Humanoids

Weave Robotics has listed the features of its Isaac wheeled bimanual manipulator robot for household and office use.

Leading technology companies have invested in Walden Robotics, which emerged from stealth as it develops full-stack physical AI.

Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility, said the U.S. needs a policy framework that can strengthen what’s already working for the humanoid industry.

Murata Power Solutions’ John Quinlan on how advanced robotics converts, distributes and controls on-board power from battery to actuator.

CEO Andy Lonsberry explains how Path Robotics applies AI to welding, and UC San Diego professor Michael Yip discusses robot learning.

Shenzhen’s Ai2 Robotics raised $735 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, backed by state, corporate, and financial giants.

For the first time, teleoperated humanoid robots successfully performed surgeries during a UC San Diego preclinical trial.

Hugging Face LeRobot is an open-source robotics library for training, running, and sharing robot datasets, models, policies, and workflows.

Tesollo, a South Korean robotic hand specialist, has officially begun preparations for its initial public offering.

Around the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Hyundai and Boston Dynamics have taught footwork to the Atlas humanoid, while the Spot robot is on patrol.

RoboBusiness 2026, the premier event for developers of commercial robotics and those building robotics businesses, is seeking expert speakers.

Humanoid says its KinetIQ Ascend approach can reach 99.9% manipulation reliability at human speed and beyond for industrial tasks.

Editors Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman, and Sarah Wynn review Automate 2026, analyzing key trends in physical AI, humanoids, and software orchestration.

Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production milestones.

Built as a data collection and training platform, Apollo 2 enables continuous learning through deployment, Apptronik said.

Brennand Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi Robotics, discusses the company’s approach to physical AI and its acquisition by Bear Robotics.

The Figure 02 robot supported the production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over 11 months in South Carolina.

AGIBOT has rolled out 15,000 wheeled semi-humanoid robots as it moves from embodied AI from development and production to deployment.

Atharv Kolhar, a staff test automation engineer at Figure AI, says the robotics industry needs a testing philosophy that scales alongside autonomy.

Agility Robotics will merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI, raising $620 million to advance Digit v5 and fulfill growing customer orders.

While vision and language are key parts of physical AI, physical state recovery will enable robots to interact with the world, says a columnist.

Kinisi’s KR1 humanoid robot, its Bristol-based engineering team, and its physical AI capabilities will be integrated into Bear Robotics.