Realbotix announced it has partnered with Bloom Procurement Services to pilot companion robots in care settings in Northeast England. The pilot will use robots to provide companionship, cognitive stimulation, emotional support and routine wellbeing check-ins for elderly residents, according to the Las Vegas company. Realbotix stressed the robots are designed to supplement human caregivers, not […]
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China has witnessed its second-highest number of new unicorns created in a half-year, amid the boom in AI and robotics. In the first half of 2026, ending June, ITJuzi reports that China produced 67 new unicorns, which are private companies valued at least $1 billion. By that count, it means a new unicorn was created roughly every three days in H1. That’s the second-fastest half-year growth China has witnessed since H2 of 2021, when 76 unicorns were created. AI, robotics mint 53% of new Chinese unicorns At the time in 2021, the growth was spread across electric vehicles, biomedicine, and consumer internet businesses. However, this year’s run was mostly concentrated on AI and robotics, which together accounted for more than 53% of the cohort, according to the report. The standout was DeepSeek.The Hangzhou-based AI company closed its first outside funding round at a valuation of nearly 400
Open source AI has shown how quickly developers can innovate when models, data and tools are shared. Robotics has the same opportunity, but advancements in physical AI development can still be gated by costly and fragmented resources, from large datasets and robot foundation models to simulation, compute and validation tools. NVIDIA and Hugging Face are […]
Race to develop ‘embodied AI’ focuses on creating dextrous hands to transform humanoid robots from gimmicks into useful products
Human hands – nimble, nerve-filled appendages that are the most flexible part of the human skeleton – are exceptionally complex. Many tasks that most people can do largely without thinking, from tying a pair of shoelaces to buttoning up a shirt, in fact require a complex set of neurological instructions and precise choreography. In thousands of years of human history, no machine has been able to truly replicate human’s greatest tool.
But now, as artificial intelligence (AI) races forwards, some companies think they are close to surpassing this final but most difficult hurdle in robotics. Most of them are in China.
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BMW's integration of humanoid robots in production could revolutionize manufacturing efficiency and ergonomics, impacting global industry standards.
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NVIDIA's ASPIRE writes and refines robot control programs, then distills validated repairs into a reusable skill library. It gains up to 77 points on LIBERO-Pro and transfers zero-shot to unseen long-horizon tasks.
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Tesla's shift towards AI and robotics investments could redefine its business model, but risks straining financial stability and investor confidence.
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Insider Brief Luxonis announced raising $14 million in Series A funding to expand its camera and software platform for robotics and industrial automation. The round was led by Denali Growth Partners, with participation from Taiwania Capital, according to the company. Luxonis said the funding will support commercial expansion, product development and production of its OAK […]
