Waymo has begun deploying its sixth-generation driverless system in a new robotaxi called Ojai, now carrying employees and their guests in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Upside Robotics just raised $7.5 million to accelerate agricultural robotics and attack one of agriculture’s dumbest inefficiencies.

China just pulled ahead of the United States in humanoid robotics startups. Barely. 23 companies to America’s 22. And in 2025 alone, investors poured 2.65 billion dollars into humanoid robotics.

Alibaba (BABA) just open sourced a robotics AI model called RynnBrain, built to power machines that can see, understand, and act in the physical world.

At the start of the year, I made a prediction in Disruption Investor: “2026 will be the year investors stop valuing Tesla (TSLA) as an ‘automaker’... and start valuing it as an energy and robotics company.”

Tesla (TSLA) just made two moves that, together, look like a change in identity. It put $2 billion into xAI. It also said it will stop producing the Model S and Model X, and repurpose factory space for robots.

Robotics company Serve Robotics (SERV) just crossed a line it will never uncross. The company that made its name trundling burritos down sidewalks is buying its way into hospitals.

Oshen just sent tiny ocean robots straight into a Category 5 hurricane, marking a breakthrough in hurricane data collection and proving they can send live data back from extreme conditions.

Elon Musk announced that his robotics digging firm The Boring Company will build a one mile tunnel for free. The winner gets real infrastructure, not a feasibility study or a consultant slide deck.

OpenAI robotics strategy is taking shape as the company seeks US-based suppliers while preparing a broad expansion into hardware, robotics, and data center infrastructure.

The first day of the UBS Greater China Conference concluded Friday in Shanghai, drawing investors, executives, and analysts from across the region.

Robotics company 1X has released a new artificial intelligence system designed to help its Neo humanoid robots better understand the physical world.

Tesla (TSLA) self-driving software subscription plans are changing as Tesla moves its EV Full Self-Driving system to a subscription-only model starting February 14.

Aeva Technologies (AEVA) stock is up 27% over the past week. The company has secured a place inside Nvidia’s autonomous vehicle platform.

2026 is the year the robotaxi going global as Waymo and Tesla scale fast, turning self-driving cars from demos to daily rides.

CES 2026 had plenty of flashy ideas, but three products stood out because they point to real changes in the fields of AI, Robotics, and Health tech. 

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is rapidly spending cash as losses deepen, according to internal documents.

Air robotics company AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (UAVS), operating as EagleNXT, announced the sale of six eBee TAC tactical mapping drones to the U.S. Army.

Waymo is rebranding a robotaxi developed with Chinese automaker Zeekr as it prepares the vehicle for commercial service.

At the CES trade show in Las Vegas, robotics emerged as a central focus as companies presented new concepts aimed at daily household use. Among them, Roborock unveiled a prototype.