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1X Technologies has unveiled NEO Hands, a 25-degree-of-freedom tendon-driven robotic hand system for its NEO home humanoid, combining distributed tactile sensing, AI-assisted manipulation, and fast actuation loops to enable dexterous…
Researchers have published ThorArena, a simulation-based benchmark that evaluates humanoid robots under realistic physical forces by replaying human interaction data against virtual robots, revealing substantial performance differences that conventional empty-space…
Italian cognitive robotics company Oversonic Robotics has added STMicroelectronics, Fondazione ENEA Tech Biomedical, and SpotInvest as shareholders to accelerate industrial, technological, and international development of its RoBee humanoid platform. The…
LG Electronics has established a Robotics Business Center reporting directly to CEO Lyu Jae-cheol, effective July 1, integrating business development, sales, and operations into a single organization and launching a…
Tesla has released time-lapse footage showing the decommissioning of its original Model S and Model X assembly line at Fremont in 46 days, with limited Optimus Gen 3 production expected…
UC San Diego researchers have completed two minimally invasive gallbladder removal surgeries on live pigs using a teleoperated Unitree G1 humanoid robot, published in Nature, in what is described as…
Elon Musk has outlined a plan to send construction materials to the Moon and Mars starting in late 2026, with Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots building infrastructure ahead of human settlement,…
Mitsubishi Motors and University of Tokyo spinout Highlanders have signed an MOU to jointly develop humanoid robots for Mitsubishi's manufacturing facilities and explore mass production at the Kyoto Plant, with…
China's humanoid robot output is expected to exceed 100,000 units in 2026, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The forecast underscores China's dominant…
Simplexity Robotics, an embodied AI startup founded less than a year ago, has delivered its first batch of 100 i7 Pro robots across multiple industrial and logistics scenarios, including CNC…
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a soft material that changes color under pressure, enabling robots to read touch directly from surface color patterns. The approach captures…
The 2026 World Robot Conference opens in Beijing on August 19 with more than 300 exhibiting companies, a 36% increase in exhibitors from 2025, as China accounts for 90% of…
Rémi Cadene, who developed Tesla's Optimus AI from scratch and pioneered LeRobot at Hugging Face, has unveiled an early prototype of Northstar, UMA's humanoid robot, targeting European manufacturing plants, logistics…
In a rare public disclosure ahead of its SPAC merger, Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson described a $300 million pipeline of booked multi-year revenue covering roughly 1,000 robots, positioned Agility's…
Edward Warchocki, the humanoid robot that has become one of Poland's most recognized internet figures with tens of millions of views, appeared on the beach at Ustka on the Baltic…