Topic: Aerospace

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Avatar Robotics raises $6.5M seed round to build the ‘unlimited industrial workforce’

August 9, 2026 · Avatar Robotics successfully raised $6.5 million in seed funding to build out industrial infrastructure, including robotics, remote-human operators and AI-driven autonomy.

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Fives exports industrial maintenance and accelerates digitalization in Mexico

August 7, 2026 · Fives announced the continuation of its regional expansion in Mexico with the launch of Fives Maintenance and Fives CortX in Querétaro.

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Report: Examining the FCC ruling on ‘Advanced robotic devices’ means for U.S. mobile robot market

August 5, 2026 · Interact Analysis details the FCC’s report, “National Security Determination on the Threat Posed by Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices,” and its impact on the U.S. mobile robot market.

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ENCY 3.0 CAD/CAM and robot programming software debuts

August 2, 2026 · ENCY Software unveiled ENCY 3.0, the next generation of its CAD/CAM and robot programming software, at ENCY World 2026 in Cyprus.

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Intelligrated, Trew and Transnorm unite to create unified warehouse automation provider

August 1, 2026 · American Industrial Partners finalized its acquisition of Honeywell’s Intelligrated and Transnorm business, combining the companies with Trew to form a united warehouse automation organization.

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ABB Robotics, NVIDIA pen white paper that defines the transformative impact of physical AI on manufacturing

July 31, 2026 · A new white paper, jointly published by ABB Robotics and NVIDIA, highlights the transformative impact of industrial-grade physical AI on precision manufacturing applications.

Podcasts

July 2026 Robotics Recap

July 29, 2026 · The Robotics 24/7 podcast series, “Robotics Recap,” takes a look at the major automation and robotics industry news from around the world in July 2026, including major mergers and acquisitions, alongside deployments in warehousing and manufacturing.

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JFB, XTEND announce $1.5B merger

July 28, 2026 · JFB and XTEND announced a $1.5 billion merger, creating publicly-traded XTEND AI Robotics, that will focus on AI-powered autonomous systems for defense, security and public safety.

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TerraFirma raises $115M to accelerate construction on Earth and beyond

July 27, 2026 · Led by former SpaceX engineers, TerraFirma announced a $115 million funding round to accelerate semi-autonomous construction robotics for Earth, the Moon and Mars.

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Roboteon expands fleet management and orchestration capabilities for unified material flows

July 25, 2026 · Roboteon expanded its Robotics Fulfillment and Orchestration Platform capabilities to manage all types of robots, including AMRs and AGVs, for optimized material flows.

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DigiKey, Arduino unveil Dream Lab Challenge with $20,000 in prizes

July 24, 2026 · DigiKey and Arduino unveiled the Dream Lab Challenge, where applicants build and document a project featuring the UNO Q microcontroller board.

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AAI 2026: AMD makes a trio of physical AI announcements

July 23, 2026 · At Advancing AI 2026, AMD announced a new robotics partner network, new Ryzen processors and the launch of the Kria AI Robotics Developer Platform.

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Humanoid raises $152M at $1.35 billion post-money valuation

July 22, 2026 · Humanoid announced a $152 million Series A financing round, bringing the total raised to date to $270 million at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation.

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Wilder X unveils a proposed machine-side governance boundary for physical AI

July 21, 2026 · Wilder X unveiled WCSA, a proposed machine-facing governance architecture to check current authority, conditions, readiness and evidence before consequential machine capability is allowed or restored.

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NVIDIA Agent Toolkit expands with new Omniverse libraries

July 20, 2026 · NVIDIA Agent Toolkit expanded NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, giving AI agents tools and skills to help software developers integrate physical AI capabilities into existing applications.

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Foxglove announces speaker lineup for Actuate 26 annual robotics developer conference

July 20, 2026 · Foxglove announced the speaker lineup for its annual robotics developer conference, Actuate 26, featuring leaders from Google DeepMind, NVIDIA and more.

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Viam launches free robotics course to help engineers build robotics applications

July 17, 2026 · Viam announced the launch of Viam 101 on July 23, a free, self-paced course for engineers to learn the platform entirely in simulation, without a hardware requirement.

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NVIDIA adds new Jetson Thor computers to advance mainstream robotics and edge AI

July 16, 2026 · NVIDIA announced new Jetson Thor computers, the NVIDIA Blackwell-powered T3000 and T2000 modules, that move robotics, visual AI and edge workloads onto power-efficient systems.

Downloads

The inner workings of robots: Components and sensors

July 15, 2026 · In this Special Focus issue, learn more about robotic components and sensors, like grippers, batteries, cameras, controllers and more, and how advancements in these technologies are helping robots worker safer and faster.

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Robbyant launches LingBot-VA 2.0 embodied-native world-action model

July 11, 2026 · Robbyant launched LingBot-VA 2.0, an embodied native world action model that serves as part of the company’s embodied-native full-stack for perception, world simulation and action.

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