Friday, May 15, 2026

Europe

European Building the First Truly Practical General-Purpose Robots

Backed by Ex-Tesla, DeepMind, and Hugging Face Talent, UMA Targets Real-World Deployment by 2026 UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant), a Paris-based robotics company founded in 2025, has officially launched with a...

Robots Are Delivering Food Now — Backed by Bezos

Not Another Demo: A European Startup Is Already Running Daily Delivery Routes With Legged Robots RIVR, a Swiss robotics company founded in 2023 by ETH...

Agile Robots Launches Humanoid Robot, Agile ONE – for Real Production, Not Hype

Munich-Based Agile Robots Unveils Agile ONE — A Vertically Integrated Industrial Humanoid with Proven Scale Agile Robots has launched Agile ONE, its first humanoid robot,...

Flexion Raises $50M to Build the “Android” of Humanoid Robotics

$50M Backing for a Software-Only Bet — As Hardware Becomes a Commodity Flexion Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has emerged from stealth with a $50 million...

From Social Worker to a $1B Robotics CEO

Neura Robotics, a German-founded company with a €1B+ valuation, is solving the biggest bottleneck in robotics: how to teach robots new skills faster. The industry...

Schaeffler and Neura Robotics Form Strategic Partnership

Industrial Giant Commits to 4,000+ Humanoids by 2035 — With Real Data, Real Components, and a European AI Stack Schaeffler AG, the German automotive and...