Humanoid robots at work in factories, warehouses and on production lines.
New developments in tactile data collection are overcoming major manipulation hurdles, enabling humanoid robots to perform a wider array of complex, human-like tasks in industrial and logistics environments.
As generative AI outpaces mechanical engineering, the humanoid robotics industry faces a stark reality: advanced brains are useless without reliable actuators, thermals, and batteries.
Agility Robotics continues to refine the operational capabilities of Digit as it navigates complex, dynamic warehouse tasks in new demonstration cycles.
While Chinese manufacturers dominate conferences with low-cost hardware, the transition from theatrical demos to reliable factory floor deployment remains a steep climb.
While the Tien Kung 3.0 humanoid clocked a record-breaking 8.86-second 100-meter dash in Beijing, the industrial robotics sector remains focused on the far more difficult metrics of payload, uptime, and factory floor safety.
A dramatic post-IPO selloff of Unitree Robotics shares has wiped out nearly half the company's market value, raising critical questions about the commercial viability of low-cost humanoid hardware.
At the Beijing World Robot Conference, Unitree Robotics showcased its latest hardware, signaling an industry pivot from lab-based demonstrations toward functional, production-ready bipedal platforms like the Unitree G1.
Component manufacturer Schaeffler is scaling up production of strain wave gearboxes, a critical move for humanoid platforms like the Unitree H1.
Persona AI is bypassing typical warehouse pilots to deploy humanoid robots in shipyards, targeting labor-starved heavy industries where welding automation is desperately needed.
Ongoing tech and trade conflicts between the US and China are directly impacting the availability of advanced Chinese humanoid robots, including Xpeng's CyberOne, for American industrial and commercial buyers. This creates a distinct market segmentation for industrial humanoid ro
As multi-billion dollar investments pour into bipedal systems, simpler wheeled mobile manipulators are securing immediate commercial roles, challenging the deployment timelines of humanoids like Digit.
Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics is facing unprecedented retail demand for its initial public offering, with 9.8 million accounts vying for a slice of the humanoid developer behind the Unitree G1.
Washington's escalating efforts to decouple the domestic robotics sector from Chinese technology risk starving US humanoid developers of critical, low-cost components.
A new study reveals that expressive humanoid robots face a steep trust penalty when they make mistakes, explaining why industrial developers favor minimalist designs for the factory floor.
Avatar Robotics has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to scale its humanoid hardware and remote teleoperation platform, targeting immediate industrial deployments.
The FCC's addition of mobile, communicating robots over two kilograms to its Covered List could severely restrict Chinese humanoid developers from accessing the lucrative U.S. industrial market.
Toyota's partnership with Walden Robotics signals a pivot from long-term research to practical factory deployments, aiming to challenge early movers on the automotive assembly line.
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 model now offers full-body control for humanoid robots, a critical step for machines like Apptronik's Apollo to perform complex industrial tasks with greater dexterity and coordination. This advancement moves beyond previous upper-body limitati
The US government’s new import restrictions target advanced robotic devices from China, including Unitree’s humanoid and bipedal robots, signaling a major shift in supply chains and competitive dynamics.
Cornell Tech researchers demonstrate optical receivers enabling real-time AI updates in robots, a step toward dynamic, adaptable humanoid systems.
Weave Robotics has introduced Isaac, a wheeled bimanual mobile humanoid robot targeting office and household environments, marking its entry into practical humanoid deployments.
Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson outlined six key policy recommendations aimed at strengthening the U.S. humanoid robotics sector amid growing industrial deployments.