# What is the most advanced humanoid robot in 2026?

**There is no single most advanced humanoid robot.** Advancement splits across measures. On DEPLOY's record, a few humanoids have reached production stage, Agility Robotics' Digit has the most real deployments, and only a handful are verified to run autonomously rather than by teleoperation. No model leads on every measure, so there is no consensus number one. The full scorecard is below, each row dated and sourced.

Last verified Jul 14, 2026. 531 sources.

## Short answer

There is no single most advanced humanoid robot, and DEPLOY does not crown one. What we can do is show the record. "Advanced" is not one number, so different models lead different measures, and each is scoped to what is verified on DEPLOY and dated. A few models have reached production stage, the furthest rung on the maturity ladder, though reaching production is a claim about tooling, not proof that many units shipped. Agility Robotics' Digit has the most deployments on the record, and among the most that are operating now rather than merely announced. On autonomy, the measure most "advanced" demos fail, only a handful of humanoids are classified as running autonomously on DEPLOY's record; most disclose nothing or run under teleoperation, with a human driving. None of these models leads on every measure, so the honest answer is a scorecard, not a coronation. The table below ranks every humanoid DEPLOY tracks that has reached pilot maturity, carries a deployment, or discloses an autonomy posture, with each cell dated and sourced or left honestly blank where the record holds nothing.

## Who leads on what

- **Furthest maturity: Production.** 3 models have reached Production stage on DEPLOY's maturity ladder: AgiBot A2, Fourier GR-1, Tiangong. Reaching this rung is a claim about manufacturing readiness, not proof that many units shipped.
- **Most deployed on record: Digit (Agility Robotics).** 8 deployments (7 operating now), on DEPLOY's record as of Feb 19, 2026.
- **Verified autonomous operation: Walker S2 (UBTech Robotics).** Only 6 of 55 ranked humanoids are classified as running autonomously on DEPLOY's record; the rest disclose nothing or run under teleoperation.
- **The honest answer: no single most advanced.** No model leads on every measure, so DEPLOY does not name one most advanced humanoid.

## The humanoid advancement scorecard

| Model | Maker | Furthest maturity | Deployments (operating) | Autonomy posture | Verified units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AgiBot A2 | AgiBot | Production | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Fourier GR-1 | Fourier Intelligence | Production | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Tiangong | X-Humanoid | Production | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Digit | Agility Robotics | Commercial | 8 (7) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Walker S2 | UBTech Robotics | Commercial | 7 (5) | Autonomous | not on record |
| Digit v5 | Agility Robotics | Commercial | 3 (2) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Ameca | Engineered Arts | Commercial | 2 (2) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Figure 03 | Figure AI | Commercial | 2 (2) | Supervised | not on record |
| Unitree G1 | Unitree Robotics | Commercial | 2 (1) | Mixed | not on record |
| AgiBot A2-W | AgiBot | Commercial | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| AgiBot G2 | AgiBot | Commercial | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| RoBee | Oversonic Robotics | Commercial | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Anyverse K15 | Anyverse Dynamics | Commercial | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| R-noid | Robot.com | Commercial | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Chery Mornine | Chery Robotics | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| FX Aegis | Faraday Future | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Linkerbot Hand | Linkerbot | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Mornine | Chery Robotics | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| UBTech U1 | UBTech Robotics | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Unitree R1 | Unitree Robotics | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| UWORLD U1 | UBTech Robotics | Commercial | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Unitree H2 Plus | Unitree Robotics | Pilot | 4 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| NEO | 1X Technologies | Pilot | 3 (1) | Teleoperated | not on record |
| Atlas | Boston Dynamics | Pilot | 2 (1) | Autonomous | not on record |
| HMND 01 Alpha | Humanoid | Pilot | 2 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Walker S1 | UBTech Robotics | Pilot | 2 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| AEON | Hexagon | Pilot | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Galbot G1 | Galbot | Pilot | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| K2 Bumblebee | Kepler Robotics | Pilot | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Reflex | Reflex Robotics | Pilot | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| GMO AIR G1 | GMO AI & Robotics | Pilot | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Phoenix | Sanctuary AI | Pilot | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Walker S Lite | UBTech Robotics | Pilot | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| 4NE-1 | NEURA Robotics | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| CASBOT 01 | CASBOT | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Gatsby Humanoid Cleaning Robot | Gatsby Robotics | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| GENE.01 | Generative Bionics | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Isaac 0 | Weave Robotics | Pilot | not on record | Autonomous | not on record |
