2026 has been called the “year of mass production” for humanoid robots. In the first half of the year alone, output exceeded 40,000 units, with full-year projections surpassing 100,000. As robots transition from stage performers to workers in factories and retail spaces, a fundamental question emerges: what enables them to execute movements that look increasingly […]
It’s a dim and distant memory now but, once upon a time, BlackBerry was by far the world’s favourite smartphone among business users. Journalists and all sorts of other professionals were amazed that a phone could enable them to check and respond to their emails while they were out and about. There literally was no […]
Infineon Technologies says it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to accelerate the development and deployment of central car computers in software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The companies have signed a technology agreement to have a microcontroller-based design pattern (the “subsystem”) for Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Ride reference platforms for high-performance computing and in-vehicle artificial intelligence. By working together, […]
Tutor Intelligence, the robotics research and deployment company, today announced its $75 million Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $117 million. The round will support Tutor’s frontier robot foundation model training, as well as the manufacturing and deployment of Sonny and Cassie, Tutor’s robot workers, which run the […]
Deal is expected to provide approximately $465 million in gross capital as Agility expands deployments of its Digit humanoid with industrial customers. The post Agility Robotics shareholders approve $2.5B humanoid SPAC merger appeared first on The Robot Report .
