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Rhoda AI has emerged from 18 months in stealth with $450 million in Series A funding. The company is developing robot foundation models designed to help robots operate in real-world environments beyond controlled lab settings.
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Nearly a decade of XR engine development at 8th Wall is now open-source and available to everyone. On February 28, the company shut down its hosted platform, retiring the login system, cloud editor, and web-based Studio. The technology now continues as a public project at 8thwall.org.
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Serve Robotics said it generated $2.7 million in revenue for 2025, exceeding earlier guidance of $2.5 million, as it reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results.
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Zoox and Uber announced a partnership that will bring Zoox's purpose-built autonomous vehicles onto Uber’s ride-hailing platform. Riders requesting trips through the Uber app may be paired with one of the self-driving vehicles where the service is offered.
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Zoox announced plans to begin operations in Arizona starting in Phoenix while expanding its Texas testing program to Dallas. With these additions, the company says its fleet will operate across ten markets including the San Francisco Bay Area
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PlusAI introduced a new version of its autonomous trucking software that enables trucks to drive at night and navigate active construction zones.
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Synopsys introduced a platform built to create and run electronics digital twins, giving engineering teams a way to develop and validate complex systems before physical hardware exists.
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Niantic Spatial announced a partnership with Coco Robotics aimed at improving navigation systems used by autonomous delivery robots. The agreement positions Niantic Spatial as a core infrastructure partner, supplying spatial AI capabilities and a visual positioning system
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ABB Robotics announced a partnership with NVIDIA to integrate Omniverse libraries into ABB’s RobotStudio platform. The collaboration is intended to help manufacturers train robots in simulated environments before deploying them in real-world robotics applications.
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Bringing distribution in-house gives Intuitive tighter control over sales, service, and hospital relationships in Southern Europe. That control can help the company expand adoption of its surgical systems while capturing more value from the region.
Agility Robotics has rebranded, now operating under the name Agility. The company says that the new name represents a shift the company says reflects how its humanoid robotics business has grown beyond its original scope.
Simbe said its robot Tally has received UL 3300 certification from UL Solutions, a safety standard for service robots operating in public-facing environments. The company said it is the first retail robotics company to earn this certification.
Dexterity announced Foresight, a world model designed to help robots reason about the physical world while performing manipulation tasks in logistics environments.
Techman Robot worked with precision mechanism manufacturer Jinpao Precision to implement a large-scale automation project using collaborative robots. Jinpao Precision produces precision metal components for industries including aerospace, communications, medical, and automation equipment.
Noble Machines has emerged from stealth with the first deployment of its general-purpose industrial robots to a Fortune Global 500 customer. The company launched in 2024
Virtual reality helicopter training is arriving in Nepal through a new safety initiative involving the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Airbus Helicopters, and Loft Dynamics.
NASA awarded HEBI Robotics an $850,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to continue developing modular robotic actuation hardware for space. The two-year project will support the testing and development of actuation hardware
Honor used Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona to showcase a new direction for its AI hardware strategy, revealing both a robotic smartphone concept and its first humanoid robot.
VITURE pulled in another $100 million, matching the round it closed in September and pushing its six-month total past $200 million. Legend Capital, affiliated with Lenovo
Project Swan could mark a serious step forward in making XR viable for sustained professional use. Display clarity approaching monitor-level density, paired with low-latency mixed reality and a dedicated perception chip
BMW Group has started testing a humanoid robot at its Leipzig plant, marking the company’s first pilot of this kind in production in Germany. The robot, AEON, was developed by Hexagon Robotics and is being introduced under BMW’s Physical AI program.
