Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production milestones. Large funding rounds also drew our readers’ attention this past month.
Here are the 10 most popular articles on The Robot Report from June 2026. Subscribe to The Robot Report Newsletter and listen to The Robot Report Podcast to stay up to date on the latest robotics developments.
10. NVIDIA releases new and updated tools for physical AI developers
At GTC Taipei and Computex, NVIDIA revealed several open-source skills and tools to help developers of robotics, autonomous vehicles, visual AI, and industrial digital twins. The company claimed that they can help reduce the costs, time, and complexity of building physical AI workflows at scale. Read more.
9. Why deterministic real-time systems are more critical than ever in robotics
Winston Leung of QNX has more than a decade of experience innovating in both the public and private sectors across North America and Asia. He explains in this podcast episode why deterministic systems are still essential to robotics. Read more.
8. RealSense unveils AI-native D585 Pro depth camera in June 2026
RealSense brought its new D585 Pro AI-native depth camera for robots to Automate. The RealSense D585 Pro combines depth sensing, edge AI acceleration and a software-defined platform designed to improve over time through SDK-delivered capabilities. Read more.
7. AGIBOT produces 15,000th robot, marking a milestone in embodied AI deployment
AGIBOT said this production milestone reflects its progress in moving embodied AI systems from product validation and batch production toward larger-scale deployment. Read more.
6. Standard Bots raises $200M in June 2026 to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint
Standard Bots has raised Series C funding bringing its valuation to $1 billion. The company plans to use the investment to expand its manufacturing footprint in New York. This will increase its ability to design, assemble, and deploy American-made robots at scale. Read more.
5. Humanoid maker Agility to go public through SPAC merger
Agility Robotics has agreed to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, Churchill Capital Corp. XI. It claimed that it will become “the only U.S. publicly listed pure-play humanoid company with proven, active commercial deployments.” Read more.
4. NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.4B for physical AI
Physical AI is still drawing investor attention. NEURA Robotics claimed that its Series C round could reach $1.4 billion, depending on fulfilling unspecified investor conditions. The company said its financing from global technology leaders will help it accelerate its development of “cognitive robots.” Read more.
3. BMW deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version
BMW Group is doubling down on its deployment of Figure.AI’s humanoid robots. The automaker in June 2026 announced that, following its successful deployment with Figure 02 at its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., it will deploy the company’s latest Figure 03 robot. Read more.
2. General Intuition raises $320M to use video game data to train robots
General Intuition said it plans to use its Series A financing to build AI models that can perceive, predict, and act in virtual and physical environments. While physical AI has become a dominant topic in robotics, General Intuition claimed that it is taking a unique approach. Read more.
1. Cobot’s Proxie Gen 2 robot adds autotasking, mobile manipulation
Collaborative Robotics unveiled the second generation of its Proxie mobile robot, adding greater payload capacity, self-swapping batteries, autonomous task identification, and a new two-armed manipulation option as Cobot looks to expand deployments across healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing. Read more.
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