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RoboBusiness 2026 Opens Registration as the Conference Turns 20
The commercial robotics industry's main annual gathering returns to Santa Clara this October, with speakers from Amazon, Agility, Arm and more. Here is what to expect.

The Tiny Motors Powering Humanoid Robots to Walk, Reach, and Balance
Building a robot that moves like a person means solving a brutal puzzle: dozens of joints, limited space, and not a gram to spare. Here is how a new generation of compact actuators is changing that calculation.

Brain waves and borrowed muscles: the unusual data farms training tomorrow's robots
A startup is strapping brain-wave headsets onto warehouse workers to teach robots how to think on their feet. It turns out the real bottleneck in physical AI is not smarter software, it is raw data.

How Smarter Databases Are Helping Robots React in Real Time
A database built for time-stamped data sounds like plumbing. But for factory robots and industrial machines, it can be the difference between a system that keeps up and one that falls behind.

NEURA Robotics Is Building Robot Gyms Across Three Continents
The German robotics firm is opening specialised training centres where robots practise real-world tasks, filling a data gap that simulations alone cannot close.

Holiday Robotics raises $105 million to put its FRIDAY robot to work on factory floors
The Seoul-based startup says its wheeled humanoid can handle repetitive industrial tasks safely alongside people, and it has the funding to prove it.

AMD Takes On NVIDIA in Robotics With New Kria Module and X100 Chip
AMD says its new Ryzen AI Embedded X100 processor and Kria system module can outperform NVIDIA's flagship robotics chips. A growing list of robot makers is already switching over.

Hyundai Denies Humanoid Robots Part of Worker Strike Talks
Hyundai clarifies that the introduction of humanoid robots is not a factor in current labor disputes with South Korean autoworkers.

This humanoid robot can feel your touch, and it is coming to shipyards first
Generative Bionics built Gene.01 in six months. It has skin that senses temperature and force, and it is already being trained to weld ships.

Boston Dynamics Is Teaching Its Robot to Behave, Not Just Move
A free webinar on 22 July reveals how animation tricks and AI are making humanoid robots easier for real workers to trust.

AGIBOT launches four robots at WAIC 2026, including a humanoid built for eight-hour shifts
The Shanghai company says its newest machines are ready for factories, service desks, and classrooms, not just one-off demos. Here is what each one does and why that distinction matters.

The Hidden Labor Problem Inside the Humanoid Robot Boom
Billions in funding are quietly paying humans to drive robots by remote control. One researcher argues that is not a stepping stone to machine intelligence, it is a trap.

This Robot Knows When to Back Off: Palm Garden AI Builds a Social Awareness Layer for Service Robots
A small startup says service robots already know how to move and speak. What they lack is the judgment to know when not to.

The Robot That Already Has a Job: Agility Robotics Opens a Training Facility Next Door to Tesla
While Tesla talks up its Optimus robot, a smaller company called Agility Robotics is quietly earning money from humanoid robots today, and just opened a new 60,000-square-foot training site in Tesla's California backyard.

Eric Trump-Backed Startup Wants to Send Armed Humanoid Robots Into Combat
Foundation Future Industries says it will give its Phantom robot lethal capabilities within months. Experts say a truly autonomous robot soldier is still decades away.