Beijing-based startup RoboParty has open-sourced its flagship bipedal humanoid, Roboto Origin, just months after ...

Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: "the world's first consumer-ready humanoid robot ...

In January 2026, RoboParty launched ROBOTO ORIGIN’s full-stack open-source on GitHub alongside a global developer co-creation ...

Robotics company 1X found some big potential buyers for its humanoid robots designed for consumers — the portfolio companies of one of its investors. The company announced a strategic partnership to ...

Foundation’s Phantom robot might be built to fight and die, and Figure’s 03 humanoid robot is probably the smoothest, most agile robot I’ve seen in running, turning, and moving, but EngineAI’s T800 – ...

LG has debuted a home robot that's designed to cook, clean, and manage chores using advanced Physical AI. Part of LG's "Zero Labor Home" vision, the wheeled humanoid features dexterous hands and ...

John Deere and Mercedes-Benz are among several companies that are investing more than $500 million in Apptronik, a startup ...

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China’s robotics race is entering a new phase. After years of pouring capital into robot arms, mobile platforms, sensors, and ...

After receiving “substantial inbound investor interest,” AI-powered robotics company Apptronik says it raised $520 million in an extension of its $415 million Series A in February 2025, bringing the ...

A quiet economic subsector is emerging around humanoid robots, and it's already experiencing a variety of cybersecurity challenges. Joseph Rooke, director of risk insights at Recorded Future's Insikt ...

Developing a durable and affordable hand is one of the biggest challenges in robotics.