Tesla Sends Optimus Audit Team to Yangtze Delta Suppliers
Tesla is auditing Chinese suppliers Tuopu, Sanhua and Joyson for Optimus parts; suppliers say orders came first, as the 50,000-unit 2026 target grows tight.
Humanoid robots News and Analysis
19 verified stories covering Humanoid robots, product updates and industry developments.
Samsung's In-House Humanoid Robot Eyes CES 2027 Debut
Samsung is fast-tracking an in-house humanoid robot prototype for a possible CES 2027 debut, with hardware and AI software now under one CTO.
NDRC Signals Robotics Industry to Cool Down as Shipments Lag
China's economic planner is warning against a rush into robotics, as humanoid shipments trail far behind the hype and the manufacturing capacity already built up.
Being-M0.7 uses human-centered data to train humanoid motion
Being-M0.7 uses human-centered data to train humanoid motion. The piece reviews the verified facts and why the signal matters beyond one announcement.
LimX Dynamics raises nearly $200 million and brings six-month funding close to $400 million
LimX Dynamics raises nearly $200 million and brings six-month funding close to $400 million. The piece reviews the verified facts and why the signal matters beyond one announcement.
ZeroErr raises hundreds of millions to scale robot joints
ZeroErr raises hundreds of millions to scale robot joints. A concise localization of the verified facts and the industry signal behind the story.
China's humanoid robot makers race toward Hong Kong IPOs
EngineAI's confidential filing shows how Chinese robotics startups are trying to lock in valuations before demand has fully caught up with production.
Two-year-old EngineAI files confidentially for Hong Kong
The Shenzhen humanoid robot maker has fresh funding, a 10,000-unit factory target and unanswered questions about revenue and real demand.
EngineAI chases a 10B-yuan valuation in Hong Kong
EngineAI is highlighting factory speed and funding while leaving investors to wait for the revenue line that will decide the IPO story.
NEURA raises up to $1.4B as Tether bets on robots
NEURA raises up to $1.4B as Tether bets on robots.
Neura raises up to $1.4B for humanoid robots
Germany’s Neura Robotics secured a milestone-based Series C of up to $1.4 billion backed by Tether, NVIDIA, Amazon, Qualcomm and industrial investors.
Nvidia and Hyundai aim for 30,000 Atlas robots a year
Hyundai plans a $5.9 billion Saemangeum base with Nvidia Blackwell chips, robotics manufacturing and hydrogen as it tries to industrialize Atlas by 2028.
BYD confirms humanoid robot work
BYD says its manufacturing, software and hardware stack can carry into humanoid robots, with dealer channels and enterprise use cases in view.
Nvidia offers a reference design for humanoid robots
Nvidia is not selling a humanoid robot so much as a shared research blueprint around Isaac GR00T, Unitree hardware and Jetson Thor.
Schaeffler buys humanoids and becomes their joint supplier
The German auto-parts group plans to deploy 1,000 to 2,000 Humanoid robots while supplying more than one million actuators to the startup through 2031.
China builds 90% of humanoid robots, but buyers are not convinced
Morgan Stanley says Chinese suppliers dominate humanoid robot output, yet only 23% of surveyed buyers are satisfied and most still see the machines as pilot projects.
Beijing half-marathon robot runs 50 minutes 26 seconds
A 169 cm tall red humanoid robot with liquid cooling, built by a smartphone maker, completed a half-marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes.
Humanoid robot training data comes from tens of thousands of gig workers worldwide
A report reveals that humanoid robots are trained by contract workers in over 50 countries who film themselves doing household chores with iPhones strapped to their foreheads, creating the real-world data that companies like Tesla, Figure AI, and Agility Robotics rely on.
Boston Dynamics Atlas Enters Production with DeepMind AI
Boston Dynamics has unveiled the production version of its Atlas humanoid robot, now integrated with Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation model for advanced perception and task planning. The first units are already allocated for 2026, with a long-term plan for a US factory capable of producing 30,000 units per year by 2028.