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Robotics & Drones
1,940 words 9 min read
Autonomous drone delivery is crossing the chasm from experiment to infrastructure. Two announcements in early autumn 2026 — DoorDash's launch of DoorDash Air on September 30 and Arrive AI's partnership with Modovolo on October 9 — frame…
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Robotics & Drones
1,137 words 6 min read
Figure AI shipped its second-generation Figure 02 in early January 2026. The robot stands 5 feet 6 inches, carries a 44-pound payload, and walks at 2.5 meters per second. It is not a lab demo. The company has already placed units at a BMW…
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Robotics & Drones
1,449 words 7 min read
Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a new artificial intelligence startup focused on automating the labor-intensive work of wet labs that sits at the heart of drug discovery. The company, which trains robots…
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Robotics & Drones
1,104 words 6 min read
FIRA USA drew more than 80 agricultural technology companies and roughly 2,500 attendees to Yakima, Washington, this week, wrapping up its final day on October 22 with a demonstration-heavy program aimed at specialty crops that dominate…
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Robotics & Drones
1,052 words 5 min read
Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot recently completed a 10-kilometer outdoor test, moving across uneven terrain and carrying loads. "The demonstration had a purpose beyond spectacle," said Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert. "The goal is to build…
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Robotics & Drones
1,319 words 6 min read
NVIDIA announced in March 2025 that humanoid robot shipments will exceed 100,000 units annually by 2027. The projection surprised analysts who expected a decade of waiting. The company cited partnerships with tier-one logistics firms as…
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Robotics & Drones
1,317 words 6 min read
Robots still aren’t very good at picking things up, despite billions of dollars of investment and endless videos fed into deep-learning models. That may be about to change, thanks to a manipulation architecture built by Eka Robotics, which…
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Robotics & Drones
1,268 words 6 min read
Figure AI announced it is producing Figure 03, a third-generation humanoid robot, from a new factory called BotQ near Austin, Texas. The facility will start at 12,000 units per year and aims for 100,000 over the next four years. That is…
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Robotics & Drones
1,235 words 6 min read
A robot arm on a Toyota assembly line in Aichi now lifts a 12-kilogram panel in 4.2 seconds. It's not faster than a human, but it doesn't stop for lunch, and it won't get carpal tunnel. That's the point. According to a 2025 International…
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Robotics & Drones
1,421 words 7 min read
The robotics and drones sector has entered a transformative phase in late 2026, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, improved battery technology, and expanding commercial applications across manufacturing, logistics…
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Robotics & Drones
1,254 words 6 min read
Rivian has quietly spun out Mind Robotics, a new industrial automation startup that has already attracted more than $1 billion in venture capital. The company was founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe in late 2025, and it announced at…
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Robotics & Drones
1,332 words 7 min read
A wave of humanoid robot orders is sweeping into manufacturing plants across Europe and Asia this week, and the scale is already larger than any prior automation push. Schaeffler has committed to deploying at least 1,000 Hexagon Robotics…