Robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, wearables, and embodied AI systems that sense, decide, and act in the real world.
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Nauticus Robotics has completed a deepwater test of its Aquanaut Mark 2 vehicle, which traveled 2,300 meters below the surface without a tether. The test took place about 240 kilometers off the coast of Louisiana.
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Mayor Eric Adams, together with the city’s transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, confirmed that Waymo has been cleared to begin testing driverless technology in New York for the first time.
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WeRide and Shenzhen Bus Group have introduced Shenzhen’s first fully autonomous public bus line in the Luohu District. Known as the B888 route, it runs between Luohu Port and MixC Market and began operations on August 26
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Infineon Technologies is partnering with NVIDIA to accelerate the development of humanoid robotics. The collaboration combines Infineon’s microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators with NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor Series modules
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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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Hyphen has closed a $25 million Series B round to grow its automated meal production platform. CAVA Group participated as a first-time investor, joining prior backers to fund scaled manufacturing and expanded U.S. rollout.
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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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Chipotle has announced a new aerial delivery service called Zipotle, developed in partnership with Zipline. Select customers near Rowlett, Texas, can have their orders flown to them by autonomous drones as part of an early access program.
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Just Eat Takeaway.com has launched a pilot program for robotic food delivery in Zurich, partnering with Swiss startup RIVR. The pilot marks the first European use of ground-based delivery robots equipped with both wheels and legs, capable of climbing curbs and stairs.
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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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Pudu Robotics has launched the MT1 Max, the latest model in its MT1 series of service robots. Built for cleaning in environments like underground garages and semi-open atriums, the MT1 Max introduces major upgrades in spatial perception, AI intelligence, and safety systems.