Tesla announces plans to remove human safety monitors from its Austin robotaxis by year-end, marking a major step toward fully autonomous operations after logging over 250,000 monitored miles in the city, while expanding to 8-10 new markets by 2025.
Waymo announces plans to launch a commercial robotaxi service in London by 2026, beginning testing of self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles on public roads as the Alphabet-owned company expands internationally beyond its current U.S. operations.
Nvidia breaks its own investment record with 50 venture capital deals in 2025, pouring billions into AI giants like OpenAI and xAI while expanding across autonomous vehicles, robotics, and data centers as the chipmaker leverages booming AI profits to dominate the tech ecosystem.
SoftBank acquires ABB's robotics business for $5.375 billion to accelerate artificial super intelligence goals, combining the 7,000-employee division with existing robotics investments to advance Physical AI innovation, with deal closure expected in mid-to-late 2026 pending regulatory approvals.
Figure AI announces plans to ship 100,000 humanoid robots by 2029 after securing a second major U.S. corporate customer and establishing a safety center at its California headquarters, following its initial BMW partnership.
Qualcomm acquires Italian hardware company Arduino for undisclosed terms, gaining direct access to robotics developers and hobbyists while launching the new Uno Q board featuring Qualcomm's AI-capable Dragonwing QRB2210 processor for $45-55.
Google DeepMind releases two groundbreaking AI models that transform robots into internet-savvy problem solvers capable of planning complex multi-step tasks like sorting laundry by color and packing weather-appropriate suitcases, achieving 20-40% success rates in early artificial general intelligence demonstrations.
DeepMind launches Gemini Robotics 1.5 featuring groundbreaking Motion Transfer technology that allows robots to instantly share learned skills across different platforms without retraining, splitting AI into separate systems for high-level reasoning and motor control while demonstrating successful skill transfers between multiple robot types.
Alibaba Cloud integrates Nvidia's embodied AI development toolkit, providing users with data processing, reinforcement learning and model training tools for physical robot development in a partnership that signals positive momentum for Chinese AI robotics companies.
Experts convene to explore generative AI's potential for developing 'world models' that learn like infants and enabling breakthroughs in human-robot collaboration across industries.