Robotics in August 2026

August 2026

• 31 Aug 2026MilestoneFarm

  Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robots Bonsai Robotics · Paying customers

  About 75 of those units were self-driving kits fitted to other makers' machines; the rest were Amiga robots.

  AgFunderNews, 31 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 31 Aug 2026MilestoneFarm

  Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robots Bonsai Robotics · Paying customers

  Bonsai said it had sold more than 400 units in total.

  AgFunderNews, 31 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 31 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Momenta Momenta · Cleared or mass market

  Momenta said more than one million cars built by carmakers now carry its driver-assist software.

  Momenta interim results filing, HKEX, 31 Aug 2026

• 31 Aug 2026MilestoneAging at home

  Self-driving wheelchairs WHILL, LUCI · Paying customers

  Singapore's Changi Airport began full use of the service, with up to 18 self-driving wheelchairs to be added in stages in Terminals 2 and 3. It is WHILL's largest airport rollout so far.

  Runway Girl Network, 31 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 28 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Geek+ warehouse robots Geekplus (Geek+) · Paying customers

  Geek+ reported about 81,000 robots in use at 1,000 customers, revenue up 25% to 1.284 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, and its main business close to breaking even.

  Geek+ 2026 interim results, 28 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 28 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  HaiPick ACR robots Hai Robotics · Paying customers

  Hai said more than 10,000 of its rack-climbing HaiClimber robots had been ordered for customer projects in 12 countries.

  Automated Warehouse, 28 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 28 Aug 2026MilestoneHumanoids

  Walker S2 UBTech Robotics · Paying customers

  In its half-year results, UBTech reported selling 921 full-size humanoid robots from January to June 2026, about 20 times as many as a year earlier. The company still lost money.

  KrASIA, 31 Aug 2026

• 27 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Collaborative robot arms Universal Robots, FANUC, ABB, and others · Cleared or mass market

  Teradyne, which owns Universal Robots, sued a German arm of Chinese cobot maker JAKA in a European patent court, saying JAKA's cobots copy its patented hardware and software.

  Universal Robots news, 27 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 26 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  EH216-S EHang · Cleared or mass market

  EHang reported selling 36 of its passenger and other electric aircraft in the second quarter of 2026.

  Urban Air Mobility News, 26 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 26 Aug 2026SetbackDrones

  EH216-S EHang · Cleared or mass market

  EHang withdrew its 2026 revenue forecast. After a serious crash of a different, piloted small plane in China in late June, regulators became more cautious and slowed passenger approvals.

  Urban Air Mobility News, 26 Aug 2026

• 26 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Gatik Gatik AI · Cleared or mass market

  Gatik raised $200 million, led by the Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.

  Automotive World, 26 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 26 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Gatik Gatik AI · Cleared or mass market

  Gatik said it had made more than 85,000 fully driverless deliveries.

  Automotive World, 26 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 25 Aug 2026MilestoneMedical

  MIRA Virtual Incision · Cleared or mass market

  Virtual Incision said MIRA is on sale in the US for colon surgery, and that it will announce later when the gynecology use goes on sale.

  Virtual Incision press release, 25 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 24 Aug 2026MilestoneHumanoids

  IRON XPENG · Demo only

  XPENG's robot business raised more than $900 million, valuing it at over $6.3 billion.

  Electrek, 24 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 20 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Apollo Go Baidu · Cleared or mass market

  Uber began offering Apollo Go's driverless cars in its app in Dubai, at first in parts of Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah.

  Khaleej Times, 20 Aug 2026

• 20 Aug 2026RegulatorSelf-driving

  Tesla Robotaxi Tesla · Paying customers

  Nevada's Transportation Authority approved Tesla to run up to 5,000 fully driverless cars for paid rides in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. Service had not started as of October 2026.

  Nevada Department of Business and Industry, 21 Aug 2026

• 20 Aug 2026RegulatorMedical

  MIRA Virtual Incision · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared MIRA for benign (non-cancer) hysterectomy through the 510(k) route (K260817), and added needle-holding tools for stitching.

  FDA 510(k) summary K260817

• 19 Aug 2026SetbackMedical

  CyberKnife Accuray · Cleared or mass market

  Accuray spent $16.2 million on restructuring in its 2026 fiscal year.

  Accuray fiscal 2026 results (SEC filing), 19 Aug 2026

• 19 Aug 2026SetbackMedical

  CyberKnife Accuray · Cleared or mass market

  Accuray's new product orders fell to $191.9 million in its 2026 fiscal year, from $288.0 million a year before. The figure covers all of Accuray's machines, not only CyberKnife.

  Accuray fiscal 2026 results (SEC filing), 19 Aug 2026

• 19 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  Prime Air (MK30) Amazon · Paying customers

  Amazon said its drones had made more than 70,000 flights, and that its collision-avoidance system twice steered drones away from crewed aircraft.

  DroneXL, 19 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 19 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  Prime Air (MK30) Amazon · Paying customers

  Amazon said Prime Air delivered from 11 US sites and would soon open in the Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland, Atlanta and Boise areas.

