Meet Coco, downtown San Jose’s new autonomous delivery robot

A Coco deliverybot crosses a street in front of San Pedro Square Market in downtown San Jose. The Santa Monica-based robotics company deployed 20 of the bots in downtown San Jose in April 2026. (Photo courtesy Coco Robotics)

In a race between humans and robots, machines take the victory in a sign of advancements

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

Reliable Robotics is said to near $1B valuation after $160M raise

Reliable Robotics has raised $160 million in fresh capital, lifting the Silicon Valley aviation startup’s valuation to just under $1 billion as it intensifies efforts to win U.S. regulatory approval for autonomous flight systems,
Las Vegas Sun

NEURA Robotics and Amazon Web Services Enter Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Physical AI at Scale

NEURA Robotics (NEURA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced a strategic agreement to accelerate Physical AI at scale b

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: China ships more humanoid robots than the U.S. as investors diverge on AI bets

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.
The Macomb Daily

Shelby Robotics Club headed to world championship competition

Shelby Robotics Club at Shelby Junior High School is traveling to Houston April 28 to compete in the FIRST World Championship competition.