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Hyundai Targets 30,000 Atlas Robots Per Year as Boston Dynamics Shifts From Prototype to Mass Production
Hyundai Motor Group plans to purchase tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics robots and build a dedicated robotics factory capable of producing 30,000 humanoid Atlas units annually by 2028, marking the industry's largest commitment to humanoid manufacturing at scale.
Figure AI's Humanoid Robot Walks Into the White House, Becoming the First to Address World Leaders at a U.S. Presidential Summit
Figure 03 appeared alongside First Lady Melania Trump at a global education summit, greeting 45 delegations in multiple languages.
Over 300 Humanoid Robots Will Race Alongside 12,000 Humans in Beijing's Second Robot Half-Marathon on April 19
Beijing's E-Town district is hosting the world's largest humanoid robot race, with a fivefold increase in robot participants and a new autonomous navigation category.
Tesla Debuts Third-Generation Optimus at Shanghai Expo, Targets Mass Production by Year-End
Tesla showcased its third-generation Optimus humanoid robot at AWE 2026 in Shanghai, as the company prepares to convert its Fremont factory lines for robot production and aims to begin public sales by end of 2027.
Household Robotics Startup Sunday Reaches Unicorn Status With 165 Million Dollar Series B to Ship Home Robots by Thanksgiving
Sunday raised $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation to deploy its household robot Memo to homes by Thanksgiving 2026, using a novel low-cost data capture approach.
BMW Deploys First Humanoid Robot in German Auto Production as Physical AI Strategy Expands from US Pilot to Europe
BMW Group has begun deploying Hexagon Robotics' AEON humanoid robot at its Leipzig plant, marking the first time a humanoid robot has entered automotive production in Germany, following a Spartanburg pilot where Figure AI's robot moved 90,000 components across 1,250 operating hours.
Rhoda AI Exits Stealth with $450 Million Series A to Build Robot Foundation Models That Learn from Internet Video
Palo Alto startup Rhoda AI emerged from 18 months of stealth with a $450 million Series A at a $1.7 billion valuation, unveiling a robotics intelligence platform trained on hundreds of millions of internet videos.
Tether Leads $1.2 Billion Investment in Neura Robotics at $4.6 Billion Valuation, Betting Stablecoin Profits on Humanoid Robots
German startup Neura Robotics raises €1 billion led by Tether Holdings, becoming Europe's most valuable humanoid robotics company as cryptocurrency profits flow into physical AI.
Xiaomi Deploys Humanoid Robots on Its EV Assembly Line, Achieving 90 Percent Success Rate in Autonomous Nut Installation
Xiaomi's humanoid robots completed three hours of autonomous assembly work at its EV plant, hitting a 90.2 percent success rate and meeting the 76-second production cycle, as CEO Lei Jun pledges large-scale factory deployment within five years.
Apptronik Nears $1 Billion in Total Funding at $5 Billion Valuation, Betting Its NASA-Bred Humanoid Can Outrun Tesla and China
The Austin startup closes a $520M Series A extension backed by Google, Mercedes-Benz, and John Deere, bringing its war chest to $935M as it races to commercialize Apollo humanoid robots while China commands 90 percent of global shipments.
Chinese Humanoid Robot 'Bolt' Hits 10 m/s on Treadmill, Claiming World Speed Record
Zhejiang University and MirrorMe unveil Bolt, a full-size humanoid robot reaching 10 m/s — tripling the previous Guinness record for bipedal robots.