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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.
Reka’s Rho-1: One AI Model Trying to Do the Work of Many
Reka has released a research preview of Rho-1, a 19-billion-parameter model that it says can read and create text, images and video and output robot actions in a single network. The speed claims are the company's own tests.
Panasonic Wants to Build Humanoid Robots by 2029: What We Know, and What We Don’t
Panasonic's chief AI officer says the group will develop humanoid robots for factories and warehouses and aims to start making them by 2029. Here's what was said, and how much is still unknown.
Robotics and Automation: The Machines Transforming Industry and Work
From factory floors to operating rooms—how robots and intelligent automation are reshaping the global economy.In 1961, General Motors installed the first industrial robot on its assembly line...
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