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Motion technology giant Schaeffler has signed a strategic partnership with Hexagon Robotics to deploy at least 1,000 AEON humanoids while supplying the high-precision actuators that power them.

A joint announcement from Siemens and Humanoid confirms the successful deployment of the HMND 01 Alpha at a German electronics factory, meeting key performance metrics for autonomous logistics.

German retail giant Rossmann has launched a year-long pilot program using the UBTECH Walker S2 humanoid robot to automate repetitive warehouse tasks, marking a significant expansion of UBTECH's industrial footprint into Europe.

Zurich-based Mimic Robotics has released the code and research for its "pixel-to-action" architecture, aiming to shift the industry from static vision-language models to dynamic video-based foundations.

At the 2026 Abundance Summit, Clone Robotics co-founder Dhanush Radhakrishnan detailed the company’s expansion to Mountain View, a new $50 million funding round, and a 2028 goal for mass-market "Robo Butlers."