| MagicBot Z1 | MagicLab | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Sonny | Tutor Intelligence | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Zeroth W1 | Zeroth | Pilot | not on record | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Apollo 2 | Apptronik | Prototype | 2 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Booster T1 | Booster Robotics | Research | 2 (2) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Tesla Optimus | Tesla | Research | 2 (0) | Mixed | not on record |
| EngineAI SE01 | EngineAI | Research | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| PAL TALOS | PAL Robotics | Research | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| PUDU D9 | Pudu Robotics | Research | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| RobotEra L7 | Robot Era | Research | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Unitree H1 | Unitree Robotics | Research | 1 (1) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 | AgiBot | Research | 1 (0) | Autonomous | not on record |
| Leju Kuavo | Leju Robotics | Research | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Tiangong (Tien Kung) | X-Humanoid | Research | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| XPeng IRON | XPeng Robotics | Research | 1 (0) | Not disclosed | not on record |
| Astribot S1 | Stardust Intelligence | Research | not on record | Autonomous | not on record |
| NAO | NAO Robot | Research | not on record | Autonomous | not on record |

## How we know this

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- [https://humanoid.guide/product/a2/](https://humanoid.guide/product/a2/)
- [TechNode](https://technode.com/2025/03/11/agibot-unveils-lingxi-x2-an-advanced-humanoid-robot-with-multimodal-intelligence/)
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- [Pandaily](https://pandaily.com/agi-bot-s-5-000th-humanoid-robot-the-lingxi-x2-rolls-off-the-line-marking-full-mass-production-readiness)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/from-huawei-genius-to-robotics-entrepreneur-the-rise-of-peng-zhihui-and-agibot)
- [TMTPost](https://en.tmtpost.com/post/7620691)
- [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/humanoid-robots-being-mass-produced-china-2004049)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-agibot-humanoid-robot-beat-elon-musk)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/first-humanoid-robot-masters-webster-flip)
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- [TMTPOST](https://en.tmtpost.com/post/7651669) (2025-08-06)
- [Fourier (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fourier-unveils-the-next-generation-humanoid-robot-gr-2-302262068.html)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/fourier-launches-gr-2-humanoid-software-platform/)
- [Engineering.com](https://www.engineering.com/fourier-unveils-next-generation-humanoid-robot-gr-2/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/fouriers-gr-2-upgraded-humanoid-robot)
- [KrASIA](https://kr-asia.com/fourier-intelligences-founder-breaks-down-whats-next-for-humanoid-robots)
- [TechNode](https://technode.com/2025/08/07/fourier-intelligence-unveils-the-care-bot-gr-3-its-first-full-sized-companion-humanoid-robot/)
- [NVIDIA (technical blog)](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/spotlight-fourier-trains-humanoid-robots-for-real-world-roles-using-nvidia-isaac-gym/)
- [Fourier (GitHub, official)](https://github.com/FFTAI)
- [https://www.x-humanoid.com/](https://www.x-humanoid.com/)
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- [https://humanoid.press/database/humanoids-tiangong-electric-running-robot/](https://humanoid.press/database/humanoids-tiangong-electric-running-robot/)
- [CGTN](https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-19/-Tiangong-Ultra-wins-world-s-first-ever-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-1CHdanwJVzG/p.html)
- [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3307165/chinas-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-winner-wants-be-android-robotics)
- [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-02-04/beijing-humanoid-robotics-hub-raises-100-million-in-first-funding-round-102411145.html)
- [RoboticsTomorrow](https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2026/02/16/x-humanoid-introduces-embodied-tien-kung-30-a-more-open-and-practical-humanoid-platform/26148/)
- [Agility Robotics (official)](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/digit-moves-over-100k-totes)
- [GXO Logistics (official)](https://www.gxo.com/news_article/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-with-agility-robotics/)
- [Agility Robotics](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-with-agility-robotics)
- [GXO Logistics](https://investors.gxo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-agility-robotics)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/agility-robotics-digit-humanoid-lands-first-official-job/)
- [GXO Logistics](https://gxo.com/news_article/gxo-conducting-industry-leading-pilot-of-human-centric-robot/)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/11/24/agility-robotics-digit-humanoid-passes-100000-tote-milestone-in-live-gxo-implementation/96877/)
- [Agility Robotics](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/mercado-libre-and-agility-robotics-announce-commercial-agreement) (2025-12-10)
- [Newmarket Pitch](https://newmarketpitch.com/blogs/news/humanoid-robotics-digit-deployment-tracker) (2025-06-01)
- [Humanoid Press](https://humanoid.press/) (2026-05-01)
- [Agility Robotics](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-announces-commercial-agreement-with-toyota-motor-manufacturing-canada)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/toyota-motor-manufacturing-canada-deploys-agility-robotics-digit-humanoids/)
