Today in Robotics — Sunday, September 13, 2026
Sunday's lineup is a study in contrasts: humanoids gaining a pit crew and a place on the factory floor, while autonomy keeps colliding with the messy realities of streets, farms, and privacy. From a robot ambulance in Japan to a Waymo that dialed 911 on its own passengers, today's stories track machines earning trust one incident at a time.
- 01 911 for humanoids: Japan debuts first-ever ‘robot ambulance’ to provide on-site repairs
GMO's on-site repair service hints that keeping humanoids running may become as important a business as building them in the first place.
Read at source ↗ - 02 7 humanoid robot makers taking over real-world factories
A useful roundup of the makers actually putting humanoids into factories, warehouses, and service roles rather than just demo reels.
Read at source ↗ - 03 How autonomous fleets are changing what’s possible in American agriculture
ASI's tractor partnership with U.S. Sugar shows autonomous fleets tackling labor-intensive fieldwork where the business case is clearest.
Read at source ↗ - 04 Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun
A robotaxi flagging armed juveniles and summoning police raises fresh questions about what autonomous vehicles are watching for and reporting.
Read at source ↗ - 05 Your car is selling your data
As cars grow more autonomous and connected, the data they quietly collect and sell becomes a privacy story worth reading closely.
Read at source ↗ - 06 Police officer faces misconduct hearing after drone hits child
A UK officer's misconduct hearing after a drone struck a child is a sobering reminder that operator accountability matters as aerial policing expands.
Read at source ↗ - 07 Learn how AVs and robotics are laying the groundwork for field deployments at RoboBusiness
ASI's Mel Torrie makes the case at RoboBusiness that the AV-robotics crossover is where real field deployments get built.
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