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ROKAE force-controlled arms mounted on wheeled humanoid robots at Schaeffler's Taicang factoryNews · 2026-10-27

ROKAE Humanoid Force-Controlled Arms Reach 10,000

ROKAE says its humanoid arm line has reached 10,000 deliveries. The company has not released an independent deployment or reliability audit.

Editorial data graphic stating Formic announced $50 million in growth capital on October 22, 2026, including a Series B led by Mercato Partners and debt financing from S2G Investments.News · 2026-10-26

Formic $50M Factory Robotics Funding

Formic says its growth capital will fund more factory deployments and a move toward general-purpose robotics, but the equipment is still vendor-agnostic.

Diagram of camera images, robot state and task instruction flowing through Dream API to actions for a bimanual parallel-gripper robotNews · 2026-10-23

Dream-1 Robot API Opens With $90M Seed Funding

Dream Labs opened its Dream-1 robot API after raising $90 million. The public beta targets bimanual gripper robots, not every robot task.

AiMOGA Mobo humanoid robot shown in Chery's October 2026 releaseNews · 2026-10-22

AiMOGA Mobo Home Robot Preorders Open

AiMOGA has opened global preorders for Mobo, a 22-DoF home humanoid, but it has not published a price, delivery date or task test results.

Editorial graphic listing FF Nova's published price, height, weight, degrees of freedom, compute and 100-unit first phaseNews · 2026-10-21

FF Nova Humanoid Robot: $2,490 Developer Release

Faraday Future's FF Nova is an invitation-only developer robot with a $2,490 listed price, but independent performance results are not public.

Diagram of TOMO's stated validation path through FLAIR's Hong Kong hub to education and manufacturing scenariosNews · 2026-10-20

TOMO Education Robot Joins Hong Kong AI Hub

Rice Robotics HK launched TOMO for schools as it joined Hong Kong's new embodied AI hub, where planned trials will cover education and manufacturing.

Diagram showing cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi, and tactical radio feeding FORT Connectivity Aggregation before reaching an autonomous machineNews · 2026-10-19

FORT Connectivity Aggregation Launches

FORT Connectivity Aggregation combines multiple network paths for remotely operated machines, but it does not replace a machine safety system.

Diagram showing NEURA's stated Neuron AI sensing loop, with vision, touch, audio, robot state and language feeding memory and a Perception-Language-Action model before robot action.News · 2026-10-16

"NEURA Neuron AI Brings Memory to 4NE1"

"NEURA says its new Neuron AI combines vision, touch, audio, robot state, language and memory, with an 11-minute 4NE1 demo planned in Berlin."

ROBOTSIDERNEWSRS-766News · 2026-10-15

Boston Dynamics Rohit Prasad Named CEO

Boston Dynamics has named former Amazon AI leader Rohit Prasad CEO, effective October 7, as Atlas moves from training toward factory use.

Diagram of the NOVA20's stated 0.05 to 1 meter near-field range and 40 degree field of viewNews · 2026-10-14

Benewake NOVA20 LiDAR Targets Robot Blind Spots

Benewake's NOVA20 is a 20-channel near-field LiDAR for robots. Its stated one meter reach leaves much of the safety case to the integrator.

Timeline showing Faraday Future's September 25 term sheet, October 11 event announcement and planned October 14 FF Nova launchNews · 2026-10-13

Faraday Future FF Nova Launch Set for Oct. 14

Faraday Future says its Oct. 14 event will introduce FF Nova, a smaller Nova Mini, an education package and a developer platform.

Diagram showing the stated GroundBreaker 1 sequence from Phase I brief through Phase II demonstration to a possible Phase III proposalNews · 2026-10-12

Hunter WOLF GroundBreaker Phase II: BLADE Advances

BLADE's Hunter WOLF will join a US government UGV demonstration in North Dakota on October 19-23, with a later prototype proposal possible.

Diagram summarizing FireFly Robotics' October 7, 2026 S-1 filing for a proposed Nasdaq direct listing, 27.1 million registered shares, and the proposed FFLY tickerNews · 2026-10-09

FireFly Robotics Direct Listing: Nasdaq Filing

FireFly Robotics has filed for a Nasdaq direct listing. Its S-1 names 27.1 million registered shares and the proposed ticker FFLY.

Graphic showing disclosed RobCo valuation and undisclosed deal amountsNews · 2026-10-08

RobCo Valuation Tops $1B in Employee Liquidity Deal

RobCo says a secondary share sale and fresh funding put its valuation above $1 billion, but it did not disclose the deal size.

ROBOTSIDERNEWSRS-986News · 2026-10-07

"RoboParty RP1 Open-Source Humanoid Debuts"

"RoboParty showed its RP1 biped at IROS 2026 and says it will open more software and hardware later this year."

Bar chart showing IFR's reported 2025 professional service robot sales below 250,000 units and 117,500 transport and logistics robotsNews · 2026-10-06

Professional Service Robot Sales Rise 24%, IFR Says

IFR reports under 250,000 professional service robots sold in 2025. Transport and logistics led, but this is not a count of every robot worldwide.

Diagram of the DYNA 2.1 Taku robot's stated laundry workflowNews · 2026-10-05

DYNA 2.1 Taku Robot Targets Laundry Workflows

DYNA Robotics introduced its Taku semi-humanoid robot and says it completed an uncut hour of hotel laundry work without intervention.

