Humanoids
Bipedal and human-form robotic systems
Molex MiniMix Connector Fits Through 5.65mm Openings for Humanoid Joints
The hybrid power-and-data connector from Molex routes through apertures half the size of competing p...
AI Robotics Eyes Hong Kong IPO After Raising $890M for Humanoid Development
The Chinese humanoid developer has secured more than $890 million in venture funding and is preparin...
BYD Launches Xiao Di Humanoid for August Dealership Deployment
BYD's first commercial humanoid, Xiao Di, enters showrooms this month to greet customers at Chinese ...
AgiBot and Unitree Split 26,000 Units in China's 100,000-Robot Projection
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology expects humanoid robot production to surpass...
White House Tariffs Block Chinese Humanoid Imports as Protectionism Hits Robotics
The Trump administration has imposed sweeping tariffs targeting Chinese humanoid robot imports, effe...
Walden Robotics Partners With Toyota on Humanoid Manufacturing Platform
The Palo Alto startup has secured Toyota as a development partner for its modular humanoid system, m...
EngineAI Founder Says China Could Lead Humanoid Robotics Development
Zhao Tongyang, founder of EngineAI, argues China possesses the manufacturing scale and supply chain ...
China Claims Six of Top 10 Humanoid Robot Patent Holders in LexisNexis Analysis
A patent landscape analysis of 26,000+ humanoid robotics patent families places Chinese companies in...
FCC Restricts Foreign Humanoid and Mobile Robot Imports Under New Rules
The Federal Communications Commission has imposed restrictions on certain foreign-manufactured human...
LimX Dynamics Pivots Luna Humanoid to POC Deployments as Motion Control Edge Narrows
Co-founder Shen Hua says the Shenzhen robotics firm is moving from capability demonstrations to proo...
IPLUSMOBOT Launches NERA Platform to Standardize Navigation for Humanoids
Zhejiang IPLUSMOBOT Technology debuted its NERA-P omnidirectional chassis and NERA-C controller at t...
White House Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots, Power Inverters Under National Security Order
The administration issued an executive order blocking imports of foreign-manufactured humanoid robot...
Tesla Acquires Virtuix Omni One VR Treadmill to Train Optimus Humanoids
Tesla has purchased Virtuix's Omni One omnidirectional treadmill system for training its Optimus hum...
Integrated Actuators Reshape Humanoid Joint Design as Form Factor Becomes Critical Constraint
The shift toward integrated actuators in humanoid robots reflects a broader architectural trade-off:...
Unitree R1 Breaks 30,000 Yuan Barrier as Price War Forces Harmonic Drive Suppliers to Diversify
Unitree's sub-$4,200 humanoid has prompted Morgan Stanley to raise its 2026 production forecast to 5...
AgiBot Initiates Hong Kong IPO Filing Two Years After Shanghai Launch
The Shanghai-based humanoid robot manufacturer has begun formal proceedings for a Hong Kong Stock Ex...
Foundation Robotics Secures $24M DoD Contracts for AMD-Powered Phantom Humanoids
Foundation Robotics has locked in $24 million in Department of Defense contracts for its Phantom hum...
I, Robot's 2004 Vision Matches 2026 Humanoid and AV Deployment Timeline
Two decades after Alex Proyas directed Will Smith through a Chicago filled with household robots and...
Realbotix Deploys Humanoid in New York High School Despite Union Protest
A humanoid robot from Realbotix will operate inside a New York high school this fall, paired with an...
Foundation Future Industries Partners with AMD on Military Humanoid Robot
Foundation Future Industries, backed by Eric Trump, will integrate AMD processors into autonomous hu...
Humanoid Robots Execute First Live Animal Surgery in China Lab Trial
Two bipedal robots successfully performed surgical procedures on live pigs at a research facility in...
Holiday Robotics Raises $105M for Wheeled Humanoid FRIDAY
Holiday Robotics closed a $105 million funding round to scale production of FRIDAY, a wheeled humano...
MINDSYNC TECH Targets 2027 Production for Dexterous Hands Using 6-42mm Gearboxes
Jiangsu Leili's robotics subsidiary has developed production-ready dexterous hands built around holl...
