Germany's Fraunhofer Institute Publishes First Industrial Benchmark for Humanoid Robots
Fraunhofer IPA releases the first third-party qualification standard for humanoid robots in industrial settings, removing the evaluation barrier that has blocked enterprise deployment decisions.
Anvil Robotics Closes $5.5M Seed as Physical AI Hits the Assembly Line
Anvil Robotics, an eight-month-old startup selling modular robot dev-kits, closed a $5.5M seed round with Nvidia's GEAR lab as a paying customer and seven-figure revenue already in the bank—signaling that physical AI infrastructure, not just models, is now the competitive moat.