Humanoid robots made big physical gains in 2026, including a robot 100m run of 8.64 seconds, faster than Usain Bolt's human record time. But speed is not usefu…
Honda's ASIMO (from 2000) and Toyota's research made bipedal walking, balance and human-robot interaction serious engineering fields. ASIMO was retired as an active deve…
Tesla announced a humanoid robot in 2021 and showed prototypes from 2022. Figure AI, 1X, Apptronik and Chinese firms raised large rounds in the same window. Cheaper actu…
Boston Dynamics retired its hydraulic Atlas and revealed a fully electric Atlas the next day. The famous backflip and parkour clips belong to the old hydraulic robot. Th…
Figures reported jointly by Figure and BMW: Figure 02 contributed to producing 30,000-plus BMW X3 vehicles, placed 90,000-plus sheet-metal parts, logged 1,250-plus opera…
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada signed a Robots-as-a-Service agreement with Agility Robotics after a pilot, deploying Digit robots at its Woodstock, Ontario plant for…
Figure 03 was deployed at BMW's Spartanburg plant on a sequencing use case - picking components from unsorted bins into just-in-sequence trolleys for assembly workers. F…
At the World Robot Conference on 20 August 2026, Wang Xingxing said the industry is marching toward a 'ChatGPT moment' in embodied intelligence - 2 to 3 years away at be…
At the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing (22-26 August), Tiangong Ultra won the 100m final in 8.64 seconds, faster than Bolt's 9.58-second human record time -…
Hyundai Motor Group announced it will deploy Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas at Metaplant America in Georgia from 2028, starting with parts sequencing and moving toward…
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