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The 2026 Robotics Startup Radar is open: here is how to apply

The Robot Report is accepting submissions from young robotics companies until 6 October 2026. A spot on the list puts a startup in front of investors and engineers who are actively looking for what comes next.

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Una startup de robots recaudó $165 millones para resolver el problema que impide que las máquinas vean claramente el mundo

Lyte AI afirma que los robots tienen un problema de sensores, no de modelos. Su nueva financiación llevará este argumento a fábricas, almacenes y sitios de inspección.

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500 Delivery Robots, One Seven-Year Deal: How Robot.com Is Betting Big on Campus Streets

The company behind the R-Kiwi sidewalk robot just signed its largest ever contract with food-services giant Sodexo. What it means for college campuses, labor shortages, and the road ahead for delivery machines.

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Waymo opens in three new cities as the robotaxi race picks up speed

Alphabet's Waymo is now taking paying passengers in San Diego, Tampa and Denver, while Amazon-backed Zoox prepares to test its distinctive box-shaped vehicle in Houston and San Diego.

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Medtronic Puts $700 Million Into Surgical Robot Maker Cornerstone Robotics

The medical device giant is buying into a second robotic surgery platform to give hospitals more choice and reach markets where its own system has not yet landed.

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Self-Driving Truck Startup PlusAI Is Going Public at an $800 Million Valuation

The California company already runs driverless freight routes in Texas. Now it wants Wall Street's money to put autonomous trucks in showrooms by 2027.

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London's first robotaxis are now bookable on Uber, but only 15 cars are out there

Wayve's self-driving vehicles have quietly joined the Uber app, giving Londoners a way to hail an autonomous taxi for the first time. Catch is: your odds of actually getting one are very low.

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Big Tech Is Buying Up Robot Startups. Here's What That Means for the Industry

Three major acquisitions in five months have reshaped who controls the future of robotics. A controller maker that bridges traditional and AI-driven robots explains what comes next.

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A robotic arm delicately scooping soft food—pasta, rice, or stew—from a commercial kitchen counter with perfect precision, steam rising from the dish
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The robot that learned to scoop: why food is the toughest test for physical AI

Chef Robotics has served 118 million portions in real kitchens and used that experience to build what it calls the world's largest dataset for robots handling soft, unpredictable materials. Now it wants to take those lessons far beyond food.

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A robot arm at a workbench performing a complex multi-step task, with visual overlays showing task decomposition into labeled, reusable skill modules on a monit
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Robot Brains Get a Skill Library: New AI Lets Machines Break Big Tasks Into Reusable Steps

A research system called REFACTOR-VLA teaches robot AI to organise its actions into named, repeatable skills, rather than making everything up on the fly. The result: robots that handle longer, more complex tasks and are far easier for humans to understand.

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Robots, miles de millones y una subida del 460% en acciones: las mayores historias de robótica de agosto de 2026

Desde la última IA de control de robots de Google DeepMind hasta una empresa china de robótica que sorprendió a los inversores en su primer día de cotización, aquí está lo que el mundo de la robótica estuvo comentando el mes pasado.

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Una apuesta de $10 millones en IA que transmite mundos infinitos, no solo clips

El modelo Orbis de Visko genera video interactivo en 4K en vivo indefinidamente, y su fundador entrenado en Stanford dice que podría suministrar el material de entrenamiento que necesitarán los robots destinados a tu hogar.

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A close-up of a robotic arm in a factory performing a task, with digital overlay showing hidden network vulnerabilities and attack vectors invisible to physical
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The Hidden Weak Spot in Robot Safety That Nobody Is Talking About

Modern robots can be tricked into doing dangerous things without anything visibly breaking. Researchers say cybersecurity is the missing piece in how we keep AI-driven machines safe.

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Australia's robot gap just got a new fix: an AI tool that writes your automation business case for you

A new national platform called AutomationFinder.com.au uses AI to help Australian manufacturers describe, cost and pitch automation projects, without needing to hire an engineering consultant first.

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A sleek white humanoid robot stands in a large, brightly lit modern warehouse, surrounded by rows of shelving stacked with brown cardboard totes and plastic bin
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Un Robot Vio Un Video y Volteó un Panqueque. Skild AI Dice Que Eso Lo Cambia Todo.

El nuevo modelo S1 de Skild AI permite que los robots aprendan tareas a partir de un único clip de video, sin necesidad de reentrenamiento durante semanas. La empresa ha recaudado casi 1.700 millones de dólares para lograrlo.

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