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Skild AI has received investment from SoftBank, NVIDIA, Bezos Expeditions, and more as it builds a brain to operate any robot.

Comau has launched MyCo, a new family of six lightweight cobots designed for safe, flexible, and cost-effective industrial automation.

Chef Robotics unveiled Chef+, an advanced AI robot with doubled capacity and a new automated meal flattening tool.

Whether you call Dex a wheeled humanoid or a mobile manipulator, Richtech Robotics’ system is a sign of things to come, says an investor.

Since the start of the year, Serve Robotics has expanded its fleet of sidewalk delivery robots twentyfold.

Festo says its new HPSX soft gripper is designed to solve long-standing challenges in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

From promising startups to setbacks for iRobot and Teradyne, here are the top robotics stories of November 2025.

As part of the Sweetgreen agreement, 38 Spyce engineers and support staffers, including its co-founders, will move to Wonder.

Armstrong Robotics has already deployed autonomous dishwashing robots at restaurants for a year and a half.

Q3 2025 orders in food and consumer packaged goods surpassed robot orders in automotive manufacturing, said A3.

Avride has partnered with Grubhub to bring robotic deliveries beyond college campuses, helping to address traffic and safety concerns.

Serve Robotics said it will use the proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital. 

DoorDash said Dot is faster than other delivery robots and can travel on roads, sidewalks, or bike lanes.

Simbe Robotics says its new Simbe for Merchants suite and Simbe Mobile 2.0 app empower retailers and brands with real-time data.

OmniCore EyeMotion reduces commissioning by up to 90% compared with custom solutions, claimed ABB Robotics.

Festo says its EHMD gripper can turn objects in small spaces, such as in lab automation, and it is showing its learning systems at Pack Expo.

The toolkit leverages imitation learning to eliminate the burdensome process of system configuration, CarbonSix said. 

ABB Robotics invested in LandingAI to accelerate robot vision AI, making it more intuitive and accessible for faster deployment.

Circus SE said every CA-1 meal preparation robot undergoes more than 150 precision tests to guarantee enterprise-grade reliability.

The robotics leader will demonstrate how the powerful combination of robotics and AI can transform food production with speed and precision

SEW-EURODRIVE is reducing lead times for its high-torque, compact P2.e drives for heavy industry customers in the U.S.

The Digital Teammate can work alongside store associates to improve inventory management, food safety, and hazard mitigation, says Badger.