Gene.01 wraps a humanoid in sensors for touch, temperature, proximity and force, with Generative Bionics aiming the platform at industrial work and welding.

A Hill opinion essay calls for deployment tax credits, MEP support and interoperability standards to speed humanoid robot use in U.S. factories.

Mitsubishi Motors and Highlanders plan humanoid robot production at a 1,000 unit monthly target by the end of 2027.

The Santa Clara conference will center on humanoids and work, with papers submitted and a loco-manipulation challenge aimed at real factory tasks.

Humanoid’s Series A comes with unusually concrete commitments from Bosch and Schaeffler around wheeled factory robots, not just venture capital.

Apptronik’s expanded Austin training site records repeated Apollo 2 work tasks and sends the data to Google DeepMind for Gemini Robotics training.

A Daily Signal opinion urges U.S. regulators to block Chinese humanoid robots, citing data collection risks, Unitree pricing and market pressure too.

Hyundai Motor workers in Ulsan are using wage strikes to demand a formal voice before Boston Dynamics Atlas robots reach production floors, raising a labor fight.

Generative Bionics showed Gene.01 in the U.S., presenting a tactile humanoid platform aimed first at shipyard work with Fincantieri.