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Doozy Robotics launches global expansion to scale AI-powered humanoid workforce for factories

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Doozy Robotics, the Singapore-based Physical AI humanoid company building autonomous industrial workforces, has announced a coordinated global expansion across the United States, GCC, and Asia, marking its next phase of growth ahead of a planned Series A.

The startup is backed by investors including Cocoon Capital, who have supported the company through a period of great commercial traction.

Founded by Suresh Chandrasekar and Ajmal Thahseen, Doozy is building a vertically integrated ecosystem rather than selling isolated machines. [Read more…] about Doozy Robotics launches global expansion to scale AI-powered humanoid workforce for factories

Brain Corp and UC San Diego partner to advance the foundational intelligence layer for physical AI

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Brain Corp, the real-world AI company, has expanded its research collaboration with the University of California San Diego, which is aimed at advancing semantic mapping and contextual intelligence technologies for autonomous robots operating in complex commercial and industrial environments.

The collaboration reflects a shared ambition to shape the future of physical AI, taking autonomous systems toward a deeper understanding of the physical world around them.

As vision-language-action (VLA) and other generative AI models transform robotics, Brain Corp and researchers at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering are tackling the industry’s most critical challenge: making next-generation autonomous systems reliable, scalable, and commercially deployable in dynamic real-world environments. [Read more…] about Brain Corp and UC San Diego partner to advance the foundational intelligence layer for physical AI

Flytrex opens drone manufacturing facility in Dallas

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Flytrex, an autonomous drone food delivery service, has announced the opening of a drone manufacturing and maintenance facility in Pilot Point, Texas, as the company accelerates its push to build a network of 60 delivery sites across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro by mid-2027.

The facility – capable of assembling thousands of drones annually – will serve as the operational backbone for the company’s expansion in the region, building on recent commercial partnerships with DoorDash and Uber Eats, two of the largest food delivery platforms in the world.

The news comes shortly after Flytrex unveiled the Sky2, its next-generation delivery drone with an industry-leading 8.8 lb payload capacity, which will be assembled at the new Pilot Point facility. The nearly 8,000 square foot facility includes a closed warehouse as well as a secure outdoor area for test flights. [Read more…] about Flytrex opens drone manufacturing facility in Dallas

Humanoid secures partnership with manufacturing giant Bosch following a successful proof of concept

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Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company, has agreed a partnership with manufacturing giant Bosch, marking the transition to scaled production of humanoid robots.

The agreement follows the successful completion of a joint proof of concept (POC) in March 2026, where Humanoid’s platform demonstrated full capability in a complex industrial workflow.

The POC focused on an intralogistics use case: HMND 01 robots autonomously transferred boxes from a conveyor to a trolley in Bosch’s dynamic logistics environment in Bühl, Germany. The POC involved handling 5 different box sizes across multiple footprints, heights and varying weights. [Read more…] about Humanoid secures partnership with manufacturing giant Bosch following a successful proof of concept

Boston Dynamics trains Atlas humanoid robot to pick up and place washing machine

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Boston Dynamics has released new behind-the-scenes footage showing its latest electric humanoid robot, Atlas, performing heavy lifting and manipulation tasks that the company says are designed to prepare the system for real industrial work. (See video below.)

The demonstration centers on Atlas lifting and carrying a mini-fridge weighing roughly 50 pounds, although Boston Dynamics says the robot successfully handled a loaded fridge weighing more than 100 pounds during testing.

The company says the breakthrough is not simply the robot’s physical strength, but the development of AI-driven control systems capable of adapting to “real world adaptability: handling heavy objects by bracing and accounting for the mass and inertia; using whole-body control, not just hands to maneuver”. [Read more…] about Boston Dynamics trains Atlas humanoid robot to pick up and place washing machine

Romark Logistics transforms warehouse inventory with Dexory’s real-time visibility platform

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Romark Logistics, a specialist in customized third-party logistics, has selected Dexory’s AI-powered warehouse visibility platform, DexoryView, to enhance inventory management at its Hazleton site.

The deployment marks the next step in Romark’s inventory management strategy, building on prior automated solutions to introduce real-time intelligence that integrates seamlessly into warehouse operations without interrupting throughput. [Read more…] about Romark Logistics transforms warehouse inventory with Dexory’s real-time visibility platform

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics

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Locus Robotics, a warehouse automation company, has announced the acquisition of Nexera Robotics, a Vancouver, Canada-based robotics company specializing in advanced robotic grasping.

The integration of Nexera’s proprietary NeuraGrasp end-effector technology into the Locus Robotics physical AI platform significantly expands the company’s autonomous mobile manipulation capabilities and broadens what Locus Array can handle across end-to-end fulfillment workflows.

Advanced mobile manipulation offers the most flexible and scalable path to fully autonomous fulfillment, eliminating the constraints of fixed infrastructure. Realizing that potential requires the ability to handle the full complexity of real inventory, in real warehouse conditions, across millions of SKU types. [Read more…] about Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics

Nagel strengthens factory automation strategy through Stäubli Robotics partnership

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Engineering company Nagel has become an authorized partner of Stäubli Robotics.

With the designation as an “Authorized Partner” of robotics specialist Stäubli, Nagel Technologies reinforces its consistent strategy toward automation and intelli gent manufacturing.

The companies say that, for industrial users, this means one thing above all: “even more powerful, flexible, and fully integrated solutions from a single source”. [Read more…] about Nagel strengthens factory automation strategy through Stäubli Robotics partnership

Lightwheel reports $100 million in Q1 orders for physical AI robotics infrastructure

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Lightwheel says it secured approximately $100 million in orders during the first quarter of 2026, reflecting what the company describes as a broader industry shift from robotics experimentation toward real-world deployment infrastructure.

Lightwheel is a robotics infrastructure company that develops simulation, synthetic data, evaluation, and deployment systems for training and scaling physical AI robots in real-world environments.

The company says the orders span simulation, synthetic data generation, evaluation systems, and deployment-oriented robotics infrastructure designed to support physical AI applications at industrial scale.

According to Lightwheel, the demand is being driven not simply by interest in robotics hardware or AI models, but by the growing need for systems capable of training, validating, and deploying robots reliably in real operating environments. [Read more…] about Lightwheel reports $100 million in Q1 orders for physical AI robotics infrastructure

Automated wind propulsion gains momentum as Maersk Tankers expands suction sail rollout

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Maersk Tankers has completed the second installation in an ongoing rollout of automated wind-assisted propulsion systems across its medium-range tanker fleet, as shipping companies increasingly turn to hybrid automation and renewable energy technologies to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

The latest installation saw four 24-meter automated suction sails fitted to the tanker Maersk Tahiti at Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China.

The systems were supplied by Spanish wind propulsion specialist bound4blue, which is deploying a total of 20 suction sails across five Maersk Tankers vessels under the companies’ current agreement. [Read more…] about Automated wind propulsion gains momentum as Maersk Tankers expands suction sail rollout