BMW Group announced on June 25, 2026 that Figure 03 humanoid robots will begin a logistics sequencing use case at Plant Spartanburg, following a Figure 02 pilot that supported production of over 30,00…
Apptronik opened a 90,000-square-foot 'Robot Park' in Austin to train its Apollo humanoid robots, backed by $1 billion from investors including Google and Mercedes. The robots are already working in M…
BMW Group announced that Figure AI's humanoid robot, Figure 02, supported production of over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over ten months at Plant Spartanburg, marking a key operational milestone for humano…
Apptronik, a Texas-based humanoid robotics startup valued at over $5.5 billion, has opened a 90,000-square-foot 'Robot Park' in Austin where its Apollo robots practice tasks like loading boxes and sor…
Physical AI raised $55.8 billion in H1 2026, nearly double the full-year record from 2025, with 12 commercial humanoid platforms available and Figure AI delivering 350+ units. NVIDIA released new Visi…
AGIBOT Innovation Technology Co. announced the production of its 15,000th robot, a milestone in scaling embodied AI systems from batch production to larger-scale deployment. The company's G2 wheeled m…
Figure AI's humanoid robot Figure 03 will begin a logistics sequencing job at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, moving parts from the body shop to final assembly. BMW's workforce has declined from a 2024 p…
Twolabs, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded in 2026, develops modular humanoid robots and a software platform for training and deploying robots in elder care facilities. The company aims to address…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned investors that early production of the Optimus humanoid robot and Robotaxi service will start 'quite slow,' despite the company reporting $22.39 billion in Q1 2026 revenue a…
Humanoid robots demonstrated at the Robotics Summit in Boston can mix cocktails, run marathons, and fold laundry, but most remain teleoperated or restricted to scripted tasks, according to AFP-JIJI re…
Humanoid robots can now mix cocktails, run marathons, and fold laundry, but they still cannot multitask or perform general-purpose tasks on command, according to experts at the Robotics Summit in Bost…
Companies across manufacturing, logistics and construction are increasingly deploying physical AI-powered robots to cope with persistent labor shortages, with the Manufacturing Institute projecting 2.…
Genesis AI unveiled Eno, a wheeled robot with dexterous hands and a foundation model called GENE, positioning it as a cheaper, more practical alternative to humanoids. The French-American startup has …
Figure AI's Helix-02 humanoid robot operated autonomously for over 200 hours, sorting 149,000 packages without intervention. China mandated 10,000 humanoid deployments by end of 2026, while three Chin…
Figure AI has signed a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands, the parent company of JCPenney, Brooks Brothers, and Aéropostale, to deploy humanoid robots at a distribution center in Reno, Nevada. …
The article argues that the United States is developing humanoid robots that excel in controlled demonstrations but fail in real-world, adaptable tasks, unlike China's strategic focus on practical dep…
Figure AI livestreamed its humanoid robots autonomously sorting and placing packages onto a conveyor belt for nearly a week, a demo that went viral and included a robot competing against a human inter…