AGIBOT, the world’s largest humanoid robot maker by shipments, has released a video introducing AGILE (AGIBOT Generative Intelligent Locomotion Engine) — a new generative foundation model that combines perception and locomotion into a single system. In the demonstration, the AGIBOT X2 does something autonomously (at 1x speed, with no slow-motion and no cuts) that earlier … Read more
Based on the Agility Robotics blog post: “The Realistic Pathway to Home”, May 26, 2026. When one of the industry’s biggest players openly says that home humanoids are not coming anytime soon — and explains why — it’s worth reading carefully. Agility Robotics, the company behind the industrial humanoid Digit, has published a rare piece … Read more
In China’s Hubei province (湖北), humanoid robots have begun receiving personal identification numbers — robot ID cards, almost like passports for people. Behind this seemingly quirky piece of news lies a serious bid: China is the first country in the world trying to turn robots into “accountable entities” with a traceable life story — and, … Read more
While the U.S. trains humanoid robots to do backflips and shine on demo stages, the real race for global manufacturing leadership will be won by whoever makes machines more adaptable — not more powerful. That’s the argument Robert Ambrose, who spent decades designing robots for space, makes in a commentary for Fortune. Earlier this year, … Read more
On May 26, US humanoid robot maker Figure and retail holding company Catalyst Brands announced a commercial agreement. Catalyst Brands owns the JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Lucky Brand, and Nautica chains — about 1,800 retail locations across the US and Canada. Figure’s robots will begin working at the company’s distribution center in Reno, Nevada. The … Read more
On May 27, Robotics Summit & Expo 2026 opens at the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston — the largest two-day conference in the United States for commercial robotics developers. Over 6,000 attendees are expected, with more than 50 sessions across tracks on AI, enabling technologies, healthcare, and logistics robotics. The event … Read more
On April 17, 2026, McKinsey & Company published a detailed analysis of humanoid robotics economics titled “Turning humanoid supply-chain constraints into billion-dollar wins.” Its central thesis: the primary constraint on industry scaling today is not algorithms or foundation models but the supply chain for physical components — chiefly actuators, which account for nearly half of … Read more
Image: humanoidssummit.com Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026 takes place May 28–29 at the Takanawa Convention Center in Tokyo — the fourth edition of the series and the first held in Japan. The opening keynote will be delivered by Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories at ATR (Osaka University), known for his … Read more
SpaceX has just test-launched Starship V3 — the largest rocket in history. 124 meters tall, nearly 8,000 tons of thrust, designed to carry up to 100 tons of cargo to Mars in a single trip. The challenge: getting to Mars is becoming realistic, getting back is not. Lifting a rocket off the Martian surface requires … Read more
On April 30, 1X Technologies launched full-scale production at its NEO Factory in Hayward, California — the first vertically integrated humanoid robot manufacturing facility in the United States. The company is producing NEO, a general-purpose humanoid designed to operate safely alongside people in home environments. 1X was founded in 2014 by Norwegian roboticist Bernt Øivind … Read more
