Chinese startup Noetix Robotics has unveiled Bumi, a 94 cm bipedal robot priced under $1,370, aiming to bring humanoid machines into education and home settings.
Shanghai-based AheadForm has released new footage of its Origin M1 robot, placing its ultra-realistic face on a mobile neck and torso to create a new platform for human-robot interaction research.
A New York Times report, based on internal documents, outlines Amazon's strategy to automate three-quarters of its operations, avoiding the need to hire over 600,000 workers. This provides new context for the company's aggressive R&D in humanoid robotics.
Following its public debut, official specifications and expert analysis confirm the Unitree H2 features 31 degrees of freedom, including a 3-DOF serial-stack waist, a remotely actuated 'quasi-serial' ankle design, and a 2-DOF neck—a significant re-architecture from the H1.
The new 1-meter-tall K1 platform from Booster Robotics targets education and R&D with a sub-$5,000 price tag, an open development environment, and a championship-winning pedigree from RoboCup 2025.