Iván Hernández Dalas: Top 10 robotics developments of June 2026

Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production milestones. Large funding rounds also drew our readers’ attention this past month.

Here are the 10 most popular articles on The Robot Report from June 2026. Subscribe to The Robot Report Newsletter and listen to The Robot Report Podcast to stay up to date on the latest robotics developments.

NVIDIA is offering AI agent tools to robotics and autonomous vehicle developers.10. NVIDIA releases new and updated tools for physical AI developers

At GTC Taipei and Computex, NVIDIA revealed several open-source skills and tools to help developers of robotics, autonomous vehicles, visual AI, and industrial digital twins. The company claimed that they can help reduce the costs, time, and complexity of building physical AI workflows at scale. Read more.

headshot of winston leung with podcast logo for a June 2026 episode. 9. Why deterministic real-time systems are more critical than ever in robotics

Winston Leung of QNX has more than a decade of experience innovating in both the public and private sectors across North America and Asia. He explains in this podcast episode why deterministic systems are still essential to robotics. Read more.

RealSense showed its latest camera for robots at Automate in June 2026.8. RealSense unveils AI-native D585 Pro depth camera in June 2026

RealSense brought its new D585 Pro AI-native depth camera for robots to Automate. The RealSense D585 Pro combines depth sensing, edge AI acceleration and a software-defined platform designed to improve over time through SDK-delivered capabilities. Read more.

AGIBOT G2 robots work on Longcheer's tablet production lines.7. AGIBOT produces 15,000th robot, marking a milestone in embodied AI deployment

AGIBOT said this production milestone reflects its progress in moving embodied AI systems from product validation and batch production toward larger-scale deployment. Read more.

Standard Bots offers collaborative robot arms in three different sizes with payloads ranging from 7 kg to 30 kg.6. Standard Bots raises $200M in June 2026 to expand U.S. manufacturing footprint

Standard Bots has raised Series C funding bringing its valuation to $1 billion. The company plans to use the investment to expand its manufacturing footprint in New York. This will increase its ability to design, assemble, and deploy American-made robots at scale. Read more.

Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid robot at work at GXO Logistics. It said in June 2026 that it is entering a SPAC merger.5. Humanoid maker Agility to go public through SPAC merger

Agility Robotics has agreed to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, Churchill Capital Corp. XI. It claimed that it will become “the only U.S. publicly listed pure-play humanoid company with proven, active commercial deployments.” Read more.

NEURA Robotics' 4NE1 humanoid robot and MAV mobile robots in a concept automotive assembly line.4. NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.4B for physical AI

Physical AI is still drawing investor attention. NEURA Robotics claimed that its Series C round could reach $1.4 billion, depending on fulfilling unspecified investor conditions. The company said its financing from global technology leaders will help it accelerate its development of “cognitive robots.” Read more.

Figure 03 adds tactile-sensor hands, palm cameras, wireless charging, and speech-to-speech audio over its predecessor. Figure AI said in June 2026 that it is expanding trials with BMW.3. BMW deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version

BMW Group is doubling down on its deployment of Figure.AI’s humanoid robots. The automaker in June 2026 announced that, following its successful deployment with Figure 02 at its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., it will deploy the company’s latest Figure 03 robot. Read more.

General Intuition is testing world models that will act as training environments for agentic models. It raised funding in June 2026.2. General Intuition raises $320M to use video game data to train robots

General Intuition said it plans to use its Series A financing to build AI models that can perceive, predict, and act in virtual and physical environments. While physical AI has become a dominant topic in robotics, General Intuition claimed that it is taking a unique approach. Read more.

Collaborative Robotics' Proxie 2 robot1. Cobot’s Proxie Gen 2 robot adds autotasking, mobile manipulation

Collaborative Robotics unveiled the second generation of its Proxie mobile robot, adding greater payload capacity, self-swapping batteries, autonomous task identification, and a new two-armed manipulation option as Cobot looks to expand deployments across healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing. Read more.

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