US import ban on Chinese robots opens opportunity for startups using non-Chinese components, exemplified by Ati Robotics' India-assembled warehouse automation systems.
A German robotics startup is recruiting home cooks and chefs to film their hand movements for AI training, offering free meals and cleaning services in exchange for first-person video data.
Startups are pairing neuroscience headsets with robot training to tag real-world manipulation data with cognitive signals, betting this could accelerate physical AI development.
Barcelona-based robotics startup Theker closes Europe's largest robotics Series A, betting on reconfigurable machines over single-task humanoids.
First-person video collection is becoming a booming market for robot training data, but workers are earning minimal wages for highly specialized labor.