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Unitree Robotics has unveiled Superman, a new humanoid robot that achieves a standing jump of over 2 meters – exceeding the human world record of 1.90 meters – and a top speed of 12.66 meters per second, surpassing Usain Bolt’s peak of 12.42 meters per second, developed in just over three months.

NEURA Robotics is acquiring the ACTIVE Shuttle automated guided vehicle from Bosch Rexroth, effective October 1, 2026, integrating the proven industrial intralogistics platform into its Physical AI ecosystem alongside its humanoid, mobile, and industrial robot lineup.

The second World Humanoid Robot Games opens in Beijing on August 22 with 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries, quadrupling robot participation from the inaugural 2025 event, with new events including weightlifting, long jump, and table tennis alongside expanded real-world scenario competitions.

Pony.ai and Uber have expanded their strategic partnership to deploy more than 2,000 Pony.ai robotaxis across four additional European cities beyond the existing Zagreb service, with Middle East deployment also planned under a three-party model combining autonomous technology, a mobility platform, and local fleet operators.

LG and NVIDIA have signed an MOU formalizing execution across robotics, AI factories, and mobility, with LG developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid powered by Isaac GR00T and Jetson Thor for a Q1 2027 unveiling, and CLOiD wheel-based robots deploying to LG’s Tennessee washing machine line this year.

Counterpoint Research has ranked Pudu Robotics first globally in both commercial cleaning robot shipments and revenue, as the firm reports global shipments exceeded 50,000 units in 2025 with revenue surpassing $400 million, and forecasts annual shipments above 400,000 units by 2030.

Chinese researchers have developed BioflexBot, a spring-based pneumatic robotic gripper that extends and contracts 3.5 times more than a human hand using only two air inputs, demonstrating acupuncture needle threading, pipette operation, and aero-engine blade inspection with a single mechanism.

Pudu Robotics has launched the ET1, an AI-native compact scrubber-dryer robot designed for commercial spaces of 100 to 800 square meters, combining 800 rpm scrubbing, 85°C hot scrubbing, and an 8-in-1 automated docking station in a unit narrow enough for 50cm aisles.

RoboStore, the primary U.S. distributor for Unitree Robotics with 1,500 robots deployed across 4,500 North American customers, has launched Robo Inc., a hardware-agnostic U.S.-based robotics manufacturer and systems integrator with a 66,000 square-foot Long Island production facility targeting Q1 2027 operations.

Figure AI has demonstrated its Figure 03 robot climbing a ladder autonomously using its upgraded Helix AI system, which now integrates onboard stereo camera input with whole-body motion control trained end-to-end through reinforcement learning in randomized simulated terrain.