Cognitive robotics pioneer NEURA Robotics has announced a landmark Series C financing round of up to $1.4 billion. The milestone capital raise stands as the largest funding round ever recorded for a full-stack robotics company, positioning NEURA as Europe’s premier leader in humanoid robotics and Physical AI.

A French Artificial Intelligence startup, Mistral, has launched its first robotics AI model. This demonstrates its entry into the quickly developing field of physical AI The transfer opens up a new avenue for Mistral to explore beyond language models and enterprise AI software, into actual industrial settings like factories, warehouses, and autonomous systems. The launch is part of Mistral’s efforts to bolster its robotics capabilities after the acquisition of Austrian startup Emmi AI this year.  

Established in 2024, Mowito is creating what it is calling “Physical AI” models for industrial robots. Unlike conventional coding and robot programming, its technology makes it easy to learn tasks from live demonstrations, which makes the deployment of robots on factory floors easier.

Flexiv has launched two new robots—the Enlight robotic arm and the Mico dual-arm system—to expand its force-controlled robotics solutions for industrial automation.

Advantech announced that its MIC-735 edge AI platform is undergoing validation at the NVIDIA Halos AI System Inspection Lab, aligning it with NVIDIA’s safety framework for Physical AI.

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thyssenkrupp and GlobalLogic, part of the Hitachi group, have formed a strategic alliance to apply autonomous robotics and Physical AI across heavy industrial operations. The partnership moves from pilots toward deploying systems that turn industrial data into measurable economic and operational results.