China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.

On September 25, 2025, Google DeepMind quietly released Gemini Robotics 1.5. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like just another software update, but for the robotics industry, it signaled a ...

Agility Robotics is building humanoid bots to address a labor gap in the manufacturing industry, which is seeing vacancies ...

In a March 3 update, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun said the company’s humanoid robots have started “internships” at its EV plant, including autonomous operations in real manufacturing scenarios. He ...

Humanoid robots will be tested on EV battery and component tasks, with another run in April 2026 and a broader pilot planned ...

EngineAI’s PM01 humanoid robot demonstrates impressive balance and recovery, shrugging off pushes, kicks, and even landing a front flip in a new robotics demo.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The humanoid robot industry is influenced by evolving needs in personal assistance, healthcare, and industrial automation. Trends such as AI-driven human–robot ...

Luis Domingues, London and area director for Unifor, the union representing many automotive workers, believes it will cost human jobs, eventually. The move to a humanoid robot is “huge” and he fears ...

Pilot project at BMW Group Plant Leipzig follows humanoid robot pilot in the US.

Xiaomi has placed humanoid robots on the assembly line of one of its electric vehicle factories, framing the deployment as an “internship” for the machines. The trial, announced through the company’s ...

This year’s edition marked the largest edition ever, featuring 500 companies from 24 countries across 2,300 booths, ...