Agility Robotics

Early bird pricing for RoboBusiness 2026, which saves attendees $200 on full conference passes, will end Aug. 31.

Agility’s SPAC deal shows there is no one route to a robotics public listing, with SPAC mergers, reverse mergers, and traditional IPOs offering different advantages.

The RoboBusiness panel will include insights on humanoid robots from Agility, Apptronik, Persona AI, and PSYONIC experts.

At RoboBusiness, leaders in robotics will explore the technologies, opportunities, and challenges that will shape the next two decades.

Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility, said the U.S. needs a policy framework that can strengthen what’s already working for the humanoid industry.

CEO Andy Lonsberry explains how Path Robotics applies AI to welding, and UC San Diego professor Michael Yip discusses robot learning.

Shenzhen’s Ai2 Robotics raised $735 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, backed by state, corporate, and financial giants.

Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production milestones.

Brennand Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi Robotics, discusses the company’s approach to physical AI and its acquisition by Bear Robotics.

Agility Robotics will merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI, raising $620 million to advance Digit v5 and fulfill growing customer orders.

NVIDIA said Halos connects AI compute, system software, sensor data, safety applications, and inspection for robotic systems.

At the Robotics Summit & Expo, experts weighed in on humanoid robotics today — and the ability to achieve a $20,000 price point tomorrow.

Our guest this week is Ed Mehr, co-founder and CEO of Machina Labs. Eugene Demaitre also recaps the AW26 event in Korea.

In this panel, experts will cut through the hype to examine what humanoids can realistically accomplish in factories and warehouses today.

The company said the rebrand reflects its readiness to scale deployments and lead humanoid adoption across new industries.

Gavin Kenneally, co-founder and CEO of Ghost Robotics, discusses the design and function of the Vision 60 quadruped robots in the latest podcast episode.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada is expanding its commercial trials for Digit from three humanoids to 10.

In December 2025, pillars of the robotics community faced difficult times, industry leaders took new positions, and some new robot releases. 

Partnership will integrate Digit robots into fulfillment operations beginning in Texas, with future expansion capabilities for Latin America.

Between robotic companies shutting down, large funding rounds, and product releases, there was plenty of robotic news in September.

A whole-body control foundation model could help launch humanoid robots toward general-purpose capability, says Agility Robotics.

Investments, leadership changes, earnings reports, new research, and new product releases took center stage in August 2025.