Dexterity

Korean logistics-robot startup Roboe Technology finished runner-up among 14 finalists in the Korea regional final of Pegasus Tech Ventures' Startup World Cup 2026, HelloT reported on Oct 15. It pitched MOROW, a family of autonomous robots for heavy container and truck unloading built on its own AI, motion-control, vision and simulation software: a mobile collaborative palletiser (CBR), an autonomous unloading robot (MGR) and an AI piece-picking robot (XPR), aimed at mattresses, bulk apparel, shoes and appliances. According to the report, the company has proof-of-concept and delivery orders with a large Korean logistics firm and U.S. customers and is preparing overseas expansion. The same job draws heavier money in the U.S., where MEKAWIRE records $140 million in disclosed funding for Dexterity and $50 million for Pickle Robot.

The next major challenge in robotic dexterity is making the entire system reliable enough to turn capabilities into useful work.

FedEx and Dexterity said on 30 July 2026 that they are expanding autonomous trailer loading at the FedEx Hagerstown Hub in Maryland, moving Dexterity's dual-armed Mech robot and its Foresight world model from an earlier pilot site to a significantly larger operation. Neither company disclosed robot numbers, financial terms or a completion date.

Tokyo-based Mujin said on 2 December 2025 it had raised ¥36.4 billion ($233 million) in the first close of a Series D round, combining $133 million of equity co-led by NTT Group and the Qatar Investment Authority with $100 million of loans from Japanese banks. The company plans to use the money to turn MujinOS into a product business and to push harder into Europe and North America, with a second close planned for 2026.

At its Delivering the Future event on October 22, 2025, Amazon showed Blue Jay, a multi-arm system it said could pick, stow and consolidate about 75% of the item types at a South Carolina test site, and Project Eluna, an agentic AI piloted at a Tennessee fulfillment center. Amazon said Blue Jay went from concept to production in just over a year, but an update dated February 25, 2026 states the company no longer uses it in operations.

Amazon introduced Vulcan at its Delivering the Future event in Dortmund, Germany, on May 7, 2025, a fulfillment robot whose grippers carry force sensors so it can feel its way into crowded storage bins. The company said Vulcan can handle about 75% of the item types in its fulfillment centers and was already working in Spokane, Washington, and Hamburg, Germany, with wider rollout in Europe and the United States planned over the next couple of years.