Following a notable debut at industry events, Sharpa Robotics has announced that its high-fidelity SharpaWave hand, featuring a proprietary Dynamic Tactile Array, is now in mass production and shipping to customers.
China Pacific Insurance has launched the nation's first insurance product specifically for humanoid robots, a move designed to de-risk their commercial deployment by covering everything from manufacturing defects to third-party liability. The initiative signals a maturing market, but critical details on underwriting and scalability remain unknown.
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng announced the company's next-generation IRON humanoid robot will feature a new Vision-Language-Task (VLT) AI system. The move is part of a broader strategy to shift from remote control to true autonomy, mirroring an industry-wide push for advanced, multi-modal AI brains in robotics.
Speaking at Dreamforce, Figure CEO Brett Adcock dismissed manufacturing as the primary challenge for humanoids, claiming the race is to solve general intelligence. He projected a timeline that could see his robots performing general tasks in novel environments as soon as next year.
Agibot's new G2 robot combines advanced AI with industrial-grade hardware, showcasing applications from auto manufacturing to art gallery tours, and is backed by significant early commercial contracts.