Robotics & Autonomy News

Illustrative photograph of an unbranded compact sedan in an empty parking lot with cameras and an attentive adult safety observer, representing supervised driving research

A supervised drive-through run with Astra demonstrates a narrow physical task. DrivingBench results remain slow and uneven, without establishing readiness for public roads.

Editorial collage of an unmarked filmstrip over closed document folders with an abstract defense-institution silhouette, representing video-based procurement and oversight

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Drones & Defense

Pentagon’s Short-Video AI Procurement Push Raises Questions About Spending Visibility

WIRED examines how Tradewinds can shorten AI purchasing timelines while current priorities emphasize targeting and flexible contracts remain difficult to trace.

Workers coordinating beside unbranded autonomous carts in a cross-dock warehouse

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Robotics & Autonomy

Destro Raises $8 Million to Coordinate Warehouse Robots and Workers

Destro's $8 million seed round follows a Yusen Logistics cross-dock pilot, but its efficiency claims and plans for wider deployment remain unmeasured in the report.

Editorial rendering of a robot testing inside a generated three-dimensional environment linked to a processor

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Robotics & Autonomy

AMD’s World Labs Deal Raises an Enterprise Question About Robot-Simulation Workflows

World Labs' Marble already feeds robotics and design workflows that depend on other vendors' tools; AMD's proposed acquisition leaves their future compatibility unanswered.

Military logistics vehicles following adaptive randomized routes through a secure digital planning network

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Drones & Defense

TRANSCOM Uses Randomised AI to Make Military Logistics Harder to Track

US Transportation Command is exploring adaptive and deliberately unpredictable logistics while trying to protect the data behind its decisions.

Flexible factory robots and human technicians working around an automotive assembly line

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Robotics & Autonomy

Toyota’s Physical AI Push Starts With a $6.4 Billion Estimate

Toyota is considering 400,000 robots across its manufacturing network, while its own factory history shows why maintenance and reliability will shape the outcome.

Autonomous spacecraft navigating deep space with an onboard AI control core and distant asteroid

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Edge AI & Embodied Intelligence

AstroForge Wants an AI Agent to Fly Without Earth

After losing control of an earlier deep-space prototype, AstroForge is testing a transformer-based control stack before a radio-light autonomous mission in 2027.

Autonomous warehouse robots, delivery vehicles and drones coordinated across a large logistics network

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Robotics & Autonomy

JD.com Plans a Three-Million-Robot Logistics Network

JD.com has reiterated a five-year plan for millions of robots, autonomous vehicles and drones, backed by AI coordination and a much larger compute cluster.