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- ZEALS Unveils D1, Japan's First Commercial Wheeled Humanoid Robot — — Tokyo-based AI firm ZEALS unveiled the D1 wheeled humanoid on August 5, 2026 — Japan's first commercially available humanoid robot certified through a...
- Defiance Launches CROB, First US-Listed ETF For China's Humanoid Robotics Ecosystem — — Defiance ETFs debuted CROB on Nasdaq, the first US-listed ETF dedicated to China's humanoid robotics ecosystem, tracking the Solactive China Humanoid...
- Figure Hits 1,000th Figure 03 Off The BotQ Line In California — — Figure AI has manufactured its 1,000th Figure 03 humanoid at the BotQ facility in California, sustaining approximately one robot per hour and cementin...
- BYD Confirms August Humanoid Robot Debut Inside Its Di Space Venues — — BYD told China Securities Journal its first humanoid robot will appear this month at Di Space, its offline experience-centre network, alongside plans...
- UBTECH, Galbot, AGIBOT Lock In Factory Orders As VLA Models Reset China Humanoid Race — — As Beijing's second World Humanoid Robot Games ends, UBTECH, Galbot and AGIBOT hold hundred-million-dollar factory orders from BYD, Foxconn, CATL and...
- NSK And Atom Sign MoU To Build Japan's Humanoid Robotics Base — — Precision-component giant NSK and Tokyo humanoid startup Atom agreed to jointly test humanoid actuators and collect physical-AI training data inside N...
- Lightning Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beating Bolt at Beijing Robot Games — — Honor's humanoid robot Lightning ran 100 metres in 9.32 seconds at China's second World Humanoid Robot Games, edging Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation...
- AiMOGA Debuts Mobo Home Humanoid At WRC, Deepens Chery Dealer Push In Malaysia — — AiMOGA Robotics used the 2026 World Robot Conference to unveil Mobo, its first humanoid home companion, and to livestream Mornine service robots at Ch...
- Xiaomi Debuts Tieda Humanoid Robot At WRC 2026 In Beijing — — Xiaomi publicly unveiled its next-generation full-size humanoid robot, codenamed Tieda, at the 2026 World Robot Conference after four months of produc...
- Beijing Debuts Tiangong 2.0 With WU World Model At WRC 2026 — — The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center debuted Tiangong 2.0 and a new WU embodied world model at the 2026 World Robot Conference, running live p...
- Samsung Fast-Tracks In-House Humanoid As Roh Personally Reviews Prototype — — Samsung Electronics is racing to commercialize an in-house humanoid robot after co-CEO Roh Tae-moon personally reviewed a working prototype and top-ti...
- LG And NVIDIA Expand Robotics Pact, Target 2027 Humanoid Debut — — LG signed an expanded MoU with NVIDIA at Santa Clara covering a next-gen bipedal humanoid built on Isaac GR00T, a CLOiD factory rollout in Tennessee a...
- Honda's Avatar Robot Brings ASIMO's Humanoid Legacy Back to Life — — Honda's Avatar Robot and human-scale multi-fingered hand — demoed at Humanoids Summit 2026 — show that decades of ASIMO research have quietly moved in...
- LG And Nvidia Ink Physical AI Pact To Build Isaac GR00T Humanoid For Q1 2027 Debut — — LG Corp. and Nvidia signed a Santa Clara MoU on August 13 to co-develop an Isaac GR00T-powered humanoid robot for a Q1 2027 unveiling, alongside facto...
- Neura Robotics Bags Record $1.4B Series C Led By Tether For Physical AI — — German cognitive robotics firm NEURA Robotics closed a Series C of up to $1.4 billion — the largest ever for a full-stack robotics company — with Teth...
- 1X Unveils 25-DoF NEO Hand With Tendon Drive And IP68 Grip — — 1X's new NEO hand packs 25 degrees of freedom, tendon-driven joints, tactile fingertips and IP68 waterproofing, with a production line capable of 10,0...
- Figure Rolls 1,000th Figure 03 Humanoid Off Its BotQ Line — — Figure CEO Brett Adcock announced on July 23, 2026 that the company's BotQ facility has manufactured its 1,000th Figure 03 humanoid robot, marked by a...
- Weave Robotics Opens Isaac 1 Pre-Orders At $7,999 For A Home Humanoid That Folds, Tidies And Makes Beds — — The San Francisco startup priced its wheeled, height-adjustable home humanoid at $7,999 or $449 a month, with fall 2026 deliveries and a laundry-first...
- Humanoid AI Raises $152M Series A At $1.35B, Europe's First Pure-Play Humanoid Unicorn — — London startup Humanoid AI closes a $152M Series A at a $1.35B valuation led by Prime Movers Lab, with Bosch, Schaeffler and NVIDIA on board — Europe'...
- Samsung Launches RX Humanoid Robotics Division Under CEO TM Roh — — Samsung Electronics officially launched its Robotics eXperience (RX) division on July 21, backing it with the factory-tested Shallow-π VLA model and a...