Brain Corp and UC San Diego Partner to Develop Foundational Intelligence Layer for Physical AI

Insider Brief American Rheinmetall and Harbinger have formed a partnership to develop a new family of robotic and uncrewed ground vehicles as part of the U.S. military’s modernization efforts. According to the companies, the collaboration combines American Rheinmetall’s experience integrating combat vehicles and mission systems with Harbinger’s hybrid, autonomy-ready vehicle platform to create scalable robotic […]

Trajectory's focus on continuous learning in AI could significantly advance real-time adaptability, impacting robotics and autonomous systems. The post Former Google and Apple researchers launch Trajectory to enhance AI feedback loops appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

ST. LOUIS, May 26, 2026 — Global automation leader Emerson is collaborating with SiMa.ai a leader in Physical AI, to deliver advanced AI capabilities for real-time data analysis on Emerson’s […] The post Emerson and SiMa.ai Deliver Physical AI Intelligence to the Industrial Edge appeared first on AIwire.

Human Archive, a startup founded by Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.

Insider Brief Logistics startup Stord has raised $250 million in a Series F round at a $3 billion valuation and launched a new physical AI and robotics lab in Atlanta to go up against Amazon’s e-commerce and fulfillment network. The round was led by existing investors and included Strike Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Franklin […]

Insider Brief Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric has signed a three-year agreement with the Chiba Institute of Technology to jointly develop physical AI technologies and autonomous robotics systems for everything from manufacturing to infrastructure maintenance. The initiative will focus on developing “homegrown” physical AI technologies capable of adapting to real-world environments and performing more autonomous tasks, according […]

Two model classes get conflated in robotics conversations: vision-language models and vision-language-action models. They sound similar, both ingest images and text, and both come from the same lineage of multimodal pretraining. But for anyone trying to deploy an AI system that moves — not just describes — the distinction is decisive. VLM vs VLA is […]

The event could redefine investment in robotics by merging blockchain liquidity with real-world robotics, potentially transforming capital markets. The post Aerodrome hosts first Virtuals launch with XMAQUINA on May 26 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.