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Japan’s Shimizu Invests in Noble Machines to Develop Humanoid Robots for Construction

Insider Brief Shimizu Corporation has invested in Silicon Valley startup Noble Machines and launched a collaboration to develop humanoid robots for construction sites. According to the Japanese construction company, the collaboration will combine Noble

16 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Japan

Japan’s Shimizu Invests in Noble Machines to Develop Humanoid Robots for Construction

Report: Physical AI Growing Faster Than Markets Are Ready to Deploy

Hitachi & Agile Robots Partner to Develop Physical AI for Autonomous Manufacturing

Hitachi and Fanuc Partner to Commercialize Physical AI for Manufacturing

Japan’s DIC Backs Mantis Robotics With Undisclosed Funding

Japan’s O-ID Raises $1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding to Develop Modular Humanoid Robots for Factories

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Japan

Japan’s Shimizu Invests in Noble Machines to Develop Humanoid Robots for Construction

Kawasaki Develops ‘Home LEO’ Social Robot Prototype to Support Older Adults at Home

Report: Physical AI Growing Faster Than Markets Are Ready to Deploy

Hitachi & Agile Robots Partner to Develop Physical AI for Autonomous Manufacturing

Hitachi and Fanuc Partner to Commercialize Physical AI for Manufacturing

Japan’s DIC Backs Mantis Robotics With Undisclosed Funding

Japan’s O-ID Raises $1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding to Develop Modular Humanoid Robots for Factories

Trending today

IBM Ventures Backs Leena AI to Scale Agentic AI for Enterprise Back Offices

OpenAI Reportedly Seeks $30B at $1.25T Valuation Ahead of IPO

Walmart Opens Its Doors to AI Shopping Agents With New Agent Gateway

Anthropic Faces Scrutiny Over Investor Stakes, Cloud Strains and Draft AI Safety Bill Ahead of Expected IPO

Spotify Bets on AI Agents as a Growth Driver After Strong Third Quarter

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