Partnership will integrate Digit robots into fulfillment operations beginning in Texas, with future expansion capabilities for Latin America.
Teleop, not autonomy, is the path for 1X’s NEO humanoid
1X has demonstrated progress with its NEO humanoid, but teleoperation could be a better path toward household robots.
SOSV hosting virtual matchmaking to connect robotics startups & investors
Free event welcomes any robotics startup from pre-Seed through Series B for 1:1 curated meetings with active robotics investors.
Foxglove raises $40M to scale its data platform for roboticists
Foxglove co-founder and CEO Adrian Macneil compares today’s robotics infrastructure landscape to the early days of cloud computing.
This time, iRobot needs help cleaning up a mess
iRobot going out of business would be a loss far bigger than its current financial situation. Will anyone step up and save the robotics icon?
Teradyne Robotics lays off another 14% of workforce
Teradyne Robotics, which includes Mobile Industrial Robots and Universal Robots, said revenue is not meeting expectations.
2026 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards open for nominations
2026 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards will recognize the leading technologies, businesses, startups, and applications of the past year.
Robotics Summit 2026 extends call for speakers
The Robotics Summit & Expo, the industry’s must-attend technical development event, returns to Boston in 2026 with deepened coverage, an expanded expo floor, and more.
Drone startup Guardian Agriculture shuts down
Founded in 2017, Guardian Agriculture had raised attention in the agtech and robotics sectors with its SC1, a fully autonomous quadcopter designed for crop spraying.
AWS RoboMaker shuts down after failing to gain traction
AWS RoboMaker was too focused on iRobot’s needs rather than the wider market, said multiple sources, as Amazon steers users toward AWS Batch.
Google DeepMind, Intrinsic build AI for multi-robot planning
The researchers said the model learns to plan trajectories by trial and error, eventually developing generalized strategies that can be applied to new, unseen layouts.
RealSense deepens NVIDIA ties with new D555 depth camera
The new RealSense D555 depth camera integrates with NVIDIA Jetson Thor and Holoscan Sensor Bridge to deliver ultra-low-latency perception.
Robotics investments top $4.3B in July 2025
The investment landscape was dominated by the United States and China, which together accounted for the majority of the capital raised.
NVIDIA Jetson Thor bring 2K teraflops of AI compute to robots
Agility Robotics, Amazon, Boston Dynamics, Figure and other leading robotics companies already using NVIDIA Jetson Thor.
Can iRobot bounce back? Deep concerns overshadow $127M Q2
Things have gotten so bad that iRobot has suspended future financial guidance and opted not to host an earnings call for Q2.
Teradyne Robotics generates $75M in Q2
Universal Robots generated 84% of Teradyne Robotics’ revenue, which also includes Mobile Industrial Robots.
RoboBusiness announces 2025 agenda
RoboBusiness will explore physical AI, humanoids, and other emerging technologies and applications driving the robotics industry.
After Intel exit, RealSense maps its own future in 3D vision
“We want to be more than just the eyes of a robot,” said RealSense CEO Nadav Orbach. “We want to be a robot’s visual cortex — interpreting, localizing, and acting in real-time. That means pushing more intelligence to the edge, directly on the camera.”
maxon Group acquires minority stake in Synapticon
The goal of the collaboration is to jointly develop high-performance drive solutions with integrated functional safety.
RoboBusiness Pitchfire competition opens call for robotics startups
Participating startups will receive a free booth on the expo floor, meet with investors, network with industry leaders, and appear on The Robot Report Podcast.
NBC’s AGT pushes Spot to perform under pressure
“From a robotics standpoint, [the performance on America’s Got Talent is] one of the best stress tests we can run,” said Merry Frayne, director of Spot product management.
UR Studio simulator validates cobot setups before deployment
Universal Robots is offering UR Studio, which runs on desktop browsers and requires no installation, at no charge.





















