Fourier says it will provide a wider range of humanoid robots, exoskeletons, and other systems to serve diverse market needs.

NVIDIA Research plans to show how its simulation research is improving AI models, as well as how such models can help simulation and robotics.

Disney Research is exploring how its robotic characters can enhance the theme park experience for customers.

Skild AI will use the funding to build its model and training datasets for commercial deployment. It’s also hiring across AI, robotics, engineering, operations, and security.

Humanoid robots are reaching maturity and are becoming viable for real-world applications. Five industry organizations have drafted guidelines for humanoid robot development in China.

Robotics Invest 2024 provided an opportunity for investors and innovators to communicate expectations and look ahead.

Sanctuary AI is developing the Phoenix robot, and its strategic investment partners said they want to bolster Canada’s technology sector on the global stage.

From exciting deployments and humanoid robotics developments to emerging partnerships, there was no shortage of robotics news to cover in June 2024. 

GXO Logistics deployed a small fleet of Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoids at a Spanx warehouse in what the companies claim is the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoids.

The Apollo humanoid is taking steps toward commercial use in a trial jointly conducted by GXO Logistics and Apptronik.

ASTM International’s Aaron Prather will chair the IEEE humanoid study group, which is open to other standards development organizations.

The agreement designates Realbotix as an official developer partner and facilitates collaboration and integration with ROBOTIS’ technology. 

Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor says UBTECH’s Walker S humanoid will be performing various tasks in its car manufacturing process.

In May, exciting events, like the Robotics Summit & Expo and Automate, brought a batch of new product releases and partnership announcements.

1X Technologies showed advances in AI and teleoperation enable multiple humanoids to conduct a sequence of tasks.

In 2024, Figure AI unveiled prototypes of its first generation of humanoid robot developed in just under a year.

OpenAI is creating a new internal robotics research group after pulling back from robotics research in 2021.

All consumer goods are heavily cost-driven. Household robots will be no exception, writes an Engineering.com columnist.

Unitree unveiled its G1 humanoid robot that is a smaller and less expensive version of its H1 humanoid.

Agility Robotics has added Daniel Diez as chief strategy officer, named Melonee Wise chief product officer, and appointed Pras Velagapudi as CTO.

Humanoid robots can help cross the islands of automation normally filled by people to help address the continued labor and skills gaps.

Zion Solutions Group will help distribute and integrate Agility Robotics’ Digit mobile manipulation robot for supply chain applications.