13 Jun 2026
Robot soccer player dents wall with terrifying kicks
A robot soccer player just gave goalkeepers another reason to feel nervous. Booster Robotics titled its YouTube video "Try Stopping This Robot," and after watching its T1 humanoid hammer soccer balls toward a goal, you can see why.
13 Jun 2026
Rivian CEO taking different approach than Elon Musk for humanoid robotics company
Humanoid industrial robot are on display at the humanoid robot data training center in Shougang Park on March 27, 2025 in Beijing, China. VCG | China News Service | Getty Images PARK CITY, Utah — Rivian Automotive CEO RJ Scaringe envisions a day in the not-so-distant future when the electric vehicle maker's manufacturing employees will have a new type of colleague: humanoid robots.
13 Jun 2026
Why it’s nearly impossible to build a robot without China
A boxing robot demonstration at Unitree in Hangzhou, China, last year. Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match.
12 Jun 2026
Sonae’s Bright Pixel participates in Europe's largest Series A robotics funding round through its investment in Theker.
Bright Pixel Capital, the technology investment arm of the Sonae group, has announced its investment in Theker as part of the Barcelona-based robotics and artificial intelligence company’s US$85 million Series A funding round, marking the largest Series A round ever conducted by a robotics company in Europe.
12 Jun 2026
Bosch doubles down on China as innovation hub while advancing robotics ambitions
Bosch is deepening its commitment to China as both a key market and an increasingly important innovation hub, while accelerating its push into robotics and automation technologies, company executives said at their 2026 Bosch Connected World conference in Berlin.
12 Jun 2026
Watch: Korean humanoid robot performs viral K-POP dance, learns by watching videos
AI Sapiens is developing reinforcement learning-based locomotion with DYNAMIXEL-Q actuators to reduce the sim-to-real gap. AI Sapiens enables a complete pipeline for imitation learning, covering data collection, training, and inference.
12 Jun 2026
Largest robotics Series A ever raised in Europe: How THEKER pulled CRV, Samsung, and LVMH to Barcelona with $85M — TFN
Barcelona robotics startup THEKER has raised $85M in what it says is Europe’s largest robotics Series A. The round marks three simultaneous firsts: CRV’s first Spanish investment, Samsung’s first bet on a Spanish company, and LVMH’s first entry into the Spanish startup ecosystem. THEKER’s robots are already running inside live Inditex production facilities — a distinction the company says very…
12 Jun 2026
The Beautiful Game: How Hyundai Motor and Boston Dynamics Taught a Robot to Play Football
It takes more than code to bend it like a pro. Inside the groundbreaking AI training that taught Atlas® the beautiful game and unlocked the next generation of humanoid agility. It feels like a scene straight out of a sci-fi blockbuster, but it is entirely real. In a new video from Hyundai Motor Company, Boston Dynamics humanoid robot Atlas flawlessly executes a series of complex football (soccer)…
12 Jun 2026
Starship Technologies shifts focus to groceries and hot food: the retail technology week in numbers
Do you like numbers? Do you like retail tech news? Then this is the article for you. Including Mendo, Amazon, Snapchat, VenHub Global, Veho, Bambuser, Best Buy, Zalando, Shoptalk Europe 2026, ShopAgentic, Wing, Walmart, Popeyes, Veloq, Tesco, and Snappy Shopper.