- [Automotive News](https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/anc-tmmc-agility-humanoid-robot-deployment-0219/)
- [Global News](https://globalnews.ca/news/11677383)
- [BusinessWire — Mercado Libre + Agility Robotics joint announcement (Dec 10, 2025, primary)](https://www.businesswire.com/)
- [Digital Commerce 360 — Mercado Libre humanoid robots](https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/)
- [DC Velocity — San Antonio Texas fulfillment center coverage](https://www.dcvelocity.com/)
- [Robotics and Automation Magazine — San Antonio warehouse coverage](https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/)
- [Interesting Engineering — Mercado Libre + Agility coverage](https://interestingengineering.com/)
- [Agility Robotics — Schaeffler customer agreement + strategic investment (Nov 13, 2024)](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/)
- [The Robot Report — Schaeffler + Agility deployment coverage](https://www.therobotreport.com/)
- [RoboHorizon — Digit transitions to full-time 8-hour shifts at Schaeffler (March 2026)](https://robohorizon.com/)
- [Schaeffler Tomorrow — Agility partnership and 100-plant intent](https://www.schaeffler-tomorrow.com/)
- [Packaging World](https://www.packworld.com/trends/digital-transformation/article/22950203/humanoid-robots-in-packaging-part-1-continuous-upgrades-some-industry-adoption) (2026-01-01)
- [Agility Robotics](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-broadens-relationship-with-amazon)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/18/amazon-begins-testing-agilitys-digit-robot-for-warehouse-work/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/21/humanoid-robots-face-their-first-major-test-with-amazons-digit-pilots/)
- [GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2023/getting-to-know-digit-the-humanoid-robot-that-amazon-just-started-testing-for-warehouse-work/)
- [Agility Robotics](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/robots) (2026-01-01)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_(robot)) (2026-01-01)
- [Agility Robotics](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/opening-robofab-worlds-first-factory-for-humanoid-robots)
- [GXO Logistics](https://gxo.com/news_article/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-with-agility-robotics/)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/18/agility-robotics-is-opening-a-humanoid-robot-factory-.html)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-company-2025/digit-is-first-humanoid-deployed-in-a-commercial-application/)
- [About Amazon (official)](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-introduces-new-robotics-solutions) (2023-10-18)
- [Digital Commerce 360](https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2025/12/10/mercado-libre-agility-robotics-texas-fulfillment-center/) (2025-12-10)
- [Humanoid Guide](https://humanoid.guide/product/digit/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agility_Robotics) (2026-01-01)
- [GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/agility-robotics-reportedly-raising-400m-for-humanoid-warehouse-robots/)
- [Agility Robotics (official)](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-announces-strategic-investment-and-agreement-with-motion-technology-company-schaeffler-group)
- [Agility Robotics (official)](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-appoints-peggy-johnson-as-chief-executive-officer)
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- [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/01/humanoid-robot-creator-agility-robotics-targets-400m-funding-round/)
- [TIME](https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/7305848/peggy-johnson/)
- [eyeshenzhen.com (Shenzhen Daily official English news)](https://www.eyeshenzhen.com/content/2026-01/21/content_31910723.htm) (2026-01-21)
- [Global Times](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202601/1353573.shtml) (2026-01-21)
- [UBTECH via PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubtech-humanoid-robot-walker-s2-begins-mass-production-and-delivery-with-orders-exceeding-800-million-yuan-302616924.html) (2025-11-17)
- [eWeek](https://www.eweek.com/news/china-deploys-humanoid-robots-ubtech-walker/) (2025-11-18)
- [Prototyping China](https://www.prototypingchina.com/2026/01/19/boeings-biggest-competitor-brings-chinas-walker-s2-humanoid-robot-into-its-factories/) (2026-01-19)
- [Foxconn](https://www.foxconn.com/news/ubtech-walker-s2-foxconn)
- [MERICS](https://merics.org/en/comment/ubtech-humanoid-robots-future-manufacturing) (2026-03-04)
- [China Daily](https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/202407/03/WS6684f280498ed2d7b7eb1e6f/chinese-robotics-firm-faw-volkswagen-join-hands-to-build-humanoid-robot-run-car-factory.html)
- [FAW-Volkswagen](https://www.faw-vw.com/news/ubtech-humanoid-deployment)
- [Geely](https://www.geely.com/news/ubtech-humanoid-ev-factory)
- [Dallas Innovates](https://dallasinnovates.com/texas-instruments-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-on-its-chip-assembly-lines/) (2026-01-01)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/texas-instruments-deploys-ubtech-humanoids-in-strategic-semiconductor-push) (2026-01-01)
- [UBTECH (official)](https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/solutions)
- [NIO](https://www.nio.com/news/ubtech-walker-s2)
- [BYD](https://www.byd.com/en/news/ubtech-walker-s2)
- [UBTech Robotics](https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/Walker) (2026-01-01)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/30/elon-musk-wants-robots-everywhere-china-is-making-that-a-reality.html) (2025-12-30)
- [UBTech Robotics (official)](https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-s2)
