks from video.

Helix 02 Living Room Tidy · Figure

Launch

NEURA Robotics · Qualcomm

NEURA Robotics and Qualcomm announced a partnership to develop a 'Brain + Nervous System' reference architecture for humanoid robots.

NEURA Robotics and Qualcomm Enter Strategic Collaboration to Advance Physical AI and Cognitive Robotics · Neura Robotics

Launch

Dexterity

Dexterity unveiled Foresight, a world model for robotic manipulation trained on over 100 million real warehouse actions.

Introducing Foresight · Dexterity

Launch

Wing · Papa Johns

Wing and Papa Johns launched a drone-delivery pilot in Charlotte to fly hot pizza to customers via app integration.

Wing and Papa Johns partner to build the future of fresh, hot delivery by drone · Wing

Launch

Percepto

Percepto's autonomous drone system won EPA approval as an alternative method for methane leak detection at oil and gas sites.

Autonomous OGI Drones now Alternative Test Method for EPA Subpart OOOOa, OOOOb · Percepto

Launch

Draganfly

Draganfly secured a contract to equip campus police departments nationwide with drones and training through a new program.

International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Launches National Campus Drone Readiness Program, Selecting Draganfly to Provide Drone Systems, Services and Training in Alignment with Emerging U.S. Drone Policy · Draganfly

Launch

Draganfly · Skip Dynamix

Draganfly completed its $7.5 million acquisition of Skip Dynamix, adding low-cost fixed-wing drone capabilities.

DRAGANFLY COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF SKIP DYNAMIX · Draganfly

Launch

Draganfly · F4 Defense International

Draganfly and F4 Defense International won an Army contract to develop a tethered drone counter-UAS system.

Draganfly and F4 Defense International (F4DI) Selected by the Department of War for Development of Integrated, Multi-Layered, Modular, and Rapid-Deployable Counter-UAS (C-UAS) System · Draganfly