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Business09/25/2026@TechDesk
Qualcomm Agrees to Buy PickNik, Steward of the MoveIt Robotics Framework
Qualcomm N, 5775, Morehouse Drive, Barnes Canyon, Sorrento Mesa, San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92121, United StatesQualcomm
Starts 09/23/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better9 days agoQualcomm's^[1] release says it 'today announced its agreement to acquire PickNik^[2] Inc.'; The Robot Report^[3] reported it on September 23, 2026.
Qualcomm agreed to acquire PickNik, the Boulder robotics software company behind the open-source MoveIt manipulation framework, promising to keep MoveIt open while tying it closely to Dragonwing robotics chips and Arduino boards.
Robotics09/23/2026@TechDesk
NVIDIA Releases Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon 2026
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3M9, CanadaNVIDIA
Starts 09/22/2026 12:00PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better10 days agoNVIDIA's^[1][2][3] post of September 22, 2026 (published 12:00 UTC, 8:00 a.m. in Toronto) says Isaac ROS 5.0 was 'released today at the ROSCon conference in Toronto, Canada'; NVIDIA's ROSCon page puts the conference at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel on September 22-24.
NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated ROS packages add AI agent skills, agent-ready documentation and ROS 2 Lyrical support, released at ROSCon in Toronto for a community of nearly 1.3 million ROS users.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
ugo Unveils the Nova Semi-Humanoid in Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan (Physical AI Summit)ugo
Starts 09/16/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better16 days agoHappened as dated, per robotstart.info^[1]: the article opens "2026年9月16日、東京で開催された「フィジカルAI Summit」において" - at the Physical AI Summit held in Tokyo on 16 September 2026.
At Tokyo's Physical AI Summit the AI Robot Association showed the first prototypes from its NEDO-backed contest to build a domestic general-purpose robot. ugo's entry, the wheeled dual-arm Nova, was developed in about six months and goes into mass production in 2027.
Automotive09/23/2026@TechDesk
Tesla's Cybercab Starts Robotaxi Rides in Austin
310 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701, United StatesTesla
Starts 09/03/2026 9:45PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better29 days agoThe Statesman's^[1] live updates describe attendees arriving "for the scheduled 4:45 p.m. start of the launch event" on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026 (21:45 UTC), and NHTSA^[2] states Tesla "began offering commercial service in its Cybercab vehicles on September 3, 2026".
Tesla put its two-seat Cybercab, which has no steering wheel or pedals, into robotaxi service in Austin after an invitation-only launch at ACL Live on 3 September 2026, opening rides to the public the next evening.
Robotics09/20/2026@TechDesk
Tesla Optimus V3 Reveal and Fremont Production Start
Fremont, CaliforniaTesla
Starts 08/31/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins5 months late67% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 67%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence32 days agoMusk said production starts 'late July or August' 2026; no reveal had been confirmed as of Aug 10, 2026, so the end of that window is used.^[1]
Tesla's third-generation Optimus humanoid was due to be revealed mid-2026, with production at Fremont starting late July or August; the reveal has slipped repeatedly from an original Q1 2026 target.
Robotics09/25/2026@TechDesk
Arduino Opens Pre-Orders for the $299 VENTUNO Q Edge-AI Board
Turin, Piedmont, ItalyQualcomm
Starts 08/25/2026 2:00PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better38 days agoThe release is datelined 'Aug 25, 2026 | TURIN' and says Arduino^[2] 'today opened pre-orders for Arduino VENTUNO Q'; Qualcomm's^[1][3] page stamps it 14:00 UTC.
Qualcomm's Arduino opened worldwide pre-orders for the VENTUNO Q, a $299 board pairing a 40 TOPS Dragonwing IQ-8275 processor and 16 GB of memory with an STM32H5 microcontroller so robots and machines can run AI models and act on them offline.
$299.00
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
World Humanoid Robot Games Open in Beijing
Beijing National Speed Skating Oval, Beijing, China
08/22/2026 - 08/26/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better41 days agoHappened as dated, per the article: "The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games was held in Beijing from 22 to 26 August 2026."^[1]
The second edition brought 2,056 robots from 666 teams to the National Speed Skating Oval for 51 events, from football and tug of war to firefighting drills. Tiangong Ultra took the humanoid 100 m to 8.86 seconds - faster than Usain Bolt's human record.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
Unitree Robotics Debuts on the STAR Market
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Pudong, Shanghai, ChinaUnitree Robotics
Starts 08/19/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better44 days agoHappened as dated, per scmp.com^[1]: "Shares of Unitree Robotics surged 629 per cent above their initial public offering price to open at 1,100 yuan in their Shanghai trading debut on Wednesday", in an article published 19 Aug 2026.
Shares in China's best-known humanoid maker opened at 1,100 yuan on Shanghai's STAR Market, 629% above the 150.8-yuan offer price, valuing Unitree at about 445 billion yuan (US$66 billion). Some 9.8 million retail accounts had chased 9.7 million shares.
Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk
Air Force Orders General Atomics and Anduril Combat Drones Into Production
The Pentagon, Remote Delivery Facility Secure Access Lane, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, 20301, United StatesUnited States Air Force
Starts 06/17/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better107 days agoAir & Space Forces Magazine (17 June 2026): 'The department announced June 17 it has awarded both companies engineering and manufacturing development and production contracts'.^[1]
The Air Force awarded both General Atomics (FQ-42) and Anduril (FQ-44) development and production contracts for its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft, at least 150 semi-autonomous wingman drones by the end of the decade, four months ahead of schedule.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
NVIDIA Unveils the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid
Taipei, Taiwan (NVIDIA GTC Taipei)NVIDIA
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better123 days agoHappened as dated, per NVIDIA's^[1][3] release: "TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA GTC Taipei -- NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot."
At GTC Taipei, NVIDIA announced the first open humanoid reference design: a Unitree H2 Plus chassis with Sharpa Wave five-finger tactile hands for the body, and Jetson Thor compute plus the open Isaac GR00T stack for the brain, aimed at academic robotics labs.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
1X Opens the NEO Factory in Hayward
Hayward, California, USA (1X NEO Factory)1X Technologies
Starts 04/30/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better155 days agoHappened as dated, per the company's release: "HAYWARD, Calif., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE^[1]) -- 1X ... today announced that its NEO Factory in Hayward, California has commenced full-scale production."
1X started full-scale production of its NEO home humanoid at a 58,000 sq ft plant in Hayward, California, making its own motors, batteries, structures and sensors in-house - capacity for 10,000 NEOs a year, after the first year's run sold out in five days.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
Figure Reaches One Robot an Hour at BotQ
3960 North First Street, San Jose, California, USA (Figure's BotQ plant)Figure AI
Starts 04/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better156 days agoHappened as dated: figure.ai^[1]'s own post "Ramping Figure 03 Production" is dated April 29, 2026 and reports the ramp as already achieved.
Figure said its BotQ plant had gone from building one Figure 03 a day to one an hour in under 120 days - a 24x ramp that delivered more than 350 of its third-generation humanoids, with end-of-line first-pass yield above 80% and over 9,000 actuators built.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
AgiBot Rolls Out Its 10,000th Humanoid Robot
Shanghai, ChinaAgiBot
Starts 03/30/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better186 days agoHappened as dated, per agibot.com^[1]: "[SHANGHAI, CHINA - March 30, 2026] AGIBOT ... today announced the rollout of its 10,000th humanoid robot."
The Shanghai company said it had built its 10,000th humanoid, having taken nearly two years over the first thousand and just three months over the last five thousand - a fourfold acceleration it presents as the industry crossing from pilots into large-scale commercial deployment.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
Amazon Retires the Blue Jay Warehouse Robot
Amazon Robotics, North Reading, Massachusetts, USAAmazon
Starts 02/25/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better219 days agoHappened as dated, per aboutamazon.com^[1]: "Update February 25, 2026: Amazon is no longer utilizing Blue Jay in operations."
Four months after presenting Blue Jay as its newest warehouse system - a single workspace where several robotic arms pick, stow and consolidate about 75% of the item types Amazon stocks - Amazon said it was no longer using it in operations, keeping only the underlying technology.
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
Boston Dynamics Unveils the Production Atlas at CES 2026
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (CES 2026)Boston Dynamics
Starts 01/05/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better270 days agoHappened as dated, per bostondynamics.com^[1]: "LAS VEGAS (Jan. 5, 2026) - Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, unveiled the product version of its new Atlas robot at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today."
Boston Dynamics revealed the product version of its fully electric Atlas humanoid at Hyundai's CES media day and began building it at its Boston headquarters immediately. Every 2026 Atlas is already committed, with fleets going to Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center and to Google DeepMind.
Fashion09/24/2026@FashionDesk
Nike Unveils Project Amplify, Its First Powered Running Shoe
Nike Philip H. Knight Campus, 1, Merlo Station, Marlene Village, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, 97005, United StatesNike
Starts 10/23/2025 12:52PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better344 days agoNike's^[1][3] release dated October 23, 2025 (published 05:52 Pacific): 'Nike is unveiling Project Amplify: the world's first powered footwear system for running and walking'.
Nike showed Project Amplify, a motorised ankle cuff and carbon-plated shoe built with robotics firm Dephy that it calls the world's first powered footwear system, meant to help everyday runners at 10-12 minute miles go farther with less effort.
Robotics06/23/2017@ThePinGang
Robots That Make 400 Burgers an Hour May Soon Take over Fast Food Restaurants
Starts 01/01/2025UNVERIFIEDDate confidence: UNVERIFIEDNo wording about the date was foundHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all UNVERIFIED pins74% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 74%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence1.8 years ago
This robot needs only one hour to pump out 400 burgers made with fresh ground beef, salad, complete with a toasted bun. Tech blog Xconomy reported the prototype they saw demoed could save a fast-food restaurant up to $90,000 a year in training, salaries, and overhead costs.
$30K
Robotics09/15/2026@BuildDesk
General Motors Installs the First Unimate Industrial Robot
Ewing Township, New Jersey, USAGeneral Motors
Starts 01/01/1961ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence65.8 years agoWikipedia^[3], the Henry Ford museum and Guinness World Records^[2] all date the first Unimate installation to 1961, but none give a specific month or day.
In 1961 General Motors installed the Unimate, the world's first industrial robot, at its New Jersey factory to lift and stack hot die-cast metal parts. Industry 4.0 opens its history of factory automation with this machine.