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Robots, brain control, and a US import ban: the biggest robotics stories of July 2026
From a $7,999 home helper that folds laundry to a US government order blocking certain foreign robots, here is what moved the needle in robotics last month.
KUKA plugs AI decision-making into a Jeep factory making 300 car bodies a day
The robotics company's new Automation Management Platform is now running inside a 335,000-square-foot Ohio plant that has built every Jeep Wrangler body sold worldwide since 2006.
Construction software giant Procore buys drone-and-robot inspection firm DroneDeploy for $845 million
The deal pairs Procore's project management platform with DroneDeploy's drones, ground robots and cameras to replace manual site inspections with AI that can spot problems and act on them automatically.
Five Platforms Building the Backbone of Physical AI in 2026
From simulation to data factories, these are the infrastructure layers that turn a trained model into a robot that can actually do a job.
A German Startup Is Teaching Its AI Video Model to Build Cars, and Silicon Valley Is Nervous About Who Runs AI
Black Forest Labs says its new Flux 3 model can guide robot hands on an Audi factory floor. Meanwhile, over 1,000 AI workers have signed a petition asking the industry to slow down.
Google's Gemini Robotics 2 wants to build a robot that can do anything you ask
A new family of AI models from Google DeepMind pushes physical robots closer to general-purpose helpers, with better dexterity, multi-robot teamwork, and one model developers can try right now.
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 Can Tidy Shelves, Screw in Lightbulbs, and Tie Trash Bags
A new AI system from Google teaches robots to handle fiddly, real-world tasks on their own. The company says it is a step toward machines that can do anything a human can.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nvidia chips are heading to the Moon on a robot rover
A startup called Lunar Outpost plans to run Nvidia's Jetson processors on its next Moon rover, which could make them the first graphics chips to operate on the lunar surface.
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.
Inside the Simulators Teaching Robots to Move, Grip and Learn
Training a real robot costs a fortune and breaks things. A new generation of GPU-powered physics simulators is changing that, one virtual arm at a time.
Meet the robots being trained to build solar farms faster than any human crew
A startup called Gritt says its AI-controlled machines can help an eight-person crew install four times as many solar panels in a day. It just raised $34 million to prove it.