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Robotics company moves: funding rounds, product launches, partnerships, acquisitions and market entries.
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260 storiesUS-VLA: An Ultrasound Vision-Language-Action Model for Embodied Abdomina
arXiv:2608.16074v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence-assisted ultrasound scanning enhances diagnostic reliability and efficiency by providing…
Gravis Robotics raises $200M for autonomous construction
Gravis Robotics has designed autonomy AI and hardware for a wide range of excavators and construction equipment and plans to scale globally. The post Gravis Rob…
CORAL: Curriculum-Optimized Reward Adaptation for LiDAR-Based Goal-Directed Urban Driving
arXiv:2608.14332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning is promising for autonomous urban driving, but long-horizon goal-directed navigation asks…
Graph-MambaNav: Spatial-Temporal Graph Mamba Leveraging Object-Relation Knowledge for Object-Goal Navigation
arXiv:2608.13723v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Object-goal navigation requires an agent to reason over object relationships and prioritize target-relevant obje…
MMUSV-Sim: A Perception-Oriented Simulation and Data-Generation Platform for Multi-USV Cooperative Perception
arXiv:2608.14207v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Cooperative perception among multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) combines complementary observations to ex…
Neros Technologies raises $250M to deploy its defense drones by the end of 2026
Neros is developing its Archer AI and Bandit platform with the hardware and compute required for multi-asset control. The post Neros Technologies raises $250M t…
FUSE: Active Functional Affordance Grounding through Adaptive Semantic-Geometric Evidence Acquisition
arXiv:2608.12683v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Embodied agents must often identify and interact with objects based on their function rather than their identity…
OpenRC: An Open-Source Robotic Colonoscopy Framework for Multimodal Data Acquisition and Autonomy Research
arXiv:2604.03781v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Colorectal cancer screening critically depends on colonoscopy, yet existing platforms offer limited support …
From Self-Normal-Positioning to Omni-Directional Tracking: Real-Time Surface Modeling Enabled Probe Tilt Control for Robotic Ultrasound Imaging
arXiv:2608.11409v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ultrasound (US) provides real-time, radiation-free imaging, but the image quality depends strongly on how the pr…
First-order friction models with bristle dynamics: lumped and distributed formulations
arXiv:2602.09429v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Dynamic models, particularly rate-dependent models, have proven effective in capturing the key phenome…
Synchronizing Beliefs with Second-Order Theory-of-Mind in Human-Autonomy Teams (Extended Version)
arXiv:2608.11229v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Comparative feedback, asking people which of two behaviors they prefer, has become a standard way to align rob…
HandEdit: A Unified Benchmark for Egocentric Human-to-Robot Dexterous Hand Image Editing
arXiv:2608.12122v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Robotic manipulation with dexterous hands is a cornerstone of Embodied AI, yet its progress is stifled by the hi…
Celona launches Orion agentic wireless platform built for physical AI and robotics
Celona launched Celona Orion, a unified agentic platform merging private 5G, Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite into one network for physical AI. The post Celona la…
Q2 2026 robotics demand increased across industries, reports A3
A3 said that Q2 2026 robotics orders in food, electronics, and healthcare helped offset soft demand from automotive manufacturing. The post Q2 2026 robotics dem…
Strengthening U.S. Army sustainment: TALUS to deliver autonomous distribution
A Stratom-led team won a U.S. Army contract to develop TALUS, an autonomous logistics system for contested environments. The post Strengthening U.S. Army sustai…
Robust Safety Filtering for Input-Constrained Underactuated Linear Systems
arXiv:2608.10872v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present a robust safety-filtering framework for input-constrained underactuated linear systems subject to u…
Seeing above the waves: A modular sensing framework for data acquisition at sea
arXiv:2608.10997v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Advancing autonomy for surface vessels requires systematic evaluation of their sensing and perception subsystems…
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control via Sequential Convex Programming for Drone-to-Drone Docking
arXiv:2608.10542v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous mid-air docking of multi-rotor vehicles under disturbance-driven target motion poses a constrained no…
Automatic Field-of-View Adjustment for a View-Expansive Microscope via LSTM-Based Gaze and Pipette Motion Interpretation
arXiv:2608.10401v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) operators frequently adjust the field-of-view (FOV) during procedures,…
Defense drone developer Cambridge Aerospace raises $300M
The round comes just months after the Cambridge Aerospace's $200 million Series B funding in April. The post Defense drone developer Cambridge Aerospace raises …
DA-NBV: A Direction-Aware Next-Best-View Planner for Efficient 3D Reconstruction of Ships at Sea
arXiv:2608.08025v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate 3D reconstruction of ships at sea is important for maritime supervision, damage assessment, and autonom…
Predictive safety filter enhanced curriculum learning control for efficient vehicle dynamics controller
arXiv:2608.09653v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in learning-based control have enabled impressive achievements in solving complex control proble…
Epically Powerful: An open-source software and mechatronics infrastructure for wearable robotic systems
arXiv:2511.05033v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Epically Powerful is an open-source robotics infrastructure that streamlines the underlying framework of wea…
Hadrian raises $1.37B to accelerate U.S. defense, aerospace manufacturing
The raise values Hadrian at $7.87 billion. It is Hadrian's second funding round this year, following a round in January 2026. The post Hadrian raises $1.37B to …
RoboStore launches Robo Inc. to help U.S. organizations deploy robots
RoboStore, a distributor of Unitree's legged robots, has launched Robo Inc. to serve as a U.S.-based manufacturer and integrator. The post RoboStore launches Ro…
SoRoMoX: Fast, Differentiable, and Parallelizable Soft Robot Models
arXiv:2608.06650v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reduced-order models based on Cosserat-rod theory are now well established, and modeling theory is no longer the…
When Coordination Becomes a Threat: Communication Attacks in LLM-Controlled Multi-Robot Systems
arXiv:2608.06830v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used as high-level planners in embodied multi-robot systems, enabl…
Detection and Ranging of Transient Extrinsic Contacts Based on 6D Dynamic Tactile Sensing
arXiv:2608.07075v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Delicate manipulation often involves transient and subtle collisions between a grasped object and the environmen…
Avatar Robotics raises seed round to address industrial labor constraints
Avatar Robotics raised $6.5 million in funding to scale humanoid robots and remote teleoperation across industrial supply chains. The post Avatar Robotics raise…
Differential 6-DOF Pose Estimation with Provable First-Order Immunity to Camera Calibration Errors
arXiv:2608.04673v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion estimation is essential for robotic manipulation, autonomous sys…