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ROBOTICS ARCHIVE

87 PUBLISHING DAYS · 345 DISPATCHES ON THE RECORD← Back to the live wire

OCTOBER 20269 DAYS · 37 DISPATCHES

Logistics robotics posts live production gains across two continents4 DISPATCHES THUOCT 8

Robot-Training Data Draws Sequoia, Nvidia, and LG Into a New Funded Vertical6 DISPATCHES WEDOCT 7

Robotaxi rules fragment city by city as labor, safety, and gridlock collide2 DISPATCHES TUEOCT 6

Korea's physical AI ambitions outrun its budget as Doosan bets on domestic chips7 DISPATCHES MONOCT 5

FCC Robot Ban Cuts US Builders Off from Parts They Cannot Replace3 DISPATCHES SUNOCT 4

Tesla's camera-only bet constrains Robotaxi scale as nighttime edge cases force curfew2 DISPATCHES SATOCT 3

FieldAI's $10B valuation bets robotics intelligence is a platform play4 DISPATCHES FRIOCT 2

Atlas four-finger hand bets subtraction beats mimicry for factory scale4 DISPATCHES THUOCT 1

Humanoid safety architectures split between proprietary and sovereign tracks5 DISPATCHES

SEPTEMBER 202630 DAYS · 110 DISPATCHES

WEDSEP 30

Fleet orchestration bets reframe warehouse robotics competition7 DISPATCHES TUESEP 29

Hyundai's 25,000-unit Atlas bet sets the humanoid deployment bar1 DISPATCH MONSEP 28

Momenta's Stellantis deal drives Chinese ADAS into Western mass-market vehicles1 DISPATCH SUNSEP 27

Chinese Humanoid Makers Ship Units as Tesla's $25T Optimus Thesis Awaits First Sale3 DISPATCHES SATSEP 26

Tesla's Optimus ramp hits tenfold but hand bottlenecks block the path to 1,000 a week1 DISPATCH FRISEP 25

China's 59% robot-install share forces a two-speed automation economy5 DISPATCHES THUSEP 24

Kodiak AI, DTL Transport complete first autonomous truck deliveries under California permit3 DISPATCHES WEDSEP 23

Intrinsic opens robotics stack as Boston Dynamics locks Atlas to Hyundai factories3 DISPATCHES TUESEP 22

AI infrastructure bets spread to Armenia, Finland, and West Africa10 DISPATCHES MONSEP 21

Einride-Nvidia deal bets full platform stack can scale autonomous freight5 DISPATCHES SUNSEP 20

Intuitive brings da Vinci 5 to India, builds toward telesurgery by late 20271 DISPATCH SATSEP 19

Tesla's Optimus factory nears structural completion six months after groundbreaking2 DISPATCHES FRISEP 18

XPeng courts global tech-licensing deals to fund robotics and robotaxi bets6 DISPATCHES THUSEP 17

May Mobility bets asset-light autonomy model on $1.4B SPAC listing5 DISPATCHES WEDSEP 16

Chinese robotics firms race for capital as margins lag market share1 DISPATCH TUESEP 15

Einride and Lidl put cab-less Level 4 truck into daily freight service on German public roads6 DISPATCHES MONSEP 14

Boston Dynamics IPO delay and UBTECH factory opening expose humanoid robotics' split timeline4 DISPATCHES SUNSEP 13

Chinese humanoid robotics hits factory scale, but stock prices keep falling1 DISPATCH SATSEP 12

UK per-mile AV tax proposal tests robotaxi economics as fleets scale globally1 DISPATCH FRISEP 11

Hyundai group builds vertically integrated robotics stack from actuators to sensor hands6 DISPATCHES THUSEP 10

Pony.ai and WeRide open robotaxi fronts across three continents in one week5 DISPATCHES WEDSEP 9

Robotics stack splits as Antioch bets on sim and Palladyne-FANUC wires AI into factory hardware7 DISPATCHES TUESEP 8

Korea's chaebol stack bets on factory robotics from chips to orchestration4 DISPATCHES MONSEP 7

Kalanick reunites with Levandowski as robotaxi sector enters second founding wave3 DISPATCHES SUNSEP 6

LG bets actuator supply deals can outrun humanoid demand uncertainty2 DISPATCHES SATSEP 5

KUKA's robot-controller certification meets AI-driven offensive tooling head-on3 DISPATCHES FRISEP 4

Humanoid go-to-market race opens on three fronts in one week4 DISPATCHES THUSEP 3

AeroVironment's $465M Laser Contract Moves Directed Energy From Prototype to Production Line5 DISPATCHES WEDSEP 2

China's $54B IPO wave bets on AI hardware, punishes everything else2 DISPATCHES TUESEP 1

Waymo Opens Rides in Denver, San Diego, Tampa; Zoox Extends Testing to 12 U.S. Locations3 DISPATCHES

AUGUST 202631 DAYS · 118 DISPATCHES

MONAUG 31

Chinese robot makers turn Asia's labor crunch into an export channel5 DISPATCHES SUNAUG 30

Chinese robotaxi firms push fleets into Seoul, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi2 DISPATCHES SATAUG 29

Aur0ra Ransomware Crew Weaponized Cursor's AI Agent to Breach Seven Firms4 DISPATCHES FRIAUG 28

Waymo Targets Munich for First EU Robotaxi Service as London Stalls on Permits3 DISPATCHES THUAUG 27

LG Innotek Enters Robotaxi Mass Production as Zoox Camera Supplier7 DISPATCHES WEDAUG 26

