Robotics in September 2025

September 2025

• 30 Sept 2025MilestoneDrones

  Dot DoorDash · Demo only

  DoorDash said it was already testing Dot with early partners in the Phoenix area.

  TechCrunch, 30 Sept 2025Company-reported

• 30 Sept 2025MilestoneDrones

  Dot DoorDash · Demo only

  DoorDash showed Dot, a four-wheeled robot less than five feet tall and three feet wide.

  TechCrunch, 30 Sept 2025Company-reported

• 29 Sept 2025MilestoneMedical

  LightStrike Xenex Disinfection Services · Cleared or mass market

  Xenex said hospitals using LightStrike had completed 44 million cycles.

  Xenex press release, 29 Sept 2025Company-reported

• 27 Sept 2025MilestoneWarehouse

  Symbotic Symbotic · Paying customers

  Symbotic reported about $22.5 billion of signed work still to be delivered (its backlog).

  Symbotic annual report (SEC Form 10-K), fiscal 2025

• 27 Sept 2025MilestoneWarehouse

  Symbotic Symbotic · Paying customers

  Walmart made up about 85% of Symbotic's revenue in the year to September 2025.

  Symbotic annual report (SEC Form 10-K), fiscal 2025

• 25 Sept 2025SafetyConstruction

  Low-cost robot dogs Unitree and others · Cleared or mass market

  Researchers showed a wireless flaw that could give an attacker full control of Unitree Go2 and B2 robot dogs; Unitree said on 29 Sept 2025 that it had completed most fixes.

  IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sept 2025

• 25 Sept 2025SetbackConstruction

  Low-cost robot dogs Unitree and others · Cleared or mass market

  Security researchers found a flaw that let an attacker within wireless range take full control of Unitree's Go2 and B2 robot dogs and its humanoid robots. Unitree said it had fixed most of the problems.

  IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sept 2025

• 22 Sept 2025MilestoneConstruction

  ANYmal ANYbotics · Paying customers

  ANYbotics said it had shipped more than 200 ANYmal robots and that its total funding had passed €127 million. It said it was getting ready to start ANYmal X deliveries.

  EU-Startups, 22 Sept 2025Company-reported

• 20 Sept 2025SafetyHumanoids

  G1 Unitree Robotics · Paying customers

  Security researchers found a flaw in the Bluetooth setup of several Unitree robots, including the G1, that could let a nearby attacker take control and spread to other Unitree robots. Unitree later said most fixes were done.

  IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sept 2025

• 20 Sept 2025SafetyHumanoids

  H1 and H2 Unitree Robotics · Paying customers

  Security researchers found a flaw in the Bluetooth setup of several Unitree robots, including the H1, that could let a nearby attacker take control and spread to other Unitree robots. Unitree later said most fixes were done.

  IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sept 2025

• 16 Sept 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  Figure 03 Figure AI · Pilot

  Figure raised more than $1 billion at a $39 billion valuation.

  Figure AI, 16 Sept 2025Company-reported

• 10 Sept 2025MilestoneSelf-driving

  May Mobility May Mobility · Paying customers

  May Mobility and Lyft began their first commercial service, with a small fleet of self-driving Toyota Siennas in Midtown Atlanta on weekdays and a safety operator in the front seat.

  TechCrunch, 10 Sept 2025

• 8 Sept 2025RegulatorMedical

  Liberty Microbot Medical · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared Liberty through the 510(k) route, based on a study in which the robot reached its target every time with no device-related harm.

  MassDevice, 8 Sept 2025Company-reported

• 7 Sept 2025MilestoneSelf-driving

  Momenta Momenta · Cleared or mass market

  Uber and Momenta said they would start testing robotaxis in Munich, Germany, in 2026.

  TechCrunch, 7 Sept 2025Company-reported

• Sept 2025MilestoneConstruction

  RPD 35 and Exosystem Built Robotics · Paying customers

  Solar construction company Blattner agreed to use dozens of Built Robotics' machines on US solar projects over three years, for pile driving, surveying, drilling and trenching.

  Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, VISIONS magazine, Sept 2025Company-reported

• Sept 2025MilestoneDrones

  Flytrex Flytrex · Cleared or mass market

  Uber invested in Flytrex and planned trial Uber Eats drone deliveries by the end of 2025.

  DroneXL, 29 July 2026

• Sept 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  K2 Bumblebee Kepler Exploration Robotics · Pilot

  Kepler announced the start of mass production of K2.

  Humanoid Robotics Technology, 26 Sept 2025Company-reported

• Sept 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  K2 Bumblebee Kepler Exploration Robotics · Pilot

  Kepler said it had signed framework agreements (early, non-final deals) for several thousand K2 robots.

  Humanoid Robotics Technology, 26 Sept 2025Company-reported

• Sept 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  Persona AI humanoid Persona AI · Demo only

  Ship classification body ABS signed an agreement with Persona AI to work together on using humanoid robots in shipyards, for example for inspections.

  Digital Ship, 29 Sept 2025Company-reported

• Sept 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  Walker S2 UBTech Robotics · Paying customers

  UBTech signed a 250 million yuan (about $35 million) order for Walker robots.

  AI Business, 18 Nov 2025Company-reported

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