Fleet APIs, in-orbit assembly and zero-copy rosidl
Serve opens its delivery fleet to any developer, Caltech assembles a truss in orbit, and ROS 2 debates moving zero-copy into rosidl itself.
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Robot ID codes and patrol robots
China drafts a lifetime ID code for every robot it makes, Ring launches a patrol drone and security rover, and LiveKit bridges ROS 2 graphs over WebRTC.
Multi-floor SLAM and a blocked robot deal
StrataSLAM keeps one map per floor in ROS 2, China blocks SoftBank's ABB Robotics purchase, and Meituan releases a 15,060 hour desktop VLA model.
Robot ID cards, weight space and drone noise
China drafts a lifetime ID code for every robot it builds, ros2_control ships Lyrical Luth breaking changes, and drone noise reaches the zoning board.
Cable robots and open robot weights
A room scale cable robot sells for 795 dollars, Verne opens a world action model, Stretch Gen 2 hardens, and ISO 21423 lands for mixed fleets.
China blocks SoftBank's ABB robotics deal
Beijing stops SoftBank's 5.4 billion dollar ABB Robotics purchase, Agility closes its first trading day, and ROS 2 removes topic statistics.
Robot imports become a security question
Washington opens trade talks on imported robots, Agility starts trading as AGLT, and two open-weight models rebuild manipulation data from force and gloves.
ISO 21423 gives mixed fleets a language
A3 publishes ISO 21423 for mixed mobile robot fleets, an open hardware cable robot covers a whole room, and Bazel builds reach ROS 2 Lyrical.
Intrinsic open-sources its robot runtime
Intrinsic put its industrial robot runtime on GitHub under Apache 2.0, Agility cleared its SPAC vote, and Tutor raised $75M to scale real-world robot data.
ROS 2 zero-copy, humanoid tender data
ROS 2 weighs a zero-copy messaging redesign, VicOne reports 28 zero-days in physical AI tooling, and an open catalog shows what labs paid for humanoids.