Humanoid Robots News Coverage of humanoid robots from companies including Tesla, Figure, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, Unitree, and 1X, spanning hardware launches, funding rounds, and pilot deployments in warehouses, factories, and homes. The Robotics Media reports on actuator and hand design, AI foundation models for locomotion and manipulation, commercial pricing, and production timelines. Readers also find analysis of safety standards, labor implications, and market forecasts for the humanoid sector.
China's Huani Intelligence Raises Angel Round For Hyper-Realistic Humanoid Heads — Sep 10, 2026 — Foshan-based Huani Intelligence closed an undisclosed but reported "tens of millions of yuan" angel round to commercialise highly realistic humanoid r...LG, Nota And Mobilint To Build Humanoid Robot On Korean-Made NPU — Sep 9, 2026 — Nota has been chosen as lead institution for a state-backed program to build an autonomous humanoid robot powered by a Korean-made NPU, alongside LG E...Sam Altman Confirms OpenAI Will Build Its Own Humanoid Robot — Sep 8, 2026 — OpenAI's CEO said the company will 'definitely do a humanoid' and thinks everyone should have a personal robot, ending months of speculation about the...Beijing Galbot Puts G1 Wheeled Humanoid On Real Pharmacy Shifts At IFA 2026 As European Buyers Weigh China Intel Law — Sep 7, 2026 — Galbot ran live G1 retrieval demos at IFA Berlin's Hall 25 this week, showcasing a wheeled humanoid already handling 5,000 SKUs at a licensed Beijing...AgiBot A3 Writes Chinese Calligraphy at IFA Berlin 2026 — Sep 6, 2026 — AgiBot's A3 humanoid drew brush characters on paper at IFA Next Hall 25 on September 4, powered by the direct-drive OmniHand 3 Ultra-M and a full-body...Shangwei Qiyuan Opens Consumer Robot Pre-Orders For Qiyuan Q1 And Transformable T1, Shipping September — Sep 6, 2026 — PrimeBOT's Shangwei Qiyuan opened pre-orders on August 23 for the 0.8-m Qiyuan Q1 and the transformable T1, with first-batch deliveries scheduled for...UBTech Starts Shipping UWORLD U1 Bionic Humanoid Companion In Mid-September After 13,000 Pre-Orders — Sep 6, 2026 — UBTech begins mid-September deliveries of its 88-DOF UWORLD U1 humanoid, targeting China's 90M solo adults and 118M empty-nest seniors with emotional-...NEURA Robotics Puts 4NE1 And Neuraverse Center Stage At IFA 2026 Berlin Keynote — Sep 5, 2026 — NEURA Robotics CEO David Reger used his September 5 IFA 2026 keynote to pitch a European physical-AI ecosystem built around the 4NE1 humanoid and the...Pudu Robotics Brings PUDU D7 Semi-Humanoid To Europe In IFA 2026 Debut — Sep 5, 2026 — Pudu Robotics used its first-ever IFA appearance to give Europe a live look at the PUDU D7 semi-humanoid alongside the D5 quadruped and its BellaBot,...OlloBot Debuts OlloNi SS1 Cyber Pet Companion Robot At IFA Berlin 2026 — Sep 4, 2026 — Hong Kong companion robot maker OlloBot debuted its OlloNi SS1 Cyber Pet at IFA Berlin 2026, pairing an EmpathCore emotional engine with a Memory Hear...IFA Berlin 2026 Puts Unitree, AgiBot And EngineAI On A Humanoid Robot Runway — Sep 3, 2026 — IFA Next 2026 turns its innovation zone into the biggest humanoid-robot showcase in the fair's history, with roughly 300 exhibitors and a September 5...CJ Logistics Puts Humanoid Robots On Olive Young Packing Line In Korean First — Sep 3, 2026 — CJ Logistics has deployed two dual-arm humanoid robots on the packaging line at its Yangji Olive Young distribution center in Yongin — the first comme...Renesas Opens Physical AI And Robotics Lab In Beijing, Targets 70% Humanoid BOM — Aug 30, 2026 — Renesas Electronics opened its Physical AI & Robotics Lab in Beijing on August 27, 2026, to demonstrate, validate and co-develop next-generation human...XPeng Spins Off Dogotix With $900M Seed At $6.3B Valuation — Aug 30, 2026 — XPeng Motors carved out its humanoid robotics arm Dogotix on August 24, 2026, closing an initial round of more than $900 million from IDG Capital, Ali...ZEALS Unveils D1, Japan's First Commercial Wheeled Humanoid Robot — Aug 30, 2026 — Tokyo-based AI firm ZEALS unveiled the D1 wheeled humanoid on August 5, 2026 — Japan's first commercially available humanoid robot certified through a...Figure Hits 1,000th Figure 03 Off The BotQ Line In California — Aug 30, 2026 — Figure AI has manufactured its 1,000th Figure 03 humanoid at the BotQ facility in California, sustaining approximately one robot per hour and cementin...BMW Turns On Physical AI In Europe With Hexagon's AEON Humanoid In Leipzig — Aug 30, 2026 — BMW Group has switched on its first European humanoid deployment at Plant Leipzig using Hexagon Robotics' AEON, and opened a Center of Competence for...Leapmotor Enters Humanoid Race, Stands Up Lingsheng Robotics Subsidiary — Aug 28, 2026 — Leapmotor's CFO Li Tengfei used the August 25 H1 earnings call to confirm a humanoid robotics push through newly registered Huzhou Lingsheng Precision...Motion Raises $2M To Rent Humanoid Robots To European Factories — Aug 28, 2026 — Brussels-based Motion has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Extantia Capital to scale a Humanoids-as-a-Service model that turns robot deplo...Pollen Robotics Opens $399 Microduck Preorders To Bring Reinforcement Learning Home — Aug 27, 2026 — Hugging Face-owned Pollen Robotics opens preorders on August 27 for Microduck, a 25 cm open-source biped that walks, roller-skates and lets makers tra...