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Starship passes 10 million deliveries as autonomous delivery moves toward mainstream adoption

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Autonomous delivery is moving from pilot programs to large-scale commercial deployment, according to Starship Technologies, which says it has now completed more than 10 million deliveries using its fleet of sidewalk robots.

The company describes the milestone as a turning point for so-called “physical AI” systems operating in real-world environments, with its robots now deployed across multiple countries and use cases. [Read more…] about Starship passes 10 million deliveries as autonomous delivery moves toward mainstream adoption

Hexagon and Schaeffler to install 1,000 Aeon humanoids across global factory network

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Hexagon Robotics and the motion technology company Schaeffler have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to accelerate the rollout of humanoid robots, Aeon, across factories worldwide, following the successful completion of a joint pilot program in 2025.

Manufacturers are under growing pressure to increase flexibility, improve efficiency, and enhance sustainability.

This partnership marks a significant step toward bringing humanoid robots into production environments, as Schaeffler plans to deploy at least 1,000 Hexagon Robotics humanoids across its global production system by 2032. [Read more…] about Hexagon and Schaeffler to install 1,000 Aeon humanoids across global factory network

Sereact raises $110 million investment to advance its ‘world model’ for robotics and AI

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Sereact has raised a $110 million Series B round led by Headline, with participation from Bullhound Capital, Daphni, and Felix Capital.

Existing investors Air Street Capital, Creandum (who led the company’s 2025 Series A round), and Point Nine once again invested in Sereact.

The round funds two priorities: scaling Cortex 2 and entering the United States. Sereact will open its first US office in Boston this summer and hire commercial, application, and engineering staff locally. [Read more…] about Sereact raises $110 million investment to advance its ‘world model’ for robotics and AI

Flex and Teradyne Robotics expand partnership to scale intelligent automation across global manufacturing

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Flex – one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers – and Teradyne Robotics are expanding their collaboration to accelerate intelligent automation across global manufacturing.

Under the expanded relationship, Flex plays a dual role by deploying Teradyne Robotics solutions within its own production facilities while manufacturing key robotics components that enable scalable automation deployments for Teradyne Robotics customers worldwide.

Teradyne Robotics brands Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots play a central role in the partnership. Flex manufactures key components for UR while deploying its collaborative industrial robots (cobots) and MiR autonomous mobile robots in Flex production environments. [Read more…] about Flex and Teradyne Robotics expand partnership to scale intelligent automation across global manufacturing

Schaeffler agrees partnership with Hexagon Robotics to develop humanoid robotics

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Schaeffler, an industrial motion technology company, has agreed a strategic technology partnership in the field of humanoid robotics with the Swiss company Hexagon Robotics.

The cooperation centers on the development and supply of high-precision strain wave and planetary gear actuators from Schaeffler’s actuator platform, winner of Deutsche Messe’s Hermes Award.

This move sees the company systematically bringing its core competence in power transmission to the development of humanoid robotic systems. [Read more…] about Schaeffler agrees partnership with Hexagon Robotics to develop humanoid robotics

Humble Robotics emerges from stealth to bring autonomous electric haulers to real-world freight

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Humble Robotics has emerged from stealth with what it describes as a “revolutionary new vehicle”: a fully autonomous, cabless, electric hauler designed for cost-efficient freight transportation.

The company also revealed it has raised $24 million in seed funding, led by Eclipse with additional participation by Energy Impact Partners and others.

The Humble Hauler is an entirely new take on the classic tractor-trailer combo, designed from the ground up with modern technology. [Read more…] about Humble Robotics emerges from stealth to bring autonomous electric haulers to real-world freight

Hallucinated humans: The identity problem hiding in your AI stack

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Robots are getting better at seeing people. They can track a worker in a warehouse aisle, recognise a visitor at a reception desk, match a face to a delivery ticket, or pull up a profile of a customer before a sales rep walks into the meeting.

A growing number of automation systems also reach beyond the camera feed. They query language models to enrich what they see with context: who this person is, what they do, where they have appeared online, and whether their public footprint matches the record on file.

This shift is part of a wider pattern that Robotics & Automation News has described as robotics becoming a branch of artificial intelligence rather than a separate engineering discipline. [Read more…] about Hallucinated humans: The identity problem hiding in your AI stack

Texas Instruments interview: The hidden engineering challenges behind humanoid robots

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In the fast-moving world of humanoid robotics, much of the attention remains focused on high-profile prototypes and demonstration videos.

Yet behind the scenes, a quieter but equally critical layer of innovation is taking place – one rooted in semiconductors, sensing, control systems, and the underlying architectures that make physical machines viable at scale.

Texas Instruments is one of the companies operating at this foundational level. Established in 1930 and long associated with American industrial and technological development, TI has evolved from its early days in oil exploration electronics into a global supplier of analog and embedded processing chips. [Read more…] about Texas Instruments interview: The hidden engineering challenges behind humanoid robots

Foxglove launches unified data platform to accelerate physical AI development

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Foxglove has launched “Data Search and Curation”, a new set of capabilities that helps robotics teams replace fragmented, manual data workflows with a unified platform to find and curate the mission-critical events, anomalies, and system behavior that matter most across growing volumes of operational data.

The company also expanded the Foxglove Data Platform with Bring Your Own Storage (BYOS), a new self-hosted data lake deployment model allowing customers to maintain full control over data at rest while still providing the benefits of a fully managed database, and a new free Basic Seat tier to expand access to visualization across teams.

As robotics companies scale from prototype to production, the critical path is shifting from generating more data to finding the most essential data quickly enough to debug issues, investigate failures, review safety-critical events, and improve system performance. [Read more…] about Foxglove launches unified data platform to accelerate physical AI development

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