Agility Robotics Nasdaq listing
Agility Robotics' merger with Churchill Capital Corp. XI was approved by shareholders on November 2, with the deal expected to close November 4 and Nasdaq trading under AGLT to begin November 5. The…
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Meta–Fourier humanoid prototype Max
Meta has built a humanoid prototype named Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier: about 48 kg, assembled in three months for home-robot research, with a second version already under way. Max is…
Amazon: one million warehouse robots, ~1.5 million workers
Amazon has confirmed more than a million warehouse robots alongside about 1.5 million workers. At its Tracy, California warehouse, workers say robots are changing their jobs and a manager answered…
Tesla Cybercab
Federal regulators are auditing how Tesla self-certified its steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxis against vehicle safety rules, and have opened separate files on school-zone speeding and on remote…
Tesla Optimus
Tesla has begun initial mass production of its Optimus humanoid at Fremont, on the former Model S and Model X lines, aiming for 20,000 robots a week by late 2027 and outside deliveries around the end…
moth robot grows its own sensors from artificial blood
Researchers have built a moth-inspired robot that grows working light sensors directly on its body using an artificial blood that circulates inside the machine, with the sensors forming in the…
The reported Tesla–SpaceX merger exploration and its open questions
Independent committees are exploring a possible Tesla-SpaceX merger, with Optimus, AI investment and shared engineering as open questions. Tesla’s October 21 earnings call did not address it, no deal…
UK insurers launch first home cover for humanoid robots
Adrian Flux and Tokio Marine HCC International have launched a UK home insurance product for humanoid robots, described as the first of its kind for households. Pricing, underwriting terms and which…
Walmart–Symbotic automation
Walmart and Symbotic expanded their warehouse automation agreement, committing about $6 billion over several years to add automation across about 25 US distribution centers. That follows a decade of…
ByteDance makes its foray into embodied intelligence
ByteDance has officially entered the humanoid robot business, moving from robotics investor to operator, and is hiring as it builds out the effort. It is the biggest Chinese internet company to make…
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Schaeffler plans 3,460 European job cuts as it pushes into humanoid robotics, saying new growth areas could offset part of the reduction. Gecko Robotics' US Navy work gains a $300 million contract ce…