Category: News

Yarbo Raises $27M – Transforming Yard Work with Robots Robots could be coming to a backyard near you—on purpose this time. Yarbo has just closed its Series B funding round, raising $27 million to grow its outdoor robotics empire. What started in 2015 as “Snowbot” — a clever fix for dreaded snow shoveling — has…

KUKA Launches iiQKA.OS2 – Including Virtual Controller & AI Readiness Introducing iiQKA.OS2, KUKA’s latest operating system—and it’s bringing some serious upgrades to the world of automation. It’s scalable, customizable, and includes a full virtual robot controller, meaning you can simulate, test, and tweak without even powering up a real robot. Handy, right? The new system…

Humanoid Robots Run – World’s First Half Marathon in Beijing On Saturday morning 19th April 2025,  just outside Beijing, the starter pistol fired—and 20 humanoid robots took their first steps into the history books. This wasn’t science fiction. It was the world’s first humanoid robot half marathon. Side by side with human runners, these mechanical…

Autonomous Dairy Tractors – Monarch & DFA Team Up Monarch Tractor has teamed up with Dairy Farmers of America to bring cutting-edge, autonomous technology to dairy farms across the U.S. The MK-V Dairy tractor is 100% electric, self-driving, and built for feed-pushing. With this partnership, DFA’s 9,500 farmer-owners can access exclusive discounts through the Members…

Cosmic Robotics Raises $4M – Automating Solar Installation Cosmic Robotics has just secured $4 million to bring construction into the 21st century—starting with solar energy. Their mission? Use AI-driven robots to speed up solar installation and help tackle America’s $9.1 trillion infrastructure gap. Their first robot, the Cosmic-1A, is purpose-built for large-scale solar projects. It…

Protoclone – The Humanoid Robot with 1,000 Muscles Meet Protoclone, the world’s most anatomically accurate humanoid robot, developed by Clone Robotics—and it’s flexing more than just muscles. Unlike conventional robots, Protoclone mimics the human skeletal, muscular, vascular, and nervous systems using advanced synthetic components. It features over 1,000 Myofiber artificial muscles, 500 sensors, and more…

Hugging Face Acquires Pollen – Unleashing Reachy 2 Hugging Face, the open-source AI powerhouse, is stepping into the world of physical robots. They’ve just acquired Pollen Robotics, the team behind Reachy 2 — a friendly, bug-eyed humanoid robot with two arms and a knack for picking up coffee mugs. The mission? To bring open source…

World’s First Robot Boxing Match – Unitree G1 Showdown Robotics company Unitree has just announced a world first: a live-streamed boxing match between two humanoid robots. Yes, you heard that right—robot boxing is no longer science fiction. The stars of the show? Most likely Unitree’s G1 robots—compact, agile, and ready to throw some serious digital…

AI Battlefield Robots – To Be Built in the UK The UK is about to welcome a new kind of recruit to the battlefield—autonomous land drones, built right here on British soil. German defence tech company ARX Robotics is investing £45 million into a new facility in southwest England. This high-tech hub will produce drones…