The Record — Korthos
Research and analysis from Korthos covering robotics companies, product launches, deployments, funding rounds, partnerships, markets, and autonomy infrastructure.
Articles in The Record
- 1X, Unitree and the Humanoid Developer-Market Gap
- Agility's SPAC Is the Capital-Stack Side of the Same Story
- The Humanoid Bottleneck Is Leaving the Cage
- Generative Bionics and the Humanoid Actuator Stack
- Korea's humanoid supplier story moves into the joint stack
- Germany is becoming a capital concentration point for physical AI
- Vingroup is turning humanoid robotics into a multi-company buildout
- Spirit AI’s Fast-Raise Cycle Is Becoming a Stack Race
- Astribot is the latest Chinese unicorn
- Helsing launches RX-1 as a European robotics research platform
- Humanoid Hands Are getting hot
- Agility and the U.S.-Built Humanoid Thesis
- Defense Robotics Has an Integration Problem. Picogrid Wants to Own It.
- Ondas and the Stack Around the machine
- Q1 Results Show Robotics Lidar Is Becoming Measurable
- Sanctuary AI Is Building Around The Humanoid Hand
- Humanoid is turning their robotic platform into an industrialization stack.
- This week in humanoids
- ORBIT reveals HELIOS, a four-arm humanoid for space robotics
- Locus acquires Nexera to expand autonomous warehouse picking
- Cellula Robotics is turning hydrogen fuel-cell AUVs into an integrated undersea warfare stack
- Saronic is building the industrial stack around autonomous ships
- It’s all in the hands
- Bowintec raises RMB 300M for industrial embodied AI robots
- WIRobotics raises $68M after scaling wearable robots
- This Week’s Humanoid Moves
- Mind Robotics raises $400M as total funding passes $1 billion
- Brightpick is turning mobile picking robots into grid-based fulfillment capacity
- Schaeffler adds Humanoid to its factory robot network
- XYZ Robotics is building RockyOne truck robots into inbound receiving
- Hello Robot launches Stretch 4 for mobile manipulation
- Ornithopters move back into focus
- Havoc is turning autonomous vessels into an all-domain command layer
- Unusual Machines acquires Upgrade Energy for $52M to build domestic drone battery capacity
- Vita Dynamics raises nearly 500 million yuan Pre-A as Vbot deliveries begin and humanoid R&D launches
- Nomagic is turning warehouse picking robots into a production data layer
- RobotEra raises over $200M for humanoid logistics deployment
- MicroAGI opens robotics research headquarters in Zürich
- ACSL and Draganfly sign exclusive Canadian distribution and integration agreement for SOTEN
- Lunar Outpost raises $30M Series B to scale lunar rover production
- RLWRLD’s RLDX-1 targets contact-rich robot manipulation
- Genesis AI is putting a robot brain and hand ahead of customer deployments
- Spirit AI is building around the data problem
- Seegrid is building Palion AMRs into autonomous pallet movement
- Pollen Robotics is turning Reachy Mini hardware into a consumer robotics distribution layer
- Robots Enter the Home
- Dexterous hands at scale
- The Humanoid Race Is Becoming a Manufacturing Race
- Figure ramps Figure 03 production at BotQ to one robot per hour
- Meta Buys Deeper Into the Humanoid Intelligence Stack
- 1X opens NEO Factory in Hayward, California
- Online Oceans raises £4M for autonomous maritime fleets
- Hexagon Is Turning AEON Into a Factory Humanoid Strategy
- Scout AI raises $100M for unmanned systems autonomy
- All3 raises $25M seed for construction robotics
- SkyfireAI raises $11M for autonomous multi-drone operations
- SquareMind raises $18M for robotic skin imaging
- Sereact raises $110M for the intelligence layer behind warehouse robots
- Open hardware is reaching humanoids
- Kinetix AI launches KAI humanoid
- The Site Is Becoming a Machine
- Skydio commits $3.5 billion to American drone manufacturing
- Why Schaeffler keeps showing up in humanoid robotics
- Sudo AI reveals sudo R1, a manipulation system trained entirely in simulation
- ROBOTIS and the Move Up the Stack
- TARS keeps breaking its own records
- This Week in Humanoid Robotics
- Booster Robotics raises nearly 1 billion yuan as Q1 shipments surge 500%
- Chef Robotics is turning food assembly robots into a production data layer
- The drone stack is being rebuilt around the layers beneath the aircraft
- ARX Robotics is building software-defined ground platforms into an interoperable defense layer
- AgiBot G2 moves from humanoid demo to factory deployment
- China’s humanoid push is moving into production
- Ukraine is turning ground robots into an operational layer
- Plus One Robotics is building InductOne parcel cells into supervised induction