XPeng's $6.3B Robotics Valuation Fails to Shield Stock From EV Earnings Miss5 DISPATCHES TUEAUG 25

Robotaxi Resistance Becomes a Political Force as Service Failures Mount3 DISPATCHES MONAUG 24

Chinese Robotics Capital Cycle Enters Public-Market Phase5 DISPATCHES SUNAUG 23

China's Humanoid Robot Sector Stages a Coming-Out Moment in Beijing2 DISPATCHES SATAUG 22

Hyundai's Robot Strike Sets Labor-Automation Precedent for Auto Industry3 DISPATCHES FRIAUG 21

AeroVironment Plants a Drone Factory Inside NATO's Southern Flank8 DISPATCHES THUAUG 20

Quadruped Dogs, Parking Bots, and Mowers Ship While Humanoids Wait10 DISPATCHES WEDAUG 19

Tesla's Austin Robotaxi Launch Meets Its First Public Test6 DISPATCHES TUEAUG 18

Smith+Nephew Bets on Academic AI R&D as Surgical Robotics Funding Collapses2 DISPATCHES MONAUG 17

Unitree's 'Superman' Debut and Robotera's IPO Plans Test Humanoid Robot Valuations5 DISPATCHES SUNAUG 16

Trump Drone Tariffs, Defense Capital, and Marine Drills Converge on UAS Reshoring2 DISPATCHES SATAUG 15

Beijing's Robot Games and LG-Nvidia Deal Frame Physical AI's Two Fronts4 DISPATCHES FRIAUG 14

South Korea's LG, Hyundai, Daedong Each Stake Physical AI Verticals in Single Week5 DISPATCHES THUAUG 13

Uber Exits Serve Robotics as Platform Giants Split on Autonomous Ownership2 DISPATCHES WEDAUG 12

Chinese AD Companies Open Two-Track Push Into Europe3 DISPATCHES TUEAUG 11

Archer Aviation Acquires Boeing's Wisk Aero, Insitu, and SkyGrid Subsidiaries3 DISPATCHES MONAUG 10

Unitree's $9B STAR Market IPO Tests Capital Markets for China's Humanoid Robot Sector3 DISPATCHES SUNAUG 9

Surgical Robotics Shifts from Showcase to Infrastructure2 DISPATCHES SATAUG 8

Serve Robotics Q2: 404% Revenue Growth Meets Guidance Cut and $64M Loss2 DISPATCHES FRIAUG 7

DeepSeek Takes $20.8M Stake in Unitree Robotics IPO, Signs Embodied-AI Pact6 DISPATCHES THUAUG 6

Robot Training Centers Emerge as Embodied AI's Data Infrastructure Layer3 DISPATCHES WEDAUG 5

Chinese Humanoid Robotics Hits Capital Markets in Concentrated Burst4 DISPATCHES TUEAUG 4

Healthcare Drone Delivery Hits Clinical Operations as Federal Infrastructure Grants Lag6 DISPATCHES MONAUG 3

Uber Commits Over $10B to Autonomous Vehicle Network Spanning 30+ Partners1 DISPATCH SUNAUG 2

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Robot Vacuums as 'Advanced Robotic Devices'1 DISPATCH SATAUG 1

NXP in Talks to Acquire Ambarella for $3B-Plus1 DISPATCH

JULY 202617 DAYS · 80 DISPATCHES

FRIJUL 31

LG and Nvidia Sign Physical AI Pact Spanning Humanoid Robots, AI Factories, Mobility4 DISPATCHES THUJUL 30

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Robots and Inverters, Sweeping in Vacuums Alongside Humanoids9 DISPATCHES WEDJUL 29

US Bans Chinese Robots as Europe Opens Doors to Chinese AI Firms5 DISPATCHES TUEJUL 28

Baidu Begins London Robotaxi Tests as CaoCao Goes Driverless in Hangzhou2 DISPATCHES MONJUL 27

China's Physical-AI Stack Compounds Across Chips, Robotaxis, and Robotics2 DISPATCHES SUNJUL 26

Waymo Goes Direct, Tesla Downshifts: Robotaxi Market Splits on Control vs. Scale2 DISPATCHES SATJUL 25

Fujitsu Launches Physical AI Platform Effort with FANUC, Yaskawa, Kawasaki Using NVIDIA Stack2 DISPATCHES FRIJUL 24

Aurora Innovation Launches Second-Gen Driverless Trucks, Reports Q2 Revenue of $2M5 DISPATCHES THUJUL 23

Robotaxi Expansion Accelerates on Two Fronts: Tesla Adds Cities, China Lifts Permit Freeze6 DISPATCHES WEDJUL 22

Johnson & Johnson Wins FDA Clearance for Ottava Surgical Robot7 DISPATCHES TUEJUL 21

Humanoid Robotics Shifts From Lab to C-Suite Across Korea and China3 DISPATCHES MONJUL 20

Robotaxi 'Sleepers' Drain Emergency Services as NHTSA Demands Answers6 DISPATCHES SUNJUL 19

NTSB: Tesla Driver Overrode FSD, Pressed Accelerator to 100% in Fatal Texas Crash1 DISPATCH SATJUL 18

SF Mayor Lurie Backs Federal Robotaxi Bill After Waymo July 4 Gridlock8 DISPATCHES FRIJUL 17

LimX Dynamics drives full-size humanoid through unedited household task sequence12 DISPATCHES THUJUL 16

L3Harris and Shield AI complete autonomous electronic warfare flight test5 DISPATCHES WEDJUL 15NVIDIA Showcases Full-Stack AI and Robotics Ecosystem in Japan1 DISPATCH