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Humble Robotics raises $51 million to expand autonomous electric freight operations

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Humble Robotics, which specializes in developing autonomy for freight, has announced a $51 million Series A, bringing its total funding to $75 million in less than a year since its founding.

The round was led by Obvious Ventures with participation from insiders Eclipse, Energy Impact Partners and others.

Six months after emerging from stealth with the Humble Hauler, the company is advancing its unified approach to moving commercial freight by designing its vehicles and intelligence as a single system unencumbered by the limitations of previous decades.

Humble’s autonomous, electric platform enables seamless dock-to-dock freight transport between ports, rail terminals, warehouses and distribution centers, adapting to the complex maneuvers each setting demands. [Read more…] about Humble Robotics raises $51 million to expand autonomous electric freight operations

Wing invests $125 million in US drone manufacturing to support nationwide expansion

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Wing, the drone delivery company owned by Alphabet, is investing up to $125 million in US manufacturing over the next two years as it prepares to expand its autonomous delivery network across the country.

The investment includes a new 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, which will have the capacity to produce tens of thousands of delivery drones annually.

The facility is expected to create up to 100 manufacturing jobs and support Wing’s plans to extend its services to more than 40 million Americans across nearly 20 US markets by 2027. [Read more…] about Wing invests $125 million in US drone manufacturing to support nationwide expansion

Zipline raises an unbelievable $1.5 billion to build nationwide drone delivery network

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Zipline has announced an extraordinary $1.5 billion raise at a $21.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management, and Layer Global with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Uber, Tiger Global, J.P. Morgan, ARK Invest, and Salesforce Ventures.

Zipline will use the capital to expand its US manufacturing facilities and ramp hiring as it builds a nationwide drone delivery network. Demand for delivery has never been higher, but ground delivery is constrained by traffic, aging infrastructure, and rising costs. Roads can’t keep up. The future of delivery is in the sky.

Walmart and Zipline are now working together to launch 300 additional sites as part of a new national multi-year agreement with potential to grow further. Uber is targeting one million deliveries a day with Zipline by 2029. Enterprise leaders and small businesses alike are investing in drone delivery to unlock growth. [Read more…] about Zipline raises an unbelievable $1.5 billion to build nationwide drone delivery network

Neura Robotics partners with E.ON to bring humanoid robots to energy infrastructure

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Neura Robotics, E.ON and German energy company enviaM have announced a partnership to develop physical AI applications for electricity networks, with initial real-world trials planned for 2027.

The collaboration will focus on using intelligent robots to inspect and monitor energy infrastructure, including substations, and support workers performing physically demanding, repetitive or potentially hazardous tasks.

Mitnetz Strom, a subsidiary of enviaM and one of eastern Germany’s largest electricity distribution network operators, will serve as the pilot partner. [Read more…] about Neura Robotics partners with E.ON to bring humanoid robots to energy infrastructure

Gecko Robotics unveils faster Raptor inspection robot, with ADNOC as first customer

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Gecko Robotics has unveiled Raptor, its next-generation industrial inspection robot, designed to collect data on the condition of critical infrastructure significantly faster than existing systems.

Introduced at ADIPEC 2026, the new robot will initially be used by ADNOC in the United Arab Emirates, supporting the energy company’s efforts to integrate artificial intelligence and robotics into asset maintenance operations.

Raptor is designed to inspect pipelines, storage tanks and other steel infrastructure, collecting detailed information about their structural condition to help operators identify potential problems and plan maintenance. [Read more…] about Gecko Robotics unveils faster Raptor inspection robot, with ADNOC as first customer

Expoline completes international logistics project for humanoid robots

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Expoline, a South Korean specialist in international exhibition and special cargo logistics, has successfully completed a multimodal transportation and on-site logistics project involving advanced humanoid robots developed by a global physical AI robotics company.

The project supported the company’s participation in the 2026 Seoul AI Robot Show, held last month and organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Business Agency (SBA).

Expoline managed the transportation of the advanced robotic equipment from China to South Korea, including customs clearance, exhibition booth delivery, and the safe return shipment to China following the event. [Read more…] about Expoline completes international logistics project for humanoid robots

ABB Robotics brings industrial-grade physical AI to fashion logistics

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ABB Robotics has launched its first end-to-end vision-based industrial-grade physical AI solution, integrating AI Robot Trainer into its Fashion Inductor module to help system integrators deploy, scale and continuously optimize AI-powered fashion logistics applications with significantly reduced effort and risk.

“Physical AI fundamentally changes what robots can do in industrial applications,” said Craig McDonnell, managing director, business line industries, ABB Robotics.

“Some of the greatest opportunities for physical AI are in applications that have traditionally been difficult to automate because of high variability. [Read more…] about ABB Robotics brings industrial-grade physical AI to fashion logistics

Queue introduces robotic pharmacy kiosk that fills prescriptions in 30 seconds

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California-based healthcare technology company Queue has introduced an autonomous robotic pharmacy kiosk designed to fill, verify and label prescription medications in approximately 30 seconds.

The system can accommodate 340 different medications and uses machine vision to verify every pill before dispensing. According to the company, the kiosk can be installed in less than a day and does not require patients to purchase a membership.

Queue is targeting community pharmacies, retail pharmacy chains, urgent care centers and outpatient clinics, offering a way to dispense medications without the need for a conventional pharmacy storefront. [Read more…] about Queue introduces robotic pharmacy kiosk that fills prescriptions in 30 seconds

NEXCOM expands RoboWIZ robotics platform with new technology partners

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NEXCOM and its robotics subsidiary NexCOBOT have showcased their RoboWIZ AI Robotics Platform at Nvidia GTC Berlin, highlighting an open development ecosystem designed to simplify the integration of artificial intelligence, motion control, perception and safety technologies into robotic systems.

The presentation, held during the October 21–22 event in Berlin, brought together technology partners RealSense, Stereolabs, Synapticon and Reynolds & Moore, alongside NEXCOM’s robotics computing platform based on Nvidia IGX Thor.

RoboWIZ is intended to address one of the challenges facing robotics developers: bringing together the many different hardware and software technologies required to build an intelligent robot. [Read more…] about NEXCOM expands RoboWIZ robotics platform with new technology partners

Why Build a Humanoid Robot From the Sensor Up? The Thinking Behind GENTO’s CoRL 2026 Debut

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At CoRL 2026 in Austin, GENTO showed humanoid robots and a new dexterous hand that sit on top of a stack Tianji Intelligence has been building since 2015, starting with a single component most people never see.

Most conversations about humanoid robots start with the AI model. Far fewer start with the torque sensor inside each joint, even though that part decides how a robot reacts when it pushes against something. For GENTO, that is exactly where the story begins.

GENTO, an independent humanoid robot brand incubated by Tianji Intelligence, develops humanoid robot systems, dexterous hands and teleoperation and data-collection platforms. Its humanoid systems incorporate Tianji Intelligence’s TIANJI-branded force-controlled arms.

At CoRL 2026, one result of that approach appeared on a bigger stage. A TIANJI Marvin Pro platform, built for NVIDIA by Tianji Intelligence, was used in demonstrations accompanying NVIDIA’s GR00T 2 launch on Nov. 9. GR00T 2 is an open world action model built on NVIDIA Cosmos, and NVIDIA’s published research demonstrations show the platform assembling a toy truck and scooping granola with two hands. [Read more…] about Why Build a Humanoid Robot From the Sensor Up? The Thinking Behind GENTO’s CoRL 2026 Debut

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