Humanoids proceed to dominate the dialog in robotics. Half of our high tales this month had been about humanoids. Moreover, our readers had been drawn to tales about surgical robotics, advances in AI, and business tendencies.
Listed below are the ten hottest tales on The Robotic Report up to now month. Subscribe to The Robotic Report E-newsletter and hearken to The Robotic Report Podcast to remain up to date on the most recent robotics developments.
10. ISO 10218 industrial robotic security commonplace receives main overhaul
Security is crucial matter in terms of industrial robotics. ISO 10218 is a global commonplace that outlines security necessities for industrial robots. It was developed in 2011. In the USA, ISO 10218-1 has been adopted because the ANSI/RIA R15 commonplace. After practically eight years of labor, the Affiliation for Advancing Automation (A3) introduced the publication of the revised ISO 10218. Learn Extra
9. Robotics & AI Institute, Boston Dynamics to make humanoids extra helpful with reinforcement studying
Two of the most well liked applied sciences — humanoids and synthetic intelligence — are converging. Boston Dynamics and the Robotics & AI Institute introduced a partnership to advance humanoids by way of reinforcement studying. The companions mentioned they’ll set up a shared reinforcement-learning coaching pipeline for Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robotic to construct dynamic and generalizable cellular manipulation conduct. Learn Extra
8. SS Improvements: robotic telesurgery can change surgeon coaching and entry to care
All over the world, individuals residing in rural areas wrestle to entry satisfactory healthcare. Based on the Facilities for Illness Management, rural residents within the U.S. face larger dangers of dying due, partly, to restricted entry to specialised medical care and emergency companies. SS Improvements Worldwide Inc. hopes to alter that with robotic telesurgery. Learn Extra
7. Bodily Intelligence open-sources Pi0 robotics basis mannequin
Bodily Intelligence, the San Francisco-based startup that has raised greater than $400 million, has open-sourced its Pi0 robotic basis mannequin. Pi0 was launched a number of months in the past and will be tuned to a variety of duties, together with folding laundry, cleansing a desk, scooping espresso beans, and extra. Learn Extra
6. FANUC’s industrial robotic gross sales drop 16%
FANUC is likely one of the leaders in industrial robotics. However, like many different corporations in the intervening time, it additionally seems to be experiencing a slowdown. The corporate reported financials for the primary 9 months of the fiscal 12 months ending March 31, 2025 (April 1 to December 31, 2024), exhibiting blended outcomes amidst a recovering however unsure international financial system. Learn Extra
5. Apptronik raises $350 million to construct humanoids
Apptronik raised $350 million in Collection A funding to scale its Apollo humanoid robotic. The funding was co-led by B Capital and Capital Manufacturing unit, with participation from Google. Apptronik has raised $378 million because it was based in 2016 on the College of Texas at Austin’s Human Centered Robotics Lab. Apptronik co-founder and CEO Jeff Cardenas mentioned the brand new funding will enable the corporate to speed up the event of its next-generation Apollo humanoid. Learn Extra
4. Humanoid robots promise a multi-trillion-dollar market, however pose challenges
As an early investor in Agility Robotics, now one of many world’s main producers of humanoid robots, watched as humanoids have developed from an interesting idea to actuality over the previous 5 years. That’s why he wasn’t stunned when NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang made headlines to kick off this 12 months, saying, “Robotics shall be a multi-trillion-dollar market.” Learn Extra
3. Odense Robotics identifies 4 tendencies shaping robotics in 2025
Odense Robotics and the Danish Technological Institute have recognized key technological tendencies that they mentioned will form robotics and automation in 2025. In a time characterised by excessive uncertainty and fast technological growth, extra corporations will flip to automation as the trail to larger resilience, the organizations mentioned. Learn Extra
2. 1X constructed its newest humanoid NEO Gamma to higher match into the house
For humanoid robots to turn into accepted components of individuals’s day by day lives, they’ll must act in a human-like method. At the least, that’s what 1X Applied sciences AS is betting on with the discharge of NEO Gamma, the successor to its NEO Beta humanoid. Learn Extra
1. Humanoid exhibits off HMND 01 robotic to work alongside individuals
London-based Humanoid supplied a primary have a look at its HMND 01 robotic in motion. The startup mentioned its latest video demonstrates the humanoid’s mechanical design, movement management, and synthetic intelligence integration. Learn Extra
