TUM and Neura open a training centre for humanoid robots at Munich Airport
On more than 2,300 square metres, companies can test humanoid robots on real tasks. Neura Robotics used the opening to present the fourth generation of its humanoid 4NE1.
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Week 44
23 to 30 October 2026
Agility Robotics heads for the stock market and expects around 465 million dollars
The maker of the humanoid Digit is merging with a listed shell company and is due to trade on Nasdaq from 5 November. Almost at the same time, the logistics company GXO is expanding its use of Digit.
EU and Canada plan closer cooperation on AI
At their summit in Montreal, the EU and Canada launched a new partnership. Canada is joining the European supercomputing network EuroHPC, and test results for AI systems are to be mutually recognised in future.
Mistral releases its largest AI model, Large 4, for download
The Paris-based company is publishing the weights of its model with around one trillion parameters. Companies can now run it on their own hardware and adapt it to their own data.
AgiBot reports almost 2 billion yuan in half-year revenue and 20,000 humanoids built
At the Innovation Day in Shanghai, co-founder Peng Zhihui gave revenue and unit figures. AgiBot also presented new robots, an operating system and its own metric for robot work.
US weighs trade barriers on robots and industrial machinery
President Trump has signed a proclamation under Section 232. His administration is to negotiate with trading partners on imports of robots and machinery, no tariffs have been set yet.
Unitree's H2-X loses a leg during a demonstration as quarterly profit falls
The new humanoid broke a leg in Hangzhou after a failed flip. A few days later, Unitree presented its first quarterly report since going public, with almost 70 percent more revenue and lower profit.
ANYbotics starts delivering a legged robot for explosive atmospheres
The four-legged inspection robot ANYmal X is designed to take over inspection rounds in oil, gas and chemical plants where there is a risk of explosion. The first units go to Equinor and DSM-Firmenich.
BMW reaches one million driverless movements in its plants
New cars drive across the site without a driver in several BMW plants. The technology from the Zurich company Embotech has reached the mark of one million movements, including in Dingolfing and Regensburg.
ETH Zurich robot dog solves a Rubik's Cube with its feet
Researchers at the Robotic Systems Lab have taught a four-legged ANYmal to solve a large Rubik's Cube on its own. It turns the layers with its front legs while balancing on its hind legs.
Anthropic files for an IPO and reports 16.3 billion dollars in first-half revenue
The company behind Claude made its listing prospectus public with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 26 October. The shares are to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT.
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