China is scaling dexterous robotic hands as a strategic bet on manufacturing, labor shortages and a humanoid robot market projected to reach $5 trillion.
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, a humanoid robot built to stop, squat and work near people without conventional safety barriers.
Indian workers are earning about $2.60 an hour to record household tasks that help technology companies teach humanoid robots how people move.
Uber and Wayve launched London’s first public autonomous rides in 15 vehicles, giving passengers self-driving trips while safety operators remain in the driver’s seat.
A Chinese humanoid robot reportedly ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games, surpassing Usain Bolt’s human record.
Chinese companies now account for 97% of humanoid robot shipments, as factories and policymakers turn experimental machines into industrial tools.
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns, bringing lightweight packages in as little as 30 minutes.
General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to train physical AI foundation models using millions of hours of gaming data instead.
Agility Robotics' Digit humanoids are already on factory floors as researchers predict 40% of household chores will be automated within a decade.
Elroy Air agrees to $1 billion SPAC merger with Columbus Circle Capital to fund Chaparral cargo drone production.
NVIDIA released open-source Cosmos and GR00T models with 30+ global partners deploying physical AI systems across robotics and autonomous vehicles.
NVIDIA launches Cosmos 3, an open omnimodel enabling robots and autonomous vehicles to reason before acting, cutting training time from months to days.
Alex Kendall claims Wayve's end-to-end AI model beats Waymo's rule-based stack and predicts licensing deals will spread autonomous tech faster than robotaxis.
Meta's surprise acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence signals a major hardware pivot as the company aims to become the foundational platform.
Billions pour into humanoid robotics as AI breakthroughs push machines from factory floors to daily life, but questions remain about real-world value.
