Robotera has released footage of its L7 humanoid robot performing a traditional sword dance, demonstrating advanced balance, coordination, and real-time motion planning capabilities.
China’s most-watched television event is featuring humanoid robots from leading startups, turning the Spring Festival Gala into a national showcase for embodied AI and industrial automation ambitions.
AGIBOT has opened registration for its $530,000 World Challenge at ICRA 2026, inviting global teams to compete across simulation-to-real and world model tracks using its full-stack embodied AI platform.
Trener Robotics has raised $32 million in Series A funding to expand Acteris, its robot-agnostic AI skills platform. The company aims to replace traditional robot programming with conversational, production-ready automation across industrial environments.
AGIBOT introduced its full-size A3 humanoid robot in Shanghai, showcasing dynamic martial arts movements that signal progress in balance control and real-time motion planning. The demonstration highlights intensifying competition in China’s humanoid robotics sector.
Beijing-based X-Humanoid unveils Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, a full-size humanoid robot built on the Wise KaiWu platform, emphasizing openness, interoperability, and real-world industrial deployment.
Xiaomi has released Robotics-0, an open-source Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model designed to enable real-time perception and control for embodied AI systems, marking a strategic push into foundational robotics software.
Samsung Display is positioning OLED panels as a core interface layer for humanoid robots, arguing that voice alone will not be sufficient for reliable human-machine interaction.
RoboDK has launched RoboDK CAM, a software platform designed to automate toolpath generation and robot programming for machining cells, aiming to reduce integration time and engineering complexity.
Mobileye deepens its push into physical AI with a major ADAS partnership in India while advancing its robotics strategy through the planned acquisition of Mentee Robotics.
Just Eat Takeaway.com has launched ground robot delivery trials in Bristol and Milton Keynes, following Uber Eats’ recent rollout in Leeds, as UK platforms test physical AI for last-mile logistics.
Indian robotics startup CynLr has unveiled its Object Intelligence platform, designed to let robots learn and manipulate previously unseen objects in seconds without offline retraining.
Logistics provider Bleckmann has launched an automated storage and retrieval system in the Netherlands using radio-controlled robots, aiming to reduce labor dependency and speed up fashion e-commerce fulfillment.
Apptronik has closed a $520 million extension to its Series A, bringing the total round to more than $935 million as it accelerates production and deployment of its Apollo humanoid robot.
Harvard researchers have introduced a multimaterial 3D printing technique that enables soft robots to bend and morph in predictable ways, potentially simplifying fabrication for surgical and assistive applications.