Robotics involves the integration of artificial intelligence into physical machines to automate navigation, manipulation and task execution. Truncated covers hardware developments, software updates, research advancements and commercial deployments.
AI-generated summary Serve Robotics launched an AV Delivery Developer Portal providing an API and sandbox for independent developers, businesses, and AI assistants. Serve says the new portal allows outside applications to request deliveries directly from its sidewalk fleet instead of using third-party partners.
AI-generated summary Beijing released a 2026 to 2028 industrial plan aiming for an annual production capacity of 200,000 embodied AI robots. The municipal policy sets application targets across industrial, service, and specialized deployments while establishing regional manufacturing goals.
AI-generated summary Venture firm Ascend has closed a $17 million third fund to support physical AI startups and hardware ventures in Seattle. Founder Kirby Winfield says the capital includes the firm's first institutional investor during a difficult fundraising market.
AI-generated summary NTT, Inc. announced a physics-based world model designed to evaluate robot actions prior to execution by predicting outcomes such as drops and collisions. NTT says the technology increased task success in a small-robot shelf-loading test from 73.1% to 92.3% and plans field trials with Mujin, Inc.
AI-generated summary Stingray Marine Solutions reports that over 3,500 submarine artificial intelligence units are deployed around salmon pens along the Norwegian coast. The firm states that these units protect more than 112 million fish by using lasers to target sea lice as an alternative to chemical baths.
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