Launch Zoomlion Zoomlion entered humanoid robots in the World Humanoid Robot Games, testing its full-stack engineering against global competitors. Zoomlion's Full-Stack Humanoid Robots Compete at World Humanoid Robot Games · PR Newswire
Launch China humanoid robot manufacturer China has opened a factory aimed at manufacturing humanoid robots at industrial scale, one unit every ten minutes. China Opens Factory Designed to Produce One Humanoid Robot Every 10 Minutes · ColombiaOne.com
Launch AgiBot · Brave1 — Aleksandar Vucic, Jared Keller Serbia's military deployed armed robot dogs alongside troops, fulfilling President Vucic's pledge to showcase Chinese-designed quadrupeds within weeks of opening a robotics factory. Serbia Reveals Armed Robot Dogs Days After Chinese Humanoid Factory Opening · Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Launch Einride · Lidl · Schwarz Group — Thomas Dangelmayer Swedish autonomous-truck startup Einride deployed its first cabless vehicle in Germany, ferrying groceries for Lidl on actual public roads without a safety operator. Germany Puts Its First Driverless Truck to Work · Autoweek
Launch AEVEX Aerospace · Divergent Technologies AEVEX Aerospace and Divergent Technologies have partnered to accelerate manufacturing of autonomous drones using additive production methods. AEVEX Aerospace and Divergent Technologies Team Up to Speed Autonomous Drone Production · 3D Printing Industry
Launch Skysense — Justin Clune Skysense has deployed an autonomous drone system to protect crops and wildlife, according to CEO Justin Clune. Skysense Deploys Autonomous Drone Solution to Curb Wildlife and Crop Loss; CEO Justin Clune Comments · AndNowUKnow
Launch PDW PDW opens new engineering offices in Denver and Boston to expand its autonomous systems operations. PDW Expands Autonomous Systems Engineering Footprint with New Denver & Boston Facilities · unmannedsystemstechnology.com
Launch DJI DJI's upcoming Neo 3 drone, spotted in retail packaging, includes a mysterious upward-facing sensor that suggests new flight capabilities. Unidentified Upward Sensor Clouds the DJI Neo 3 Box Leak · Geeky Gadgets
Launch Embention Embention has built a 190-gram guidance system that lets strike drones navigate and hit targets without relying on GPS satellites. Embention’s 190-Gram Device Keeps Strike Drones on Target Without GPS · The Defense Post
Launch Baltimore medical device firm A Baltimore medical device firm has won regulatory approval to sell its first brain-computer interface product. Baltimore medical device firm wins approval to sell first product · The Business Journals
Launch Waymo · Allianz Partners Waymo partners with Allianz Partners to build insurance and risk infrastructure for its European expansion, beginning with deployments in London and Munich. Building Waymo's Risk and Insurance Foundation in Europe with Allianz Partners · Waymo
Funding Embodied AI Embodied AI raises funds to deploy physical robots in European factories, betting that hardware can succeed where software alone has stalled. Embodied AI Launches With Funding To Automate European Manufacturing · Pulse 2.0
Funding Phosphoenix Phosphoenix raised €1.3 million to advance its brain-implant vision system toward human trials. Phosphoenix raises €1.3M to bring brain-implant vision tech to first human trial · Dealroom
Research VicOne VicOne warns that attackers can implant hidden triggers in AI robots' vision systems, causing them to ignore safety rules without any detectable malfunction. How Hidden Triggers Can Make Robots Ignore Their Own Safety Rules · IEEE Spectrum
Research Agility Robotics Agility Robotics has released the first concrete pricing for factory-ready humanoid robots, claiming rapid returns that could reshape small-to-mid-size manufacturing. Finally, hard data on humanoid robot cost in the factory · Design World
Research Anthropic A Russian team reportedly used Anthropic's Claude AI to train a killer drone on Ukrainian war footage scraped from the internet. Russian team ‘misused’ Claude AI to train a killer drone on scraped Ukrainian war footage · The Conversation
Research Dstl Dstl's drone swarm trial accelerates the British Army's push toward autonomous warfare capabilities. Dstl drone swarm accelerates Army autonomy ambition · GOV.UK
Research A single brain implant successfully decoded both speech and hand gestures simultaneously, marking the first time a BCI has multiplexed two distinct motor functions in parallel. First-Ever Single Brain Implant Can Translate Speech and Gestures at the Same Time · Discover Magazine
Research Wisk Aero · SkyGrid · FAA Wisk Aero completed a high-fidelity airspace simulation with the FAA and SkyGrid to test autonomous eVTOL operations in Houston's congested airspace. Unlocking the Sky: How Our Latest FAA Tech Center Simulation Advances Autonomous Air Mobility · Wisk Aero
Opinion Unitree — Xie Yipeng Unitree CEO Xie Yipeng forecasts an imminent acceleration in humanoid robot development, without disclosing new products or timelines. Unitree's Xie Yipeng: Humanoid Robots to Enter Accelerated Development Phase · Gasgoo