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Editors Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre recap the latest robotics news and their recent trip to the Manifest supply chain trade show in Las Vegas.

Trener Robotics’ Acteris is a robot-agnostic skills platform that lets operators describe the tasks they want to automate in their own words.

Apptronik has raised a total of close to $1 billion as it continues developing the Apollo humanoid robot for industrial applications and more.

Most of Fox Robotics’ customers are not Symbotic customers, but it appears the two companies share one large customer.

Ouster said the deal enables it to offer a unified sensing and perception platform that combines lidar, cameras, AI compute, sensor fusion and perception software.

In 2025, North American robot orders from non-automotive customers led the way, with cobots gaining more traction as well.

Machina Labs designed its intelligent factory to manufacture a wide range of complex metal structures without significant retooling.

Bedrock Robotics has raised money to scale autonomous construction fleets, tackling labor shortages with operator-less machines.

LimX Dynamics plans to continue developing humanoid and semi-humanoid robots for Chinese and global markets.

Overland AI is already working closely with formations across the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and SOCOM to provide autonomous ground systems.

Waymo plans to continue its expansion across locations, citing statistics showing that self-driving cars are safer than human drivers.

The new year kicked off with CES, and the momentum continued with companies hitting milestones and debuting new systems. 

RobCo plans to use the new capital to continue developing its physical AI systems and expand enterprise deployments in the U.S. and Europe.

Waabi plans to apply its Physical AI Platform developed for autonomous trucks to robotaxis with Uber.

Vention has raised Series D funding to continue commercializing its robot control platform and expand into Europe.

This report draws on reporting, interviews, and analysis from across the global robotics ecosystem, spanning industrial automation, mobile robots, humanoids, autonomous vehicles, investments, and emerging technologies and applications.

Hadrian plans to use the funding to accelerate factory expansion and advance the company’s manufacturing roadmap.

iRobot has restructured after its bankruptcy proceedings and purchase by Chinese manufacturer Picea, adding a data security unit in the U.S.

In Houston and Phoenix, eligible customers will soon be able to order tens of thousands of items through the Zipline app.

LivsMed has become a South Korean unicorn as it develops surgical robots and laparoscopic instruments.

Serve Robotics said it hopes to help Diligent Robotics scale deployments of its hospital delivery robot Moxi.

Konnex has raised funding to offer robotics and AI that it says can be deployed and scaled as decentralized labor like software as a service.