Today in Robotics — Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Today's lineup leans practical and physical: inspection quadrupeds certified for explosive sites, a driverless logistics milestone at BMW, and artificial...
Today in Robotics — Monday, October 26, 2026
Humanoids are earning more floor space this Monday as Agility and GXO expand Digit to new warehouses, while researchers push the same body plan up ladders...
Today in Robotics — Sunday, October 25, 2026
Sunday's lineup leans heavily toward the skies, with counter-drone arsenals, recycled Navy helicopters, and new production deals sharing space with DJI's...
Today in Robotics — Saturday, October 24, 2026
Physical AI is the thread running through today's digest, from fresh funding for vision-force-action models to Europe's push for homegrown humanoid data....
Today in Robotics — Friday, October 23, 2026
Happy Friday from RobotCafe, where humanoids are shedding weight, regulators are picking a color, and a quadruped is apparently better at Rubik's Cubes than...
Today in Robotics — Thursday, October 22, 2026
Today the money and the models are doing the talking: Dream Labs lands $90M for a cross-manufacturer robot brain, while Tesla starts Optimus production even...
Today in Robotics — Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Humanoids are inching from demo to deployment today, with Agility's Digit landing on an AGCO factory floor and RoboBusiness marking two decades of this...
Today in Robotics — Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Today's lineup leans into the money and momentum behind physical AI, from a billion-dollar grasping model to fresh VC theses and eVTOL seed rounds. We've...
Today in Robotics — Monday, October 19, 2026
Today leans hard into touch and trust: a founder's candid take on Digit 5, tactile-sensing startups, and artificial skin all argue that robots need to feel...
Today in Robotics — Sunday, October 18, 2026
Sunday's lineup runs from the practical to the geopolitical, with a motor-selection primer sitting a few clicks away from drones hitting fuel depots. We've...
Today in Robotics — Saturday, October 17, 2026
Saturday's spread spans the philosophical and the practical: one columnist argues humanoids are helpers rather than overlords, while China debuts drones...
Today in Robotics — Friday, October 16, 2026
Today's spread runs from the playful to the strategic: humanoids learning to rally in table tennis doubles while a former Nvidia insider argues robotics is...
Today in Robotics — Thursday, October 15, 2026
Today the theme is staying power—literally, as Agility leans on fast-charging cells to keep Digit 5 working marathon shifts, and figuratively, as humanoid...
Today in Robotics — Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Today leans hard into humanoids, from the components that make them move to the research teaching them where to step. We've also got a reshoring conversation...
Today in Robotics — Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Executive chess dominates the day as Rivian's stealthy Mind Robotics lands a marquee hire, while autonomy stories span Martian mileage, counter-drone...
Today in Robotics — Monday, October 12, 2026
Beijing's robots can box, but nobody's folded the laundry yet — today we're chasing the gap between flashy demos and the boring work that actually pays....
Today in Robotics — Sunday, October 11, 2026
Sunday's lineup leans toward a reality check: form follows workflow in industry, while drones dominate the autonomy beat from Coast Guard patrols to data-...
Today in Robotics — Saturday, October 10, 2026
Saturday's slate circles a stubborn truth: the field's hardest problems aren't flashy new skills but reliability — dexterity that holds up, demos that...
Today in Robotics — Friday, October 9, 2026
Today's lineup runs from the fingertips up: Boston Dynamics talks hands, a tactile approach helps humanoids navigate without sight, and a two-armed robot...
Today in Robotics — Thursday, October 8, 2026
Today the humanoid story is really a supply-chain and data story: Jabil weighs in on manufacturing pace while Mecka AI banks $60M to capture human motion for...