UBTECH Robotics and Hitachi China have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to deploy Walker S2 humanoid robots across Hitachi’s manufacturing operations, with elevator production already in active testing at Hitachi Elevator’s facility.
Unitree Robotics has launched UniStore, described as the world’s first humanoid robot application store, allowing users to browse, download, and install motion and task packages onto Unitree robots with a single tap from a smartphone app.
Tesla built its last Model S and Model X at Fremont on May 9, ending a combined 14-year production run as the company converts the assembly space to manufacture Optimus humanoid robots, targeting one million units per year.
HD Hyundai Robotics has secured its first robotic welding order from a U.S. shipyard operator, supplying its ArcLift GO system to three Chouest Group facilities in North America and one in Brazil, as skilled welder shortages drive automation demand in American shipbuilding.
Despite record investment, viral demonstrations, and bold commercial timelines, the gap between what humanoid robots can do on camera and what they can reliably deliver in real industrial environments remains significant – and is being increasingly acknowledged by the people building them.
Meta is developing a highly personalized agentic AI assistant powered by its Muse Spark model, alongside an internal agent codenamed Hatch, as the company builds toward an autonomous AI and robotics strategy across its consumer platforms.
Hyundai is pressing Boston Dynamics to deliver tens of thousands of Atlas humanoid robots for its automotive plants, as the company navigates a series of senior leadership departures and attempts to ramp from four robots per month toward a stated capacity of 30,000 per year.
Beijing-based Linkerbot, which claims over 80% of the global market for high-degree-of-freedom robotic hands, is targeting a $6 billion valuation in its next funding round, double the $3 billion valuation established in a Series B+ round closed last week.
Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a humanoid robotics startup building foundation models for robot control and self-learning, with the founding team joining Meta’s Superintelligence Labs research division.
Nvidia and Doosan Robotics have announced plans to connect Doosan’s agentic robot operating system with Nvidia’s simulation and training infrastructure, targeting an intelligent robot solution launch in 2027 and an industrial humanoid by 2028.
LG Electronics has confirmed it is in discussions with Nvidia on potential cooperation spanning robotics, AI data center infrastructure, and mobility technologies, as both companies deepen their positions in physical AI.
AtkinsRéalis and the University of Oxford’s Oxford Robotics Institute have formed a partnership to commercialize autonomous inspection and manipulation robots for nuclear decommissioning and energy sector applications, building on deployments already active at Sellafield.
Stuttgart-based AI robotics software company Sereact has raised $110 million in a Series B led by Headline, with customers including BMW and Daimler Truck already running its vision-language-action models in live production environments.
Shares of Leaderdrive, China’s largest manufacturer of harmonic reducers for robotic joints, have risen 40% over the past year, making founders Zuo Yuyu and Zuo Jing billionaires as humanoid robot shipments surge globally.
Elon Musk said Tesla will delay the Optimus V3 unveil until closer to its production date, targeting a July-August window, citing concerns that competitors are conducting frame-by-frame analysis of Tesla’s robotics demonstrations to replicate the technology.