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By replacing traditional machining with high-speed forming technology, the German industrial giant claims to cut manufacturing costs for critical humanoid joints by more than 25 percent.

Founded by alumni from top robotics labs, Nucleus aims to skip the autonomy waiting game by deploying supervised humanoids into real-world factories today.

DeepMind’s latest robotics framework debuts three new models, expanding vision-language-action capabilities from isolated tabletop manipulation to full-body humanoid control, high-DoF tactile dexterity, and multi-agent coordination.

UK-based startup Humanoid has secured $152 million in Series A funding led by Prime Movers Lab, with strategic backing from industrial giants Bosch and Schaeffler.

Six months after exiting stealth, Italian deep-tech startup Generative Bionics has revealed a fully functional GENE.01 platform backed by Nature-published research, open-source models, and automotive manufacturing talent.