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Watney Raises $80 Million to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
Watney’s Series A takes funding above $100 million as it targets data-center work, starting with cabling, and claims more than 99.99% reliability.
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X Square’s Robot Starts Work at Lululemon’s Wuhan Warehouse
X Square says its QUANTA X1 Pro is handling parcels at lululemon’s new Wuhan distribution center, adding a named warehouse deployment to its logistics push.
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Tesla Reportedly Begins New Optimus Supplier Audits in China
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Spirit AI Predicts a Robot-Brain Breakthrough in 2027
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UBTECH Brings Walker C1 to Slovenia in Balkan Expansion Push
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Tesla’s Optimus Factory Nears a Steel-Frame Milestone in Texas
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The UMI Effect: Why Robotics Companies Are Building the Data Collector First
From a handheld GoPro gripper to Sunday’s Skill Capture Glove, Reward AI’s Omnibody Hand and X Square’s TwinDEX, a growing school of robot development starts with the device humans use to teach the machine.
Agility unveils Digit 5, designed to work closer to people
Agility’s Digit 5 adds a 50 lb payload, nine-minute charging and a new safety architecture. Early access is planned for 2027, with EU and UK deployment ahead.
Sharpa Wave: the robotic hand used by NVIDIA and DeepMind
How Sharpa Wave gained a place in NVIDIA and DeepMind’s robotics programs, with a guide to its tactile sensing, specifications and software.
The Humanoids of Europe: Built by Their Customers
While the coverage stays fixed on China and the United States, seven European companies have quietly signed deployment commitments running into the thousands of units. Europe's humanoid sector is being built by its buyers.
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Lumos Says NexCore Can Teach Robots New Skills in Days
Lumos pitches NexCore as a faster route from task descriptions to factory-ready robot skills, citing Mitsubishi Electric applications but offering limited benchmark detail.
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Brett Adcock Says Figure 04 Will Be Figure’s Biggest Hardware Leap
On RoboStrategy, Figure’s CEO outlines four chapters for humanoid robotics, explains the limits of Helix 2.5 and teases a major Figure 04 redesign.
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Figure’s Helix 2.5 Takes on Chores in 30 Unseen Homes
Figure reports 56% full-task success for Helix 2.5 across 30 unfamiliar homes, testing whether human-data pretraining transfers to household chores.
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XPENG’s XPACE Trains IRON With Human Videos and Simulated Mistakes
XPENG’s XPACE combines human demonstrations and simulated recoveries to improve IRON’s manipulation skills, with gains in small real-robot tests.
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KIST Chief Says Korea Can Join the US and China as a Humanoid Power
KIST’s president sees a path to a three-way humanoid race. Korea’s KAPEX and research strategy support that ambition, while Europe is pursuing its own industrial route.
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AGIBOT Says A3 Ultra Is Going to Work in Hotels, Shops and Metro Inspection
AGIBOT’s latest promotional video highlights A3 Ultra deployments across service and inspection settings, with custom development still part of the equation.
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Boston Dynamics IPO Unlikely in 2027, Hyundai Executive Says
Reuters reports that a 2027 listing is unlikely. Hyundai’s published Atlas roadmap puts scaled factory applications later in the decade.
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Unitree Says It Won’t Become a Robot Integration Company
Unitree’s industrial solutions lead says it will focus on robots and core components, leaving a key question about who delivers complete factory applications.
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Unitree’s Stock Slump Puts China’s Robot IPOs Under Scrutiny
Unitree is down 44% from its debut close. Reports point to closer scrutiny of robotics IPOs, but confirmed listing postponements remain elusive.
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Agility’s Digit 5 Reveal Includes a Wheeled Robot Concept
Animations spotted in Agility’s Digit 5 launch material have a written counterpart: its website lists a Wheeled Base Concept. Product details remain unannounced.
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GPT-6 Is Beating Specialist Models in Robotics Tests
GPT-6 Astra leads specialist models on selected simulation tasks. New robot-arm demos add to the promise, while tougher tests expose its limits.