  Amazon newsroom, 19 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 19 Aug 2026MilestoneHumanoids

  G1 Unitree Robotics · Paying customers

  Unitree's shares started trading on Shanghai's STAR Market. It raised about $905 million.

  AI Business, 19 Aug 2026

• 19 Aug 2026MilestoneHumanoids

  H1 and H2 Unitree Robotics · Paying customers

  Unitree's shares started trading on Shanghai's STAR Market. It raised about $905 million.

  AI Business, 19 Aug 2026

• 18 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Apollo Go Baidu · Cleared or mass market

  Baidu reported that Apollo Go had started road tests in London with Uber and Lyft.

  Baidu Q2 2026 results, SEC Form 6-K, 18 Aug 2026

• 18 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Super Cruise General Motors · Cleared or mass market

  GM said it was testing its next system, which will allow eyes-off driving, on hundreds of prototype cars.

  GM newsroom, 18 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 18 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

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

  Pony.ai reported robotaxi revenue of $12.1 million for April to June 2026, nearly eight times a year earlier.

  Pony.ai Q2 2026 results, SEC Form 6-K, 18 Aug 2026

• 17 Aug 2026MilestoneMedical

  Moxi Diligent Robotics (owned by Serve Robotics since 2026) · Paying customers

  Diligent said it had started rolling out Moxi 2.0 to hospital customers across the US, naming Endeavor Health Edward Hospital, Providence Saint John's Health Center and Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

  The Robot Report, 17 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 17 Aug 2026RegulatorMedical

  Monarch Johnson & Johnson (Auris Health) · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared Monarch Quest 3, a new software update for finding and reaching lung spots.

  Johnson & Johnson press release, 17 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 14 Aug 2026MilestoneMedical

  SSi Mantra SS Innovations · Paying customers

  SS Innovations installed 30 new robots in April to June 2026, bringing the total to 224 in 12 countries and more than 12,200 surgeries.

  MassDevice, 14 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 13 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  AutoStore AutoStore · Paying customers

  AutoStore reported record quarterly revenue of $192 million, up 43% on a year earlier.

  AutoStore Q2 2026 report, 13 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 13 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  AutoStore AutoStore · Paying customers

  AutoStore said it had about 2,000 systems in 68 countries.

  AutoStore Q2 2026 results release, 13 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 13 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  AutoStore AutoStore · Paying customers

  AutoStore signed a global supply agreement with Amazon. It sets terms for Amazon to buy AutoStore systems but includes no firm orders yet.

  AutoStore Q2 2026 report, 13 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 12 Aug 2026SetbackService

  K5 and other security robots Knightscope · Paying customers

  In its quarterly filing, Knightscope warned there is substantial doubt it can keep going as a business without raising more money (a going-concern warning).

  Knightscope 10-Q for quarter ended 30 June 2026 (SEC filing)

• 12 Aug 2026MilestoneService

  K5 and other security robots Knightscope · Paying customers

  Knightscope reported $9.0 million of revenue for April to June 2026, up 228% on a year earlier, helped by the guard company it bought. It said it serves 434 clients in 42 states.

  Knightscope press release, 12 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 12 Aug 2026MilestoneService

  K5 and other security robots Knightscope · Paying customers

  Knightscope said a prototype of its new K7 security robot had passed an early design review.

  Knightscope press release, 12 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 12 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  Manna Manna Air Delivery · Cleared or mass market

  Manna opened its first US base in Tulsa, Oklahoma. People within two miles can order meals and groceries from local shops by drone.

  Manna newsroom, 12 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 12 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  WeRide Robotaxi WeRide · Cleared or mass market

  WeRide said its vehicles had been tested or run in more than 60 cities in 13 countries.

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

• 11 Aug 2026RegulatorMedical

  Medical exoskeletons Lifeward (ReWalk), Wandercraft, Ekso Bionics (owned by Wandercraft since Oct 2026) · Cleared or mass market

  Wandercraft said the FDA cleared Eve, a self-balancing exoskeleton for personal use, for adults with spinal cord injuries at any level, used with a trained companion.

  MassDevice, 12 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 11 Aug 2026SetbackDrones

  Serve sidewalk robot Serve Robotics · Paying customers

  Serve said deliveries through Uber fell in the second quarter of 2026 for the first time, because its robots were used less than expected.

  TechCrunch, 11 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 11 Aug 2026SetbackDrones

  Serve sidewalk robot Serve Robotics · Paying customers

  Serve said it did not expect to renew its partnership with Uber when the deal ends in early 2027.

  TechCrunch, 11 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 11 Aug 2026SetbackDrones

  Serve sidewalk robot Serve Robotics · Paying customers

  Uber, Serve's biggest delivery partner and an early backer, sold all of its shares in Serve. Serve said it learned of the sale only when it was made public.

  TechCrunch, 11 Aug 2026

• 10 Aug 2026MilestoneFarm

  Fruit-picking robots Dogtooth, Tevel, FFRobotics, Agrobot, Oishii (Tortuga) · Paying customers

  A review of research found fruit-picking robots still cope poorly with real orchards and fields.

