19 Jun 2026
United States - Advising On Neura's USD1.4B Funding Round
Drawing on our experience in venture capital, we have advised Lingotto on its investment in Neura robotics as part of a USD1.4B fundraising round.
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19 Jun 2026
[Exclusive] Hyundai Motor Group to Buy More Boston Dynamics Shares, Making It a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
SoftBank to sell its 9.6% stake Put option agreement worth about 500 billion won Final decision to be made at an extraordinary board meeting Move to strengthen control and speed up IPO Boston Dynamics research unit RAI To be sold to SoftBank for $100 million Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas practices a soccer pass. Hyundai Motor Group Hyundai Motor Group will buy additional shares in Boston…
18 Jun 2026
Codey represents new era of autonomous, socially intelligent humanoids
Codey operates independently, using sensors, onboard computing, and AI to navigate, understand, and interact in real time. Codey is an autonomous humanoid robot designed to understand, assist, and interact with people.
18 Jun 2026
Sensors, head-mounted cameras, recordings: Humans are helping Chinese tech companies train robots
Daniel Wang came home to his apartment in Beijing and saw a humanoid robot waiting for him. He opened the door, and the robot got to work. The robot, developed by Shenzhen-based X Square Robot, moved slowly. It spent an hour folding about three pieces of clothing, and another arranging Wang’s shoes. Most of the actual chores were done by a human housekeeper who accompanied it. But the robot’s…
18 Jun 2026
Richtech Robotics launches livestream for ADAM AI-powered humanoid
The ADAM robot will interact with people via livestream in addition to service locations. Source: Richtech Robotics
18 Jun 2026
DLA Piper Advises Qualcomm Technologies on NEURA Robotics $1.4bn Round
DLA Piper has advised Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. on its participation in NEURA Robotics’ Series C financing round of up to US$1.4 billion, a transaction requiring coordinated corporate, regulatory and intellectual property advice across several jurisdictions.
18 Jun 2026
Young minds meet humanoids as study trips gain momentum
Students watch the performance of an intelligent robot dog at a middle school in Pengshan district of Meishan, Sichuan province, on Feb 17, 2025. WENG GUANGJIAN/XINHUA
17 Jun 2026
Why Some U.S. Robot Makers Are Reducing Dependence On China
1X, which makes the Neo humanoid robot, is probably the most vertical-integrated robot manufacturer on the planet. The Washington Post via Getty Images The New York Times says it’s "nearly impossible" to build a humanoid robot without China.
17 Jun 2026
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are racing to teach machines to operate in the physical world. But building capable robots requires something the AI industry doesn’t yet have, which is the training data to match that used for language models. That gap is creating a new kind of infrastructure…
