Keywords: Robotics


China humanoid robot production surges as demand lags behind

China has rapidly scaled up the production of humanoid robots, securing a dominant position in the global robotics supply chain, while signs of weak demand raise concerns about a potential imbalance in the sector’s growth trajectory. The country accounted for roughly 85 percent of global humanoid......

Intel and Hitachi expand AI partnership for industrial manufacturing

Intel and Hitachi have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the deployment of artificial intelligence across industrial environments. The collaboration focuses on integrating advanced computing, industrial expertise and semiconductor capabilities to support next-generation manufacturing,......

Amazon unveils new AI warehouse robot as part of $12 billion expansion in Europe

Amazon has introduced a new artificial intelligence-powered warehouse robot as part of a major €10 billion ($11.6 billion) investment aimed at expanding and modernizing its European logistics network. The company presented the upgraded version of its Proteus mobile robot during its “Delivering......

SoftBank CEO says AI boom will be 50 times larger than the dotcom era

SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son declared Monday that the artificial intelligence revolution will be 50 times larger than the dotcom bubble, calling it the greatest technological upheaval in human history. Speaking in Paris, Son said the current moment is equivalent to the earliest days of the......

Nvidia expands humanoid robot partnerships across the United States, Europe and Asia

Nvidia is broadening its involvement in the rapidly growing humanoid robotics sector by partnering with robot manufacturers in the United States, Europe and South Korea, while continuing its collaboration with Chinese company Unitree. The initiative reflects the increasing demand for advanced robotic......

Bosch to manufacture humanoid robots for British startup Humanoid

Bosch has agreed to manufacture humanoid robots for the British robotics startup Humanoid in a deal aimed at scaling production of its HMND 01 platform across the European market. The agreement also involves Schaeffler as a key supplier of actuator components, strengthening the industrial supply chain......

Figure AI robots exceed 24 hours of warehouse operation test

A fleet of humanoid robots developed by Figure AI has sustained continuous warehouse sorting operations for more than 24 hours, marking a major milestone in autonomous industrial robotics. The demonstration began as a planned eight hour live test on 13 May and evolved into an open ended endurance run......

British startup Humanoid to deploy 2,000 robots in factories

A British robotics startup has secured a large industrial agreement with German manufacturer Schaeffler to deploy up to 2,000 wheeled humanoid robots across global production sites by 2032. The deal marks one of the most extensive planned industrial deployments of humanoid robots to date and reflects......

Figure AI robots tidy a bedroom together using vision alone, with no human input

Two F.03 humanoid robots from Figure AI, driven by the company's Helix-02 neural network, autonomously restored order to an entire bedroom in under two minutes — coordinating exclusively through visual cues, without any human intervention or explicit communication between the machines. The......