Agility Robotics CTO Pras Velagapudi said the company is betting on factory floors as the proving ground for humanoid robots, citing a massive labor shortage and repetitive, dangerous tasks. Agility h…
A humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre, sprinted 100 metres in 8.86 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, surpassing Usain Bol…
Agility Robotics is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its AI/ML Platform with a salary range of $197k–307k/yr, remote work, to build the machine learning infrastructure for fleet-scale humanoid ro…
China's humanoid robot industry is shifting from viral demonstrations to proving economic viability, with manufacturers like Unitree, UBTech, and Zhiyuan Robotics under pressure to show real-world job…
Virtuals Protocol launched Eastworlds in late February 2026, a robotics accelerator and deployment lab that pairs humanoid robots with real-world teams to generate training data for its tokenized AI e…
Unitree Robotics' initial public offering surged 629% from its IPO price, closing up 487% on its first day, making Agility Robotics' SPAC-backed public launch appear undervalued, according to Forbes s…
Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree is set to surge more than 600% in its Shanghai trading debut on Wednesday, with shares opening at around 1,100 yuan ($163.14) versus its IPO price of 150.8 yuan. T…
Humanoid robots from Figure, Agility Robotics, and UBTech are progressing in real-world deployments, but a new Techstrong Special Report warns that impressive demonstrations do not yet translate into …
Humanoid robot experts from Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Persona AI, and PSYONIC will discuss the current state of humanoids at RoboBusiness on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., focusing on real-…
Chinese corporate expansion overseas is shifting from solar equipment to AI-enabled industrial technology, with a new generation of companies targeting global markets from inception, according to anal…
Humanoid robotics may never have a single ChatGPT moment, but the industry could still succeed through a staircase of narrower commercial breakthroughs, according to an analysis of recent developments…
Agility Robotics announced Digit v5, a humanoid robot designed to work cooperatively and safely alongside humans without the need for safety cages, addressing a major limiting factor in current humano…
At RoboBusiness 2026, taking place Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., industry leaders will reflect on the past two decades of robotics and explore the technologies, markets, opportunities, and ch…
Humanoid robots will not scale on factory floors until their costs drop, according to an analysis of the robotics industry. While the technology is mostly ready, the high price tag—one leading develop…
Fremont, California, is emerging as a robotics hub as Agility Robotics opens a 60,000-square-foot engineering center for its Digit bipedal robot, joining Tesla, Meta, Zoox, Pony.ai, and DoorDash in th…
Agility Robotics opened a 60,000-square-foot research and training facility in Fremont, California, where it plans to house nearly 200 employees and teach its Digit humanoid new skills. Cofounder and …
Agility Robotics is opening a 59,900-square-foot research center in Fremont's Ardenwood neighborhood, planning to hire about 200 workers including software engineers with AI and machine-learning skill…
Neura Robotics closed a $1.4 billion Series C at a ~$7 billion valuation backed by Amazon, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Bosch, and the European Investment Bank, marking the first time a European government-backe…
AI² Robotics raised $735 million at a $2.8 billion valuation for its wheeled humanoid robots, positioning the Shenzhen-based company among leaders in China's physical AI sector. The funding, backed by…
NVIDIA's GR00T N1.6 introduces a reasoning-before-action architecture for robots, shifting from reactive to planning-based AI. Unitree's humanoid robot price dropped to $25,000 in 2026, down from $85,…