- [CnEVPost](https://cnevpost.com/2025/07/17/ubtech-humanoid-robot-autonomous-battery-swap/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/worlds-first-large-delivery-of-humanoid-workers)
- [AI Business](https://aibusiness.com/robotics/chinese-company-completes-first-mass-humanoid-robot-delivery)
- [New Atlas](https://newatlas.com/ai-humanoids/walker-s2-humanoid-robot-swaps-batteries/)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/08/01/ubtech-unveils-worlds-first-humanoid-robot-to-autonomously-swap-its-own-battery/93467/)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/ubtech-claims-world-s-first-mass-delivery-of-humanoids-as-robot-army-deploys)
- [EyeShenzhen](https://www.eyeshenzhen.com/content/2024-10/15/content_31272631.htm)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/ubtech-humanoids-clock-in-walker-s1-robots-deployed-at-zeekr-factory-for-collaborative-tasks)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ubtechs-walker-s1-begins-factory-work-at-byd)
- [China Daily](https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202505/08/WS681c1ad6a310a04af22be17d.html)
- [People's Daily](https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0429/c90000-20309191.html)
- [36Kr](https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3056243517345924)
- [https://schaeffler-tomorrow.com/en/article/welcome-aboard-robo](https://schaeffler-tomorrow.com/en/article/welcome-aboard-robo)
- [https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/from-totes-to-bearings-agility-s-digit-hits-the-production-floor-in-south-carolina](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/from-totes-to-bearings-agility-s-digit-hits-the-production-floor-in-south-carolina)
- [Arabian Business](https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/technology/ai-powered-humanoid-robot-ameca-joins-dubais-museum-of-the-future) (2022-10-10)
- [Blooloop](https://blooloop.com/museum/news/dubai-museum-of-the-future-ameca-humanoid-robot/) (2022-10-10)
- [Blooloop](https://blooloop.com/museum/news/museum-of-the-future-ameca-humanoid-robot/) (2024-01-01)
- [Computer History Museum (official)](https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/computer-history-museum-unveils-chatbots-decoded-exploring-ai-exhibit/) (2024-11-20)
- [GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/11/20/2984668/28639/en/Computer-History-Museum-Unveils-Chatbots-Decoded-Exploring-AI-Exhibit.html) (2024-11-20)
- [Substack / visitor review](https://dianawolftorres.substack.com/p/the-uncanny-valley-a-visit-with-ameca) (2025-01-01)
- [Engineered Arts (official)](https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameca_(robot))
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_Arts)
- [UNILAD Tech](https://www.uniladtech.com/news/worlds-most-advanced-humanoid-robot-368624-20241210)
- [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/05/24/humanoid-robots-rent-ameca-android)
- [Engineered Arts (official)](https://engineeredarts.com/robots/ameca/specs)
- [BMW Group Press](https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0458778EN/bmw-group-advances-the-use-of-physical-ai-in-production-with-figure-03-project-in-spartanburg) (2026-06-25)
- [Figure AI](https://www.figure.ai/news/f-03-at-bmw) (2026-01-01)
- [Figure AI — Figure signs agreement with Catalyst Brands (May 26, 2026, primary)](https://www.figure.ai/news/figure-signs-agreement-with-catalyst-brands)
- [JCPenney Corporate — Catalyst Brands + Figure announcement (May 26, 2026)](https://corporate.jcpenney.com/)
- [Chain Store Age — Figure 03 at Catalyst Brands](https://chainstoreage.com/)
- [Humanoids Daily — Catalyst Brands + Figure 03 announcement](https://humanoidsdaily.com/)
- [Robotics and Automation News — Figure + Catalyst Brands](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/)
- [Retail Technology Innovation Hub](https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2026/5/28/retail-technology-innovation-of-the-week-catalyst-brands-connects-with-humanoid-robotics-firm-figure)
- [Home Textiles Today](https://www.hometextilestoday.com/technology/catalyst-brands-humanoid-robots-nevada-distribution-center/)
- [Figure (official)](https://www.figure.ai/news/introducing-figure-03)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/10/09/figure-unveils-third-generation-humanoid-robot/95351/)
- [Figure (official)](https://www.figure.ai/news/helix)
- [Figure AI](https://www.figure.ai/) (2025-10-09)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_AI) (2026-01-01)
- [Figure (official)](https://www.figure.ai/news/series-c)
- [JCPenney / Catalyst Brands (official)](https://corporate.jcpenney.com/2026/05/26/catalyst-brands-taps-figure-ai-for-humanoid-automation/)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/figure-inks-commercial-deal-with-catalyst-brands-for-large-scale-humanoid-deployment)
- [Chain Store Age](https://chainstoreage.com/jcpenney-parent-catalyst-brands-enters-humanoid-robot-partnership)
- [BMW Group (official)](https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0455864EN/bmw-group-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-in-production-in-germany-for-the-first-time?language=en)
- [Tech Funding News](https://techfundingnews.com/figure-ai-raises-over-1b-at-a-39b-valuation-advancing-humanoid-robotics-for-real-world-labour/) (2025-09-17)
- [Figure (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/figure-raises-675m-at-2-6b-valuation-and-signs-collaboration-agreement-with-openai-302074897.html)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/figure-rides-the-humanoid-robot-hype-wave-to-2-6b-valuation-and-openai-collab/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/figure-ai-raises-675m-to-commercialize-humanoids/)
