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.
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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.
Ex-proof quadrupeds, batched planners, agent harnesses
ANYbotics certifies ANYmal X for explosive atmospheres, BMW passes a million automated car moves, and three open tools for planning and robot agents ship code.
Optimus line, VFA funding, lab agents
Tesla starts Optimus production in Fremont, Eka raises $150M for a vision-force-action model, AGCO signs Digit, and a benchmark scores agents on wet lab work.