OpenAI robotics hiring expands, raising stakes for humanoids
OpenAI has listed 11 robotics jobs in San Francisco, signaling a more direct embodied AI push and higher competitive pressure across humanoid startups.
OpenAI has listed 11 robotics jobs in San Francisco, signaling a more direct embodied AI push and higher competitive pressure across humanoid startups.
China is assigning digital identity numbers to humanoid robots, building a national tracking system for lifecycle oversight, recycling, and risk monitoring.
LimX Dynamics Luna humanoid enters the market at $41,000, combining 27 degrees of freedom, 5 km/h walking speed, and targeted retail or research use cases.
At the Tokyo Humanoids Summit, developers showed needle-threading robot hands, dancing small humanoids, and delivery-focused full-size machines for work.
EngineAI says its first T800 humanoid robots have rolled off a new Shenzhen line, giving the company a 10,000-unit delivery capability for future scale-up.
Catalyst Brands will use Figure AI humanoid robots in Reno for sorting and packing, marking a warehouse deployment focused on retail supply chain operations.
Honor’s humanoid robot finished the Beijing half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, highlighting faster locomotion and more autonomous navigation in China.
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.