Hyundai weighs dealer network for Atlas humanoid sales
Hyundai CEO José Muñoz says dealers could distribute robots and Hyundai Capital may finance them, though buyers, pricing and timing remain unclear.
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Tiangong Ultra runs 100 meters in 8.86 seconds in Beijing
Tiangong Ultra completed a 100 meter sprint in 8.86 seconds at Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games, more than halving its previous event time.
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XPENG humanoid robotics unit raises more than $900 million
XPENG’s humanoid robotics business secured more than $900 million in its first funding round, valuing the unit at over $6.3 billion after financing.
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Tiangong Ultra clocks 9.39 seconds in 100 metre sprint
Tiangong Ultra, built by X-Humanoid, won a Beijing robot sprint in 9.39 seconds, cutting more than 12 seconds from its winning time at the inaugural event last year.
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Welcome, GEN 1.5!
GEN 1.5 is Generalist AI’s embodied foundation model for robot learning, rated 6 out of 10 on the Humanoid Guide Brain Score. That places it in the capable, mature range, with an emphasis on reducing the engineering effort needed to introduce new manipulation behaviors. The model is designed around short human or simulated demonstrations lasting…
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Schaeffler targets 2027 for humanoid gearbox production
Schaeffler says its formed strain wave gearboxes for humanoid joints have completed validation, with scaled manufacturing scheduled to begin in 2027.
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Welcome, ROBO-T1!
This 130 cm, 50 kg humanoid is designed for practical industrial automation, pairing a mobile form with two coordinated arms for work in factory settings and other structured workplaces. Each arm provides six degrees of freedom and uses a two finger gripping claw, while force sensing supports controlled handling across materials. Electric servo motors, harmonic…
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NVIDIA and Berkeley open source T-Rex tactile robot model
T-Rex combines fast tactile feedback with slower visual planning, backed by 50 hours of robot play data that Jim Fan says is available on HuggingFace.
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Generalist unveils GEN-1.5 for one shot physical learning
Generalist claims GEN-1.5 learns and generalizes physical tasks after one demonstration, though it provides no independent benchmark results.
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RoboStore plans US humanoid robot production for 2027
Former Unitree distributor RoboStore plans to build healthcare and research humanoids at a Long Island facility, with production targeted for early 2027.
