Google DeepMind ships whole-body robot AI to 100+ partners
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 gives humanoid robots full-body control for the first time, setting a new capability and safety benchmark that will determine which hardware platforms win commercial deployment.
Japan Airlines deploys humanoids at Haneda, testing unstructured operations
Japan Airlines launches a three-year humanoid robot pilot at Haneda Airport, moving robots from factory floors into safety-critical public infrastructure for the first time.
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.