Hyundai Tells Union Humanoid Robot Plans Off the Table in Labor Talks
The automaker says factory floor deployment of humanoid robots remains a management prerogative, des...
Humanoid Robot Market to Hit $50.27B by 2035, Up from $5.41B in 2026
The global humanoid robot market will grow nearly tenfold over the next nine years, expanding from $...
Unitree and AgiBot Open Retail Stores in Chinese Shopping Districts
Two Chinese humanoid robotics manufacturers have opened flagship retail locations in high-traffic co...
Samsung Launches RX Robotics Division with Humanoid Focus
The South Korean electronics giant has created a standalone robotics business unit called RX, markin...
Humanoid Decapitation at Shenzhen Combat Tournament Marks First Autonomous Robot Fighting League
Engine, a Chinese robotics company, staged what it calls the Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend in Shen...
Flexion CEO Warns Against Overreliance on Teleoperation in Humanoid Training
Teleoperation has become the default data collection method for training humanoid robots, but Flexio...
Hyundai Workers Launch First Labor Strike Over Humanoid Robot Deployment
Union members at Hyundai Motor's Ulsan assembly complex walked off production lines July 15 after ma...
Agility Robotics Opens Fremont Training Center, Sets Up Shop Next to Tesla
The Oregon-based humanoid maker has launched a dedicated training facility in Fremont, California, i...
Weave Robotics Unveils Isaac Wheeled Humanoid for Home and Office
Weave Robotics has released specifications for Isaac, a wheeled bimanual manipulator targeting house...
NVIDIA Jetson Thor T3000 Delivers 865 TFLOPs for Humanoid Robotics
NVIDIA's new Jetson Thor lineup targets mainstream robotics with two compute modules: the T3000 at 8...
LimX Dynamics Oli Executes 3-Minute Household Task Demo After $200M Round
The Shenzhen-based robotics firm released an uncut video showing its Oli humanoid performing kitchen...
Murata Power Solutions Maps Power Architecture Challenges in Commercial Humanoids
John Quinlan, a veteran power systems architect at Murata Power Solutions, detailed the cascade of t...
Chinese Humanoid Robot Industry Report Maps Commercialization Shift in 2026
A new industry analysis tracking China's humanoid robotics sector highlights the transition from lab...
1X Product Chief Claims NEO Humanoid Hand Solves Dexterity Challenge
Dar Sleeper, head of product at 1X, says the Norwegian robotics company has overcome one of the indu...
Humanoid Robots Complete First Gallbladder Removals in Pigs
Two humanoid surgical robots successfully performed cholecystectomies on porcine subjects this week,...
1X Ships NEO Beta Units with Redesigned Hands Targeting Kitchen Use
Norwegian robotics firm 1X has begun delivering NEO beta units equipped with newly designed manipula...
1X Neo Humanoid Debuts 25-DOF Tendon-Driven Hands Ahead of Mass Production
The Norwegian robotics firm has equipped its Neo platform with hands featuring 25 degrees of freedom...
Unitree G1 Humanoid Completes Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in First Live Surgery
A modified Unitree G1 humanoid robot performed a complete gallbladder removal on a living subject, r...
Unitree and UBTECH Split China's Humanoid Market with $16K Industrial Bots vs. Luxury Consumer Androids
Hangzhou-based Unitree is scaling production of its $16,000 G1 industrial humanoid while Shenzhen ri...
Former Tesla Optimus Engineer Rémi Cadène Launches Paris-Based Humanoid Startup UMA
Rémi Cadène, who contributed to Tesla's Optimus development, has founded UMA in Paris with plans for...
IEEE Honors Toshio Fukuda After 2,000+ Papers in Robotics
The IEEE has recognized Toshio Fukuda, a researcher whose bibliography spans more than 2,000 papers ...
Humanoid Robot Market Projected to Reach $50.27B by 2035
The global humanoid robot market will grow from $5.41 billion this year to $50.27 billion by 2035, r...
Boston Dynamics Deploys Atlas and Spot at 2026 FIFA World Cup
Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics have positioned the Atlas humanoid and Spot quadruped at Wor...
