Humanoid Robots
Bipedal general-purpose robots — coverage of humanoid platforms, their actuators and control stacks, factory pilots, and the funding behind them.
Coverage (132 articles)
- Robotics Week in Review: Oct 23–Oct 30, 2026 — Humanoid platforms advanced from synchronized demos and records to production lines and enterprise AI tools this week. Tesla, Figure, AgiBot, and Google DeepMin
- AGIBOT AHA3 Platform and Worken Metric Launch at Innovation Day — AGIBOT unveiled its AHA3 humanoid hardware platform with liquid-cooled IP67 joints and OmniHand 3 dexterous hands at its October 29 Innovation Day in Shanghai.
- Tesla Optimus 24/7 Data Collection with 24 lb Sensor Suits — Tesla runs continuous data collection at Palo Alto and Texas sites using dedicated teams in 24 lb suits with up to 40 cameras and 3D sensors. The effort has ope
- Genie 4: Google DeepMind World Model Advances Robot Simulation Training — Google DeepMind released Genie 4 on October 27, 2026. The interactive world model generates photorealistic scenes with native audio, real-time steering, and imp
- GXO Expands Agility Digit Deployments to NC and TN Warehouses — GXO Logistics announced on October 26, 2026 that it will deploy Agility Robotics Digit humanoids at warehouses in Statesville, North Carolina and Lebanon, Tenne
- Tesla Optimus Production Starts at Fremont with 2027 Delivery Target — Tesla began early production of Optimus humanoid robots on a high-volume line at its Fremont factory during Q3 2026. External deliveries are targeted for late 2
- AgiBot Sets Guinness Record with 110 Expedition A3 Dancing — On October 24, 2026, AgiBot's 110 Expedition A3 humanoids performed a synchronized dance in Jinan, setting the Guinness World Record for the most humanoid robot
- Figure 04 Design Lock Advances Custom Actuators — Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock announced during an October 22 all-hands that Figure 04 has reached full design lock. Parts are now shipping while the team character
- Robotics Week in Review: Oct 16–Oct 23, 2026 — This week highlighted rapid progress in embodied AI models, cross-embodiment world models, and hardware optimizations alongside China's policy push boosting Uni
- AGIBOT Dataset Sharpens Robot Decision-Making in Shifting Scenes — AGIBOT released its AGIBOT WORLD 2026 Release 4 physical reasoning dataset on October 22. The open Hugging Face resource trains robots to adapt actions to chang
- Figure 03 vs Tiangong Ultra: 2026 Capabilities and Costs — Figure 03 targets home and factory tasks with Helix AI showing 56% zero-shot success in unseen homes. Tiangong Ultra prioritizes speed and endurance after setti
- Ropedia W0 Open Release: Cross-Embodiment Loco-Manipulation Model — Ropedia released W0, an open egocentric world model trained on 13,000 hours of human and robot video. The model predicts future video for humans, robot arms, an
- NVIDIA GR00T 1.7 and Agile ONE SN Launch at GTC Berlin — NVIDIA released GR00T 1.7, a 3-billion-parameter VLA model, and partnered with Agile Robots on the Agile ONE SN humanoid reference platform at GTC Berlin on Oct
- Unitree Stock Surges 16% on China Embodied AI Policy — Unitree Robotics shares rose 16.15% to ¥495.92 on October 19 after nine Chinese government departments issued guidance promoting embodied AI in household servic
- Agility Digit 5 Nyobolt Battery Hits 9-Minute Charge for 20-Hour Days — Agility Robotics selected Nyobolt battery technology for its Digit 5 humanoid on October 15, 2026. The system targets 90 minutes of runtime from a nine-minute c
- Robotics Week in Review: Oct 9–Oct 16, 2026 — AI training breakthroughs and record funding dominated robotics this week, as models like Gemini 4 Argon slashed humanoid learning times while NVIDIA and others
- Gemini 4 Argon Cuts Apptronik Apollo Cornhole Training to Hours — Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Argon model analyzed a human cornhole video on October 13, 2026, built a MuJoCo simulation, and trained an Apptronik Apollo 2 humanoi
- NVIDIA Eyes $1B Figure AI Stake at $38B Valuation — NVIDIA is in talks to invest another $1 billion in Figure AI at a roughly $38 billion pre-money valuation. The move would expand NVIDIA's existing stake and sup
- Physical Intelligence Pi API Beta Speeds Figure 03 and Tiangong Fine-Tuning — Physical Intelligence opened beta access to its Pi API on October 13, letting developers fine-tune π0 and π0.5 models on managed compute and run inference throu
- Boston Dynamics Atlas GR3 Hand: 13-DOF Specs for Tool Use — Boston Dynamics unveiled the GR3 hand for its electric Atlas humanoid on October 1, 2026. The four-fingered design delivers 13 degrees of freedom with direct ac
