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10 stories dated June 2026.
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BMW says, in its own words, that its Figure 02 pilot supported production of more than 30,000 X3s over ten months. Its successor, Figure 03, has started a parts-sorting demonstration. There's still no cost data, and no word on whether the first robot hit its speed target.
Three and a half years into a four-year pilot, the city says four robots ended manual hauling of 200-kilo carts at night. Its own report also says the robots still aren't fully used.
Bojangles' "Bo-Linda" is in 450 of about 880 restaurants, and White Castle's "Julia" is in about 40. Both chains say accuracy is high and no jobs were cut. Some customers say the experience feels cold.
Norse Atlantic Airways sends passengers to an AI agent and lists no phone line. FTC records show customers who went looking for one and found scammers.
Garfield AI did the paperwork; a human barrister argued the case. The firm says the client paid about £400 in fees.
The 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express reached commercial operation on May 13, 2026, and can deliver 1,250 MW, up to 20% of the city's needs. Market restrictions limited how it sold power at first.
About 3,650 MW of New Mexico wind and a 550-mile HVDC line to Arizona are now delivering power to the western grid, Pattern Energy says. Its builders don't give a total cost.
Slate says its pickup has fewer than half the parts of a typical truck, and it plans to build it in a former printing plant in Warsaw, Indiana, with no paint shop. First deliveries are expected in Q4 2026.
The company says campus work taught it to run robots at scale. At least two campuses lost service within a week of the announcement.
CVS says hundreds of robots now store and retrieve health and beauty products for its stores, while staff sort them. Its sorting vendor reports bigger gains, using a different site name and two versions of its cost figure.