New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics On July 22 Unitree launches the H1 Pro in Europe, the first leg of a three-market rollout no rival has attempted. The price is the story; the fine print is the warning.
Robotics UMA, led by ex-Tesla Optimus scientist Rémi Cadène, unveiled Northstar, a 40kg humanoid built in Paris and aimed at Europe first.
Robotics The Netherlands opened its first Humanoid Application Centre near Rotterdam, a working floor to test robots for construction, logistics, and horticulture — not a showroom.
Robotics German firm Neura Robotics closed a record Series C of up to $1.4 billion on June 10, targeting 5 million robots by 2030 — the largest round ever for a full-stack robotics company.
Robotics At its London event, Amazon unveiled a Proteus robot that takes conversational text prompts and plans its own tasks, alongside a €10 billion European robotics investment and a 25,000-job pledge.