Ultra Maritime's Sea Spear sonar system detected, tracked, and classified unmanned underwater vehicles during the U.S. Navy Lanternfish 2026 exercise in Washington.
Amap, Alibaba’s location-based services platform, has released a full stack upgrade to its ABot embodied AI system, adding new models for navigation, manipulation, reasoning, memory, and motion control.
TARS presented its AWE 3.5 embodied foundation model at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, earning the prestigious SAIL Award for technical innovation. The model improves efficiency and performance in real-world robotic tasks through advanced perception and control capabilities.
Moon Surgical has entered a strategic commercial collaboration with KARL STORZ to integrate the Maestro platform with KARL STORZ 3D visualization and instrumentation, aiming to expand access to advanced laparoscopic surgery.
Sentante has received CE marking for its haptic endovascular robotic platform designed for remote vascular procedures. The system captures force, torque, and motion data from each procedure, laying the groundwork for future AI-supported endovascular interventions.
MDA Space Ltd. has received a pre-authorisation contract from OHB System AG to provide advanced lunar landing sensors for the European Space Agency's Argonaut mission. The sensors will support autonomous lunar landings through LiDAR-based hazard detection and avoidance technology.
Uforce has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. boat builder Reconcraft to jointly produce autonomous surface vessels in the United States. The deal will bring Uforce's combat-proven MAGURA drone technology to American manufacturing under the Arsenal of Freedom initiative.
The Alliance for OpenUSD announced new members including ByteDance, Huawei, Physicl, and Unity, alongside progress on ISO certification for its Core Specification 1.1 at SIGGRAPH 2026, extending OpenUSD’s role in AI and 3D data interoperability.
Microagi has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud that uses NVIDIA’s Blackwell platform to accelerate the training of AI models for robotics. The partnership will allow Microagi to scale its infrastructure and deliver customizable robotics software for enterprise use.
Tuya Smart has invested in Robopoet's 100 million RMB pre-A financing round, aiming to accelerate the commercialization of physical AI. The partnership builds on the success of Robopoet's Fuzozo AI companion, which has sold nearly 300,000 units.
Applied Intuition has launched Dana, an agent-based platform designed to accelerate the development, testing, and deployment of physical AI systems across industries including autonomous vehicles, robotics, and construction.
Elite Robots worked with Generalist AI to enable training and validation of the GEN-1 embodied foundation model, which achieved high task performance and improved execution speed.
Hypershell has introduced its consumer exoskeleton lineup in Europe, featuring the X Ultra S, X Max S, and X Pro S models powered by its proprietary HyperIntuition AI movement control algorithm.
Generative Bionics has introduced Gene.01, a fully functional humanoid robot platform with full-body tactile sensing and physics-native AI. Built in six months, the platform is designed for safe human collaboration and will debut at AMD Advancing AI 2026.
Fibocom and Intedigo presented a live teleoperation demo at WAIC 2026, enabling attendees to remotely control a race car over a 5G network using Fibocom’s FM160 module.
Pudu Robotics presented its Physical Agent architecture and unveiled the PUDU D7 semi-humanoid robot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2026 in Shanghai, highlighting its One Brain, Multiple Embodiments framework.
KEENON Robotics demonstrated coordinated humanoid and specialized service robot operations at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, illustrating its strategy of combining flexible humanoids with high-speed service robots for commercial environments.
At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, BrainCo demonstrated a system that lets users control robots using only neural signals, debuting what it calls the world's first integrated Brain to Robot AI R&D platform.
Foxlink Group has launched its first AI Factory in Fort Worth, Texas, marking its shift from traditional electronics manufacturing to AI-integrated production. The facility connects GPU computing in Taiwan with robotics and AI systems for industrial automation.
Axon Vision has announced ForceField, an Edge AI-based counter-drone system designed to detect, track, and neutralize aerial threats against moving forces. The compact system integrates detection and kinetic response functions tested in live-fire trials.
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