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An AI-enabled robot needs two related but distinct assessments: AI Act classification and machinery product-safety conformity. This guide maps the decision gates, operator roles, evidence and revised dates.
Start MuJoCo Playground by pinning an environment, verifying CUDA-backed JAX and running CartpoleBalance. Treat the first job as an installation test, not proof of a transferable robot policy.
The Woven City Robot Platform is not one robot product. It is a development and integration environment linking simulation, hardware, building systems and operations in a living testbed.
XPENG targets year-end 2026 mass production and an initial store pilot for IRON, but no official price, general order route or public SDK download was verified by August 7, 2026.
LG CLOiD performed staged household demonstrations at CES 2026, but LG had not published a retail price, preorder route or consumer delivery date as of August 7, 2026.
CRA reporting for actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe security incidents starts on 11 September 2026, while the Act applies in full from 11 December 2027. Connected-robot teams should separate the immediate reporting workflow from the longer product-security and conformity programme.
Fine-tuning SmolVLA starts with matching the dataset to the target robot, not with copying a training command. Lock the LeRobot version, verify camera, state and action schemas, fine-tune the base checkpoint, then compare saved checkpoints in a repeatable real-robot test.
NAVER 1784 is not simply an office with many autonomous mobile robots. It is a building-scale operating system in which ARC coordinates robot tasks and location, Rookie performs deliveries, Roboport handles vertical travel, and service software connects orders to people.
Samsung said in April 2025 that Ballie would be available to consumers in the United States and Korea that summer. As of August 7, 2026, the reviewed official material does not provide a current price, order path or shipping terms; that gap also does not prove cancellation.
Genie 3 is a world model that generates interactive virtual environments, not a robot VLA or motor controller. It may supply training and evaluation worlds, but a separate policy, hardware interface and safety stack must command a physical robot.