OpenAI's $122 Billion Funding Round: A New Era for AI Development
OpenAI secures unprecedented $122 billion funding to accelerate the next phase of artificial intelligence development
Unitree Robotics Files $610M IPO in Shanghai — The First Major Humanoid Robot Public Offering
Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree files for a $610 million Shanghai IPO, signaling a watershed moment for the robotics industry after achieving rare profitability.
Gill Pratt Says Humanoid Breakthrough Is About the Brain, Not the Body
Toyota Research Institute CEO Gill Pratt, architect of the DARPA Robotics Challenge, shares his unvarnished take on the humanoid hype bubble and why AI—not hardware—is driving the real revolution.
Neurobot: Scientists Build Living Robots With Functional Nervous Systems
Tufts University researchers have created 'neurobots'—living machines made from real biological cells that organize into self-directed systems with functional neural circuits, blurring the line between biology and robotics.
Roadrunner: The 15kg Bipedal Robot That Runs on Wheels and Legs
The Robotics and AI Institute unveils Roadrunner, a lightweight bipedal wheeled robot that seamlessly switches between wheeled and stepping locomotion using a single learned control policy.
Robotics Weekly Digest — April 2026
This week in robotics: Unitree's latest humanoid, Tesla Optimus progress, and new AI-powered research breakthroughs.