Tools and platforms that give machines the ability to sense, interpret, and act on the world, from sensor fusion to robot foundation models.
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At IFA 2025, SwitchBot unveiled three new products built around embodied AI, including a Tennis Robot, an AI Pet, and an AI Hub. Each device is designed to sense, respond, and interact with people and environments in real time, combining physical robotics with on-device or cloud-based intelligence.
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Starbucks is scaling a new AI-powered inventory tool designed to overhaul how its stores manage stock. Staff now scan items using handheld devices, instantly surfacing real-time availability and reducing the need for manual backroom checks.
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Helix, the general-purpose Vision Language Action model developed by Figure, has expanded its capabilities to include dishwasher loading. This comes after Figure has demonstrated Helix learning how to fold laundry and rearrange packages.
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Orchard Robotics announced an oversubscribed $22 million Series A round. This brings the company’s total funding to over $25 million. The investment will support team growth, including a new office in San Francisco.
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Xpanner has officially released the X1 Kit, its flagship product that uses Physical AI to automate construction workflows. The company says X1 helps address labor shortages, safety hazards, and inefficiencies by turning existing machinery into smart, automated systems.
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VoxelSensors, a deep tech startup in Belgium, is working with Qualcomm Technologies to improve integration of its SPAES 3D sensing system with the Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 platform. The goal is to deliver fast, low-power depth sensing for augmented reality devices.
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Telexistence Inc. has announced a new service that will generate robotic motion datasets tailored to customer needs. It will officially begin in January 2026, with pre-orders available starting September 2025.
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RealSense has launched a direct integration with NVIDIA’s full robotics platform, combining the new D555 depth camera with Jetson Thor, Isaac Sim, and Holoscan. The collaboration gives developers a fully native stack for perception, simulation, and real-time sensor fusion.
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Jetson Thor, NVIDIA’s compute platform for real-time robotics and physical AI, is now generally available. Powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, Jetson Thor delivers 7.5x more AI compute and 3.5x greater energy efficiency than its predecessor.
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Nuro announced the closing of a $203 million Series E funding round to advance its autonomous driving technology and expand its commercial partnerships. The company stated the round includes investors such as Uber, NVIDIA, and Icehouse Ventures, and values Nuro at $6 billion.
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Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute have created a new AI system aimed at general-purpose humanoid robotics. It allows the Atlas robot to learn a wide range of complex tasks from language prompts and demonstrations.
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FieldAI announced it has raised $405 million across two funding rounds, with participation from top investors such as Canaan Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Emerson Collective.