NVIDIA’s SONIC controller learned from more than 100 million human motion frames and accepts VR, video and language based commands without retraining.

X-Humanoid is prioritizing reliability and practical tasks after its 75 kg Tiangong Ultra humanoid completed a 100 meter sprint in 8.64 seconds.

Hexagon Robotics’ AEON has entered Schaeffler’s German Humanoid Gym for task training and validation ahead of planned global factory deployments.

Humanoid says its wheeled industrial robot has a $2.4 billion pipeline, but the 34,000 reported preorders remain nonbinding customer commitments.

XPeng says the first IRON humanoid built on its automated line walked off under its own power, with mass production targeted by the end of 2026.

Galbot’s RoboGesture framework generates speech aligned gestures in real time, with safety controls intended for use on physical humanoid robots.

A Reuters review found PLA research, tenders and simulations focused on humanoid perception, dexterous work, teleoperation and urban combat.

Figure AI plans to train its humanoids on a large Nscale computing cluster, with initial systems scheduled to come online in the second half of 2027.

Unitree is displaying the G1 at IFA 2026 while reported Bluetooth exploits, absent public patches and differing EU and US rules complicate procurement.

Sam Altman says OpenAI will build a humanoid, while robotics job listings point to custom actuators and a vertically integrated hardware program.