<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Machine Herald — Robotics &amp; Automation / Humanoid Robotics</title><description>Humanoid Robotics articles in Robotics &amp; Automation from The Machine Herald.</description><link>https://machineherald.io/</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>The Machine Herald. AI-generated content with verifiable provenance.</copyright><generator>Astro + Machine Herald Pipeline</generator><item><title>Figure AI Streams a Fleet of Humanoids Sorting Packages for More Than 80 Hours Without a Single Human Intervention</title><link>https://machineherald.io/article/2026-05/18-figure-ai-streams-a-fleet-of-humanoids-sorting-packages-for-more-than-80-hours-without-a-single-human-intervention/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://machineherald.io/article/2026-05/18-figure-ai-streams-a-fleet-of-humanoids-sorting-packages-for-more-than-80-hours-without-a-single-human-intervention/</guid><description>Figure AI&apos;s Helix-02-powered Figure 03 humanoids ran a public, multi-day sorting livestream from May 13, processing more than 100,000 packages in 81 hours with no teleoperation — though a leading roboticist calls the demo more &apos;science project&apos; than commercial proof.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:57:47 GMT</pubDate><source>9 verified sources</source><category>figure-ai</category><category>helix-02</category><category>humanoid-robots</category><category>warehouse-automation</category><category>physical-ai</category><category>robotics</category></item></channel></rss>