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Launches and feature updates for robot bodies, components, software tools, applications, and development platforms, including changes to price, quotas, or service availability. Usage instructions belong under Guides and practice; actual business actions belong under Industry news.
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ModelScope Robotics ·
Infinigence AI and universities launch open-source edge inference engine APXInf, with real-world tests
Infinigence AI, together with Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, launched APXInf, an open-source embodied edge inference engine that has been adapted to 2 embodied models and 3 chips.
Skydio ·
Skydio launches its first fixed-wing drone, F10 Lightrunner, along with MegaDock hangar and two command software platforms
At Ascend 2026, Skydio launched its first fixed-wing drone, F10 Lightrunner, the accompanying MegaDock hangar, the Controller 2 remote controller, and two software platforms, Asset Command and Security Command.
Noble Machines · X ·
NVIDIA Isaac ROS 5.0 released at ROSCon, open source and supporting Jetson Orin Nano through Thor
NVIDIA released the open-source Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon in Toronto, adding agentic workflows, Isaac Skills, ROS 2 Lyrical support, and GPU-accelerated libraries, with Jetson support spanning Orin Nano through Thor.
Intrinsic ·
Intrinsic releases open-source Intrinsic Core physical AI platform and OMTS reference solution
Intrinsic has released the open-source Intrinsic Core platform, which includes hardware-agnostic real-time control, 6-DoF pose estimation based on NVIDIA FoundationPose, motion and grasp planning, Gazebo simulation, camera calibration, and Intrinsic-ROS drivers.
Wandercraft ·
Wandercraft's self-balancing personal exoskeleton Eve officially launches commercially in the US
Wandercraft announced the official US commercial launch of its personal exoskeleton Eve, calling it the first FDA-cleared self-balancing personal exoskeleton that does not restrict the neurological level of spinal cord injury, allowing users to stand and perform daily activities hands-free without crutches. The access process includes clinical evaluation, a physician's prescription, individualized customization, and training; Medicare covers it under HCPCS code K1007, NSM supports delivery through more than 180 locations, and it is backed by a 16-participant training study published in JoVE.
RealSense ·
RealSense Perception Studio Min-Z extends stereo depth near-field range to about 2 cm
RealSense has introduced Min-Z, an improved close-range depth feature in Perception Studio that extends usable stereo depth to about 2 cm on D401/D405 and about 12 cm on D43x/D45x without changing cameras.
Agility Robotics ·
Agility Robotics Releases Next-Generation Humanoid Robot Digit 5
Agility Robotics has released Digit 5, a next-generation general-purpose humanoid robot built around a safety architecture that allows it to work in close proximity to people without traditional physical safety fencing. It uses an independent safety controller, AI-based human detection, and audiovisual cues, and is the first launch partner for the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics platform, built on NVIDIA IGX Thor.
Boston Dynamics ·
Boston Dynamics releases Spot 5.2 and Orbit update, connecting factory AI data around assets
Boston Dynamics has released Spot 5.2, positioned as a middle layer connecting the various AI systems in a factory. The Orbit software has been restructured to organize data around assets, can import asset hierarchies and link them to inspections, supports connecting external data sources such as PLC sensors and security cameras, and adds an MCP layer for AI agents to autonomously schedule Spot deployments.
自变量机器人 · 微信公众号 ·
X Square Robot releases TwinDEX: a three-finger, nine-DOF dexterous hand trained on purely embodiment-free data
X Square Robot releases TwinDEX, a pair of twin three-finger, nine-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands: one is wearable for data collection, and one is mounted on a robot for real-machine deployment, enabling dexterous manipulation driven purely by embodiment-free data with zero real-machine teleoperation data.
Pollen Robotics · YouTube ·
Pollen Robotics opens pre-orders for Microduck, a 25 cm reinforcement learning robot
Pollen Robotics has opened pre-orders for Microduck at $399 (excluding taxes and shipping), with first deliveries targeted before Christmas 2026. The 25 cm-tall robot is built for reinforcement learning, with 15 degrees of freedom, a front camera, an 8x8 LiDAR, two IMUs and a full sensor suite, and supports designing behaviors in simulation and transferring them to the real robot.
