Boston Dynamics just put wheels on Atlas. A new demo shows the humanoid robot swapping its feet for wheels and pulling off jumps, 360-degree spins ... Show more


Agility Robotics' Nasdaq debut invites scrutiny of humanoid robot market: US leader in deploying humanoid robots goes public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/agility-robotics-nasdaq-debut-invites-scrutiny-of-humanoid-robot-market/

New wheeled humanoid robot learns factory jobs in a month, reports 95% success rate
interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/wheeled-humanoid-robot-for-factory-tasks
Qestr, a humanoid robot, joined 24 human participants in the Antarctic Ice Ultra at Ultima Camp in freezing conditions, but its marathon attempt was cut short ... Show more

A humanoid robot attempts to compete alongside human athletes in an Antarctic ultramarathon but runs out of battery after less than two miles in temperatures ... Show more

A San Francisco robotics startup just armed its fighting android with real fire.
The humanoid robot fighting league known as REK fight club has revealed a ... Show more

I watched a humanoid robot clean my apartment. It felt like a taste of the future.
technologyreview.com/2026/11/06/1148090/i-watched-a-humanoid-robot-clean-my-apartment-it-felt-like-a-taste-of-the-future/

Robot Videos: Moon Rover PROMISE, Atlas Rolls, and More: Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-moon-rover-promise
A humanoid robot joined runners in freezing conditions to take part in a marathon in Antarctica on November 8.
The robot called Qestr was among the 25 ... Show more

The ultimate endurance test for humanoid robots recently took place in the freezing extremes of Antarctica.
During the November 2026 Antarctic Ice Marathon ... Show more
A humanoid robot just sustained a severe structural strike in a professional cage match and kept fighting.
During the URKL (Ultimate Robot Knockout League) ... Show more
At the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, around 200 visitors experienced future technologies up close. A humanoid robot even handed out popcorn to ... Show more


Meta puts its AI on two legs – with help from China: Meta is making a deeper push into humanoid robotics. According to a report by The Information ...
notebookcheck.net/Meta-puts-its-AI-on-two-legs-with-help-from-China.1439921.0.html

The iPhone Duo taught the iPad a much-needed lesson in multitasking. iPadOS 27.2 makes Split View less of a chore.
digitaltrends.com/computing/the-iphone-duo-taught-the-ipad-a-much-needed-lesson-in-multitasking-ipados-27-2-makes-split-view-less-of-a-chore/
Not something you see every day 🤣 Shoppers were treated to a spooky surprise when this humanoid robot, sporting a creepy mask and wig ... Show more


Domestic droid gone amok? Don't worry, you're covered: Insurance firms look to insulate domestic humanoid robot owners against the inevitable chaos they will ...
theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/30/domestic-droid-gone-amok-dont-worry-youre-covered/5306396
Your old smartphone could soon be the central brain of a walking humanoid robot.
Researchers at UCLA have developed PhoneBot ... Show more
Tesla said it has started producing the humanoid robot at its Fremont, California factory, but Musk said the ramp will be bumpy because there are “10 ... Show more
Unitree has just unveiled its latest breakthrough in embodied AI with a machine designed for unprecedented physical capability ... Show more

Agility Robotics Digit 5 Redesign Prioritizes Safety: Agility Robotics’ first practical robotic worker is nothing like I dreamed
spectrum.ieee.org/agility-robotics-digit-5-redesign

Schaeffler: Humanoid robots build joint modules for humanoid robots: Schaeffler has opened a factory where humanoid robots manufacture actuators for humanoid ...
heise.de/news/Schaeffler-Humanoide-Roboter-bauen-Gelenkmodule-fuer-humanoide-Roboter-11493644.html
Things got chaotic during WestCOL’s livestream with a humanoid robot. First, the robot punched him while dancing. Later, it kicked a display case and ... Show more


German police seize humanoid robot that allegedly groped teen girl, and phones of young men who had it
cbsnews.com/news/germany-robot-teen-girl-sexual-harassment-groping-cologne/
Key FactsPolice seize robot after alleged touching of 16-year-old girl
Oct 14, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cbsnews.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cbsnews.com
- Videos appear to show the roughly four-foot robot touching the 16-year-old’s buttocks and repeatedly making thrusting movements.
- Police say the 16-year-old owner and his 19-year-old companion recorded and livestreamed the encounter on social media.
- Officers found the two young men nearby and seized the robot and their smartphones as evidence.
- Investigators are examining whether the movements were remotely controlled, programmed, or performed independently by the robot.

