#Robotics
Curated coverage on «Robotics»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.

A USTC Team's Startup Raised Tens of Millions Three Months After Founding
A USTC team put a world model in a robot that reasons backward from the desired outcome. The startup is three months old and has raised tens of millions.

正行创新 Unveils Physical AI for Retail: Robots Working the Shelves 24/7
At APRCE 2026, 正行创新 showed a robot paired with a management platform for stores: shelf restocking, inspection rounds and cargo carrying, running 24/7.

MESSENGER cuts 3D motion forecasting error by 71.6% on nuScenes
Researchers propose MESSENGER: scene flow estimation with a memory buffer and autoregression. On nuScenes, long-term EPE3D error fell 71.6%; on Argoverse 2, 67.7%.

Helm.ai signs $70 million in commercial contracts for its foundation models

How Humanoids Are Moving from Prototypes to Production: Jabil's View

Black Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3 Action, an Open 7B Model for Robots

Moscow to Get 200 Robotaxis by the End of 2026, Half of Them Open to All Passengers

Industrial robot maker Tesvel grows revenue 89% to 1.4 billion rubles
Tesvel's 2025 revenue rose to 1.359 billion rubles from 717.7 million a year earlier. Net profit grew 35.8%, but profitability fell noticeably.

Waymo: Sober Drivers Face Nearly 4x the Risk at Night
Waymo cites a peer-reviewed study: alcohol is behind 30% of US road deaths, but nights are nearly four times riskier for sober drivers too. It calls for a Safe…

PAIR Links Vision and Action in VLAs: OpenVLA-OFT Success Rate Rises From 51.4% to 65%

BRACE teaches the Unitree G1 humanoid to hold force and stand on a slope without a height map

Startup with controversial founders will create an army of humanoid robots for the Pentagon

Sam Altman Signs Pentagon Deal: QuitGPT Boycott Reaches 4 Million Participants

Unitree GD01 — giant mecha robot available for commercial purchase
Chinese company Unitree, known for its low-cost dancing robots, has begun selling the giant GD01 mecha robot, capable of demolishing walls and performing heavy-duty…

Robot instead of soldier: Hyundai to help South Korea address troop shortages
South Korea is proposing that Hyundai deploy robots on the front line to offset a chronic shortage of military personnel caused by low birth rates and an aging…









