On May 20, IEEE Spectrum published an opinion piece by two industry veterans — Jonathan Hurst, co-founder of Agility Robotics and professor of robotics at Oregon State University, and Hans Peter Brøndmo, former VP at Google X, where he founded and led the Everyday Robots project. Both have years of experience deploying AI-powered robots in … Read more
In 2025, China produced 12,800 humanoid robots — roughly 90% of the global total. A sharp increase over 2024, but the humanoid segment remains niche: for comparison, Chinese factories produced 556,000 conventional industrial robots over the same period — stationary manipulators used for assembly, sorting, and material handling. According to a MERICS report published on … Read more
In November 2025, Russian banking and technology giant Sber unveiled Grin — its first in-house anthropomorphic robot — at the AI Journey conference in Moscow. The robot runs on Sber’s GigaChat neural network and is designed to perform physical tasks in real-world environments. Grin is equipped with over 40 motors and a sensor suite that … Read more
AgiBot brought its humanoid robot to the Fashion Connect Celebrity Gala during the Cannes International Film Festival — posing for photos and interacting with guests on the red carpet. This is a pure brand play: no industrial demos, no payload specs. Just a humanoid in a ballroom full of celebrities, normalizing the presence of robots … Read more
UBTech has launched UWORLD (优世界) — the company’s first dedicated consumer humanoid brand, separating its home robot line from the industrial Walker S series. No product details yet — just a teaser visual and the tagline “From now on, you’ll never walk alone.” Context: in 2025, UBTech announced a ~$20,000 home companion humanoid aimed at … Read more
ICRA 2026 — the world’s premier conference on robotics and automation — will take place June 1–5 in Vienna (VIECON, Vienna Congress & Convention Center). The event is organized by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. This year’s theme: “Robots for All.” NVIDIA is among the key participants. On June 3 at 2:45 PM CET, … Read more
Boston Dynamics (USA, founded 1992) is the oldest name on this list and a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary since 2020. Its fully electric Atlas was unveiled at CES 2026, winning CNET’s “Best Robot” award, and all 2026 production units are committed to Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center and Google DeepMind. Hyundai is investing $26 billion … Read more
Unitree Robotics has published a new demo showing the G1 humanoid robot performing a range of physical actions generated in real time from external voice commands. The video was recorded in a single take with on-site audio — no post-production edits, no pre-programmed sequences. An operator issues voice commands, and the G1’s AI pipeline translates … Read more
On April 22, 2026, international consulting firm McKinsey published an interview with David Reger, founder and CEO of German company NEURA Robotics. Key takeaways below. Robots as a household norm According to Reger, by 2040 home robots will become as standard as a washing machine. Manual cleaning, dangerous and repetitive factory work will gradually shift … Read more
Two terms keep coming up in every humanoid robot description: “actuators” and “degrees of freedom.” Without understanding them, robotics news is just a string of numbers. Let’s break both down. Actuators — a robot’s muscles An actuator is a device that converts energy into physical movement. In plain terms, it’s the motor that makes a … Read more