- D-Robotics raises $270M Series B to scale its robot chip and platform ecosystem
- A wider map for agricultural robotics
- Verdant Robotics is building SharpShooter into precision crop application
- Maritime autonomy is broadening
- Robots are getting good at the jobs humans hate inspecting
- DIGIT’S LEGS MAKE MORE SENSE ONCE YOU TRACE THE LINEAGE
- Sanctuary AI is making a specific bet on hand dexterity
- Agile robots recent moves point to a broader industrial AI strategy
- Anvil Robotics raises $6.5M to build a modular hardware and software platform for physical AI teams
- AgiBot reaches 10,000 humanoid units as production pace accelerates
- ANYbotics connects ANYmal to industrial field-service workflows
- Leju Robotics inaugurates Foshan factory producing Kuavo humanoid every 30 minutes
- LimX Dynamics debuts Luna at Taobao Influencer Festival, its service-oriented humanoid counterpart to Oli
- Lucid Bots is turning exterior cleaning hardware into a subscription maintenance layer
- PDW is scaling attritable drone manufacturing into a distributed frontline strike system
- Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics, maker of the Sprout humanoid platform
- AMAZON’S ROBOTICS PUSH IS BROADENING
- Unitree files for Shanghai IPO as humanoid revenue overtakes quadrupeds
- KEWAZO raises funding to expand LIFTBOT in heavy industry
- RIVR is turning doorstep delivery into Amazon's wheeled-legged robot bet
- RoboForce is pushing Titan from outdoor robot launch toward manufacturing readiness
- Renault prepares Calvin humanoids for factory work with Wandercraft
- ICON launches Titan, its first robotic construction system available for builders to own
- LG CNS invests in Dexmate for industrial Vega deployments
- Vitestro is turning autonomous blood draws into a supervised clinical workflow layer
- Isembard is turning precision component manufacturing into a distributed factory network
- NEURA’S REPORTED €1B ROUND SITS ON TOP OF A MUCH BROADER EXPANSION STORY
- Shield AI is turning autonomy software into a defence aircraft company
- Noble Machines emerges from stealth with Moby, its industrial humanoid already deployed at a Fortune Global 500 customer
- RLWRLD raises $41M across two seed rounds to build dexterity foundation models in live industrial environments
- AI² Robotics raises RMB 1.2 billion Series B as AlphaBot deploys across semiconductor and automotive manufacturing
- Mantis Robotics is building MR-1 safety functions into fenceless workcells
- Freeform is turning laser metal printing into autonomous factory capacity
- Seasats is turning autonomous surface vessels into a naval data infrastructure layer
- Physical Intelligence releases FAST, a robot action tokenizer enabling 5x faster VLA training
- Weave launches Isaac 0 for home laundry folding
- Generative Bionics partners with Fincantieri on humanoid welding robot for shipyards
- Apptronik raises $520M to scale Apollo humanoid production
- Geek+ launches Gino 1, a humanoid robot designed for warehouse operations
- Corvus Robotics launches freezer warehouse inventory drone
- Trener Robotics raises $32M for industrial robot skills platform
- Gather AI is turning warehouse drones into an inventory intelligence layer
- Addverb is turning wheeled humanoid hardware into an industrial mobility layer
- Machina Labs is scaling robotic sheet forming into factory capacity
- Exotec is turning Skypod robots into a global warehouse automation platform
- LimX Dynamics raises $200M for humanoid and multi-form robots
- Berkshire Grey is building Scoop into FedEx trailer unloading
- Slip Robotics is turning trailer-loading robots into a dock automation layer
- Vanar Generation 1 gives India a ground-up humanoid build log
- DroidUp reveals Moya, a biomimetic humanoid built around social interaction
- Tesla ends Model S and Model X production to convert Fremont factory for Optimus manufacturing
- Waabi is building Waabi Driver into Volvo autonomous trucks
- Vention is building MachineMotion controllers into a factory automation control layer
- Gatik is building driverless freight trucks into retail supply routes
- Donut Robotics launches Cinnamon 1 humanoid
- Zipline is building Platform 2 into metro instant delivery
- Galbot introduces S1 for heavy-duty mobile manipulation
- Diligent Robotics is turning Moxi hospital robots into a clinical logistics layer
- UBTech signs Airbus deal for Walker S2 humanoid in aviation manufacturing
- Humanoid completes Siemens proof of concept for industrial logistics
- Mytra raises $120M Series C for pallet-based warehouse robotics
- Mytra is building 3D robotics into a supply-chain operating system
