Industrial applications dominate 80% of humanoid designs
IDTechEx finds that industrial work shapes 80% of humanoid designs, with actuator weight, precision parts and battery capacity constraining developers.
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China Mobile releases Open-RAIL humanoid control software
China Mobile’s open source Open-RAIL layer separates model inference from motor control, with claimed gains in smoothness, speed and task success.
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O-ID raises $1.2 million for modular factory humanoid
Tokyo startup O-ID has raised $1.2 million to ready a modular humanoid with replaceable joints, limbs and compute units for factories in Japan.
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Tesla app assets appear to reveal Optimus Gen 3 design
A 3D asset allegedly extracted from Tesla’s Android app offers an unconfirmed look at Optimus Gen 3, but not proof of finished hardware or production.
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Welcome, P0!
P0 is a humanoid robot developed by Pink Robotics, operating under Anyscrew GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany. It is designed for package handling inside distribution centers, where repetitive sorting work needs reliable physical interaction with goods. The robot stands 175 cm tall, weighs 82 kg, and has 32 degrees of freedom across its body, including 10…
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Xsens to preview Isaac Teleop integration at IROS 2026
A LinkedIn post says Xsens will preview full body humanoid teleoperation with NVIDIA Isaac Teleop and Robo Inc. at IROS 2026.
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Welcome, Vesoma 1!
Vesoma 1 is a humanoid robot designed for physical work in logistics, manufacturing, and warehouse environments. Developed by Vesoma, the machine has a black and white form factor. The robot is intended to learn tasks through trial and error, a method Vesoma describes as Physical General Intelligence. Rather than relying exclusively on copied human demonstrations,…
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Morgan Stanley forecasts tens of billions of robots in two decades
Adam Jonas argues that edge inference, manufacturing capacity and regulation will shape a physical AI economy spanning many robot form factors.
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Boston Dynamics opens Atlas training center at Hyundai plant
Boston Dynamics has opened an Atlas training center at Hyundai’s Georgia auto plant, with parts sequencing underway and a larger site planned.
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XPENG demonstrates IRON humanoid’s social interaction stack
XPENG’s IRON humanoid tracks speakers, switches among three languages and recalls identities in a controlled studio demonstration of planned store work.
