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- Rohit Prasad Appointed Boston Dynamics CEO for Atlas Push — Players — 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 — Editorial — 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 — Brain — 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
- Hello Robot Stretch Wins $3M NIH Grant for Elder Care Dementia Support — Players — Hello Robot received a nearly $3 million NIH grant to advance its Stretch mobile manipulator for older adults with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer’
- BMW Leipzig Humanoid Robot Pilot Advances with Hexagon AEON — Players — BMW Group has launched a pilot deploying Hexagon Robotics' AEON humanoid at its Leipzig plant for high-voltage battery assembly and component manufacturing. The
- Robotics Week in Review: Sep 25–Oct 2, 2026 — Editorial — Humanoid robots advanced toward real warehouse and factory roles while software platforms and record industrial deployments underscored automation's acceleratin
- Physical Intelligence San Francisco Lease Signals 2026 Physical AI Scaling — Editorial — Physical Intelligence subleased 80,000 square feet at 850 Brannan Street in San Francisco from Airbnb in September 2026. The robotics AI firm is expanding its B
- Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics 2 Scales via Software Partnerships — Brain — Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, 2026, delivering vision-language-action models for whole-body humanoid control, dexterity, and multi-robo
- Amazon Dobromierz Deploys 5,000 Robots in Polish Fulfillment Center — Players — Amazon opened its 12th Polish fulfillment center in Dobromierz on September 21, 2026. The 200,000 m² four-story facility uses over 5,000 Amazon Robotics units a
- NVIDIA Expands Open Physical AI Stack with OpenUSD for Humanoids — Brain — 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 — Editorial — 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 — Players — 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 — Players — 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 — Players — 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 — Players — 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 — Editorial — This week showcased explosive humanoid deployments in entertainment, services, and homes alongside major AI training leaps. AGIBOT hit 300 robots at Chimelong w