McDonald’s Tests Humanoid Robots in Shanghai Restaurant
A McDonald’s restaurant in Shanghai is testing humanoid robots for customer-facing roles, offering a glimpse into how service robotics could gradually enter everyday retail environments.
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A McDonald’s restaurant in Shanghai is testing humanoid robots for customer-facing roles, offering a glimpse into how service robotics could gradually enter everyday retail environments.
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.
UniX AI has introduced its Panther series embodied AI robots featuring 8-DOF dual arms and an omnidirectional chassis. The platform targets complex real-world service and commercial applications.
Chinese robotics company AGIBOT staged an unprecedented live gala where humanoid robots performed comedy, magic, music, and dance, signaling a new phase in human-robot cultural interaction.
LG Electronics demonstrated its AI-powered CLOiD home robot at CES 2026, highlighting autonomous cooking, laundry folding, and dishwasher management as part of its Zero Labor Home vision.
Primech Holdings plans to debut its Hytron autonomous bathroom cleaning robot in North America at CES 2026. The system targets fully automated restroom hygiene in high-traffic commercial environments.
Galbot has raised more than $300 million in a new funding round to expand deployments of its mobile manipulator robots. The financing pushes the company’s valuation to $3 billion and…
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