warehouse automation
AI & Automation
Robotics Systems Gain Whole-Body Reasoning, Moving AI Closer to Warehouses and Farms
Robotics systems are gaining better whole-body reasoning and task planning in 2026, moving general-purpose robots out of research demos and into warehouses, farms, and care settings.
AI & Automation
Avatar Robotics’ $6.5M Seed: Teleoperated Humanoids as a Path to Warehouse Autonomy
Avatar Robotics raised a $6.5M seed led by AlleyCorp for teleoperated humanoids that shipped 900,000+ products since December 2025 — a data-first path to autonomy.
Startups
Figure’s Warehouse Gamble: From BMW Pilot to 12,000 Robots a Year
⚡ Key Takeaways Figure AI's humanoid robots completed an 11-month BMW Spartanburg pilot with over 99% placement accuracy, 1,250 operational...
Startups
Humanoid Robotics Gold Rush: $14 Billion and the Race to Automate Warehouses
Figure AI, Apptronik, and Neura raised billions for humanoid robots. BMW and GXO are deploying them. Here is who is ahead and what it means.
Startups
Robotics Foundation Models: The Real Breakthrough Is Software, Not Hardware
Physical Intelligence raised $600M at $5.6B for universal robot AI. The robotics revolution is finally here, and it is being driven by software, not hardware.