  Farming Future Food, 10 Aug 2026

• 10 Aug 2026MilestoneConstruction

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

  Unitree's stock-market filing showed it sold 33,294 four-legged robots from 2023 to 2025, as it opened its share sale in Shanghai.

  RTHK, 10 Aug 2026

• 10 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  Wisk Generation 6 Wisk Aero · Demo only

  Boeing agreed to hand Wisk, together with drone maker Insitu and SkyGrid, to Archer Aviation in exchange for a stake of nearly 20% in Archer. Boeing keeps access to Wisk's self-flying technology.

  Reuters via AJOT, 14 Aug 2026

• 10 Aug 2026MilestoneSelf-driving

  Zoox robotaxi Zoox (Amazon) · Cleared or mass market

  Zoox began charging for rides in Las Vegas, the start of its commercial service. In San Francisco and Austin it has to keep rides free for now.

  TechCrunch, 5 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 7 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  Drones as first responders Skydio, Flock Safety, Brinc, Axon · Cleared or mass market

  Chula Vista, California, the department that started this kind of program, had passed 25,000 drone flights and publishes a map of every mission.

  DroneXL, 7 Aug 2026

• 6 Aug 2026MilestoneService

  BrainOS Brain Corp · Cleared or mass market

  Brain Corp said more than 50,000 robots running its software were in use worldwide, and that deployments grew 68% in the first half of 2026 compared with a year earlier.

  Brain Corp press release (Robotics Tomorrow), 6 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 6 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Commercial cleaning robots Brain Corp, Avidbots, and others · Cleared or mass market

  Brain Corp said its robots ran for more than 5.3 million hours on their own in the first half of 2026.

  Brain Corp press release, 6 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 6 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Commercial cleaning robots Brain Corp, Avidbots, and others · Cleared or mass market

  Brain Corp said more than 50,000 robots using its self-driving software were at work worldwide, and that deployments grew 68% in the first half of 2026.

  Brain Corp press release, 6 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 6 Aug 2026MilestoneMedical

  JASPER (formerly Oryom) ForSight Robotics · Pilot

  ForSight said 26 patients had now had cataract surgery with JASPER in its first human study.

  ForSight Robotics press release, 6 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 5 Aug 2026MilestoneAging at home

  Automatic pill dispensers Hero Health, Spencer Health Solutions (Custom Health), Philips · Paying customers

  Canadian company Custom Health agreed to buy Spencer Health Solutions, maker of the spencer dispenser, in a deal valued at about $23.5 million, mostly paid in shares.

  Custom Health press release, 5 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 5 Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Symbotic Symbotic · Paying customers

  Symbotic reported $721 million in revenue for the quarter, up 22% on a year earlier, with 77 systems being installed.

  Symbotic results release (SEC Form 8-K), 5 Aug 2026Company-reported

• 4 Aug 2026MilestoneMedical

  AquaBeam and HYDROS (Aquablation) PROCEPT BioRobotics · Cleared or mass market

  In April to June 2026, PROCEPT delivered 65 HYDROS robots in the US, 14 of them replacing older systems.

  PROCEPT BioRobotics Q2 2026 results (SEC filing), 4 Aug 2026

• 4 Aug 2026MilestoneMedical

  AquaBeam and HYDROS (Aquablation) PROCEPT BioRobotics · Cleared or mass market

  Revenue for April to June 2026 was $94.5 million, up 19% on a year earlier. The company still lost $26.9 million in the quarter.

  PROCEPT BioRobotics Q2 2026 results (SEC filing), 4 Aug 2026

• 3 Aug 2026MilestoneDrones

  Zipline Zipline · Cleared or mass market

  Cleveland Clinic announced it had begun drone delivery of some prescription medicines with Zipline, within five miles of its Beachwood campus in Ohio.

  Cleveland 19 News, 3 Aug 2026

• Aug 2026MilestoneHumanoids

  AgiBot G2 and A2 AgiBot · Pilot

  Research firm Smart Analytics Global said AgiBot shipped about 8,400 humanoid robots from January to June 2026, 44% of the world market.

  SCMP, 10 Aug 2026

• Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Geek+ warehouse robots Geekplus (Geek+) · Paying customers

  Geek+ launched RoboShuttle Hyper, a robot that climbs racks to bring storage boxes to workers.

  Geek+ 2026 interim results, 28 Aug 2026Company-reported

• Aug 2026MilestoneWarehouse

  Ocado grid robots Ocado Group · Paying customers

  Lotte and Ocado opened their first robot warehouse in South Korea, serving about 4 million households in Busan.

  Ocado Group news, Aug 2026Company-reported

• Aug 2026MilestoneService

  Tally Simbe Robotics · Paying customers

  Simbe's 500th Tally robot went into service across Kroger's grocery stores, at Kroger's Smith's Marketplace chain.

  Retail Technology Innovation Hub, Aug 2026

• Aug 2026MilestoneHumanoids

  Optimus Tesla · Demo only

  Tesla went from a few dozen robots a week in the spring to several hundred a week in August 2026, The Information reported. These are V3 robots, not yet the version Tesla plans to sell.

  Electrek citing The Information, 25 Sept 2026

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