Overview
Venture and strategic capital flowing into embodied robotics, navigation models, and general-purpose robot platforms.
Timeline
- 2026-07-16: noetra / meti frontia-project — up to ¥1trn envelope + Rubin AI factory plan (japan-noetra-frontia-rubin-ai-factory)
- 2026-07-15: walden-robotics 1.1B stealth launch
- 2026-07-14: mistral robostral-navigate 8B navigation model