Italian robotics firm Generative Bionics has partnered with Fincantieri, a global leader in high-complexity ...

EngineAI launches URKL, the world’s first humanoid robot combat league, offering a $1.44 million gold belt and real-world AI stress testing.

Austin-based robotics startup Apptronik has raised more than $500 million in new funding, pushing its latest round close to $1 billion as it scales production of its Apollo humanoid robot.

Chinese robotics player Geek+ has reportedly unveiled what it claims to be the “world’s ...

As the robotics sector steadily moves from science fiction to factory floor, a new generation of humanoid robots is emerging to reshape industry, healthcare and daily life.

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in fashion campaigns and even stepped into kickboxing rings, only to trip, ...

In today’s rapidly advancing technological landscape, the concept of humanoid robots no longer belongs to the realm of ...

Foundation’s Phantom robot might be built to fight and die, and Figure’s 03 humanoid robot is probably the smoothest, most agile robot I’ve seen in running, turning, and moving, but EngineAI’s T800 – ...

Bringing robots that look and move like humans to households and factories is closer than ever. But despite promises from a growing number of startups, fully autonomous humanoid robots are still years ...

CES 2026 highlighted a trend growing over the past few years: The humanoid robots era. What would previously be announcements of fast quadruped robots, dog-like machines running around that would make ...

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