The global reception robots market is projected to grow from $1.2 billion in 2023 to $6.8 billion by 2032, driven by AI advances and rising demand for automated customer service.
HONOR will unveil its first humanoid robot at Mobile World Congress 2026, marking a strategic expansion from smartphones into embodied AI and robotics.
EngineAI has demonstrated its PM01 humanoid robot performing rapid recovery maneuvers, highlighting advances in balance control, dynamic locomotion, and embodied AI resilience.
NVIDIA has unveiled Cosmos Policy, a unified AI model for robot control and planning built on its world foundation models, improving manipulation performance and real-world task execution.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada is deploying Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid robots after a successful pilot, expanding their use in logistics and manufacturing tasks.
China’s humanoid robots performed complex dance and martial arts routines at the Spring Festival Gala, showcasing advances in balance and coordination while raising questions about real-world readiness.
An Indian university was asked to vacate its booth at the India AI Impact Summit after presenting a Chinese-made Unitree robot dog as its own, raising questions about credibility and global competition in robotics.
China has opened its first 7S humanoid robot store in Wuhan, combining sales, training, and deployment services in a new retail model aimed at accelerating real-world adoption.
Qualcomm unveiled its robotics platform and new humanoid-focused processor at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, signaling its push to become a core infrastructure provider for physical AI systems.
Unitree Robotics has begun deploying its G1 humanoid robots on production lines to assemble motor components, marking a shift from demonstrations to real industrial use.
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.
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.