China’s humanoid robot boom is facing falling stocks, weak demand, and suspicions of inflated sales. Is the tech sensation really just another bubble?

XPeng is taking humanoids from the lab to the production line: Iron has 76 joints, custom chips, and human-like movement. It is set to go on sale as early as 2027.

China’s military is testing humanoid robots for reconnaissance and combat inside buildings. Documents show, however, that there is still a long way to go from ambitious plans to battlefield deployment...

Atlas turns a few photos into photorealistic 3D worlds, offers precise camera control, and generates data for training robots. See how it fills in the missing space.

Robotics has big ambitions but faces a shortage of high-quality data and poor reliability. For now, specialized machines—not general-purpose humanoids—are the main moneymakers.

LLMs understand words, but world models can predict the consequences of actions in the physical world. This difference could shape the future of robotics.

Unitree’s Superman humanoid is breaking speed and jumping records, while the company’s shares have soared by hundreds of percent since its IPO. Is the robotic future closer than we thought?

Robots are monitoring intersections on Chinese streets and have issued over 170,000 warnings. They spot violations, advise people, and soon there could be hundreds of them.

With the GEN-1.5 model, a robot can master new physical tasks after one brief demonstration, without training or rewriting code. What can it do today, and where is this capability headed?

At a Shanghai exhibition center this July, a machine appeared that at first glance defied classification. Shanghai-based Run Robotics unveiled a robot at the WAIC 2026 conference that it calls

London-based robotics company Humanoid, officially known as SKL Robotics, has joined the ranks of so-called unicorns—young companies valued at more than one billion dollars. According to...

California-based 1X from Palo Alto has unveiled new hands for its NEO robot. They have 25 degrees of freedom, are tendon-driven like human hands and, according to the manufacturer, approach human dext...