- Skild AI raises $1.4B Series C as valuation reaches $14 billion
- Simbe Robotics is building Tally robots into retail shelf intelligence
- Matrix Robotics launches MATRIX-3, its third-generation humanoid
- Mobileye agrees to acquire Mentee Robotics for $900 million
- LG debuts CLOiD home robot at CES 2026 with dexterous arms and appliance ecosystem integration
- AeiROBOT demonstrates ALICE at CES 2026 as Jensen Huang cites its robot pairing in NVIDIA keynote
- Sharpa unveils North humanoid and SharpaWave hand at CES 2026
- JLG is building Canvas drywall finishing into a construction robotics line
- Boston Dynamics begins production of Atlas humanoid
- Ambi Robotics is building AmbiSort systems into parcel sortation cells
- AutoStore is building CubeVerse software into dense warehouse ASRS
- Apera AI is building Vue 9.52 into 4D vision-guided robot cells
- VinMotion unveils Motion 2 humanoid robot
- Galbot is turning China humanoid funding into a full-stack deployment race
- Enchanted Tools and APREH partner to deploy Mirokaï across care facilities
- Agility Robotics and Mercado Libre agree to deploy Digit in fulfilment operations
- Deep Robotics raises $70M Series C as it extends from quadrupeds into humanoids
- WITRON is building Coop Norge grocery logistics around OPM scale
- Avride is moving Uber from delivery robots into Dallas robotaxis
- Robust.AI is building Carter warehouse robots into a DHL retail automation line
- Mujin is turning robot control software into an integrator-distributed automation layer
- Blue River Technology is building See and Spray into plant-level application
- Tutor Intelligence is turning palletizing robots into a factory labor data layer
- Figure AI is turning BMW humanoid hours into Figure 03 design data
- AMP Robotics is turning waste sorting into municipal infrastructure
- Sunday emerges from stealth with Memo, a home robot trained on 10 million household episodes
- Agile Robots is building Agile ONE into industrial humanoid production
- Tangible reveals Eggie, a wheeled humanoid for contact-rich home tasks
- Forterra is financing defense autonomy around production contracts
- AIDOL is building walking humanoid hardware into an industrial service layer
- XPENG unveils next-generation Iron humanoid at AI Day, targeting mass production by end of 2026
- GrayMatter Robotics is scaling surface-finishing cells into a factory automation layer
- AiMOGA puts Mornine into Chery dealership service work
- Starship Technologies is building sidewalk robots into campus delivery operations
- Energy Robotics is building inspection software into critical infrastructure fleets
- Ati Motors moves Sherpa Mecha from factory AMRs into mobile manipulation
- Einride is funding autonomous freight from electric truck operations
- Burro is scaling harvest-assist robots into an outdoor labor fleet
- Kepler moves K2 Bumblebee into mass production
- Figure is turning Series C capital into a physical-AI scale race
- Andromeda raises A$23M and launches Genesis Abi for aged care
- RealMan launches Beijing data training center around RealBOT and embodied robotics infrastructure
- FieldAI raises $405M to scale robot intelligence for real-world autonomy
- Anyware Robotics is building Pixmo unloading robots into dockside case handling
- FieldAI is building robotics autonomy into a deployment-surface layer
- Fourier unveils GR-3, its first care-centric humanoid robot
- Swisslog is building SynQ around AutoStore and autonomous forklifts at Sumitomo
- Kinisi builds KR1 around practical warehouse humanoids
- Nuro is building Nuro Driver into a licensed robotaxi autonomy stack
- EngineAI raises $139M after PM01 performs world's first all-electric humanoid front flip
- Outrider is building autonomous yard trucks into trailer-move operations
- PaXini builds Tora One from tactile sensing into humanoid hardware
- Tacta Systems is funding dextrous intelligence before publishing robot deployments
- Cartken is building Hauler robots into Japanese industrial logistics
- Duatic launches Alpha, a wheeled half-humanoid for industrial manipulation
- Doosan Robotics is building P3020 into palletizing cobot work
- Miso Robotics is building Flippy into fry-station automation
- Applied Intuition is turning vehicle intelligence into defense autonomy infrastructure
- Gecko Robotics is making inspection robots a data system for critical infrastructure
- Coco Robotics is using delivery volume to fund a larger sidewalk robot fleet
- Wandercraft is carrying exoskeleton proof into humanoid factory work
- Wandelbots is building NOVA into robot-agnostic factory programming
- Kodiak Robotics is building Kodiak Driver into Atlas sand logistics