If you've ever wanted a robotic duck as a companion, now's your chance.

We asked investors from Sequoia, Felicis, Bessemer, and more to highlight promising robotics startups, as the sector sees an investment boom in 2026.

On August 18, Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) held its second quarter earnings call, and the numbers made clear that the lidar maker’s pivot into robotics is no longer a side project. Total net revenues climbed 22% year over year to RMB 861 million,

BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo explains how its QNX car software helped reshape the company — and why it sees robotics as a major growth opportunity.

Physical Intelligence cofounder Sergey Levine said US robotics research relies on outsourcing cheap but reliable parts from China.

Valuing a humanoid robotics company isn’t as straightforward as applying a revenue multiple. In an exclusive email interview with Benzinga, RoboStrategy, Inc. CEO Andrew Kang said companies targeting transformative markets require a different framework—one that balances traditional financial metrics

The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.

A Chinese robotics IPO just attracted demand so extreme it raises a question every investor in physical AI needs to answer: are the stocks pricing in a revolution that still runs on manufacturing timelines,

Even one of robotics' biggest names says that a major breakthrough for the industry could take up to a decade.

Do you want to see whether a robot can fold a piece of cloth? Interested in getting a robot dog or even a humanoid robot that could offer some emotional support?

Amazon is developing an internal initiative called Project Tetromino to build "fully automated" delivery stations, according to an internal planning document obtained by Business Insider. The effort could rely on technology from Boxbot,

Xpeng said its robotics business raised over US$900 million, marking the largest single-round private financing ever recorded in China's embodied AI industry.