1X Technologies has revealed highly dexterous, 25-DoF robotic hands for its NEO humanoid, paired with the strategic appointment of Bill Nash as CFO as the company gears up for consumer shipments.
Eschewing the flashy, press-release-heavy reveals common in the robotics industry, Apptronik has silently updated its website to showcase Apollo 2, its next-generation modular humanoid platform built for scale and commercial deployment.
Following the retirement of its second-generation fleet, Figure returns to BMW’s South Carolina plant with Figure 03 to tackle complex material sorting and sequencing tasks.
Robotics firm 1X Technologies has hired former Pixar and Roblox engineering leader Tom Sanocki as VP of Engineering, tasking him with accelerating software pipelines ahead of late-2026 consumer shipments and the newly expanded NEO developer platform.
In response to mounting geopolitical pressure and the proposed GUARD Act, 1X CEO Bernt Børnich announced plans to fast-track the delivery of the NEO humanoid robot to developers, aiming to fill a critical hardware vacuum left by looming restrictions on Chinese robotics.