As of 5 October 2026.
This dossier collects robotics and physical AI. Each entry is one sentence from the original report. Where that report stays indexed, the link points to it.
Timeline
- 6 July 2026. Tesla limits employee AI spending to $200 per week – with a notable exception for Musk's own company xAI.
- 11 July 2026. Ant Group subsidiary Robbyant presents an open AI model with LingBot-VA 2.0 that controls robots via video prediction in real-time.
- 12 July 2026. China's research institute BAAI trains a world model with Orca that solves text, image, and robotics tasks from a shared internal representation.
- 14 August 2026. The ride-hailing service Uber and the Chinese company Pony.ai are expanding their robotaxi operations from Zagreb to four more European cities.
- 5 September 2026. Tesla Cybercab: US authority starts safety review. The traffic authority NHTSA is examining whether Tesla's self-certified Cybercabs without steering wheels and pedals meet US safety standards.
- 24 September 2026. Black Forest Labs from Freiburg presents robotics AI FLUX 3 Action. Black Forest Labs from Freiburg shows an open robotics model with 7 billion parameters – access remains initially limited to partners.
What this means for companies in Germany
For deployment, the linked reports are the record. Entries without a link replace the separate report.