- [Figure (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/figure-exceeds-1b-in-series-c-funding-at-39b-post-money-valuation-302556936.html)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/figure-reaches-39b-valuation-in-latest-funding-round/)
- [Intel Capital](https://www.intelcapital.com/figure-exceeds-1b-in-series-c-funding-at-39b-post-money-valuation/)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/general_purpose_humanoid_developer_figure_ai_exceeds_1_billion_after_series_c_funding_round)
- [Humanoid robot begins work at Japanese airport to tackle labor crisis](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/japan-humanoid-robots-haneda-airport) (2026-05-07)
- [Japan Airlines Launches Two-Year Humanoid Robot Trial at Haneda Airport](https://mlq.ai/news/japan-airlines-launches-two-year-humanoid-robot-trial-at-haneda-airport/) (2026-05-07)
- [Unitree's humanoid G1 robot works at Japanese airport](https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unitree-s-humanoid-G1-robot-works-at-Japanese-airport-11275987.html) (2026-05-19)
- [JAL Deploys Unitree G1 Robots at Haneda](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/316862/20260519/jal-deploys-unitree-g1-robots-haneda-us-congress-moves-blacklist-supplier-national-security.htm) (2026-05-19)
- [CNBC — Japan Airlines humanoid robots at Haneda airport, labor shortage trial (May 1, 2026)](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/japan-airlines-humanoid-robots-haneda-labor-shortage.html)
- [Japan's First Demonstration Experiment for Utilizing Humanoid Robots at Airports Begins \| JAL Group](https://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/202604/009502.html)
- [Unitree Robotics](https://www.unitree.com/g1) (2026-01-01)
- [Humanoid Press](https://humanoid.press/humanoid-press/news/archives-humanoid-robots/) (2026-01-01)
- [Unitree (official)](https://www.unitree.com/g1/)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-g1)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-16k/)
- [New Atlas](https://newatlas.com/robotics/unitree-g1-humanoid-robot-mass-production/)
- [designboom](https://www.designboom.com/technology/unitree-mass-production-g1-humanoid-robot-08-27-2024/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-humanoid-performs-impressive-kungfu)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/unitree-plans-shanghai-ipo-testing-interest-in-humanoid-robots.html)
- [Rest of World](https://restofworld.org/2026/unitree-china-humanoid-robot-shanghai-ipo/)
- [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3347611/inside-unitrees-landmark-ipo-what-know-about-chinas-humanoid-giant)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-ipo-shows-a-real-hardware-business-the-humanoid-case-is-still-early/)
- [TechNode](https://technode.com/2025/02/19/unitree-robotics-humanoid-robots-sees-orders-surge-after-spring-festival-gala-performance/)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/china-humanoid-robots-spring-festival-gala-unitree-tesla-ai-race.html)
- [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3343825/kung-fu-somersaults-and-scale-unitree-eyes-20000-robot-output-2026-after-gala)
- [Global Times](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1358712.shtml)
- [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/unitree-gd01-mecha-humanoid-robot-ipo)
- [The Standard (HK)](https://thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/329103/Unitree-H1-sets-10ms-global-speed-record)
- [CnEVPost](https://cnevpost.com/2026/03/27/saic-gm-deploys-humanoid-robots-buick-battery-line/) (2026-03-27)
- [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/20260402/d9b3d059aa574b0cabdccb4451f14d02/c.html) (2026-04-02)
- [AGIBOT A2-W Flexible Manufacturing Robot (official product page)](https://www.agibot.com/products/A2_W) (2025-01-01)
- [AgiBot via PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agibot-and-longcheer-technology-achieve-worlds-first-embodied-ai-deployment-in-consumer-electronics-precision-manufacturing-mass-production-line-302742892.html) (2026-04-15)
- [AgiBot Official](https://www.agibot.com/article/231/detail/60.html) (2026-04-15)
- [AgiBot Official](https://www.agibot.com/products/G2) (2025-10-01)
- [Engineering.com](https://www.engineering.com/oversonic-and-stmicroelectronics-deploy-humanoid-robots/) (2025-11-18)
- [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oversonic-robotics-signs-humanoid-robots-supply-agreement-with-stmicroelectronics-302647593.html)
- [https://equalocean.com/news/2026071422024-anyverse-dynamics-begins-european-deliveries-k15-embodied-intelligence-robot](https://equalocean.com/news/2026071422024-anyverse-dynamics-begins-european-deliveries-k15-embodied-intelligence-robot) (2026-07-14)
- [Gasgoo Auto News: Anyverse K15 in EV plants](https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/ev/chinese-humanoid-robots-enter-european-new-energy-vehicle-manufacturing-facilities-2075593705955053569)
- [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-06-26/anyverse-dynamics-raises-over-200-million-as-chinas-robotics-funding-boom-accelerates-102458149.html)
- [https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-anyverse-dynamics-closes-angel-round-of-financing-2022678335623008256](https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-anyverse-dynamics-closes-angel-round-of-financing-2022678335623008256)
- [https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-anyverse-dynamics-closes-over-200-million-angel-funding-round-2070507246659096576](https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-anyverse-dynamics-closes-over-200-million-angel-funding-round-2070507246659096576)
- [https://pandaily.com/ex-horizon-robotics-vp-zhang-yufeng-s-boundless-power-secures-300-m-rmb-angel-funding-for-robot-universal-brain](https://pandaily.com/ex-horizon-robotics-vp-zhang-yufeng-s-boundless-power-secures-300-m-rmb-angel-funding-for-robot-universal-brain)
