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Apptronik unveils Apollo 2 humanoid robot, opens Robot Park data collection and training facility

July 6, 2026 · Apptronik unveiled the Apollo 2 humanoid robot and opened the Robot Park data collection and training facility in Austin, Texas.

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Apptronik closes over $935M Series A with new $520M extension round

February 11, 2026 · Apptronik closed its Series A with over $935 million, bringing the AI and humanoid robotics company’s total capital raised to shy of $1 billion.

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GreyOrange, Google Cloud collaborate on GreyMatter DeepNav warehouse AI system

August 12, 2025 · GreyOrange and Google Cloud collaborated to develop GreyMatter DeepNav, an AI-powered offering to dynamically manage and optimize autonomous warehouse robot operations.

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Apptronik closes $350M funding from Google, others to scale AI-powered humanoid production

February 13, 2025 · Humanoid robot company Apptronik announced it has secured a $350 million Series A funding round led by Google and others for further growth and scale its AI-powered humanoids.

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Apptronik, Google DeepMind robotics partner to accelerate advancement of AI-powered humanoids

December 19, 2024 · Apptronik and Google DeepMind announced a robotics partnership to further advance artificial intelligence-powered humanoids and help more people in dynamic environments.

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GAIN Summit 2024 to explore generative AI, ethical governance

September 5, 2024 · The Saudi Data & Artificial Intelligence Authority will host its third Global Artificial Intelligence Summit Sept. 10-12. Speakers include Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm.

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Top 10 Most Popular Robotics 24/7 Articles of 2022

December 30, 2022 · 2022 was another busy year for robotics news, with readers most interested in returning to in-person events, delivery robot successes and struggles, and applications such as welding.

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5 Advantages of Using Robots in Electronics Manufacturing

December 11, 2022 · Electronics manufacturing includes numerous opportunities for robots to increase productivity, worker safety, and quality. Here are five examples in the growing space.

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Dematic Partners With Google Cloud for Supply Chain Innovation, Management

July 1, 2022 · Dematic is working with Google Cloud to apply AI, machine learning, and modular services to supply chain data, leading to faster, more sustainable, and better-informed decision making.

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Brain Corp Moves Robot Fleet Management to Google Cloud

June 8, 2022 · Brain Corp has updated its fleet management system to run on Google Cloud, a change the company said that has made its operations nimbler and more feature-rich.

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Everyday Robots Moves Out of Alphabet X, Reports Progress Toward General Purpose Robot

November 20, 2021 · From cleaning a table and picking up toys to opening doors, everyday tasks are coming within reach of service robots, says Everyday Robots, which is spinning out of X Development.

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Alphabet’s X Launches Intrinsic to Make Robot Programming Easier

July 23, 2021 · A team at X, the innovation unit of Alphabet, has spent five and a half years developing tools to make it easier for robots to sense and be used in more applications.

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CRAV.ai conference highlights collaborative robots, advanced vision and artificial intelligence

October 21, 2019 · Event to host more than 500 automation experts and and professionals who want to explore how to grow their business with the latest trends and innovations.

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Fate of Uber and Otto’s Autonomous Vehicles

March 17, 2017 · Google's Waymo autonomous tech lawsuit against Uber and specifically against Anthony Levandowski, a former Waymo employee who left the company to start autonomous truck driving firm Otto, which Uber purchased for nearly $700 million, looks really bad for Uber.

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Fed Gives Green Light to Driverless Cars

September 22, 2016 · The mandate called on the states to come up with a uniform set of policies.

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