Agility shortfall, Audi humanoids, ATEX quadrupeds
Agility raises $465M instead of $620M, Audi tests wheeled humanoids for parts sequencing, and ANYmal X is certified for explosive atmospheres.
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Section 232, Starship fault, BMW policies
Washington opens robot import negotiations, a Starship robot misreads a Tallinn signal, and BMW builds a humanoid data pipeline.
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Digit 5, Navy contracts, tactile data
Agility's Digit 5 bets on barrier-free humanoid safety, Gecko quadruples its Navy contract to $300M, and Daimon builds a tactile data pipeline.
The Model Proposes, the Gate Disposes
Four releases in one week put the learned model in a proposing role and handed the state, the parameters and the motors to a deterministic layer.
NVIDIA's OpenShell watchdog for robot agents
NVIDIA ships an open runtime and a hardware watchdog for robot agents, NASA traces its space arm trouble to the transporter, and ScaFi scales a swimming robot.
The Robot Stack Is Going Modular, and the Guard Layer Has No Home
HomeBody deletes the learned policy, FLUX 3 Action shrinks it to a checkpoint, and RoboHarm shows the frontier model that takes over refuses almost nothing.
Digit 5, SoftBank RAI, JOY microgravity
Agility's Digit 5 adds a cooperative safety architecture, SoftBank moves to buy the Robotics and AI Institute, and Icarus tests a free-flying robot in microgravity.