Pollen Robotics · YouTube ·
Pollen Robotics launches Microduck, a 25 cm small robot, priced at $399 with pre-orders open
Pollen Robotics has launched Microduck, a small robot with a 25 cm body and 780 g weight, priced at $399 with pre-orders open; first deliveries are targeted for before Christmas 2026.
Pollen Robotics · YouTube ·
Pollen Robotics launches Microduck, a $399 tiny robot that can be trained in simulation
Pollen Robotics has launched Microduck, a 25 cm tall, 780 g, 15-degree-of-freedom tiny robot, priced at $399 for pre-order (excluding taxes and shipping), with first deliveries targeted before Christmas 2026. It comes in four colorways: Cream, Graphite, Lavender, and Sky.
Figure AI ·
Figure AI launches Index app to build large-scale, diverse robot training dataset
Figure AI announced it is exiting stealth mode and launching the Index app on Google Play and the App Store to collect real-world physical data from Creators worldwide to train its Helix AI system.
极智嘉 ·
Geekplus launches RoboShuttle Hyper tote-to-person climbing AMR solution
Geekplus (HKEX: 2590) has launched RoboShuttle Hyper, its next-generation tote-to-person climbing AMR solution, targeting high-throughput scenarios such as B2C e-commerce order peaks, fresh-food and cold-chain fulfillment, consolidation warehouse operations and micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs). It claims a maximum throughput of 6,000 totes per hour per 1,000 square meters. The accompanying new Max Workstation supports a dual-point continuous tote-feeding mode that can exceed 800 totes per hour. The company says the system lets multiple robots work in the same space at the same time without sacrificing reliability.
Livox ·
Livox releases ultra-long-range LiDAR Avia 2, with maximum detection range of up to 1,000 meters
Livox has released the ultra-long-range LiDAR Avia 2, aimed at power line inspection, roadside obstacle detection, and bulk material measurement in coal yards and grain silos, with a maximum cutoff detection range of up to 1,000 meters using a 1535nm laser.
X Square Robot/自变量机器人 ·
X Square Robot releases DMuon optimizer, improving embodied model distributed training efficiency by about 30%
X Square Robot has released the DMuon optimizer, a distributed adaptation of the Muon optimizer that improves embodied model distributed training efficiency by about 30%, reducing per-step training time from 2.2 times that of AdamW to 1.02 times. The improvements include Owner-centric execution and communication optimization, automatic selection of compute kernels based on matrix shape, and balanced workload distribution across Owners. DMuon is fully open source and compatible with Muon usage, requiring only 3 lines of code to introduce into training.
RoboParty · 微信公众号 ·
RoboParty Lab Established, Open-Sources Three Humanoid Robot Toolchains for Training, Control, and Data
RoboParty announced the establishment of RoboParty Lab and open-sourced three humanoid robot toolchains: the supervised learning training framework MimicLite, the unsupervised reinforcement learning control framework UFO, and the motion retargeting tool hhtools.
1X Technologies ·
1X releases 25-DOF tendon-driven dexterous hand for NEO humanoid robot
1X Technologies announced a 25-DOF tendon-driven dexterous hand for the NEO humanoid robot platform, which will ship with every NEO unit.
Hugging Face LeRobot ·
LeRobot v0.6.0 released with multiple breaking changes and new policies
Hugging Face LeRobot has released v0.6.0: pip install lerobot no longer includes dataset and training dependencies by default, requiring extras to be added as needed; GR00T N1.5 has been replaced by N1.7; and the minimum PyTorch version has been raised to 2.7.
Genesis AI · X ·
Genesis AI open-sources simulation platform Genesis World 1.0, plus Quadrants and Nyx
Genesis AI has released and open-sourced its simulation platform Genesis World 1.0, along with the GPU-accelerated computing project Quadrants and the path-tracing rendering engine Nyx, claiming that one hour of reality can become 100 days in simulation.