Launch Chinese humanoid robot manufacturer — Aleksandar Vučić Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić promoted armed robotic dogs as the country inaugurated a manufacturing facility for Chinese humanoid robots. Vučić Touts Armed Robotic Dogs as Serbia Opens Chinese Humanoid Robot Factory · Hungarian Conservative
Launch Hero Esports Hero Esports is staging the Middle East's first humanoid robot kickboxing event in Riyadh, a theatrical spectacle that treats robot combat as sport. Hero Esports to Stage Middle East's First Humanoid Robot Kickboxing Event in Riyadh · PR Newswire
Launch Louisiana deployed its first autonomous bus, a concrete step toward testing driverless transit in a state with limited prior robotics infrastructure. Louisiana gets state’s first self-driving bus · Planetizen
Launch Tesla Tesla expanded its robotaxi service area in Austin just before unveiling the Cybercab, signaling confidence in autonomous vehicles even as competition intensifies. Tesla Expands Austin Robotaxi Area Three Days Before Cybercab Launch · eletric-vehicles.com
Launch Tesla Tesla's Cybercab robotaxis are hitting Texas fleets ahead of a scheduled launch event, lifting the stock. TSLA Stock Jumps as Cybercabs Hit Texas Robotaxi Roster Ahead Of Launch Event · Stocktwits
Launch Pony.ai Pony.ai plans to deploy its robotaxis in South Korea within two years, marking the Chinese autonomous-vehicle company's first move into a market where driverless adoption has lagged behind China and the U.S. China’s Pony.ai robotaxis to run in S.Korea in two years to target lagging driverless market · KED Global
Launch DJI DJI released an autonomous dock designed specifically for the Matrice 400, enabling untended charging and deployment cycles for the enterprise drone. DJI Matrice 400 finally gets its own autonomous drone dock · dronedj.com
Launch Quantum Cyber — Dennis Schnur Quantum Cyber installed eighty 3D printers at its Connecticut factory to mass-produce drone airframes using proprietary filament. A Connecticut factory now has 80 printers for autonomous drone production · Stock Titan
Launch Reflet du Monde · AID Reflet du Monde has unveiled an autonomous drone system designed to detect and respond to wildfires, developed in partnership with AID. Reflet du Monde develops autonomous wildfire-response drone system with AID · Dealroom
Launch CorTec CorTec receives its second FDA Breakthrough Device designation, accelerating the path to market for its implantable brain-computer interface. US FDA Grants CorTec Second Breakthrough Device Designation For Brain-Computer Interface · insights.citeline.com
Funding Easy Aerial Easy Aerial secured $20 million in Series B funding to scale autonomous drone manufacturing and defense contracts. Easy Aerial Raises $20 Million Series B To Expand Autonomous Drone Production And Global Defense Programs · Pulse 2.0
Funding Mara — Daniel Kofman San Francisco startup Mara raised $7 million to build Spike, a backpack-portable counter-drone system that autonomously intercepts FPV attack swarms. U.S. Startup Raises $7 Million to Develop Backpack-Portable Drone Interceptors · SOFX
Research Pepper — Hasan Ayaz, Ewart J. de Visser, Frank Krueger Drexel University researchers found that expressive humanoid robots trigger suspicion when they stumble, engaging the brain's social-judgment machinery in ways motionless robots do not. When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study · Robohub
Research Tesla Tesla is addressing a software vulnerability in Full Self-Driving that causes the system to struggle with potholes. Tesla is fixing Full Self-Driving’s pothole problem · Teslarati
Research Neuralink A paralysed patient with a Neuralink brain implant recovered the ability to feed and drink himself, demonstrating a functional advance in restoring motor control. Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup · The Guardian
Opinion Unitree — Timothy B. Lee, Xuesu Xiao Timothy B. Lee dropped four grand on a Unitree robot dog to understand why a Chinese company might reshape robotics through sheer affordability. I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China · understandingai.org
Opinion Galbot · Zhuoyu Technology · EngineAI · Anyverse Dynamics — Wang He, Xu Zhiyuan, Tan Peng As humanoid robot hardware converges and costs plummet to fourteen thousand dollars, embodied AI models emerge as the real battleground, drawing competitors from autonomous driving and tech giants like Ant Group. Falling Costs, Converging Hardware Push Humanoid Robot Race Toward AI · 一财全球Yicai Global
Opinion Chinese automakers Chinese automakers are exploring humanoid robots as a new revenue stream, though concrete deployments remain speculative. Chinese Carmakers Bet on Humanoid Robot Profits · Technology Org
Opinion GXO GXO's CEO argues that industrial logistics needs dexterous manipulation hardware, not general-purpose humanoid robots. GXO CEO: Better robot hands, not Olympic-level humanoids, are what businesses really need · Fortune
Opinion Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs upgrades its humanoid robot market forecast, arguing the machines could transform automotive manufacturing. Goldman Sachs raises humanoid robot forecast, sees auto role · Investing.com