UBTECH U1 Humanoid Runs 2-4 Hours Per Charge at $146,000 Price Point
UBTECH's full-size humanoid U1 Ultra carries a 990,000 yuan price tag but operates for just two to f...
Three Humanoid Makers Show Physical Intelligence Gains in Factory Trials
Separate demonstrations from humanoid developers this week highlighted tactile sensing, object manip...
Unitree Robotics Clears $619M Shanghai IPO Registration
China's securities regulator approved Unitree Robotics' registration for a STAR Market listing, remo...
Mirsee Robotics Enters Third-Gen Humanoid Design for Industrial Work
Cambridge, Ontario-based Mirsee Robotics is engineering its third-generation wheeled humanoid robot,...
Netherlands Opens Humanoid Application Center to Close Gap with China
A new facility in the Netherlands aims to accelerate European humanoid robotics development, where C...
Tesla Optimus Production Line Draws Musk Visit to Fremont Facility
Elon Musk toured Tesla's Fremont factory to inspect Optimus humanoid robot production infrastructure...
UBTech U1 Companion Robot Enters Consumer Market With Synthetic Skin
UBTech Robotics has begun selling its U1 humanoid robot, a consumer-facing companion unit covered in...
Apptronik Opens Austin Training Center, Ships Apollo 2 Humanoid
The Texas robotics firm has activated a new facility dedicated to training humanoid robots for wareh...
Humanoid Robot Sector Closes June 2026 with IPOs, Factory Deployments
The humanoid robotics industry recorded multiple milestones across commercialization, manufacturing ...
UBTech Books $334M in Humanoid Sales Over Four-Week Period
The Shenzhen-based robotics manufacturer moved more than $334 million in bionic humanoid units betwe...
UBTECH U1 Series Logs 11,000 Pre-Orders Ahead of Consumer Humanoid Launch
Shenzhen-based UBTECH unveiled its first full-sized consumer humanoid, the U1 Series, under new bran...
OpenHarmony Powers 1.3 Billion Devices as Huawei Pushes Humanoid Ecosystem
Huawei's OpenHarmony operating system now runs across 1.3 billion connected devices in China, positi...
NVIDIA Holds Dominant Position in Humanoid Robotics Compute, Bernstein Maintains Outperform Rating
Bernstein analysts reiterated their bullish stance on NVIDIA's role in humanoid robotics on June 29,...
DPS Ruby Park Deploys Humanoid Robot in New AI-Robotics Lab
Delhi Public School Ruby Park in Kolkata has opened an AI-Robotics Lab featuring a humanoid robot as...
Flexion Robotics Trains Humanoid to Sort Mail, Book Meetings in Office Pilot
The San Jose startup founded by three ex-Nvidia engineers has deployed a humanoid capable of navigat...
AgiBot Humanoids Head to Michigan Data Center Amid Noise Lawsuit
A data center operator in Dowagiac, Michigan plans to deploy humanoid robots from Chinese manufactur...
Eight Chinese Teams Compete in Autonomous Humanoid Penalty Shootout at MWC Shanghai
Over 10,000 spectators watched eight embodied AI teams from China put their humanoid robots through ...
UBTECH U1 Companion Robot Records 5,000 Pre-Orders in Two Weeks
The Shenzhen-based robotics manufacturer's full-size humanoid companion has captured more than 5,000...
Mantis Robotics Launches Dual-Arm Fenceless Robot for Complex Environments
Mantis Robotics has introduced a dual-arm collaborative robot designed to operate without safety fen...
Canadian Greenhouse Growers Deploy Vision-Guided Harvesting Arms Across 12 Facilities
Automated fruit-picking systems trained on multi-dimensional canopy data are now operating in commer...
Tesla Taps Taiwanese Suppliers for Optimus Production Ramp
Elon Musk's humanoid robot venture is engaging component manufacturers across Taiwan's supply chain,...
Robot.com Unveils R-noid Humanoid Without Legs for Industrial Tasks
The San Francisco startup promises deployment from site visit to autonomous operation in months, tar...
Robot.com Deploys Fewer Than 40 Wheeled Humanoids After Campus Delivery Pivot
The delivery robot startup has fielded under 40 units of its R-noid humanoid platform, powered by a ...
