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International Federation of Robotics: Chinese factories installed ~300K new robots in 2024, more than the rest of the world combined; US factories installed 34K (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/business/ch…

There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined
China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker.

Robotaxis für Europa: Bolt kooperiert mit Pony.ai für Level-4-Technologie
Der estnische Mobilitätsanbieter Bolt hat eine Partnerschaft mit Pony.ai bekannt gegeben, um autonomes Fahren nach Level 4 nach Europa zu bringen.

Gravis Robotics, which adds cameras, sensors, and AI to heavyweight construction machines so they can operate autonomously, raised $23M led by IQ and Zacua (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/28/gravis-robotic…

Exclusive: Gravis Robotics raises $23M to tackle construction’s labor shortage with AI-powered machines
The Swiss startup is aiming to automate construction equipment as the industry faces a severe shortage of skilled operators and surging demand.

Sunday Robotics, which debuted its Memo home robot on Nov. 19, hired at least 10 former Tesla employees, including engineers who worked on Autopilot and Optimus (Grace Kay/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-loses-ai-staff-startup-sund…

Tesla loses some AI staff to a new robotics startup
Sunday Robotics came out of stealth mode last week and revealed a team stocked with Tesla alumni.

Uber plans to launch its first robotaxi in the San Francisco Bay Area in late 2026, built on Lucid's Gravity SUV, after testing 100 cars in the coming months (Dee-Ann Durbin/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/uber-robotaxi-…

Uber to deploy Lucid-powered robotaxi fleet in San Francisco
Uber said Wednesday that the San Francisco Bay Area will be the first market for its specially built autonomous taxi, which is expected to launch in late 2026. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company said in July it was developing a robotaxi with the electric car company Lucid and the self-driving technology company Nuro Inc. Uber said it plans to have 100 test vehicles on the road in the coming months. Within six years, Uber plans to deploy 20,000 or more Lucid-based autonomous taxis in m…

WeRide und Uber starten fahrerlose Robotaxis in Abu Dhabi
Die Robotaxis von WeRide dürfen ab sofort fahrerlos Passagiere befördern. Bisher musste zur Sicherheit noch ein Mensch an Bord sein.
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Green Deals: Rabattaktion mit hohen Nachlässen im heise Shop
Rabatte von bis zu 833 Prozent gibt es am Donnerstag und Freitag auf Webinare zu IT-Sicherheit und Energie sowie digitale Heftausgaben.
https://www.<…

Singapore-based Neptune Robotics, which makes robots to clean the underside of giant ships, raised $52M and aims to use AI to help clean ~150 ships per month (Yuan Gao/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-29…

Foxconn says it plans to deploy Nvidia's Isaac GR00T N model of humanoid robots at its factory in Houston, Texas, which produces AI servers for Nvidia (Wen-Yee Lee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/foxconn-deploy-humanoid-robots…

Andrew Bosworth says humanoid robots, internally called "Metabot", are Meta's next "AR size bet" and envisions licensing software to other robot makers (Alex Heath/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/786759/humanoid-robots-meta

Humanoid robots are Meta’s next ‘AR-size bet’
During a recent trip to Meta HQ, I took the opportunity to ask CTO Andrew Bosworth about its new robotics effort.