Diagram showing the proposed Faraday Future robotics business sale to AIxCrypto, with closing conditionsNews · 2026-10-02

Faraday Future Robotics Term Sheet Is a Proposal

Faraday Future has proposed selling its robotics business to AIxCrypto for about $200 million in stock, but the deal remains non-binding.

Timeline of the RoboBoston 2026 public program, with a 10:45 AM parade and a block party from 11 AM to 4 PMNews · 2026-10-01

RoboBoston robot block party draws 50 exhibitors

RoboBoston brought more than 50 robotics exhibitors to Boston Seaport on September 26, with public demonstrations rather than product performance data.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle speaks at the RASWDC ribbon-cutting ceremony in Norfolk, VirginiaNews · 2026-09-30

U.S. Navy Robotics Operations Center Opens

The U.S. Navy's RASWDC will turn lessons from unmanned systems testing and training into fleet tactics, but it has not published a full operating plan.

Data visual showing RAIBO2's 42.195 km marathon distance, 4:19:52 finish time, and cost of transport of 0.25 versus a human benchmark of 0.37News · 2026-09-29

RAIBO2 Marathon Robot Study Lands in Nature

KAIST's RAIBO2 ran a full marathon on one battery in 2024. A new Nature paper details how its hardware and control system cut energy loss.

Data graphic: Robot.com and Grubhub announced 10 more campuses, more than 20 active deployments, and a three-year agreement extension.News · 2026-09-28

"Robot.com Grubhub Campus Delivery Adds 10"

"Robot.com and Grubhub say autonomous food delivery will reach 10 more campuses this school year, but they have not named the sites or fleet sizes."

Diagram of Viam BoxBot's hybrid control stack, with visual servoing for tape cutting and a fine tuned SmolVLA policy for flap opening, feeding local Jetson Orin Nano inference.News · 2026-09-25

Viam BoxBot Opens Boxes With a Hybrid Stack

Viam will show BoxBot at IROS 2026, pairing visual servoing for tape cutting with a SmolVLA policy to open box flaps.

Diagram showing one REV Servo Hub, six Smart Robot Servo V2 units, and the listed 400 dollar Servo Bundle V2 priceNews · 2026-09-24

REV Servo Hub and Smart Servo V2 Arrive

REV Robotics lists its Servo Bundle V2 at $400, pairing one Servo Hub with six configurable Smart Robot Servo V2 units.

Diagram showing Intrinsic Core building blocks: control, perception, planning, simulation and machine tending reference applicationNews · 2026-09-23

Intrinsic Core Open Source Robotics Stack

Intrinsic Core is now open source, bringing ROS-compatible control, planning and simulation tools to industrial robotics developers.

Diagram of Faraday Future's stated September 19 robotics release: nine device configurations, five models, and four industry solutionsNews · 2026-09-21

Faraday Future Nine Robotics Devices Launch

Faraday Future says its September 19 release adds nine configurations across five robot models, from a $9,990 small humanoid to industrial quadrupeds.

AI-powered warehouse automation concept showing robotic picking workflows for palletized goods and small-item fulfillment.News · 2026-09-17

Tutor Cassie and Sonny Warehouse Robots Announced

Tutor Intelligence has announced new Cassie and Sonny warehouse robots, pairing mobile case picking with a dual arm system planned for late 2026.

ROBOTSIDERNEWSRS-854News · 2026-09-16

"Agility Digit 5 Humanoid: Specs and 2027 Plan"

"Agility has introduced Digit 5, a warehouse humanoid built for close work near people, with early access planned for the first half of 2027."

Diagram showing Vecna Robotics' $31 million funding and its three stated usesNews · 2026-09-15

Vecna Robotics Funding: $31M for Warehouse Automation

Vecna Robotics says the new funding will hire people to deploy its systems and support work on pallet and trailer handling.

Young person wearing leg braces steps from a rehabilitation clinic into a home while a caregiver walks beside them.News · 2026-09-15

Trexo Theo FDA Clearance for Supervised Home Use

The pediatric powered exoskeleton can enter the US market for patients 12 and older with cerebral palsy, with trained supervision.

XPENG IRON humanoid robot on its Guangzhou assembly lineNews · 2026-09-12

XPENG IRON Humanoid Robot Production Line Opens

XPENG IRON humanoid robot production line is operating in Guangzhou, but XPENG has not disclosed capacity, yield, cycle time or unit cost.

Maven Robotics founders Hamza Derbas and Khalid Derbas standing beside the company nameNews · 2026-09-11

Maven Robotics Series A: $100M for 250 Robots

Maven Robotics plans to build 250 industrial robots with its Series A, while its fleet and uptime figures remain company reported.

ROBOTSIDERNEWSRS-848News · 2026-09-10

CJ Logistics Humanoid Robots Begin Warehouse Work

CJ Logistics humanoid robots now pack Olive Young orders in South Korea, but the company has released no data on speed, accuracy or uptime.

Arm Robotics Capability Framework infographic showing levels RL0 Reactive through RL5 Self-improvingNews · 2026-09-04

Arm Robotics Capability Framework: RL0 to RL5

Arm Robotics Capability Framework maps robot intelligence from RL0 to RL5. The draft is a capability profile, not a standard or certification.

Diagram of CRX cobot and controller on a mobile baseNews · 2026-09-03

FANUC R-50iA Compact DC Controller at IMTS

FANUC's new controller puts CRX cobot control on an autonomous mobile robot, with Python, Ethernet and vision features.