UBTECH Robotics commissioned its Industrial Humanoid Robot Super Smart Factory in Liuzhou, in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 12, 2026, with a line timed to finish one industrial humanoid every ten minutes and a planned yearly output above 10,000 machines. Fourteen thousand square meters of floor and 13.8 meters of height now hold […]
Agility Robotics spent three years watching Digit 4 haul totes for paying customers. On September 15, 2026, the Salem, Oregon company showed what that work bought: Digit 5, a 5-foot-11, 284-pound humanoid built to lift 50 pounds, charge in nine minutes, and share aisles with people instead of living behind a fence. Customers told Agility […]
Humanoid robots can now handle monkey bars. Researchers at ETH Zürich’s Robotic Systems Lab showed an EngineAI PM-01 leaping onto a sparse overhead ladder, swinging hand over hand from one thin rung to the next, and dropping cleanly to the floor in a single unbroken sequence. The work, titled Learning Agile Perceptive Traversal of Sparse […]
Agility Robotics posted a short clip this week of Digit rearranging a room, dragging a couch and shifting chairs, bags, and household clutter as if the furniture were just another tote. That demo is the company showing off generalized manipulation: objects of different sizes, weights, and grips, moved through a space built for people. The […]
China’s World Humanoid Robot Games is a technological showcase, but also a possible glimpse into the future of robotics. Anna Coren reports. Highlights from China's World Humanoid Games, and what it means for the future #Highlights #China039s #World #Humanoid #Games #means #future
Beijing — How long before China is ready to deploy humanoid robot soldiers? That question is on the minds of many of the humans gathered in Beijing right now to watch the World Humanoid Robot Games, and as smashed records highlight the dizzying pace of advancement, one developer tells CBS News the answer is likely […]
A humanoid robot has beaten Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China on Saturday. The robot, made by Beijing-based X-Humanoid, was able to run the 109 yards in 9.39 seconds, beating the 2009 record of 9.58 seconds set by the Jamaican athlete. At the end of the 100-meter […]
Engineers at 1X put the motors for the new NEO hands up in the forearm. Strong cables run down through the wrist and pull on the fingers and palm. This tendon-driven layout keeps the hand itself light while delivering strong, precise pulls. Low gear ratios between 5-to-1 and 15-to-1 let the system stay backdrivable. Push […]
Surgeons and engineers at the University of California San Diego reached a clear milestone this month. A pair of teleoperated humanoid robots finished two separate gallbladder removal operations on large animals during a controlled preclinical trial. One case paired a single robot with a human surgeon who assisted at the table. The second case had […]