Defense
Anduril Short: $61B valuation, Fury CCA, Roadrunner-M, Ghost Shark — how a 9-year-old startup took fighter-jet work from the primes.
Humanoids
Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn: $1.35B valuation, $152M Series A, Siemens Erlangen pilot, Schaeffler 1,000+ robot deal. Short + sourced profile.
civil
Beijing's 9 October Opinions put robotics in emerging industries, embodied intelligence in future industries and humanoids in the AI Plus action. Here is what that split means, with the money already moving.
agriculture
About 400,000 DJI spray drones were in use worldwide by the end of 2024, yet farm robotics drew $788M of the $83.8B in robotics rounds we track, 0.9%.
civil
Ultra and Extend are moving robots onto their own books. Antobot is moving them off. The releases leave out the numbers a lender would ask for.
civil
Figure 02 helped build 30,000 BMWs and led Figure's line for 14 months. Then it jumped into a Finnish furnace on camera.
Defense
Domestic Shield put $4.15 billion of ceiling on the table and obligated about $50 million. Read the vehicle, not the number.
editorial
Editorial · Humanoid Humanoid Robot Success Lies in Their Hands The race for industrial dominance is decided not by form factor, but by dexterous manipulation. Behind Robotics Editorial August 26, 2026 ~7 min read While the world watches full-body humanoid robots stumble through factory floors, a quieter revolution is happening
editorial
AgricultureField Robotics/Clarkson's Farm S5/Robot Hive How Clarkson accidentally sold Britain on robot farming In Clarkson's Farm Season 5, a health scare and a budget crisis pushed Jeremy Clarkson toward automation — a Dutch driverless tractor, a Danish seeding robot, and a trip to the hyper-
civil
Company Deep DiveHumanoids/United Kingdom/Robot Hive The jeweller who built Britain's robot In under two years, a Russia-born jewellery magnate turned ~$30M of his own money into Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn — and put a wheeled robot on a live Siemens factory floor.
editorial
Supply ChainTechnology ·Actuators & Reducers ·Robot Hive Data Desk The joint problem: who really controls the robotics race The winner won't be decided by the smartest AI. It'll be decided by whoever controls the tiny, backlash-free gears that let a robot bend its arm — and
editorial
China’s humanoid and embodied-intelligence sector has exploded in the mid-2020s, fueled by capital, supply-chain strength, and a wave of exceptionally young founders. A recent industry ranking of the youngest entrepreneurs (ordered by birth year) spotlights a generation that is skipping traditional career paths and building full-