Humanoid ‘sexually assaults’ teen in Germany: When robots commit crimes, who’s to be blamed?
firstpost.com/explainers/humanoid-sexually-assaults-teen-in-germany-when-robots-commit-crimes-whos-to-be-blamed-14052700.html

Humanoid Robot Gropes Teen Girl; German Police Probe: The robot's suspected 16-year-old owner and a 19-year-old companion were said to have filmed the alleged ...
deccanchronicle.com/world/europe/humanoid-robot-gropes-teen-girl-german-police-probe-1995698
A humanoid robot has been seized by police in Cologne, Germany, after allegedly groping and making thrusting motions towards women ... Show more


Humanoid robot ‘sexually assaults’ teenage girl: Detectives investigate whether a boy and man were controlling machine
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/robot-humanoid-sex-assault-cologne-germany-girl-b3066175.html

Pressure on the shin: Old mice live 79.5 days longer and stay fit: Doris Dörrie's new film shows an 80-year-old woman who lives with an AI care robot - | and ...
telepolis.de/article/Frau-Winkler-verlaesst-das-Haus-KI-im-Alltag-und-was-sie-mit-uns-macht-11471031.html
Humanoid Robot Joins Garba Celebrations Ahead Of Navratri In Mumbai

RekRobot is staging what it bills as the world’s first humanoid robot weapon fight. Two 6-foot humanoids, Rektile and T-Rek ... Show more
A bizarre incident in Germany has sparked a criminal investigation after a remotely operated machine allegedly assaulted a teenager ... Show more
Researchers have developed an affordable #humanoidrobot that can walk, follow people, and get back on its feet, all with a little help from an ordinary smartphone.

A tiny humanoid robot uses an Android phone as its brain, and costs just $400: Researchers have developed an affordable humanoid robot that can walk ...
digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/a-tiny-humanoid-robot-uses-an-android-phone-as-its-brain-and-costs-just-400/

PhoneBot: Humanoid Open-Source Robot Based on an Old Smartphone: Researchers have developed an inexpensive humanoid robot based on an Android smartphone ...
heise.de/news/PhoneBot-Humanoider-Open-Source-Roboter-auf-Basis-eines-alten-Smartphones-11481842.html

Robot that looks like Iron Man gropes teen girl: German cops: A remote-controlled humanoid robot painted to resemble Iron Man was allegedly used to sexually ...
torontosun.com/news/world/robot-that-looks-like-iron-man-gropes-teen-girl-german-cops

Humanoid robots can sprint and box – but the real test is doing the laundry - Robohub
robohub.org/humanoid-robots-can-sprint-and-box-but-the-real-test-is-doing-the-laundry/
The unboxing you do not see that often.
Tech creator Ela Daniliuc recently shared footage of herself unpacking the Unitree R1 humanoid robot directly in her ... Show more

Figure Promises First General-Purpose Humanoid Robot: The startup’s team includes robotics veterans from IHMC, Boston Dynamics, and Tesla
spectrum.ieee.org/figure-humanoid-robot
A live broadcast turned chaotic when a humanoid robot struck its owner during a choreographed routine.
Colombian Kick streamer WestCOL recently featured the ... Show more

Don’t Expect Cheaper Memory Even If The AI Bubble Pops: Micron Says Each Humanoid Robot Would Need Over 200 GB Of DRAM And Multiple Terabytes Of NAND
wccftech.com/dont-expect-cheaper-memory-even-if-the-ai-bubble-pops-micron-says-each-humanoid-robot-would-need-over-200-gb-of-dram-and-multiple-terabytes-of-nand/

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is done doing backflips and is finally ready to clock in: Boston Dynamics and Hyundai are preparing to bring Atlas humanoid robots to ...
digitaltrends.com/computing/boston-dynamics-atlas-is-done-doing-backflips-and-is-finally-ready-to-clock-in/

Humanoid robot walks through Rosenheim - | and causes plenty of reactions: It waves, dances and attracts attention: A humanoid robot strolled through Rosenheim ...
rosenheim24.de/rosenheim/rosenheim-stadt/rosenheim-humanoider-roboter-laeuft-durch-die-innenstadt-94525723.html
A humanoid robot is plunged into a blazing furnace, with Arnold Schwarzenegger present: Figure's video is reminiscent of "Terminator 2 ... Show more


Researchers built a robot that turns a fall from the sky into a sailing trip: Researchers in Singapore built a robot that drops from the sky, spins down like a ...
digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/researchers-built-a-robot-that-turns-a-fall-from-the-sky-into-a-sailing-trip/

RAM prices remain high: Micron focuses on humanoid robots: Micron expects a tighter supply of DRAM and NAND in 2027 and 2028 than in 2026 and sees humanoid ...
pcgameshardware.de/RAM-Hardware-154108/News/Micron-RAM-Preise-KI-Blase-humanoide-Roboter-1555554/

Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements: Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/tesla-workers-balk-at-training-optimus-humanoid-robots-as-replacements/

