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EngineAI's URKL Humanoid Fighting Tournament Debuts in Shenzhen: 32 Teams, a 10-Million-Yuan Gold Belt, and a Headless Robot That Fought On
EngineAI's Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend opened in Shenzhen with 32 teams fighting on standardized T800 humanoids for a gold championship belt worth 10 million yuan. One robot lost its head mid-match and finished the fight on torso-based systems.
Hyundai Workers Strike Over Wages and Job Security as Union Demands a Labor Deal Before Atlas Robots Arrive
Hyundai Motor's union struck for three days in Ulsan over pay and demanded a labor agreement before Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots enter its plants.
Walden Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $300 Million Toyota-Backed Round at $1.1 Billion Valuation
MIT spinout Walden Robotics raised $300 million led by Toyota and Deviation Capital, and has run wheeled humanoid robots at a Toyota plant since February.
AGIBOT Debuts A3 Humanoid Robot in Europe, Launches UK Robot-as-a-Service Rental Model
AGIBOT unveiled its A3 humanoid in Europe and launched UK robot rental pricing starting at £1,999 a day, days after marking its 15,000th robot produced.
Ex-Tesla Optimus Scientist Rémi Cadène Unveils UMA's Northstar, a Paris-Built Humanoid Robot Betting on Europe First
UMA, the Paris startup led by former Tesla Optimus and Hugging Face engineer Rémi Cadène, has emerged from stealth to unveil Northstar, a lightweight humanoid robot aimed at European factories and warehouses.
Ant Group Backs Zeroth in Latest Humanoid Robot Deal, Extending an 18-Month Push That Spans Investments, a Subsidiary and a Joint Venture
Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is building a broad humanoid robotics position through equity deals, an in-house unit called Robbyant, and a joint venture with AgiBot.
Pudu Robotics Unveils the D7, a Semi-Humanoid Industrial Robot Built on Its PuduFM Foundation Model
Pudu Robotics launched the D7, a dual-arm semi-humanoid industrial robot running its PuduFM 1.0 foundation model, with a 14 kg payload and 2-meter reach for warehouse work.
Digit Maker Agility Robotics to Go Public Through $2.5 Billion SPAC Merger With Churchill Capital Corp XI
Agility Robotics will list on Nasdaq as AGLT through a SPAC merger valuing it at $2.5 billion, with more than $620 million in proceeds and a Foxconn-led PIPE.
NVIDIA Launches Halos for Robotics, Porting Its Autonomous-Vehicle Safety Stack to Humanoid and Industrial Robots
At Automate 2026, NVIDIA unveiled Halos for Robotics, a three-layer functional-safety system spanning IGX Thor compute, Halos OS, and an ANAB-accredited inspection lab, with Agility Robotics as first adopter.
China's ROBOTERA Raises Over $200 Million Led by SF Group as Humanoid Maker Scales Logistics Deployments
Two months after a RMB 1 billion round, ROBOTERA raised over $200 million to scale humanoid deployments across 10-plus logistics centers.
China Orders Humanoid Robots Into 'Work Mode': MIIT and SASAC Set a 10,000-Unit Commercial Deployment Target for End of 2026
A joint directive from China's industry ministry and state-asset regulator pushes humanoid robots from demos into paying jobs, targeting 10,000 commercial units and 100-plus applications by year-end.
Vietnam's Vingroup Enters the Humanoid Race With Two Robots: VinDynamics' Dyno Service Bot and VinRobotics' VR-H3 Factory Robot
Two Vingroup subsidiaries debuted humanoid robots at ICRA 2026 and Computex Taipei, marking Vietnam's entry into a field led by US and Chinese firms.