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UBTECH has commissioned a 14,000-square-meter smart manufacturing facility in Guangxi engineered to produce a humanoid every 10 minutes, scaling up the industry’s hardware volume race.
At its Munich Physical AI event, Agile Robots founder Zhaopeng Chen laid out a multi-trillion-dollar vision for humanoids while pushing back on "magic" AI shortcuts on the factory floor.
Agility Robotics' Form S-4 puts audited numbers behind the humanoid industry's first US listing: $1.78 million in 2025 sales, a $138.1 million net loss, and a going-concern warning. The headline $300 million backlog turns out to be a single contract with a related party, partly paid in warrants — and the competition section names eight rivals without mentioning a single Chinese manufacturer.
Parisian robotics pioneer Wandercraft has signed 12 enterprise clients across automotive, defense, logistics, and retail for its Calvin-40 humanoid, advancing its deliberate, payload-focused path to industrial scale.
NEURA Robotics and Italian embedded systems specialist SECO partner to industrialize distributed compute modules powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing chips, eyeing scalable humanoid production and semiconductor automation.
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.