Bear Robotics Acquires Kinisi Robotics, Gains Bristol AI Team
The Redwood City-based service robot maker has purchased Kinisi Robotics, bringing the UK startup's ...
Chinese Robotics Makers Report Hardware, AI Integration Gains in Q2 2026
Multiple domestic manufacturers demonstrated advances in humanoid dexterity and embodied AI systems ...
European Humanoid Makers Target Niche Applications at Vivatech 2026
French robotics firms showcased humanoid platforms designed for vineyard labor and hospitality roles...
Unitree Robotics Reports Profitability as AI Gap Threatens Market Position
The Chinese robotics manufacturer has turned profitable through aggressive cost reduction, positioni...
Unitree G1 Humanoid Summits 6,310-Meter Volcano in Ecuador Field Test
A modified Unitree G1 robot designated Pemba reached the summit of Chimborazo volcano, marking the f...
Guozheng Robot Industry Index ETF Launches as China Targets Humanoid Mass Production
A specialized exchange-traded fund tracking China's humanoid robotics supply chain has entered the m...
Unitree Robotics Files for Shanghai IPO on Low-Cost Humanoid Pitch
The Hangzhou-based robotics firm is taking its sub-$20,000 humanoid strategy public, betting that Ch...
Richtech Robotics DEX Featured in Automate 2026 Humanoid Pavilion at Booth 2088
The Association for Advancing Automation debuts a dedicated humanoid robotics pavilion at Automate 2...
Richtech Robotics Opens Public Livestream of ADAM Humanoid Robot
The Las Vegas-based company will allow online viewers to interact with its NVIDIA-powered service ro...
NVIDIA Isaac Lab Trains Humanoid Robot Locomotion in Seven Days
A research team used NVIDIA's Isaac Lab simulation platform to teach a humanoid robot to walk in one...
Honor Lightning Humanoid Runs Half-Marathon in 50:26, Beating Human Record
A humanoid robot from Honor completed a half-marathon seven minutes faster than the human world reco...
Unitree G1 Humanoid Reaches 6,268 Meters on Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador
Eastworlds Labs, the AI robotics arm of Virgin Group, deployed a modified Unitree G1 humanoid to the...
Korean Humanoid Learns K-Pop Choreography From Video Alone
A South Korean robotics firm demonstrated a humanoid robot that acquires complex dance sequences by ...
XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng Takes Direct Control of Humanoid Robot Division
He Xiaopeng, founder and chief executive of the $11 billion electric vehicle maker, has assumed lead...
World Humanoid Robot Games 2026 Adds Ping-Pong AI Challenge
The Intelligent Racing Foundation and Beao Group will stage a table tennis competition pitting auton...
Humanoid Robot Pricing Debate Centers on $20,000 Target at Robotics Summit
Industry experts sparred over the feasibility of delivering general-purpose humanoid robots at consu...
Google DeepMind Robotics Partner Caught Using Fake Humanoid in Promo Video
A small AI company recently named to Google DeepMind's European robotics partnership program posted ...
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng Takes Direct Control of Humanoid Robot Division
He Xiaopeng has assumed direct leadership of Xpeng's robotics unit as the Chinese electric vehicle m...
UWORLD Humanoid Companion Robot Logs 3,000 Orders in First Week on JD.com
UBTECH's consumer spinoff brand UWORLD moved more than 3,000 units of its full-size humanoid compani...
YY Group Enters Humanoid Robotics With Facility Management Focus
The NASDAQ-listed company plans to deploy humanoid robots in its own commercial real estate holdings...
YY Group Deploys Unitree G1 Humanoids to Build Facility Management Training Data
The Singapore-based integrated facility management firm has purchased an undisclosed number of Unitr...
NVIDIA and Hyundai Expand Robotics Partnership with Boston Dynamics Atlas Integration
Jensen Huang visited Hyundai's Seoul headquarters Monday to formalize deeper collaboration on roboti...
Tesla Optimus Production Cost Hits $55K Per Unit, Legs Alone Cost $21K
Manufacturing cost breakdowns for Tesla's humanoid robot reveal actuator-heavy legs account for 38% ...
