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Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.

SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the Robotics & AI Institute from Hyundai Motor Group.

Genisom AI has raised several hundred million yuan in Series B funding as the Chinese embodied robotics company expands production and development of humanoid and quadruped robots.

Faraday Future has launched nine new robot configurations across five models, expanding its robotics portfolio with full-size and compact humanoids alongside new industrial quadrupeds.

Watney Robotics has raised $80 million in Series A funding to expand its robotics platform for physical work inside hyperscale data centers.

Toyota plans to invest approximately ¥1 trillion ($6.8 billion) annually from 2028 to modernize its global manufacturing network, including the introduction of Physical AI systems and a new generation of robots trained from human demonstrations.

Figure has released Helix 2.5, its latest humanoid foundation model, demonstrating whole-body autonomous operation across 30 homes in which the robots had received no environment-specific training.

Tesla has started a new round of supplier audits in China aimed at preparing its Optimus humanoid robot for scaled production, according to Chinese business publication 21st Century Business Herald.

AgiBot has released new footage of its A3 Ultra full-size humanoid operating across commercial environments, including car dealerships, hotels and convenience stores, as the company reports completing production validation at the thousand-unit scale.