#embodied AI

AGIBOT's World Challenge 2026 at ICRA 2026 shifted embodied AI evaluation from simulation scores to closed-loop testing on real robots, with 526 teams competing across two tracks.

OpenAI has rebuilt its robotics team, starting with infrastructure tasks while CEO Sam Altman describes a longer-term goal of personal robots for everyone.

Pudu Robotics says a new funding round worth nearly $150 million will be used to deepen embodied AI, broaden its product portfolio and push further into warehousing, manufacturing and global markets.

A new report frames Hyundai Motor Group’s strategy around robotics and systems that can act in the real world, highlighting the growing industrial focus on physical AI.

AGIBOT says its new GO-2 foundation model is designed to help embodied AI systems plan correctly and execute reliably in real-world environments, underscoring the industry’s push beyond demos and toward dependable action

The release of AGIBOT WORLD 2026 as an open-source dataset signals continuing pressure to build shared data foundations for embodied robot development.

AI2 Robotics has closed a Series B funding round to advance its AlphaBot platform, a humanoid robot designed for embodied artificial intelligence in real-world environments. The investment signals growing venture confidence in humanoid robotics as the sector races toward commercial deployment.

The company behind RealDoll is now building $20K-$125K humanoid service robots for hospitality, healthcare, and retail, betting that adult entertainment can be a gateway to mainstream robotics.