- [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/delivery-robot-startup-robot-com-bets-on-workplace-humanoids-2026-6)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/automate-2026-robot.com-launches-r-noid-humanoid-robot)
- [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/robotcom-launches-r-noid-a-humanoid-built-for-the-work-that-burns-people-out-no-legs-all-lift-to-the-bottom-line-302806619.html)
- [Retail Technology Innovation Hub](https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2025/10/29/kiwibot-turns-into-robotcom-as-sodexo-amazon-web-services-and-skip-deploy-its-technology)
- [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/tech/ai-humanoid-robot-changing-way-you-buy-cars-dealerships)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/faraday-future-obtains-25m-ship-1500-robots-years-end/)
- [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/china-robot-hand-building-unicorn-linkerbot-targets-6-billion-valuation-2026-05-04/)
- [AI Business](https://aibusiness.com/intelligent-automation/chery-unveils-humanoid-robot-mornine)
- [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-06-30/ubtech-launches-lifelike-humanoid-robots-in-push-for-consumer-market-102459473.html)
- [Unitree Robotics (official R1 page)](https://www.unitree.com/R1/)
- [Unitree Robotics (official shop)](https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-r1)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-designs-r1-humanoid-robot-to-be-agile-and-affordable/)
- [New Atlas](https://newatlas.com/ai-humanoids/unitree-r1-humanoid-robot/)
- [CNX Software](https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/30/5900-unitree-r1-is-an-ultra-lightweight-customizable-humanoid-robot/)
- [A3 (Association for Advancing Automation)](https://www.automate.org/robotics/industry-insights/unitrees-new-6000-humanoid-robot-is-ultra-light)
- [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-ubtech-launches-ai-powered-lifelike-companion-robots-2026-07-02/)
- [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/ae/news-releases/ubtech-launches-uworld-u1-the-worlds-first-full-size-mass-produced-ultra-bionic-humanoid-robot-302815285.html)
- [NVIDIA Newsroom](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-open-humanoid-robot-reference-design) (2026-06-01)
- [Unitree via PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/unitree-announces-h2-plus-an-nvidia-isaac-gr00t-reference-humanoid-robot-for-academic-research-302786748.html) (2026-06-01)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/1x-begins-production-neo-humanoid-robots-at-hayward-california-facility/) (2025-06-01)
- [1X Technologies](https://www.1x.tech/discover/neo-factory) (2026-01-01)
- [1X Technologies NEO — home deployment product page](https://www.1x.tech/neo)
- [TechCrunch: 1X raises $100M for NEO home deployment programme, 2024](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/1x-raises-100m-to-bring-its-humanoid-robots-into-homes/)
- [1X Technologies](https://www.1x.tech/discover/neo-home-robot) (2025-10-28)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/1x-announces-pre-order-launch-neo-humanoid-robot/) (2025-11-03)
- [1X Technologies](https://www.1x.tech/discover/introducing-neo-gamma)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/teleop-not-autonomy-the-path-for-1x-neo-humanoid/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/1x-struck-a-deal-to-send-its-home-humanoids-to-factories-and-warehouses/)
- [New Atlas](https://newatlas.com/robotics/1x-neo-beta-humanoid-robot/)
- [Sifted](https://sifted.eu/articles/1x-humanoid-robot-launch)
- [1X Technologies / GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/30/3285118/0/en/1x-opens-neo-factory-in-hayward-ca-america-s-first-vertically-integrated-humanoid-robot-factory-with-consumer-shipments-planned-for-2026.html)
- [Road to VR](https://roadtovr.com/helper-robot-neo-vr-telepresence/)
- [1X (Business Wire)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251211360340/en/1X-Announces-Strategic-Partnership-to-Make-up-to-10000-Humanoid-Robots-Available-to-EQTs-Global-Portfolio)
- [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-11/eqt-to-send-10-000-humanoid-robots-from-startup-1x-to-portfolio-companies)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/1x-built-humanoid-neo-gamma-better-fit-home/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/1x-will-test-humanoid-robots-in-a-few-hundred-homes-in-2025/)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/09/24/1x-unveils-humanoid-robot-for-the-home-as-it-seeks-to-raise-1-billion-in-new-funding/94713/)
- [Dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2025/02/24/neo-gamma-1x-humanoid-home-robot/)
- [ThomasNet](https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/boston-dynamics-atlas-manufacturing-tasks/) (2026-01-26)
- [Boston Dynamics](https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-unveils-new-atlas-robot-to-revolutionize-industry/) (2026-01-08)
- [Hyundai Motor Group](https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/en/news/CONT0000000000198146)
- [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/hyundai-boston-dynamics-unveil-humanoid-robot-atlas-ces-rcna252483)
- [InsideEVs](https://insideevs.com/features/783622/boston-dynamics-atlas-hyundai-production/)
- [Boston Dynamics](https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-google-deepmind-form-new-ai-partnership/) (2026-01-05)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/boston-dynamicss-next-gen-humanoid-robot-will-have-google-deepmind-dna/) (2026-01-05)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-google-reunite-on-next-gen-atlas-humanoid/) (2026-01-05)
- [Boston Dynamics](https://bostondynamics.com/atlas/) (2026-01-01)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot)) (2026-01-01)
