Banana-selling robots pitch customers in test run at three suburban Jewel stores

From bananas to burgers, store aisles to sidewalks, an army of robots has descended upon Chicagoland with the singular mission to bring us food.
AOL

Banana-selling robots pitch customers in test run in Chicago suburbs

From bananas to burgers, store aisles to sidewalks, an army of robots has descended upon Chicagoland with the singular mission to bring us food. Robotic serving carts, once the stuff of foodie science ...
The Robot Report

Parallax Worlds raises funding for hyper-realistic digital twins to test robots

Parallax Worlds is creating hyper-realistic digital twins for stress-testing robots and accelerating reliable deployments.
CNET

These Humanoid Robots Work Together, Running the Same AI

Figure, maker of the humanoid robot Figure 02, unveiled its new Helix AI in a video showing two robots working together to put away groceries. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for ...

Parallax Worlds raises $4.9M to help companies virtually stress-test industrial robots

Parallax Worlds, a startup building hyper-realistic virtual simulations to stress-test robots before deployment, today announced it raised $4 million in a seed round.
GeekWire

Taste test: Robot chef cooks lunch at GeekWire — and leaves us hungry for more work to do

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Jul 25, 2025 at ...