Robotics

Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.

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Boston Dynamics built Stretch Gen 2 for reliable, consistent performance

The new Stretch features an updated modular design that enables “plug and play” part swaps. | Source: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics Inc. this week unveiled Stretch Gen 2, the latest generation of its autonomous mobile trailer unloading robot. With over 100,000 operating hours and tens of millions of boxes handled under its belt, the company built the updated robot to maximize uptime and streamline maintenance. Brian Donnelly, the vice president and general manager of logistics robotics at Bost

Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots

Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online.

Sector Snapshot: Construction Robotics Funding Soars To $1.6B, Tripling Previous Peak

Construction companies are struggling to find enough workers. For startups, that means venture investors are pouring money into companies betting that robots can help close the gap. Companies spanning construction and robotics have raised about $1.6 billion this year through Oct. 29 — more than 4x the $389 million recorded in all of 2025 — according to Crunchbase data. The surge was driven by three companies that raised the majority of the funding. The broad trend: For contractors struggling to

LiberAI Unveils Liber-0, a World Action Model That Grounds Human Experience in Robot Action

LiberAI introduces Liber-0, a world action model pretrained on more than 2.2 million hours of human experience to support zero-shot robot manipulation. In an evaluation of 60 tasks proposed by GPT-6, it achieved 36.0% overall success without robot demonstrations collected specifically for those target tasks. The model combines large-scale human video, glove-recorded hand motion and embodiment alignment to transfer human manipulation experience to robots. Liber-0 achieves 36.0% overall success in

Robot integration brings high-precision production to midmarket manufacturers

High-precision manufacturing was once considered something exclusive to large corporations. However, advances in robotic integration and automated manufacturing have changed this perception. Sophisticated capabilities are becoming accessible to midmarket and smaller operations. This shift has led to a more even competitive landscape. Smaller manufacturers have an opportunity to reach new levels of accuracy and efficiency. Today’s robotic systems can help these producers modernize targeted workf

ToyBlocks: A controlled world for robot learning and evaluation

Standardized testing environments help researchers compare how well different robots learn tasks, advancing the field beyond isolated lab experiments.

How did Agility Robotics perform on its first day on the stock market?

Agility says its Digit 5 humanoids can lift up to 50 lb. | Source: Agility Robotics Earlier today, Agility Robotics began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker “AGLT.” The company claimed that it is “the first pure-play legged humanoid company to go public.” Agility started the day trading at $11.26 per share, above the initial $10 per share price used in the SPAC deal. It was a day of ups and downs, as it was for many tech stocks. It hit its lowest price at $8.40, and

How Ambi Robotics helps its customers prepare for peak season

The AmbiSort B Series can streamline final-mile deliver operations with automated induction, scanning, and ‘end-to-end’ sortation. | Source: Ambi Robotics As Black Friday and the start of peak season draw near, logistics providers across the country are getting ready for the rush. Each year, these providers could see a 25% to 40% increase in throughput, according to Stephen McKinley, co-founder and chief operating officer at Ambi Robotics. This year, Ambi is expecting its customers t

Robotics Startup Radar 2026

The Robot Report tracks startups throughout the year, and our second annual Startup Radar spotlights some of the most interesting new companies developing commercial robotics and related technologies. From industrial automation and drones to humanoid robots, 2026 has been a year of innovation in the face of persistent labor shortages and geopolitical challenges. To qualify, organizations must be no more than five years old and must be working on enabling technologies, new full systems, or novel

How GlobalLogic helped Haystack Robotics build a UV disinfection robot

GlobalLogic developed the UV disinfection robot with Haystack Robotics. | Source: GlobalLogic In hospitals, hygiene is critical. But the cleaning process, which is time-intensive and difficult to scale, remains manual work. This often means the process is also inconsistent. Healthcare facilities are under pressure to care for more patients with fewer resources. These challenges are why the Silicon & Embedded division at GlobalLogic helped Haystack Robotics engineer a mobile robot to handle d

Ben Waters on the latest wireless charging strategies

Wireless chargers are being deployed in a number of indoor and outdoor applications for charging the mobile robots. | Credit: WiBotic As robot fleets scale, charging becomes an operational challenge. Understanding how to optimize charging for fleets of mobile robots is key to getting the best performance from the fleet throughout the day. Ben Waters, CEO of WiBotic With growing deployments, charging is becoming more than a question of how long a battery lasts or how quickly it can recharge. Char