Figure AI, Agility, Tesla Build Patent Portfolios as China Floods Humanoid Market
Three American robotics firms are pursuing a long-term intellectual property strategy while Chinese ...
Jinki-Ittai Scouts Indian Manufacturing Partners at Coimbatore Trade Show
The Tokyo-based humanoid robotics firm is using INTEC 2026 in Coimbatore as a sourcing venue for con...
Figure AI Lands Commercial Deal with Catalyst Brands for Reno Warehouse
Catalyst Brands will deploy Figure's humanoid robots at its Reno facility handling fulfillment for J...
Nvidia Partners with Unitree on Open Humanoid Reference Design Platform
Nvidia announced a partnership with Unitree Robotics at GTC Taipei to create the world's first open ...
WisdomTree Launches WDRN ETF Targeting Physical AI and Humanoid Robotics Sector
WisdomTree Inc. debuted its Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund on May 14, marking one of the fi...
NVIDIA Taps Unitree G1 as Reference Design for Project GR00T Humanoid Initiative
Spencer Huang, NVIDIA's robotics lead, confirmed the company selected Unitree's six-foot G1 humanoid...
Mouser Electronics Launches Humanoid Robot Design Series with TI, Analog Devices
The Texas-based distributor's new Empowering Innovation Together program tackles actuator selection,...
Unitree Robotics clears Shanghai IPO as China preps 30+ listings
Unitree Robotics has received approval to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, becoming the first in...
Qualcomm pitches $300 laptop chip and humanoid SoC in single week
The San Diego chipmaker unveiled a Snapdragon platform targeting budget Windows devices alongside a ...
NVIDIA Open-Sources Physical AI Toolset for Robotics Agents
NVIDIA released a collection of open source tools and pre-built skills designed to convert robotics ...
Nvidia selects Unitree G1 for first open humanoid platform
The Santa Clara chipmaker chose a $16,000 Chinese-built humanoid as the reference hardware for its n...
Unitree H2 Plus Pairs Jetson Thor With GR00T for $25K Research Bot
Unitree Robotics ships a complete humanoid research platform combining its H2 chassis, Sharpa dexter...
Defiance ETF Launches First Pure-Play Humanoid Robotics Fund
Defiance ETFs has introduced ROBO, the first exchange-traded fund dedicated exclusively to humanoid ...
Humanoid Developers Shift Focus From Proof-of-Concept to Scale
Humanoid robotics developers gathering in Sunnyvale this month discussed production capacity and sup...
AI Robotics Demos AlphaBot at BEYOND Expo Booth D06
AI Robotics deployed its AlphaBot humanoid at BEYOND Expo 2026 to run an unassisted coffee service a...
Boston Dynamics Atlas demonstrates soccer skills in World Cup demo
Boston Dynamics released footage showing its Atlas humanoid executing soccer maneuvers including bal...
Humanoids Summit Tokyo Opens With Needle-Threading Demo
Japanese robotics developers demonstrated needle-threading precision at the Humanoids Summit Tokyo, ...
China Issues Digital IDs to 28,000 Humanoid Robots
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has registered 28,000 humanoid robots in a n...
Japanese Humanoid Makers Demo Needle Threading at Tokyo Summit
Japanese robotics firms demonstrated humanoid robots threading needles at the Humanoids Summit Tokyo...
Unitree files for IPO as humanoid profits evaporate
Unitree Robotics has filed for an IPO in China despite financials showing eroding profits as product...
Taiwan robotics suppliers report Q1 gains on AI automation surge
Taiwan's robotics component suppliers reported strong Q1 2026 earnings as manufacturers accelerated ...
Hugging Face Releases $2,500 Open-Source Bipedal Robot Design
Hugging Face published complete design files for a bipedal robot lower body built from $2,500 in off...
Home Humanoid Robot Market to Hit $8.6B by 2031 at 31% CAGR
The home humanoid robot market will reach $8.56 billion by 2031, up from $1.29 billion in 2024, acco...
Air NZ Sets Case-by-Case Policy for Humanoid Robot Passengers
Air New Zealand will assess humanoid robots for passenger flights individually rather than ban them ...
