RoboParty has released the full-stack designs and software for its first bipedal humanoid, signaling a new wave of "reproducible" open-source robotics that seeks to avoid the capital-intensive pitfalls of its predecessors.
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center has unveiled the Tiangong 3.0, a general-purpose platform featuring 43 degrees of freedom, millimeter-level precision, and a major push toward open software and hardware standards.
Austin-based Apptronik has announced a $520 million extension to its Series A, bringing total capital to nearly $1 billion as it gears up for mass production of the Apollo humanoid and a new robot debut in 2026.
Following the reveal of its GENE.01 concept at CES 2026, Italian startup Generative Bionics has signed a four-year industrial partnership with shipbuilding giant Fincantieri to deploy autonomous welding robots in heavy manufacturing.
After three decades with the company and a pivotal term as CEO, Robert Playter announces his retirement, marking a transition from research pioneer to industrial scale-up.