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
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
