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Morgan Stanley Doubles China Humanoid Robot Shipment Forecast to 50,000 Units in 2026

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Morgan Stanley has raised its China humanoid robot shipment forecast to 50,000 units for 2026, nearly doubling its previous projection of 28,000, as commercial verification in factories, logistics, and retail accelerates faster than the bank anticipated at the start of the year.

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University of Basel Develops Modular Nanorobot with Reusable Propulsion and Payload Modules

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Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a modular nanorobot comprising a magnetic propulsion module and a swappable payload capsule connected by a DNA-based self-assembly system, demonstrating targeted anticancer drug delivery that reduced HeLa cell viability to 16% within 72 hours.

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Agility Robotics to Go Public at $2.5 Billion Valuation Through SPAC Merger with Churchill Capital

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Agility Robotics has announced a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI to go public at a $2.5 billion valuation, providing more than $620 million in proceeds to fund commercial expansion of its Digit humanoid robot, backed by over $300 million in existing orders for a new Digit version.

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Bear Robotics Acquires Kinisi Robotics to Add Humanoid Manipulation to Its 16,000-Unit Deployed Fleet

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Bear Robotics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinisi Robotics, adding the KR1 humanoid robot and its vision-language-action manipulation models to Bear’s existing fleet of more than 16,000 deployed service robots, completing what the company describes as an end-to-end physical AI platform.

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JD.com Founder Says Robots Will Eventually Replace All 700,000 Couriers, Launches Nirvana Retraining Program

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JD.com founder Richard Liu said at the APEC China CEO Forum that robots will replace the company’s 700,000 delivery workers “sooner or later”, pairing the prediction with a retraining program called Nirvana that aims to move couriers into robot maintenance and AI training roles before automation arrives.

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U.S. Industrial Robot Installations Rose 11% in 2025 to 38,000 Units, Driven by Food Sector Surge

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U.S. industrial robot installations grew 11% year-on-year to 38,000 units in 2025, according to the International Federation of Robotics, with food industry adoption surging 30% as the country climbs to eighth globally in robot density – still roughly ten times behind China’s annual installation pace.

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NVIDIA Launches Halos for Robotics, the First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI, with Agility’s Digit as First Adopter

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NVIDIA has announced Halos for Robotics, the industry’s first full-stack safety architecture for physical AI systems, drawing on 18,600 engineering years of autonomous vehicle safety development, with Agility Robotics integrating it into Digit as the first commercial humanoid deployment.

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Sanctuary AI Achieves 99.5% Task Success Rate at Automotive Tier 1 Supplier, Pivots to Hardware-Agnostic Physical AI

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Sanctuary AI has validated a 99.5% task success rate and 2.54-second cycle time on a wire-plugging task at a global Tier 1 automotive supplier’s live production line, as the company shifts strategy to deploy its physical AI on existing industrial robot platforms rather than waiting for humanoid commercialization.

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Kawasaki Robotics Debuts RL030N, the First 8-Axis Robot Designed for Physical AI, at Automate 2026

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Kawasaki Robotics has debuted the RL030N at Automate 2026 in Chicago, an 8-degree-of-freedom robot described as the industry’s first platform designed specifically for physical AI applications, alongside patented Pulseboard weld inspection technology capable of 10x faster inspection speeds.

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CYBERDYNE and Pegasus Tech Ventures Launch $60 Million Fund to Invest in Physical AI and Robotics Startups

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CYBERDYNE and Pegasus Tech Ventures have launched a JPY 10 billion ($60 million) corporate venture capital fund to invest in startups developing robotics, physical AI, healthcare, and intelligent systems, with CYBERDYNE as the sole limited partner and Pegasus managing the fund as general partner.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI), News, Robots & Robotics

Autonomique Advances Physical AI Platform to Live Production at Tier-1 Automotive Supplier F&P Mfg.

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Autonomique, a Physical AI software company spun out of SRI, has moved its robot autonomy platform from a paid pilot to live production deployment at F&P Mfg., a Canadian Tier-1 automotive supplier serving Honda, Toyota, and General Motors, with a global rollout across F.tech’s manufacturing network under discussion.

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D-Link Enters Robotics with AI Therapeutic Robot Subsidiary, Targeting 100,000-Unit Shipments in 2027

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D-Link has publicly confirmed its entry into robotics for the first time, establishing a dedicated subsidiary focused on AI therapeutic robots with software and platform services rather than hardware, targeting initial shipments exceeding 100,000 units in Q2 2027.

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Seres Unveils Xiaosai Humanoid Robot for Vehicle Inspection and Production as Chinese Automakers Race Into Robotics

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Chinese automaker Seres has unveiled Xiaosai, its first humanoid robot, designed for visual recognition, autonomous greeting, and voice interaction, as the company expands its embodied AI presence beyond the Xiaosai 01 and 02 inspection robots already operating at its smart factory.

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Verity Wins IERA Award 2026 for Autonomous Indoor Drone System Deployed in 200 Warehouses

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Swiss deep-tech company Verity has won the 2026 IERA Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation for its fully autonomous indoor drone system, deployed across approximately 200 warehouses and capturing 500,000 images per day for continuous inventory tracking.

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