Rhoda AI offers a direct video action model, which it recently extended with mobile DVA, to enable robots to understand the physical world.
Runway’s Praxis-1 world action model for robotics is now available
Runway launched Praxis-1 with partners including Noble Machines, Standard Bots, and Ultra. Developers can now use it with open weights.
Dynamic Creatures partners with Sixth Wall Studio to bring Hasbro characters to life with robots
The companies will combine Sixth Wall’s character authoring and alignment with Dynamic Creatures’ mobile, expressive robots.
Boston Dynamics built Stretch Gen 2 for reliable, consistent performance
Brian Donnelly, the VP and GM of logistics robotics at Boston Dynamics, said the new version of Stretch has been in the works for two and a half years.
How did Agility Robotics perform on its first day on the stock market?
Humanoid developer Agility Robotics ended its first day of trading on the Nasdaq just 2% above where it started, at $11.49.
How Ambi Robotics helps its customers prepare for peak season
Ambi Robotics’ co-founder and COO Stephen McKinley says the company is installing eight new systems at customer sites before peak season.
Chinese regulators block SoftBank’s $5.4B acquisition of ABB Robotics
Chinese authorities blocked the deal over concerns about robot data being transferred overseas and used to train AI models.
How GlobalLogic helped Haystack Robotics build a UV disinfection robot
When designing the robot, GlobalLogic said it didn’t want to just quickly design a robot for one use case or environment.
Top 10 robotics developments of October 2026
Last month, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of RoboBusiness, whic is being rebranded to Robotics Summit & Expo West.
Generative Bionics to launch Physical AI Data Factory in Italy
Generative Bionics says it hopes to advance European robotics sovereignty by ensuring that humanoid data is are generated on the continent.
A guide to Day 2 of RoboBusiness 2026
Day 2 of RoboBusiness 2026, the 20th anniversary of the event, will include interesting keynotes around humanoids and social robots.
A guide to Day 1 of RoboBusiness 2026
We’ve compiled a schedule for everything happening on the first day of RoboBusiness 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Kodama raises $7M to bring robotics to forestry
Kodama is working on automating forestry and logging equipment, starting with teleoperation and collecting valuable data on the way.
A guide to everything happening at RoboBusiness 2026
RoboBusiness 2026 will start tomorrow, so we’re putting together an overview of everything happening at the show over the next two days.
NYSOFA expands partnership with Intuition Robotics to bring ElliQ to more seniors
With the expansion, NYSOFA and Intuition Robotics established a new three-year, $2.1 million agreement to keep rolling out ElliQ.
Boston Dynamics gives more insight into its redesigned humanoid hand
The Robot Report spoke with Alberto Rodriguez, the director of robot behavior for Atlas at Boston Dynamics, about the humanoid’s new hand.
SafeWorld emerges from stealth to build, deploy robot safety simulation technologies
SafeWorld’s platform provides testing and simulation software to help enterprises evaluate and deploy robots safely and responsibly.
Helm.ai reaches $70M in signed commercial contracts for its foundation models
Helm.ai trained its foundation models using its unsupervised ‘deep teaching’ methodology to master the structure of the physical world itself.
Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon exec Rohit Prasad as new CEO
Before Boston Dynamics, Prasad served as senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa and artificial general intelligence at Amazon.
Teradyne invests in Bright Machines to bring robotics to AI infrastructure manufacturing
The companies plan to integrate Teradyne robotics and test technologies with the Bright Machines manufacturing platform.
Runway introduces Praxis-1 world action model for robotics
When Runway does release Praxis-1 publicly, it plans to ship it with open weights rather than as a closed model.
Calling robotics startups: Submissions for the 2026 Robotics Startup Radar close soon
Submit now to be part of the Robotics Startup Radar, which brings together some of the most promising robotics startups.





