- [Boston Dynamics (official blog)](https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/) (2024-04-17)
- [Boston Dynamics](https://bostondynamics.com/blog/large-behavior-models-atlas-find-new-footing/)
- [Toyota Research Institute](https://www.tri.global/news/ai-powered-robot-boston-dynamics-and-toyota-research-institute-takes-key-step-towards-general)
- [RAI Institute](https://rai-inst.com/resources/press-release/boston-dynamics-atlas-partnership/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-debuts-electric-version-of-atlas-humanoid-robot/)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-atlas-scott-kuindersma)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/boston-dynamics-atlas-humanoid-robot-goes-electric/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/boston-dynamics-new-electric-atlas-can-do-push-ups/)
- [Boston Dynamics (official)](https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/) (2024-04-17)
- [Boston Dynamics](https://bostondynamics.com/) (2026-01-01)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Dynamics) (2026-01-01)
- [Hyundai Motor Group (official)](https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/en/news/CONT0000000000199186)
- [Boston Dynamics (official)](https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/)
- [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/06/hyundai-boston-dynamics-join-forces-bring-humanoid-robots-factories/)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/the-alien-in-the-factory-boston-dynamics-launches-production-ready-atlas-at-ces-2026)
- [Hyundai (official)](https://www.hyundainews.com/releases/4664)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/atlas-humanoid-robot)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/scale-at-speed-humanoid-and-schaeffler-move-to-massive-multi-thousand-unit-rollout) (2026-05-14)
- [Schaeffler to Deploy Hundreds of Humanoid Robots in Its Factories](https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-humanoid-partner-build-deploy-hundreds-robots/)
- [Humanoid Secures Landmark Deal with Schaeffler to Deploy Thousands of Humanoid Robots](https://thehumanoid.ai/humanoid-secures-landmark-deal-with-schaeffler-to-deploy-thousands-of-humanoid-robots/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/u-k-based-startup-humanoid-unveils-hmnd-01-alpha-mobile-manipulator/) (2025-09-18)
- [Humanoid (official)](https://thehumanoid.ai/humanoid-unveils-the-uks-first-humanoid-robot-for-industrial-use/) (2025-09-18)
- [Robozaps](https://robozaps.com/products/hmnd-01)
- [https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300872/future-made-china-ubtech-robotics-deploys-first-humanoid-team-car-factory](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300872/future-made-china-ubtech-robotics-deploys-first-humanoid-team-car-factory)
- [BMW Blog](https://www.bmwblog.com/2026/02/27/bmw-humanoid-robots-leipzig-europe-pilot/) (2026-02-27)
- [IIoT World](https://www.iiot-world.com/artificial-intelligence-ml/robotics/physical-ai-deployment-roi-humanoid-robots/) (2026-04-13)
- [NVIDIA](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/hexagon-robotics-ai-software-aeon-humanoid/)
- [Hexagon Robotics (official)](https://robotics.hexagon.com/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry/)
- [Hexagon (official)](https://robotics.hexagon.com/product/)
- [Hexagon AB (official)](https://hexagon.com/)
- [Hexagon AB (official)](https://hexagon.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2025/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/hexagon-launches-aeon-humanoid-robot-for-industrial-applications/)
- [Hexagon (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry-302482236.html)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/hexagon_launches_aeon_humanoid_powered_by_nvidia)
- [Digital Engineering 24/7](https://www.digitalengineering247.com/article/hexagon-live-2025-industrial-robot-aeons-debut-the-launch-of-octave-and-more)
- [Hexagon (official)](https://hexagon.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2026/hexagon-schaeffler-deploy-aeon-humanoids-across-global-factory-network)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-plans-to-deploy-1000-hexagon-humanoids-2032/)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/04/27/hexagon-and-schaeffler-to-install-1000-aeon-humanoids-across-global-factory-network/101049/)
- [Baidu Baike](https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Beijing%20Galbot%20Co.,Ltd./888797) (2026-04-01)
- [Galbot (official)](https://www.galbot.com/)
- [FamilyMart China](https://www.familymart.com.cn/news/galbot-robot-cashier)
- [Galbot](https://www.galbot.com/en) (2026-01-01)
- [KraneShares](https://kraneshares.com/the-humanoids-have-arrived-at-ces-2026/) (2026-01-28)
- [Galbot](https://www.galbot.com/g1) (2026-01-01)
- [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03233)
- [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12129)
- [EqualOcean](https://equalocean.com/news/2024062521051) (2024-06-25)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/galbot-brings-in-300m-to-scale-mobile-manipulator-deployments/) (2025-12-01)
- [TechNode](https://technode.com/2026/03/02/humanoid-robot-maker-galbot-raises-rmb-2-5-billion/) (2026-03-02)
- [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-03-03/galbot-raises-362-million-in-fresh-funding-eyes-hong-kong-ipo-102418742.html) (2026-03-03)
- [Yicai Global](https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/embodied-ai-firms-push-robots-into-manufacturing-and-convenience-stores) (2026-04-15)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/galbot-picks-up-153m-commercialize-g1-semi-humanoid/)
- [CGTN](https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-03-13/China-s-first-pharmacy-robot-goes-into-service-in-Beijing-1LtZ7juLcZ2/p.html)