A new sunlight-powered trick could make smelly trash bins a thing of the past: Researchers have built a lithium-boosted catalyst that uses sunlight to break down ...
digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/a-new-sunlight-powered-trick-could-make-smelly-trash-bins-a-thing-of-the-past/
Figure AI concluded the operational life of its Figure 02 humanoid robot fleet through an event titled the F.02 Decommission ... Show more
Google just clarified its Android sideloading crackdown, and it’s not as sweeping as I thought
digitaltrends.com/computing/android-sideloading-now-comes-with-a-24-hour-cooldown-thanks-to-googles-malware-crackdown/

Elon Musk Slashes Memory Requirements For Tesla’s AI5 Chip By Half To 72 GB, And AI6 By A Third To 144 GB, But Says The Performance Of Optimus Won’t Be ...
wccftech.com/elon-musk-slashes-memory-requirements-for-teslas-ai5-chip-by-half-to-72-gb-and-ai6-by-a-third-to-144-gb-but-says-the-performance-of-optimus-wont-be-affected/

Chinese company opens the world's largest factory for the production of humanoid robots - | manufactured by humanoid robots
gamestar.de/artikel/chinesisches-unternehmen-eroeffnet-die-weltweit-groesste-fabrik-zur-produktion-humanoider-roboter-gefertigt-von-humanoiden-robotern,3459890.html
The highly advanced XPENG IRON robot has officially entered mass production.
Chinese technology company XPENG recently commissioned its new humanoid robot ... Show more
A remotely controlled six-foot humanoid robot, dubbed a “Terminator robot” by US robotics firm REK, takes on internet personality Frankie LaPenna in a ... Show more


Soccer-playing humanoid robots score a major robotics goal for coordination: We are used to seeing images of humanoid robots clumsily walking ...
techxplore.com/news/2026-09-soccer-playing-humanoid-robots-score.html
US Army backs humanoid robot with ballistic protection for future battlefield missions
techspot.com/news/114028-us-army-backs-humanoid-robot-ballistic-protection-future.html

China has three new criteria for humanoid robot IPOs. Few, if any, meet them: China's securities regulator is raising the bar for public listings of humanoid ...
cnbc.com/2026/09/29/china-criteria-humanoid-robot-ipos.html
Figure presents Helix 2.5: Robot learns to navigate unfamiliar homes. Figure has presented Helix 2.5, a new AI model for humanoid robots ... Show more

Valuetainment (@valuetainment) auf X: NEW: Apple has reportedly been working on the iPhone Duo for more than 15 years.
x.com/valuetainment/status/2099901007736033677
Xiaomi 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max confirmed for Qualcomm's Dual 8 Elites
Xiaomi's SVP and president of international business , Adam Zeng ... Show more
The 48th WorldSkills Competition has officially opened! A group of China's latest-generation humanoid robots performed a dance with dancers at the opening ... Show more

Japan's first robot ambulance works the 9-1-1 lines for humanoids : A Japanese firm unveiled a van-style vehicle with an onboard engineer to service ...
newatlas.com/ai-humanoids/japan-gmo-humanoid-ambulance-robots/

Humanoid robot sales tally hit 7,000 globally last year: The relatively small number contrasts with forecasts for a boom in the coming years ...
reuters.com/technology/humanoid-robot-sales-tally-hit-7000-globally-last-year-2026-09-21/
Was wie eine Szene aus Terminator aussieht, war vor allem ein spektakulärer PR-Stunt: Der Influencer Frankie LaPenna trat in einem Käfig gegen einen rund 1 ... Show more

🦾 Humanoid Robot Hands: The Costliest Battle in Physical AI.
Dexterous hands are the most expensive module in humanoid robots ... Show more
Boston Dynamics Opens Robotics Metaplant Application Center to Train Humanoid Robots for Manufacturing Tasks
bostondynamics.com/news/boston-dynamics-opens-robotics-metaplant-application-center-to-train-humanoid-robots-for-manufacturing-tasks/
‘A billion robots’: Musk’s huge prediction: Elon Musk has predicted there will be at least one billion humanoid robots within the next decade that will be more ...
news.com.au/finance/work/trends/elon-musk-predicts-humanoid-robots-will-hit-one-billion-in-10-years-and-outproduce-all-humans/news-story/39eab7f36d83c98b7248e4c0dea08951
A humanoid robot kicks its developer during a demonstration in China, sending the remote control flying from his hand. The engineer dodges another kick before ... Show more


Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China — its makers say it could soon be helping you out at home
livescience.com/technology/robotics/eerily-humanlike-ai-powered-robot-enters-mass-production-in-china-its-makers-say-it-could-soon-be-helping-you-out-at-home
A humanoid robot reportedly fought back after being pushed by a customer at an electronics store in Saratov, Russia. Apparently ... Show more


Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers: Robots can start working outside physical cages and without safety barriers.
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/agilitys-new-humanoid-robot-will-stop-squat-to-avoid-harming-human-coworkers/

Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war: At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-meter ...
asiatimes.com/2026/09/terminator-now-china-is-exploring-humanoid-robots-for-war/
