06 Jul 2026
Weave Robotics’ Isaac 1 intends to invade homes later this year
Home robots were a feature of this year’s CES . Now, a company called Weave Robotics hopes to send Isaac 1, its assistant robot, into homes before anyone else can do it. At something approaching scale, anyway.
06 Jul 2026
Churchill Capital Shares Rise as $2.5 Billion Agility Robotics Merger Keeps Investors Engaged
The Deal Churchill and Agility announced a definitive business combination agreement valuing Agility at a pre-money equity value of $2.5 billion.
06 Jul 2026
#RoboCup2026 – humanoid league knockout stages
This weekend saw the finale of the league competitions at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea, with the winners in the small, middle, and large humanoid divisions decided.
06 Jul 2026
Agility Robotics Goes Public via SPAC, Ditches Home Robot Hype
Agility Robotics, the company behind the bipedal robot Digit, has announced it will go public via a SPAC merger. The news comes as the company shifts its focus away from home robotics and towards commercial applications.
06 Jul 2026
Agility Robotics announces SPAC merger to go public and expand production
A bold SPAC deal could open retail access to industrial humanoid robots, while executives promise a production ramp and guarded forecasts as approvals proceed. Investors are flocking to the humanoid robotics market.
06 Jul 2026
This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon
The humanoid robotics market is awash in money right now. Last week, AI2 Robotics, a Shenzhen-based startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots, raised nearly $735 million at a nearly $3 billion valuation. Earlier this year, Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics, closed a $935 million funding round valuing the company at more than $5.5 billion, backed…
06 Jul 2026
Hyundai Uses World Cup Spotlight To Advance Its Robotics Future
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JULY 05: A Hyundai robot performs at half time during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between Brazil and Norway at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 05, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Maddie Meyer - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) FIFA via Getty Images The Hyundai Motor Company used one of the world’s largest sporting stages to showcase its…
06 Jul 2026
Hyundai Motor Brings Atlas Humanoid Robot to FIFA World Cup 2026TM in First-Ever Live Match Environment Robotics Integration
Hyundai Motor integrated Atlas, a humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics, into a live FIFA World Cup 2026TM halftime activation, marking the first-ever robotics-powered performance on football's biggest stage.
06 Jul 2026
China wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands
Human hands – nimble, nerve-filled appendages that are the most flexible part of the human skeleton – are exceptionally complex. Many tasks that most people can do largely without thinking, from tying a pair of shoelaces to buttoning up a shirt, in fact require a complex set of neurological instructions and precise choreography. In thousands of years of human history, no machine has been able to…
