Spirit AI co-founder and chief scientist Gao Yang predicted at the company's Beijing offices this week that humanoid robot intelligence could reach a defining breakthrough by mid-2027, but that robots…
Skild AI released S1, an in-context learning model for robotics that the company claims is a foundation model capable of learning 10-minute tasks from a single video prompt without fine-tuning, and th…
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, a humanoid robot that uses proprietary AI algorithms and multiple sensors to autonomously avoid, stop, or assume a seated position when people are detected, the comp…
UBTECH Robotics commissioned a 14,000-square-metre humanoid robot factory in Liuzhou on 12 September with a planned design capacity of more than 10,000 robots a year on a 10-minute production takt, us…
Tens of thousands of Indian gig workers are earning about $2.62 an hour to wear head-mounted cameras and film themselves performing tasks such as stripping labels, stitching shoes, and welding steel, …
China's humanoid robot startups are shifting from demos to commercial deployments, with Unitree listing on Shanghai's STAR Market in August 2026 at RMB 1,100 per share, a 629% jump from the offering p…
Xpeng has activated an automated production line for its humanoid robot, with the first unit completing assembly and walking off the line autonomously. The company aims to begin volume production by t…
China's military is preparing to deploy humanoid robots for combat, according to a review of more than 100 procurement notices, academic papers, patents, and defense-company documents. The People's Li…
Arm announced expansions to its physical AI ecosystem at Arm Everywhere China, including the expansion of Arm Total Design to encompass more than 80 companies and the introduction of the Robotics Capa…
At the 2026 World Robot Conference held Aug. 19-23 in Beijing, 373 companies showcased more than 3,000 products, including 311 debuts, highlighting China's humanoid robot industry shift from demonstra…
Two high-severity vulnerabilities in Unitree G1 EDU humanoid robot firmware through version 1.5.2 could allow unauthenticated adjacent-network attackers to achieve root-level code execution, according…
Qianxing Intelligence has launched Iron Armor Battle Arena, a location-based entertainment system featuring physical humanoid boxing robots controlled via motion-sensing controllers, with deployments …
China's World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing showcased over 2,000 humanoids from more than 660 domestic tech companies, revealing rapid hardware progress but persistent AI limitations, with the faste…
Security researcher Boschko published a technical breakdown of UniBLEed, a wormable exploit chain that achieves unauthenticated root remote code execution on any Unitree G1 humanoid robot within Bluet…
Unitree, China's leading robot maker, lost nearly half of its market value after its IPO on China's NASDAQ equivalent, which had valued the company at $66 billion, as analysts cite robots' lack of kno…
Chinese AI labs are testing higher prices just as American rivals offer more intelligence for less, according to a newsletter analysis. The piece highlights that robotics startup Generalist raised an …
Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame Technology will open share subscriptions on September 2 for a 6 billion yuan ($892.21 million) initial public offering on Shanghai's STAR Market, according to a regulatory…
Nvidia's upcoming earnings report will test whether the AI rally can regain momentum, as Asian equities drifted lower on Tuesday amid Alibaba's $10.2 billion share sale and a 45% slump in Unitree's st…
Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, saw its shares slump 45% since its Aug 19 Shanghai debut after a more than fivefold surge, sparking concerns about bubble risk and flaws in the IPO sy…
Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, has lost roughly 45% of its value since its Shanghai debut, wiping about $30 billion from its peak valuation of $66 billion and sparking fears of a bu…