Robotics in November 2025

November 2025

• 26 Nov 2025MilestoneMedical

  Liberty Microbot Medical · Cleared or mass market

  Emory University Hospital in Atlanta became the first hospital to use Liberty on patients, weeks after a limited US launch began.

  MassDevice, 26 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 26 Nov 2025MilestoneSelf-driving

  WeRide Robotaxi WeRide · Cleared or mass market

  WeRide and Uber began driverless paid rides in Abu Dhabi, starting on Yas Island.

  Gasgoo, 28 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 20 Nov 2025MilestoneWarehouse

  Ocado grid robots Ocado Group · Paying customers

  Ocado and Auchan opened Ocado's first robot warehouse in Poland.

  Ocado Group newsroom, 20 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 20 Nov 2025MilestoneDrones

  Starship delivery robot Starship Technologies · Paying customers

  Uber Eats agreed to use Starship robots for food deliveries in the UK, starting in Leeds and Sheffield.

  TechCrunch, 20 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 19 Nov 2025MilestoneFarm

  Monarch MK-V Monarch Tractor (Zimeno Inc.) · Paying customers

  Monarch said it had shipped about 500 tractors in total.

  TechCrunch, 19 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 19 Nov 2025SetbackFarm

  Monarch MK-V Monarch Tractor (Zimeno Inc.) · Paying customers

  Monarch warned staff it might lay off more than 100 employees and could shut down, as it tried to switch to selling software instead of tractors.

  TechCrunch, 19 Nov 2025

• 19 Nov 2025MilestoneHome

  Memo Sunday Robotics · Demo only

  Sunday Robotics introduced Memo, along with its Skill Capture Glove and the AI model, ACT-1, that runs the robot.

  Sunday Robotics blog, 19 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 19 Nov 2025MilestoneHome

  Memo Sunday Robotics · Demo only

  Sunday said it tested the robot in several Airbnb rentals, where it was asked to clear a dining table and load a dishwasher.

  Sunday Robotics blog, 19 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 18 Nov 2025MilestoneMedical

  Dexter Distalmotion · Cleared or mass market

  Distalmotion raised $150 million, led by Revival Healthcare Capital, to grow US sales. In January 2026 Johnson & Johnson's venture arm also invested an undisclosed amount.

  MassDevice, 18 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 17 Nov 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  Walker S2 UBTech Robotics · Paying customers

  UBTech said it had started mass production and delivery of the first batch of several hundred Walker S2 robots, with orders worth more than 800 million yuan (about $112 million).

  UBTech press release, 17 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 10 Nov 2025MilestoneFarm

  Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robots Naïo Technologies · Paying customers

  Naïo announced a new leadership team and a €6.4 million financing plan backed by Mirova, Bpifrance and the Occitanie region.

  Naïo press release, 10 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 10 Nov 2025MilestoneFarm

  Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robots Naïo Technologies · Paying customers

  Naïo said the plan would keep 21 jobs and create 10 new ones by 2030.

  Naïo press release, 10 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 10 Nov 2025RegulatorSelf-driving

  WeRide Robotaxi WeRide · Cleared or mass market

  The UAE government's Regulations Lab approved WeRide to run paid robotaxi rides in Abu Dhabi with no safety operator aboard.

  Gasgoo, 11 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 7 Nov 2025SafetyMedical

  da Vinci 5 Intuitive · Cleared or mass market

  Intuitive started a Class 2 recall covering da Vinci X, Xi and da Vinci 5. A software error let instrument arms that failed a safety self-test stay in use.

  FDA recall database, initiated 7 Nov 2025

• 7 Nov 2025MilestoneHome

  Miko 3 Miko (Emotix) · Paying customers

  Miko's parent company raised about $10 million from US radio company iHeartMedia, and had recently gone on sale at Costco in North America.

  Inc42, 7 Nov 2025

• 6 Nov 2025MilestoneSelf-driving

  Pony.ai Robotaxi Pony.ai · Cleared or mass market

  Pony.ai said its seventh-generation cars began paid driverless service in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Beijing.

  Pony.ai press release, 6 Nov 2025Company-reported

• 3 Nov 2025MilestoneSelf-driving

  Beep autonomous shuttles Beep · Paying customers

  A local TV investigation found NAVI averaged only about 89 riders a day, and that transit-agency staff had been paid to ride. The agency denied recruiting staff to boost numbers.

  Action News Jax, 3 Nov 2025

• Nov 2025RegulatorSelf-driving

  Apollo Go Baidu · Cleared or mass market

  Apollo Go got one of Abu Dhabi's first permits for fully driverless paid rides.

  TechNode, 19 Jan 2026

• Nov 2025SafetyHumanoids

  Figure 03 Figure AI · Pilot

  A former Figure robot safety engineer sued the company in federal court in California. He says he was fired after warning the robots were strong enough to fracture a human skull. Figure says he was let go for poor performance.

  TechSpot, 22 Nov 2025

• Nov 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  Figure 03 Figure AI · Pilot

  BMW confirmed that the earlier model, Figure 02, helped build more than 30,000 BMW X3 cars over 10 months at its Spartanburg plant, placing sheet-metal parts for welding.

  Repairer Driven News on BMW Group release, 13 July 2026

• Nov 2025RegulatorSelf-driving

  WeRide Robotaxi WeRide · Cleared or mass market

  WeRide said it got the first permit in Europe to run robotaxis with no driver, in Zurich, Switzerland.

  WeRide Q2 2026 results, SEC Form 6-K, 12 Aug 2026

• Nov 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  IRON XPENG · Demo only

  Because IRON moved so much like a person, XPENG cut open the robot's leg on stage to show there was no one inside.

  eWeek, 25 Nov 2025Company-reported

• Nov 2025MilestoneHumanoids

  IRON XPENG · Demo only

  XPENG showed the new IRON at its AI Day event in November 2025.

  Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026Company-reported

Every month on record