Beijing Launches Digital ID Platform for Humanoid Robots
Beijing municipal authorities have deployed China's first lifecycle management platform for humanoid...
Gatsby Deploys Humanoid for First US Home Cleaning at $150
Gatsby charged a customer $150 for what it claims is the first residential cleaning by a humanoid ro...
China Unveils OpenHarmony-Based Robot OS for Humanoids
Chinese developers released a robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, positioning it as the cou...
Figure AI Robots Run 24-Hour Warehouse Test Autonomously
Figure AI ran three humanoid robots for more than 24 consecutive hours sorting packages in a warehou...
NASA Robotics Veteran: US Humanoids Prioritize Performance Over Adaptability
A former chief of NASA's robotics division says American humanoid developers prioritize speed and ag...
Orbit Robotics Unveils Four-Armed Helios for Microgravity
Orbit Robotics has built Helios, a four-armed robot with no legs, optimized for microgravity environ...
China Deploys 100 Humanoid Robots to Employee Homes
An unnamed Chinese robotics manufacturer has placed 100 humanoid robots in employee homes this month...
Khgears to Enter Humanoid Market, Eyes Japan Alliance
Taiwan precision component maker Khgears International plans to manufacture humanoid robot parts sta...
Robot.com Launches R-ads Autonomous Robot Ad Network
Robot.com will deploy its autonomous fleet as mobile billboards through R-ads, a new platform that p...
Boston Dynamics Atlas faces rare-earth supply risk before IPO
Boston Dynamics advances toward public markets and factory deployment of Atlas as Hyundai accelerate...
World's Largest Humanoid Robot Maker Says Industry Tipping Point Is Imminent
The world's largest humanoid robot manufacturer projects the industry will reach commercial viabilit...
Boston Dynamics Reveals Atlas Training Process: Virtual Simulation Meets Real-World Testing
Boston Dynamics disclosed technical details of its training pipeline for Atlas, the electric humanoi...
Humanoid Robot Market Splits Along US Innovation, China Scale Lines Through 2030
A market analysis covering nine humanoid robotics companies through 2030 reveals American firms purs...
Taiwan awards $3.2M to Solomon for humanoid robot vision-language system
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs awarded Solomon NT$100 million ($3.16 million) on May 18 to de...
Physical AI Market to Surge Tenfold to $15.24B by 2032, Fueled by Defense and Healthcare Robotics
Physical AI systems—robots that perceive and navigate real-world environments—will grow from $1.50 b...
Regional Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights Following Passenger Disruption
An unnamed regional carrier barred humanoid robots from passenger cabins after travelers crowded aro...
Open-Source Asimov Robot Aims to Democratize Humanoid Development
A volunteer-led project has published design files for a full-scale humanoid robot intended for rese...
Southwest Airlines Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Passenger Books Seat for 'Stewie'
Southwest Airlines banned humanoid robots from occupying passenger seats two days after Dallas entre...
Figure AI's Humanoid Robots Sort 88,000 Packages in 72-Hour Livestream Marathon
Figure AI streamed 72 consecutive hours of its humanoid robots sorting packages in a warehouse envir...
China Elevates Humanoid Robotics to National Priority as US Competition Intensifies
Beijing has designated humanoid robotics a strategic national priority, directing industrial policy ...
Figure AI's Humanoid Sorting Demo Draws Millions of Viewers, Exposes Warehouse Automation Gap
Figure AI's unedited livestream of its humanoid robot sorting warehouse packages attracted millions ...
Unitree Robotics Unveils Piloted Mecha Ahead of $7B IPO
Unitree Robotics revealed the GD01, a 2.8-meter piloted mecha that transforms between bipedal and qu...
Figure Scales to 55 Humanoid Robots Per Week as Production Race Intensifies
Figure's Sunnyvale facility now produces 55 humanoid robots weekly, a manufacturing milestone that p...
U.S. Lawmakers Push to Ban Chinese Ground Robots from Government Use
Bipartisan legislation introduced in March by Senators Tom Cotton and Chuck Schumer would bar federa...









































































