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XPENG Launches Mass Production of IRON Humanoid
XPENG has officially launched its automotive-grade assembly line for the IRON humanoid, achieving a world-first autonomous walk-off milestone
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Figure AI Reports Rapid Growth for Index, Surpassing 69,000 Weekly Active Users
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Dynamic Creatures Emerges From Stealth With Boston Dynamics Backing to Build Expressive Guest-Facing Robots
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From Stadiums to the Front Line: How China and the US Are Preparing Humanoids for Combat
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XPENG Launches Mass Production of IRON Humanoid
XPENG has officially launched its automotive-grade assembly line for the IRON humanoid, achieving a world-first autonomous walk-off milestone
Agility's Numbers Are In: $1.8M in Sales, a $138M Loss, and a Backlog Owed to an Insider
Agility Robotics' Form S-4 puts audited numbers behind the humanoid industry's first US listing: $1.78 million in 2025 sales, a $138.1 million net loss, and a going-concern warning. The headline $300 million backlog turns out to be a single contract with a related party, partly paid in warrants — and the competition section names eight rivals without mentioning a single Chinese manufacturer.
Beyond Mechanical Chatbots: Galbot Unveils RoboGesture to Tackle Real-Time Nonverbal Communication
Galbot and researchers from Tsinghua University introduce RoboGesture, a streaming diffusion-based system that aligns speech with expressive, collision-free humanoid gestures.
AGIBOT Deepens European Push at IFA 2026 with TÜV Rheinland Certification and Tekpoint Retail Alliance
Hot on the heels of launching its Serbian manufacturing hub, AGIBOT showcased its multi-robot lineup at IFA 2026 in Berlin, securing key safety certifications from TÜV Rheinland and partnering with distributor Tekpoint.
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Supply Chain Rumors Hint at Massive Optimus Order as Fremont Production Line Ramps Up
Chinese supply chain reports suggest Tesla has placed bulk component orders for roughly 5,000 Optimus units, fueling speculation about the humanoid robot’s path to commercial scale.
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Unitree Unveils UnifoLM-X2: World Model AI Powers Fully Autonomous Robot Combat
Unitree Robotics has demonstrated its G1 humanoid sparring autonomously against a human, using the UnifoLM-X2-1.0 predictive world model to ditch teleoperation in high-speed combat.
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Agility's Numbers Are In: $1.8M in Sales, a $138M Loss, and a Backlog Owed to an Insider
Agility Robotics' Form S-4 puts audited numbers behind the humanoid industry's first US listing: $1.78 million in 2025 sales, a $138.1 million net loss, and a going-concern warning. The headline $300 million backlog turns out to be a single contract with a related party, partly paid in warrants — and the competition section names eight rivals without mentioning a single Chinese manufacturer.
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Wandercraft Signs 12 Enterprise Customers for Calvin-40 Industrial Humanoid
Parisian robotics pioneer Wandercraft has signed 12 enterprise clients across automotive, defense, logistics, and retail for its Calvin-40 humanoid, advancing its deliberate, payload-focused path to industrial scale.
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NEURA Robotics and SECO Team Up to Scale European Physical AI Hardware
NEURA Robotics and Italian embedded systems specialist SECO partner to industrialize distributed compute modules powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing chips, eyeing scalable humanoid production and semiconductor automation.
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Beyond Mechanical Chatbots: Galbot Unveils RoboGesture to Tackle Real-Time Nonverbal Communication
Galbot and researchers from Tsinghua University introduce RoboGesture, a streaming diffusion-based system that aligns speech with expressive, collision-free humanoid gestures.
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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Hits 95% on Physical Manipulation Benchmark, But Precision Tasks Expose Familiar Bottlenecks
RoboCurve benchmarked OpenAI’s new GPT-6 Astra on real robot arms, revealing dramatic efficiency and spatial reasoning gains on gross manipulation alongside a persistent 10% plateau on millimeter-precision tasks.
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Galbot Opens Pre-Orders for ET1 Bipedal Humanoid Aimed at Entertainment and Performance
Galbot has opened pre-orders for the ET1, a compact 1.25-meter bipedal robot designed for dynamic stage performance and interactive commercial venues, stepping directly into competition with Unitree and AGIBOT.
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Tuya Unveils Doova: An AI Companion Robot Targeting Elder Care and Smart Home Hubs
Announced at IFA 2026, Tuya Smart’s new mobile companion robot combines fall detection, multimodal LLM conversations, and AIoT control tailored for seniors living alone.
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AGIBOT Deepens European Push at IFA 2026 with TÜV Rheinland Certification and Tekpoint Retail Alliance
Hot on the heels of launching its Serbian manufacturing hub, AGIBOT showcased its multi-robot lineup at IFA 2026 in Berlin, securing key safety certifications from TÜV Rheinland and partnering with distributor Tekpoint.
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NVIDIA Buys Hugging Face for $12.9B as Open-Source Robotics Scales Up
NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, bringing the open-source hub into its physical AI orbit just as Pollen Robotics launches the viral $399 Microduck.
