Eschewing the flashy, press-release-heavy reveals common in the robotics industry, Apptronik has silently updated its website to showcase Apollo 2, its next-generation modular humanoid platform built for scale and commercial deployment.
Chinese robotics developer AGIBOT has hit a milestone of 15,000 produced units, driven by an accelerating manufacturing timeline and deep industrial validation.
Following the retirement of its second-generation fleet, Figure returns to BMW’s South Carolina plant with Figure 03 to tackle complex material sorting and sequencing tasks.
Robotics firm 1X Technologies has hired former Pixar and Roblox engineering leader Tom Sanocki as VP of Engineering, tasking him with accelerating software pipelines ahead of late-2026 consumer shipments and the newly expanded NEO developer platform.
BitRobot, Hugging Face, and Unitree have teamed up to release Humanoids-in-the-Wild 500 (HIW-500), a massive 500-hour teleoperation dataset collected across real homes in Southeast Asia using Unitree G1 hardware.
In response to mounting geopolitical pressure and the proposed GUARD Act, 1X CEO Bernt Børnich announced plans to fast-track the delivery of the NEO humanoid robot to developers, aiming to fill a critical hardware vacuum left by looming restrictions on Chinese robotics.
Agility is preparing for its public market debut via a $2.5 billion deal with veteran dealmaker Michael Klein’s SPAC, seeking to capture retail demand as the first Western humanoid pure-play.
Hyundai is acquiring SoftBank’s remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics, paving the way for a wholly owned subsidiary and a fast-tracked Nasdaq IPO by 2028.
As the humanoid robotics industry grapples with the transition from lab demos to factory floors, NVIDIA has unveiled Halos for Robotics, a comprehensive safety system designed to move machines safely beyond the workcell.
AGIBOT has announced a six-day global livestream showcasing multiple humanoid robots operating on an active tablet mass-production line at Longcheer Technology, escalating the industry transparency wars.
Chinese startup MindOne Robotics has revealed a new logistics demonstration where a single AI model coordinates multiple distinct robot embodiments, completely bypassing traditional robot-collected training data.
Genesis AI has revealed Eno, its first general-purpose robot. Featuring a wheeled base, human-scale dexterous hands, and an appliance-like design, Eno is challenging the bipedal status quo. The company also announced a strategic deployment partnership with LG CNS.