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

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

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

Explore how vision-language-action models like Helix, GR00T N1, and RT-1 are enabling robots to understand instructions and act autonomously.

LG debuts the CLOiD humanoid robot at CES 2026, a dual-armed home assistant designed to automate daily household chores.

The return of RoboBusiness, which took place in Silicon Valley, was among the industry highlights of October 2025.

Palladyne AI focuses on simplifying robot programming, advancing swarming technology, and developing hardware-agnostic AI for diverse applications.

Figure 03 features a redesigned sensory suite and hand system, a form factor for household operation, and lower manufacturing costs.

Between robotic companies shutting down, large funding rounds, and product releases, there was plenty of robotic news in September.

Asensus Surgical’s VP of R&D discusses the strategic direction and priorities of his team, including the development of the Luna platform.

Brookfield, which manages over 500 million sq. ft. of office space and 160 million sq. ft. of logistics space, will provide real-world training data.

Figure AI is a new humanoid robotics unicorn as its valuation passes $39 billion and it plans to scale production.

For robots to be predictable and adaptive, they need a priority-based architecture and a new legal model, argues a researcher.

New from ProMat and NVIDIA GTC grabbed readers’ attention in March, while humanoids remained an important topic.

Figure AI said it’s moving the manufacturing of its humanoids in-house to control the build process and quality.

Figure AI released research around its Helix vision-language-action model as it tests its humanoids for logistics tasks.

The Robotics Factory is a Pittsburgh-based accelerator focused on enabling startups to grow.

Figure released a video showing its new Helix VLA model running on a pair of Figure 02 humanoids cooperating on a household task.

Chris Savoia, head of ecosystem success at Universal Robots, shares his perspective on the success of the UR+ partner ecosystem.

A series of humanoid-related announcements dominated our most popular articles in December 2024.

Figure AI founder Brett Adcock posted that the company’s Figure 02 humanoid robots are now earning revenue.

Recent gatherings in the San Francisco Bay Area affirmed the region’s AI leadership and strong prospects for the robotics industry.