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Boston Dynamics Names Rohit Prasad CEO as Atlas Heads for the Factory
Boston Dynamics has appointed former Amazon Alexa and AGI chief Rohit Prasad as CEO, effective 7 October 2026. What the company confirmed, what Hyundai's 2028 Atlas factory target means, and what is still unknown.
Musk Says Tesla and SpaceX Will Build and Run Terafab, With TSMC Limited to a Sublease
Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX will build and run the Terafab AI chip complex in Texas, with TSMC at most subleasing part of it. Intel's CEO says Intel remains involved. What was said, what Terafab is, and the open questions.
Sereact at Zalando: dual-arm returns robots go live in Germany and Poland
A GlobeNewswire release says CEVA Logistics has put Sereact’s Cortex dual-arm robots into live Zalando fashion-returns handling at Greven, Germany, and Świebodzin, Poland, under a Robotics-as-a-Service model after Zalando’s July 2026 Series B investment.
Multiply Labs’ $75M Series B: robots between AI discovery and patient doses
Multiply Labs’ company release says it raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks to scale robotic GMP manufacturing clusters for biologics, bringing total capital raised to over $100 million.
Minerva’s ~$10M pre-seed: humanoids for jobs people should not walk into
Minerva Humanoids’ company release says it raised about $10 million in pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst to build Roger, a semi-autonomous VR-teleoperated humanoid aimed at hazardous energy and public-safety work, with paid pilots launching in the fall.
Lotte’s Korea humanoid logistics bet: six processes, five years
Chosun Biz reports Lotte Global Logistics was selected for a KEIT/MOTIE robot industry technology project lasting about five years to March 2031, piloting domestic physical-AI humanoids across six logistics processes at major Korean centres.
Kawasaki’s Kaleido: Noetra physical AI on a long autonomy roadmap
A RobotToday industry briefing, reprinting Interesting Engineering, says Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to put Noetra’s physical AI on its Kaleido humanoid—first planned adopter—with remote-plus-AI assist now and fuller autonomy targeted around 2040.
Castel’s Kelvin trial: a mid-size Italian OEM tests humanoids
Italian manufacturer Castel has launched Kelvin, a 12–18 month humanoid robotics trial with IRMAP Service across production and offices. The company frames it as supporting staff on lower-value tasks and building internal skills.
O-ID’s $1.2M seed: modular humanoids you can swap on site
Tokyo-based O-ID says it raised $1.2 million in seed funding, led by Tawani Ventures, to move a fully modular industrial humanoid from prototype toward production for Japanese automotive and logistics work.
Charm Care’s ¥300m bet: humanoids enter Japanese nursing homes
Japanese nursing-home operator Charm Care is investing ¥300 million (about $2 million) in donut robotics and deepening a trial of the cinnamon humanoid, aiming to move from patrol toward nurse-call assistance.
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