Robotics and Physical AI

AI-driven robotics — industrial, service, consumer and surgical robots — plus the sim-to-real and embodied-learning models that drive them.

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The secret to a robot's first sale? Honesty

The First Customer

Aug 19, 2026

The secret to a robot's first sale? Honesty

To land their first deals, Coco Robotics pitched a restaurant owner in person; Avride ran obstacle courses for Uber's safety team

Berenice Baker

Robotics and Physical AI

Aug 18, 2026

Teaching robots how cities work

Coco Robotics and Avride are learning, delivery by delivery, what it takes to navigate a city that refuses to behave

Berenice Baker

Drone delivery sees AI take to the skies, but not everyone’s buzzing about it

Robotics and Physical AI

Jul 16, 2026

Drone delivery sees AI take to the skies, but not everyone’s buzzing about it

Manna Air Delivery and Flytrex are using AI to make the futuristic vision of drone delivery a reality. But will communities accept these airborne interlopers?

Tim Smith

Robotics and Physical AI

Jun 12, 2026

Farmbots: bringing AI into the fields

Ecorobotix has developed precision crop-spraying machines that cut down on chemical costs. FarmDroid lets farmers autonomously seed and weed their fields. The two are using very different approaches to deploying AI

Tim Smith

Why humanoid robots are taking off at airports

Robotics and Physical AI

May 21, 2026

Why humanoid robots are taking off at airports

IntBot put a humanoid robot behind an information desk. GMO AIR sent one onto the runway. Both are learning the same lesson about what it takes to run AI inside a live airport

Berenice Baker

When robots leave the lab, reality pushes back

Robotics and Physical AI

Mar 24, 2026

When robots leave the lab, reality pushes back

Physical AI is moving from research labs to production lines. The gap between the two is bigger — and more expensive — than most teams expect

Berenice Baker

The path to AI robots in the home is being shaped in the warehouse

Robotics and Physical AI

Feb 12, 2026

The path to AI robots in the home is being shaped in the warehouse

Multi-layered safety nets protect Agility, Locus, and Preferred robots in warehouses and offices. Homes — with unpredictable children and pets — are the final frontier

Thomas Macaulay

Robots are finally learning to see — and it's transforming everything

Robotics and Physical AI

Jan 21, 2026

Robots are finally learning to see — and it's transforming everything

AI innovators like Sereact and Sensmore are creating a whole new segment of the robotics market

Tim Smith

Surgical microrobots bring AI into the body

Robotics and Physical AI

Jan 14, 2026

Surgical microrobots bring AI into the body

How Robeauté, Endiatx, and academic labs are bridging the gap between lab-perfect microrobots and messy human bodies — with AI

Berenice Baker