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Skild AI, a fast-rising startup that makes software to help robots learn to complete tasks, has bought the robotics automation division of Zebra Technologies Corp., marking its latest effort to broaden its reach in a hot segment.
In short: Accenture Ventures has invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform provides a unified AI intelligence layer across 40+ robots from different manufacturers including FANUC, Flexiv, and Ghost Robotics. The deal extends Accenture’s physical AI strategy alongside its NVIDIA-powered Physical AI Orchestrator and prior investments in Sanctuary AI and Schaeffler humanoid robotics partnerships. Accenture […] This story continues at The Next Web
With this investment, Accenture and General Robotics will also partner to help manufacturers, logistics companies and clients in other asset-intensive industries advance autonomous operations with physical AI.
Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot Spot has become smarter, with an ungraded version powered by Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence, giving the robot the ability to understand its surroundings, interpret tasks and make decisions with far less human input. The robotics arm of Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday released a video on its YouTube channel showing the upgraded Spot using cameras and Google’s visual language model, Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 to read and understand a handwritten to-do list
AI companies raised $11.46B across 316 deals in March 2026, capturing 60.1% of all US venture capital. Defense and autonomous systems led: Shield AI ($2.0B), Saronic ($1.75B), and Mind Robotics ($500M