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Galbot has opened pre-orders for the ET1, a compact 1.25-meter bipedal robot designed for dynamic stage performance and interactive commercial venues, stepping directly into competition with Unitree and AGIBOT.
Hot on the heels of launching its Serbian manufacturing hub, AGIBOT showcased its multi-robot lineup at IFA 2026 in Berlin, securing key safety certifications from TÜV Rheinland and partnering with distributor Tekpoint.
RoboStrategy CMO Kevin McCordic lays out the case for physical AI: why AI finally makes humanoid labour possible, why it lands under $2 an hour, and why a roughly $200B market is aimed at a $60T one.
Backed by Renault and working with Goldman Sachs, French robotics pioneer Wandercraft is targeting €100 million in fresh capital to ramp up its dual focus on industrial humanoids and medical exoskeletons.
Minth Group and AGIBOT have inaugurated Europe’s first mass-production base for humanoid robots in Šabac, backing a €20 million initial line ahead of a planned €200 million robotics hub in Inđija.
Lumos Robotics has launched MOS 2, a heavy-duty wheeled dual-arm "AI Worker" with a 50 kg payload capacity, deployed at Mitsubishi Electric facilities following a funding round exceeding 1 billion yuan.
UBTECH Robotics generated RMB 1.27 billion in the first half of 2026, driven by a 1,445% revenue surge in full-size embodied humanoids, narrowing net losses as industrial deployments accelerate.
Masayoshi Son''s investment powerhouse is reportedly negotiating a controlling interest in OpenAI-backed humanoid maker 1X Technologies, at a figure well under the valuation the company pursued last September.
XPENG has closed a record-breaking $900 million financing round for its humanoid robotics division, backed by IDG Capital, Alibaba, and Tencent, ahead of late-2026 mass production.
Unitree Robotics made its highly anticipated debut on the STAR Market, with shares surging as the company leverages massive scale, a DeepSeek AI partnership, and intense vertical integration to dominate the global robotics race.
Fresh off its blockbuster Shanghai IPO, Unitree revealed it has manufactured roughly 18,000 bipedal humanoids—a count that explicitly excludes wheeled or hybrid platforms in an ongoing rivalry with AGIBOT.
With its Shanghai STAR Market IPO massively oversubscribed, Unitree Robotics has secured a roughly $9 billion valuation and a strategic partnership with AI heavyweight DeepSeek, setting the stage for the next phase of the humanoid robot race.
