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A UK research team from the University of Bristol and Imperial College London has received a £5 million grant from ARIA to develop AI-driven methods for co-designing highly dexterous robotic hands and their control systems. The project aims to overcome current limitations in robot manipulation and democratize the creation of task-specific robotic solutions.

Unitree Robotics has teased a new humanoid robot with 26 degrees of freedom, hinting at a potential price below $10,000. This could significantly lower the entry barrier for advanced humanoid robotics research.

Two major robotics events, the Humanoids Summit in London and the Embodied Intelligence Developer Conference in Shanghai, are taking place simultaneously on May 29-30, 2025. London focuses on mass production and investment with key industry leaders, while Shanghai highlights strong policy support, talent development, and practical applications, underscoring a global acceleration in the humanoid robotics field.

Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock announced a major reorganization, merging three teams into a unified AI group called Helix. This move aims to accelerate the company's AI development for its humanoid robots, centered around its Vision-Language-Action model, also named Helix, designed for generalist control, multi-robot collaboration, and versatile object manipulation.

Hugging Face has launched two new open-source robots: HOPEJr, a full humanoid under $3000 developed with The Robot Studio, and Reachy Mini, a desktop head from its Pollen Robotics team. Both aim to make robotics more accessible for AI development.