XPENG has commissioned an automated production line for its IRON humanoid. The milestone is real, but sustained mass production and…
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Why NEURA Is Distributing Compute Throughout Its Humanoid’s Body
NEURA and SECO plan distributed compute modules for cognitive robots including 4NE1. The design shows why humanoid intelligence cannot live…
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Humanoids Learn Body Language: RoboGesture Makes Robot Conversation Less Mechanical
RoboGesture links speech with expressive, collision-aware movements in real time. The research shows why body language may become a decisive…
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RoboNova.i Eva.i fact check: Warm skin, bold promises, delayed production
Eva.i promises a warm surface, touch sensing and a persistent personal memory. Here is what the evidence says about Shenzhen…
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Wandercraft’s Calvin-40 Wins 12 Customers: Why Humanoids May Scale as Specialists First
Wandercraft says 12 customers are working with Calvin-40. Its strategy is to scale the humanoid through defined industrial tasks, real…
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One Robot, Two Bodies: PrimeBOT Challenges the Fixed Humanoid Form at IFA
PrimeBOT plans to demonstrate a personal robot that switches between upright and quadrupedal mobility. The design raises a broader question:…
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UBTECH’s 921 Humanoids: A Hard Revenue Test for Physical AI
UBTECH reports 921 full-size humanoids sold and RMB590.3 million in segment revenue. The interim results show real scaling, but also…
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8.86 Seconds, Then a Crash: What the Humanoid Sprint Record Really Measures
A humanoid robot completed 100 metres in 8.86 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. It was faster…
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Inside the Humanoid Gym: How Schaeffler Is Training Robots for Factory Scale
AEON has entered Schaeffler’s dedicated Humanoid Gym, where imitation learning and validation are intended to turn robot demonstrations into repeatable…
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Unitree’s Market Debut: How Much Reality Is Priced Into the Humanoid Boom?
Unitree’s spectacular Shanghai debut gives public markets their first mainland Chinese humanoid pure play—and creates a demanding test for revenue,…
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Bosch to Manufacture Humanoid Robots in Germany from 2027
Bosch will begin manufacturing Humanoid’s robots in Bühl in 2027, bringing automotive-grade production expertise into Europe’s emerging humanoid supply chain.
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2,056 Robots and Fully Autonomous Races: What the Humanoid Games Really Test
The World Humanoid Robot Games turn robot sport into a public stress test. The useful signals are not medals alone,…
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