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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Teradyne has made a strategic investment in Bright Machines and will collaborate on software-defined manufacturing for AI infrastructure. The investment size was not disclosed.

German industrial robot maker RobCo has closed a $40 million round that values it at more than $1 billion, with most shares sold by current and former employees. Here is what it makes and why the deal structure matters.

Nvidia and Foxconn reported robot success rates above 95% on GB300 NVL72 tester-tray busbar assembly and 90–95% on multi-connector insertion, according to coverage of Nvidia’s technical blog. Figures are company-reported.

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.

Update, 9 Oct 2026: Slovakia's transport minister says his ministry plans to send the Netherlands a letter recognising the Dutch approval of Tesla's system "in the coming days" (reported; not yet approved). Update, 8 Oct 2026: Tesla's European websites are switching "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" to "Tesla Assisted Driving" after Germany's Transport Ministry called the FSD name "somewhat misleading". The rollout is partial, the system is unchanged and EU-wide approval is still pending, with no vote expected before December.