Munro Live’s full teardown of the Unitree G1 shows planetary actuators, unusual heat pipe cooling, extensive CNC machining and production compromises.

Figure says 86,000 weekly active users are uploading data to its robotics dataset, with a live map visualizing contributions around the world.

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.

Generalist claims GEN-1.5 learns and generalizes physical tasks after one demonstration, though it provides no independent benchmark results.

Li Zexin says 666 teams from 16 countries will enter the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, alongside claims of faster running than in 2025.

Unitree opened 629% above its IPO price in Shanghai, briefly reaching a $66 billion valuation as investors crowded into the humanoid robot listing.

Newton v1.5.0 expands batched robot simulation, adds experimental joint controllers and tightens contact, cable and asset import behavior.

Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2 can control Apollo 2 from feet to fingertips, but its own dexterity results remain uneven, with grippers ahead of hands.

UBTECH has opened preorders for its home focused UWORLD U1 humanoid robot, shifting industrial humanoid know-how toward consumer companionship at home.

ENGINEAI has begun production at a Shenzhen plant built to turn out one humanoid robot every 15 minutes, with T800 output at the center of its scale-up.