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Week 17 · Apr 20, 2026
The Week in Robotics — Apr 20–26, 2026
Capital flowed hard into embodied AI this week: Reliable Robotics secured $160M at a near-unicorn valuation, and X Square Robot closed a $276M Series B hours before unveiling Wall-B, a foundation model it says will ship to homes in 35 days. Hannover Messe 2026 opened with humanoids front-and-center for the first time, Tesla pinned Optimus Fremont production to late summer on its Q1 call, and a German court handed Teradyne an injunction against Elite Robots over UR cobot software.
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