Three humanoid robotics companies moved toward public markets in a single week: Agility Robotics filed to go public via SPAC at $2.5 billion, Unitree cleared its Shanghai IPO, and Tesla began converti…
The first Shanghai International Embodied Intelligence Expo (CIEI 2026) opened July 2, 2026, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, featuring nearly 200 robotics and AI companie…
Swiss startup Flexion Robotics, founded by ex-Nvidia researchers, has developed an AI system that trains humanoid robots to autonomously perform complex office tasks like retrieving packages and using…
Chinese AI and chip companies Moore Threads, MetaX, and Biren Technology have raised billions in IPOs on the Shanghai STAR Market and Hong Kong Exchange, with first-day gains exceeding 400% and oversu…
Chinese humanoid robots are competing in a penalty kick challenge at MWC Shanghai, testing autonomous perception, balance, and motion planning without human control. The event, timed with the 2026 FIF…
IO-AI Tech, a Shenzhen startup, lets workers remotely control humanoid robots using VR headsets and motion-tracking gear for tasks like stocking shelves, while also gathering training data for future …
On April 19, 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by 7 minutes and the best robot time from 2025 by almost two hour…
A modified Unitree G1 humanoid robot named Pemba is attempting to summit Mount Everest, testing the limits of bipedal robots on uneven terrain despite their demonstrated abilities in kung fu and parko…
A writer argues against smart home technology, preferring manual controls and expressing concerns about reliability, privacy, and the potential for AI failures, citing examples like robot waiters malf…
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…
NEURA Robotics closed a $1.4 billion Series C, the largest full-stack robotics funding round in history, as the race to control the Physical AI ecosystem intensifies. Sharpa integrated its Wave tactil…
NVIDIA Isaac Lab on Amazon SageMaker AI now enables robotics teams to train reinforcement learning policies for humanoid robots at scale, using either SageMaker HyperPod for persistent cluster trainin…
Chinese robotics firm Unitree is on track to ship its 10,000th humanoid robot in the coming weeks, tripling revenues year-over-year on 60% gross margins while pricing its flagship G1 humanoid at $27,3…
YouTube creator Benn Jordan, formerly known for music gear reviews, now investigates surveillance technology and cybersecurity flaws on his nonprofit channel. He has exposed security vulnerabilities i…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a blueprint for a 6-foot, 150-pound humanoid robot called H2 Plus, combining a Chinese-made body from robotics startup Unitree with an American Nvidia Thor chip and a…
Nvidia has selected Chinese robot maker Unitree to supply the humanoid body for the chipmaker's first publicly available humanoid robotics research system. The package pairs Unitree's nearly 6-foot-ta…
NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, an open reference design combining a Unitree H2 Plus robot, Sharpa five-fingered hands, and NVIDIA Jetson Thor compute to accele…
Humanoid robots wearing cowboy hats, retro puffer jackets and silky dresses walked a Seoul runway alongside human models during Galaxy Corporation's "Mach33: Physical AI Fashion Show," marking a shift…
The next major advancement in Physical AI will not come from more capable robots, but from smarter human-machine interfaces that allow users to interact with machines naturally in real-world environme…