Archive - Robots & Startups

Unitree launches R1 humanoid at Circuit Launch, SVR robotics startups host investor event in SF.

Skild AI raised $1.4 Billion, Mytra raised $120 Million, Model.inc humanoid out of stealth

Jan 17 • Andra Keay

Forget robots, make money with models instead

If you want a multibillion $ valuation then it's not about the robots, it's about modeling the physical world. Of course, having robots is going to help…

Jan 12 • Andra Keay

2026: Predictions, Competitions and CES

Not all Nvidia! News from Boston Dynamics, Google DeepMind, Agility, Physical Intelligence, meanwhile Rethink Robotics goes to top of the humanoid…

Jan 7 • Andra Keay

December 2025

Robot Holiday Reading for 2025 and 2026

Make your end of year donations to non-profit robotics research projects like Quori, an open humanoid platform for social robotics research.

Dec 28, 2025 • Andra Keay

Learn robotics with RAS University - just launched free online education program

Plus some great papers and posts on AI and memory, robotics and Artificial General Cleverness and the robotics commercialization roadmap

Dec 20, 2025 • Andra Keay

🦾 Robotics Funding Rounds by Month - November 2025

Solid investment across the board in robotics sectors - heading for $30 Billion in 2025

Dec 19, 2025 • Andra Keay

🦾 Robotics Funding Rounds by Month - October 2025

76 global robotics funding rounds for more than $2 Billion USD in latest rounds

Dec 18, 2025 • Andra Keay

2026 Robotics, Automation and AI Conferences

The master list of academic conferences you need to know about

Dec 14, 2025 • Andra Keay

Increased focus on robotics at NeurIPS also shows who's leading research initiatives

Real working humanoids from Agility Robotics start shifts at Mercado Libre, Zebra dismantles Fetch AMR division, plus 2026 calendar of trade shows

Dec 13, 2025 • Andra Keay

Robotics 2.0 ... finally

Hyundai, Alpha from Humanoid, UMA, Konpanion, Aquaai, Scaling Robotics, AI in Motion, GRC Robotics Conference

Dec 7, 2025 • Andra Keay

Midweek updates - more humanoid robots out of stealth

ROSCon Talks, HRI 2026 Call for Industry Papers, and Eisenmann's Frameworks for assessing startup success or failure

Dec 3, 2025 • Andra Keay

November 2025

Two European humanoids plus the challenges of learning from other startup failures

Also HAX VC/Founder Matchup, the ARPA-H deadline and robot hand videos

Nov 29, 2025 • Andra Keay

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