ECOVACS and Roborock Bet Vacuum Tech Stacks Open Pools, Lawns, and Windows
ECOVACS showcased expansions beyond robot vacuums into pools, lawns, and windows at IFA 2026 , while Roborock debuted its first-ever robotic pool cleaner and a new lawnmower at the same show . The parallel expansions, announced within hour…
Humanoid go-to-market race opens on three fronts in one week
Three separate moves in a single week put the humanoid industry's next bottleneck into focus: not whether the machines can walk, but how they reach buyers. Hyundai is exploring sales of Boston Dynamics robots through its car dealerships ; N…
Figure Secures $3.5B Compute Deal With Nscale for 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs
Figure and Nscale have signed a multi-year strategic partnership committing an initial $3.5 billion in AI cloud compute to train Figure's next-generation humanoid robot models, with intent to scale the deal beyond $6 billion . The agreemen…
Plus Automation Agrees to $800M SPAC Deal to Fund Autonomous Truck Operations
Plus Automation Inc. agreed to go public through a business combination with Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp., valuing the autonomous truck technology company at $800 million in pre-money equity . The SPAC transaction is expected to pro…