Catalyst Brands is adding Figure humanoid robots to sorting and packing work at its Reno distribution center, testing humanoids in retail logistics operations.

GigaAI says its SeeLight S1 humanoid will place 100 pilot units in employees’ homes, with a wider Wuhan rollout planned before retail store sales in 2027.

AGIBOT used its A2 humanoid in Jakarta for calligraphy, dance, and hosting, linking a cultural debut to broader future deployments in factories and services.

Humanoid robots were tested in Fujian tea gardens on picking, carrying and processing tasks, as China expands real world benchmarks ahead of 2026 games.

BMW is testing Hexagon’s AEON humanoids in Leipzig EV production after a Figure 02 pilot in Spartanburg, further expanding real factory use of humanoids.

Humanoid says Bosch will manufacture Humanoid HMND 01 robots for Europe after a logistics proof of concept, extending its partnership model with Schaeffler.

A New York Post roundup shows a split humanoid market, with 1X targeting homes, Agility working warehouses, and Tesla still focused on public demos in 2026.

Hyundai says it aims to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots in its factories by 2028, turning Boston Dynamics’ platform into an internal scale test.

Figure AI’s F.03 humanoid sorted 12,732 parcels in a 10-hour contest, finishing just behind a human intern in a close test of warehouse throughput work.