- UBTECH FAW-Volkswagen Humanoid Logistics Trials Advance 2026 — UBTECH Robotics and FAW-Volkswagen signed a strategic agreement on October 8, 2026, to develop and test humanoid robots for factory logistics. The work builds o
- Robotics Week in Review: Oct 2–Oct 9, 2026 — Humanoid pilots expanded in factories while AI software leaps and maintenance realities surfaced. Leadership changes and regulatory scrutiny rounded out a week
- California Cease-and-Desist Targets REK Human vs EngineAI T800 Robot Fight — The California State Athletic Commission sent REK founder Cix Liv a cease-and-desist notice dated September 23, 2026, after the September 18 San Francisco event
- Frankie LaPenna T800 Fight Exposes Teleop and Safety Gaps — On September 18 2026 influencer Frankie LaPenna faced EngineAI’s T800 humanoid in a San Francisco cage match staged by REK. The teleoperated robot delivered pow
- Samsung RX Humanoid: $20k Annual Maintenance at AI Forum — Samsung’s RX division revealed at the September 30 AI Forum that its humanoid carries roughly $100,000 in hardware costs plus another $100,000 in engineering, w
- Rohit Prasad Appointed Boston Dynamics CEO for Atlas Push — Boston Dynamics named Rohit Prasad, former Amazon Alexa and AGI leader, as CEO effective October 7, 2026. He replaces interim chief Amanda McMaster following Ro
- Figure AI Melts F.02 Fleet: Schwarzenegger's Terminator Sendoff — Figure AI retired its F.02 humanoid fleet by training the robots to jump into a 75-ton electric arc furnace in Imatra, Finland. CEO Brett Adcock followed Arnold
- Unitree G1 Humanoids Shine on AGT Finale with Synchronized Dance — Eight Unitree G1 humanoids joined dancer Wu Yufei for a water-sleeve dance routine on the America's Got Talent Season 21 finale on September 22, 2026. The perfo
- BMW Leipzig Humanoid Robot Pilot Advances with Hexagon AEON — BMW Group has launched a pilot deploying Hexagon Robotics' AEON humanoid at its Leipzig plant for high-voltage battery assembly and component manufacturing. The
- Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics 2 Scales via Software Partnerships — Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, 2026, delivering vision-language-action models for whole-body humanoid control, dexterity, and multi-robo
- Robotics Week in Review: Sep 25–Oct 2, 2026 — Humanoid robots advanced toward real warehouse and factory roles while software platforms and record industrial deployments underscored automation's acceleratin
- NVIDIA Expands Open Physical AI Stack with OpenUSD for Humanoids — NVIDIA released updates to its open physical AI stack on September 30, 2026, built around OpenUSD and Omniverse for reusable digital twins in humanoid training
- IFR Data: 5 Million Robots Signal Labor Shift, Not Humanoid Revolution — The International Federation of Robotics' World Robotics 2026 report shows global factory robot stock reached 5 million units in 2025, with China installing 59
- Agility Digit 5 Humanoid Raises Payload to 50 lb for Warehouse Scale — Agility Robotics launched the Digit 5 humanoid on September 15, 2026. The new model lifts 50 pounds repeatedly, adds cooperative safety features for barrier-fre
- Tesla Optimus Hits Hundreds Weekly at Fremont as Hand Assembly Bottleneck — Tesla scaled Optimus V3 output at Fremont from dozens per week in Q2 to several hundred in August 2026 by converting former Model S/X lines. Most units stay in
- Feather Robotics Launches $30K Wheeled Humanoid for Developers — Feather Robotics unveiled its $29,990 omnidirectional wheeled humanoid on September 24, 2026, alongside a $7.6 million pre-seed round led by Gradient.
- Boston Dynamics Atlas Trains at Hyundai Metaplant RMAC Center — Boston Dynamics opened the RMAC training center inside Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America near Savannah, Georgia, on September 21, 2026. Atlas humanoids are
- Robotics Week in Review: Sep 18–Sep 25, 2026 — This week showcased explosive humanoid deployments in entertainment, services, and homes alongside major AI training leaps. AGIBOT hit 300 robots at Chimelong w
- AGIBOT Chimelong Deployment Hits 300 Robots, Delivers 20,000th A3 Ultra — AGIBOT and Chimelong Group launched the first phase of a large-scale embodied AI deployment at Chimelong Spaceship Park in Zhuhai, China, on September 24, 2026.
- Skild AI S1 Soccer Skills Emerge from 140 Years of Self-Play — Skild AI announced September 23 that its S1 foundation model learned complex humanoid soccer behaviors through self-play in NVIDIA Isaac Sim. The policy, traine
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