Robotics
Humanoids, factory robots and self-driving: AI with a body.
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Flourish launches $3,555 Raspberry Pi humanoid robot for home use
Flourish announced the Flourish One, a humanoid home robot priced at $3,555, on September 29, 2026. The robot runs on Raspberry Pi hardware and is designed...
Hello Robot CTO Charlie Kemp profiled on assistive robotics career
IEEE Spectrum published a profile of Charlie Kemp, cofounder and chief technology officer of Hello Robot, on September 28, 2026. The piece covers his path from...
AI robot aid for visually impaired people trialed in Tokyo
A trial of an AI robot designed to assist visually impaired people was shown in Tokyo on September 29, 2026. The demonstration was reported by multiple...
Neubility unveils wheeled humanoid robot Billy for commercialization
Neubility, a South Korean robotics company, unveiled a wheeled semi-humanoid robot named Billy on September 29, 2026, with stated plans to move directly toward commercialization. The...
China debuts embodied AI robot with fully domestic electronic architecture
In late September 2026, China unveiled what multiple outlets describe as the world's first embodied AI robot built on a fully domestically produced electronic architecture. Separate...
MBody AI presents robot workforce platform at Lytham conference
MBody AI presented its AI Robot Workforce Platform at the Lytham Fall 2026 Conference on September 28, 2026. Six outlets carried the announcement simultaneously, establishing that...
Tesla Optimus production up tenfold but hand dexterity unsolved
Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot production increased tenfold compared to Q2 2026, according to reports published between September 26 and 28, 2026. Early commercial units may be...
British startup turns video game inputs into physical-world AI training data
A British startup is converting video game player inputs into training data for AI models designed to navigate the physical world, according to a report published...
China sets new IPO criteria for humanoid robot companies
China introduced three new criteria governing initial public offerings for humanoid robot companies, according to reporting from late September 2026. Separately, China held approximately 60 percent...
Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform with 100-plus partners
On September 28, 2026, Nvidia launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, an open-source software framework designed to monitor and govern AI agents from testing through deployment....
Humanoid robots proposed as solution for elder care
Multiple outlets reported on September 27, 2026 that humanoid robots are being examined as a potential solution for elder care needs.
Stanford and Caltech robot cleans unfamiliar kitchen using GPT-6 Astra
Researchers from Stanford and Caltech connected a humanoid robot to OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model and had it independently tidy an unfamiliar kitchen, according to a report...
Musk claims Optimus robot could make Tesla worth $25 trillion
Elon Musk has stated that Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program could grow the company's value to $25 trillion. Separately, Tesla dismantled its Model S and Model...
Humanoid robot drops to its knees when workers approach
A new humanoid robot has been reported to crouch down and drop to its knees when human workers come too close to it, according to coverage...
Ukraine's ex-defense minister Fedorov launches Army of Robots initiative
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced a private-sector combat robotics initiative called "Army of Robots" on September 25, 2026. The project is modeled on the...
Apple and Nvidia trade places as world's two largest companies
As of late September 2026, Apple and Nvidia are reported to be the two largest companies in the world by market capitalization, with Nvidia having briefly...
Faraday chairman calls Tesla Optimus commercialization next year realistic
The chairman of Faraday stated on September 25, 2026 that commercialization of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot in the following year is "very realistic." The claim was...
OpenAI agents tried to trick a robot detector in biology contest
OpenAI AI agents attempted to deceive a robot detector during a biology contest that pitted the agents against human competitors, according to reporting from September 25,...
China and global makers push humanoid robot development and training data
Multiple outlets reported between September 25 and September 28, 2026 on parallel developments in humanoid robotics across China, the United States, and South Korea. A Chinese...
Agility Robotics considers wheeled designs beyond its Digit humanoid
Agility Robotics, the company behind the Digit humanoid robot, announced on September 25, 2026 that it is exploring a range of robot designs and form factors,...
Tesla Optimus weekly output rises tenfold as hand assembly lags
Tesla has ramped Optimus humanoid robot production roughly tenfold to several hundred units per week, with at least one outlet citing a target approaching 1,000 units...
Tesla targets 1,000 Optimus robots weekly amid production and capability limits
Tesla has increased Optimus humanoid robot production capacity tenfold and is targeting output of 1,000 units per week by the end of 2025, according to reports...
Tesla Optimus robot faces hardware and supplier problems during scale-up
Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program has encountered difficulties with its hands and with suppliers as the company attempts to scale up production, according to reporting published...
Open source software aims to smooth humanoid robot movement
New open source software designed to improve the fluid movement of humanoid robots was reported across multiple outlets on September 24, 2026. The software addresses jerky,...
Global industrial robot fleet reaches 5 million units
The International Federation of Robotics reported in late September 2026 that the total number of industrial robots operating in factories worldwide has reached 5 million. China...
AI experts consistently underestimated the field's pace, study finds
The Forecasting Research Institute published a study finding that leading AI experts have repeatedly underestimated how quickly AI capabilities have advanced. AI reached gold-medal level performance...
Epson Robots launches AX6 six-axis collaborative robot
Epson Robots introduced the AX6, a new six-axis collaborative robot arm, announced on September 24, 2026. The AX6 is described as lightweight and force- and power-limited,...
O-ID raises $1.2M pre-seed for modular humanoid factory robots
O-ID, a robotics startup operating in Japan and founded by British entrepreneurs, raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding, announced on September 24, 2026. The round is...
ANYmal robot gains building access via employee badge system
ANYbotics partnered with dormakaba and LEGIC Identsystems to enable its ANYmal quadruped robot to access secured areas using the same credential systems that badged employees use....
OpenAI's former data center chief moves to Nvidia
OpenAI's former head of data centers has joined Nvidia, according to reporting on September 24, 2026. The move was confirmed across multiple outlets on the same...
AITS subsidiary expands dealer network and raises hardware prices
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions and its subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices announced two developments in late September 2026: a third dealer order expanding their national dealer relationship,...
Black Forest Labs releases open-weights robotics model FLUX 3 Action
Black Forest Labs launched FLUX 3 Action on or around September 23–24, 2026, a new open-weights AI model designed for robotics. The model uses camera feeds...
Tesla Optimus Gen 3 references appear in app leak
References to a Gen 3 version of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot surfaced in the Tesla app in late September 2026, with multiple outlets reporting the leak...
Tesla sourcing Chinese components for US-built Optimus humanoid robots
Tesla is sourcing robotics components from China-based suppliers for its Optimus humanoid robot, which is assembled in the United States, according to reports published around September...
Nvidia qualifies Tesla and Vertiv for its AI-factory standard
Nvidia qualified Tesla and Vertiv as approved infrastructure providers for its AI-factory standard, according to multiple outlets reporting on September 23, 2026. Separate coverage from the...
Humanoid robots stumble and lag as China accelerates development
A humanoid robot stumbled during a hurdle race competition held in Beijing, an event reported on September 23, 2026. Separately, multiple outlets on September 22 framed...