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A&K Robotics raises C$8 million to build autonomous ‘micro-vehicle’ for airports

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Navigating airports can be a stressful experience for anyone but is particularly difficult for people with mobility limitations.

Roughly 17 percent of the global population lives with mobility challenges, and requests for airport assistance are increasing 10-15 percent each year, outpacing passenger growth.

Introducing a new category of autonomous passenger mobility infrastructure to address this issue, A&K Robotics has announced the closing of an C$8 million Series A investment. [Read more…] about A&K Robotics raises C$8 million to build autonomous ‘micro-vehicle’ for airports

Neura Robotics and Amazon Web Services enter strategic collaboration to accelerate physical AI at scale

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Neura Robotics and Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a strategic agreement to accelerate physical AI at scale – bringing cognitive robots that can perceive, reason, and act alongside humans from development into global deployment.

The collaboration combines Neura’s cognitive robotics platform with AWS’s cloud and AI infrastructure to help train, validate, and deploy the next generation of intelligent robots.

The collaboration tackles one of the most critical challenges of physical AI: while large language models benefit from trillions of data points drawn from the internet, robots have a fraction of that – making real-world training data the key to unlocking the next era of AI. [Read more…] about Neura Robotics and Amazon Web Services enter strategic collaboration to accelerate physical AI at scale

Bubble Robotics raises $5 million to build ‘the ocean’s autonomous workforce’

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Bubble Robotics, has announced a $5 million pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve, following its launch out of Entrepreneurs First.

Founded in 2025 by former robotics engineers from NASA and ETH Zürich, Bubble is building the ocean’s autonomous workforce: a fleet of intelligent robotic systems capable of operating continuously at sea for months, without the need for human intervention. [Read more…] about Bubble Robotics raises $5 million to build ‘the ocean’s autonomous workforce’

Can Robots Reduce Workplace Stress – and When Do They Actually Increase it?

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The modern workplace is changing faster than ever. For decades, we imagined a future where robots would do our chores while we sat back and relaxed. Today, that future has arrived, but it looks a bit different than the movies.

From software that sorts our emails to physical robots moving boxes in warehouses, automation is everywhere. But as these machines move into our offices and factories, a big question has emerged: Are they actually making us less stressed, or are they just adding new types of pressure to our day? [Read more…] about Can Robots Reduce Workplace Stress – and When Do They Actually Increase it?

DeepWay raises $310 million in pre-IPO funding to scale electric and autonomous trucking

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DeepWay, a developer of intelligent new energy heavy-duty trucks and smart freight solutions, has closed the second tranche of its Pre-IPO financing, bringing the total raised in the Pre-IPO phase to $310 million ahead of a planned IPO.

The latest tranche was led by Stone Venture, with participation from NGS Super and Xiamen Guosheng Fund, while existing investors including ABC Impact and Nanjing Ronghe Venture Capital increased their investment.

The proceeds will support the company’s core operations, continued technology development, and global business expansion. [Read more…] about DeepWay raises $310 million in pre-IPO funding to scale electric and autonomous trucking

Agibot unveils new generation of embodied AI robots and models for real-world deployment

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Agibot has unveiled a new generation of embodied AI robots and foundation models, signaling what the company describes as a shift toward large-scale deployment of “physical AI” across industrial and commercial environments.

The announcements were made at the company’s 2026 Partner Conference, where Agibot introduced multiple robotic platforms and AI systems built around its “One Robotic Body, Three Intelligences” architecture, designed to integrate motion, manipulation, and human interaction into a unified system.

Peng Zhihui, co-founder, president and CTO of Agibot, said the industry is moving beyond experimentation toward practical deployment. [Read more…] about Agibot unveils new generation of embodied AI robots and models for real-world deployment

Skild AI acquires Zebra Technologies’ robotics automation business

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Skild AI has acquired Zebra Technologies’ robotics automation business, including its Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform.

Central to the company’s plans is its “Skild Brain” – described as “the industry’s first omnibodied AI software designed to operate without prior knowledge of a robot’s exact body form” – is claimed to be able to control any robot, across any task, in any warehouse environment.

With Zebra’s battle-tested Symmetry orchestration platform, it now has the infrastructure to deploy and orchestrate entire fleets of Skild Brain-powered robots at enterprise scale. [Read more…] about Skild AI acquires Zebra Technologies’ robotics automation business

RobCo unveils ‘Autonomous Alfie’ humanoid robot for industrial automation at Hannover Messe

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RobCo is announcing a strategic expansion of its industrial robotics with a new humanoid robot, “Autonomous Alfie”, at Hanover Messe.

With Alfie, RobCo is opening a new category of industrial robotics as manufacturers look to automate tasks that involve variability, sensitivity and changing inputs. This capability marks a step toward Level 4 autonomy, where robots learn, adapt and execute tasks with minimal human intervention.

Autonomous Alfie combines bimanual manipulation with tightly integrated hardware and software across perception and execution. Alfie can handle everything from precision assembly to sensitive material handling and intralogistics processes such as picking, kitting and palletizing. [Read more…] about RobCo unveils ‘Autonomous Alfie’ humanoid robot for industrial automation at Hannover Messe

Siemens launches AI engineering agent to automate PLC coding and industrial workflows

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Siemens has launched the Eigen Engineering Agent, its purpose-built AI for automation engineering, now generally available.

The Eigen Engineering Agent represents a new class of industrial AI product: one that no longer just generates suggestions but instead uses multi-step reasoning and self-correction to carry out tasks autonomously.

Unlike generic AI tools, the Eigen Engineering Agent operates inside real engineering systems, with full awareness of each project’s context and constraints. [Read more…] about Siemens launches AI engineering agent to automate PLC coding and industrial workflows

Honeywell to sell productivity solutions unit to Brady for $1.4 billion as portfolio overhaul continues

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Honeywell has agreed to sell its Productivity Solutions and Services business to Brady Corporation, an international manufacturer of identification and protection solutions, for $1.4 billion in an all-cash transaction.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 and is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

The transaction follows the review of strategic alternatives Honeywell commenced in July 2025 for PSS and its Warehouse and Workflow Solutions (“WWS”) business to further simplify the company’s portfolio alongside the planned spin-off of its Aerospace business, which is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2026. [Read more…] about Honeywell to sell productivity solutions unit to Brady for $1.4 billion as portfolio overhaul continues