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Expect a lot of humanoid robot announcements this week!
(even if Rodney Brooks says the bubble will burst)
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Andra Keay
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Becoming a 'RoboPragmatist'
How robotics became an overnight success and where we go from here
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Andra Keay
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Robot unicorns are getting bigger
Figure, Physical Intelligence, Agility, Dyna Robotics have all recently fundraised at valuations of (much) more than $1B
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Andra Keay
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Figure raises $1 Billion at a valuation of $39B
Humanoid robots getting closer as Figure's Series C focuses on production
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Andra Keay
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Insights into 2025 robotics funding and growth in robotics market segments
Fastest growing segments are defense, software and industrial robotics
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Andra Keay
Why the physics of humanoids works best
The first robots were really people not machines and Ray Dalio on redistributing the wealth from robotics and AI
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Andra Keay
🦾 Robotics Funding Rounds by Month - February 2025
Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup X Square Robot
Dexterity as a new robot olympic sport
Plus Dyna Robotics is adding reinforcement learning to robot arms for a massive $600 million valuation
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Andra Keay
Nvidia's new robot brain, CORL/Humanoids sold out and last call for Actuate
Plus Robot Data Gap and John Deere robotics acquisitions
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Andra Keay

August 2025

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