A McDonald’s in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai is testing humanoid robots in roles usually the preserve of human workers, with other types of robots also let loose inside the restaurant to greet and entertain diners. Truth be told, the robots don’t l…
Gecko Robotics inked a five-year deal to help the U.S. Navy monitor and predict needed maintenance on its fleet of ships.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics.

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The startup, which was created by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, is looking to train on data from, and deploy in, Rivian’s factory.
Canopii’s robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.
Neura Robotics is going to build new robots on top of Qualcomm’s new IQ10 processors that were released at CES.

Mirai Robotics has raised $4.2 million Pre-Seed, one of the largest in Italy in the robotics and deep-tech sector, to build autonomous and intelligent maritime systems to master every sea. Primo Ventu…
The funding round would come less than a year after Anduril’s Series G, which closed in June with $2.5 billion against a $30 billion valuation.