Moove, the UAE-based mobility company, has raised $250 million in Series C funding to build the operational backbone for autonomous vehicles. The round pushes the company’s valuation to $2.1 billion and reflects growing confidence that the robotaxi industry needs specialized infrastructure providers to scale. I have been following Moove’s transition from a Nigerian vehicle-financing startup … Read more
GAM Enterprises to produce Schaeffler’s PSC gear reducers is the headline out of the precision motion control world this week. On August 5, , the leading manufacturer of high-precision gear reducers announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Schaeffler to take over production of its Precision Speed Control (PSC) gear reducer line through … Read more
Avnet and Weston Robot have announced a partnership to bring edge AI inspection technology to the factory floor, combining autonomous quadruped robots with AMD-powered computing for real-time industrial monitoring. The collaboration, announced in August , targets organizations looking to automate inspection workflows using Physical AI, a model where machines perceive, reason, and act autonomously without … Read more
Every few months, a new video goes viral showing a humanoid robot folding laundry, carrying boxes, or tightening a bolt on an assembly line. The implication is clear: our factories are about to be staffed by metal workers who never take breaks. But when you look past the demo videos and dig into the numbers, … Read more
On August 3, , igus introduced a new self-supporting energy chain designed to handle rotation angles exceeding 600 degrees on industrial robots. The product, called the twisterchain, tackles two long-standing challenges in robotic cable management: keeping cables organized through continuous rotation and eliminating the need for bulky guide troughs that eat up valuable floor space. … Read more
Amazon’s Zoox has pulled the wraps off a production-ready version of its toaster-shaped robotaxi, setting the stage for a multi-city U.S. expansion in . The unveiling, combined with a landmark federal safety exemption, gives Zoox the legal clearance to charge passengers for driverless rides through a vehicle that has no steering wheel and no pedals. … Read more
The U.S. Navy has selected Blue Water Autonomy to use autonomous vessels for deep ocean surveys, naming the Boston-based startup as an awardee on a Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) contract to map the seafloor with uncrewed surface vessels. The selection places Blue Water Autonomy among a small group of companies competing for task orders under … Read more
On July 28, 2026, the FCC announced a ban on new imports of foreign-made humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and other advanced robotic devices into the United States. The agency cited national security concerns, pointing to cybersecurity risks including data transmission backdoors and the potential for remote commandeering of connected robots. The move immediately divided the … Read more
NASA has selected Pittsburgh-based HEBI Robotics for back-to-back Small Business Innovation Research awards aimed at developing miniaturized, space-rated actuators that could reshape how robotic systems are built for orbit and beyond. The HEBI Robotics NASA SBIR grant for miniaturized actuators represents a targeted push to shrink the modular building blocks that already power professional terrestrial … Read more
Updating software on a robot sounds simple until you try doing it across 500 machines scattered through farm fields, warehouses, and distribution centers with spotty LTE connections. That gap between expectation and reality is exactly what Agency Tool Company wants to close. The startup emerged in with a product called ATC Deploy, built specifically to … Read more