- [Galbot (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/galbot-secures-over-300-million-in-new-funding-breaking-records-with-3-billion-valuation-in-chinas-humanoid-robot-sector-302647204.html)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/07/03/galbot-raises-151-million-to-scale-embodied-ai-humanoid-robots-partners-with-bosch-investment-arm/)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/12/20/humanoid-robot-maker-galbot-raises-300-million-and-reaches-3-billion-valuation/97783/)
- [Mobile Robotics Insider](https://www.mobileroboticsinsider.com/p/chinas-humanoid-robot-maker-galbot)
- [Kepler via PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-first-commercially-available-hybrid-architecture-humanoid-robot-moves-into-mass-production-kepler-marks-the-start-of-a-new-industrial-era-302568138.html) (2025-09-26)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-kepler-humanoid-robot-shanghai-plant) (2025-09-01)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/kepler-robotics-showcases-k2-bumblebee-icra-2025/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/kepler-debuts-k2-humanoid-robot)
- [Gasgoo](https://www.gasgoo.com/news/70036000.html)
- [GXO Logistics — Reflex Robotics partnership announcement (Sept 18, 2024)](https://www.gxo.com/news_article/gxo-partners-with-reflex-robotics-to-deploy-new-warehouse-automation/)
- [Reflex Robotics (official)](https://www.reflexrobotics.com/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/reflex-robotics-wheeled-humanoid-is-here-to-grab-you-a-snack/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/gxo-begins-operational-testing-of-reflex-robotics-humanoid/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-company-2025/wheeled-mobile-manipulator-uses-teleoperation-to-multi-task/)
- [GXO Logistics](https://gxo.com/news_article/gxo-partners-with-reflex-robotics-to-deploy-new-warehouse-automation/)
- [DC Velocity](https://www.dcvelocity.com/gxo-runs-warehouse-trials-of-humanoid-robots-from-reflex-robotics)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/gxo_partners_with_reflex_robotics_to_pilot_deploy_humanoid_bots)
- [Modern Materials Handling](https://www.mmh.com/article/reflex_robotics_showcases_humanoid_robot)
- [Reflex Robotics (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reflex-robotics-selects-manufacturo-to-scale-robot-production-with-built-in-traceability-and-quality-control-302755664.html)
- [Mexico Business News](https://mexicobusiness.news/trade-and-investment/news/reflex-robotics-open-first-humanoid-robot-plant-latam)
- [GMO AIR](https://ai-robotics.gmo/en/)
- [Sanctuary AI: Phoenix deployed at Magna International manufacturing facility, Aug 2023](https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-becomes-first-company-to-achieve-human-level-intelligence-in-general-purpose-robot/)
- [TechCrunch: Sanctuary AI Phoenix at Magna automotive plant, Aug 2023](https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/15/sanctuary-ai-gets-its-humanoid-robot-phoenix-to-complete-tasks-at-a-magna-automotive-plant/)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://www.sanctuary.ai/news/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ai-showing-new-dexterity-with-in-hand-manipulation-skills/)
- [T-Net / BC Technology](https://www.bctechnology.com/news/2026/6/1/Zeon-Invests-in-Vancouver-based-Sanctuary-AI.cfm)
- [T-Net / BC Technology](https://www.bctechnology.com/news/2025/5/6/Sanctuary-AI-Says-it-Leads-Industry-in-Controlling-Advanced-Robotic-Hands-Using-Reinforcement-Learning.cfm)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ais-latest-phoenix-humanoid-can-learn-tasks-in-24-hours/)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://www.sanctuary.ai/blog/sanctuary-ai-closes-75-million-series-a-funding)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ai-obtains-canadian-funding-general-purpose-humanoid-development/)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-unveils-phoenix-a-humanoid-general-purpose-robot-designed-for-work/) (2023-05-16)
- [Sanctuary AI (official blog)](https://www.sanctuary.ai/blog/sanctuary-ai-deploys-first-humanoid-general-purpose-robot-commercially) (2023-05-25)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ai-latest-phoenix-humanoid-can-learn-tasks-in-24-hours/) (2024-04-02)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-releases-new-generation-of-ai-robots-for-high-quality-data-capture/) (2025-01-07)
- [Sanctuary AI](https://www.sanctuary.ai/) (2026-01-01)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_AI) (2026-01-01)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://www.sanctuary.ai/blog/sanctuary-ai-unveils-phoenix-a-humanoid-general-purpose-robot-designed-for-work)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/sanctuary-ai-enters-strategic-relationship-with-magna-to-build-embodied-ai-robots/)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://www.sanctuary.ai/blog/sanctuary-ai-announces-microsoft-collaboration-to-accelerate-ai-development-for-general-purpose-robots)
- [Sanctuary AI (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sanctuary-ai-announces-microsoft-collaboration-to-accelerate-ai-development-for-general-purpose-robots-302133360.html)
- [Sanctuary AI (official)](https://www.sanctuary.ai/blog/sanctuary-ai-announces-strategic-financing-from-bdc-capital-and-inbc)
- [Sanctuary AI (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sanctuary-ai-announces-strategic-financing-from-bdc-capital-and-inbc-302188928.html)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/sanctuary_ai_releases_next_generation_of_phoenix_general_purpose_robot)
- [IoT World Today](https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/microsoft-sanctuary-ai-team-to-advance-general-purpose-robots)
- [South China Morning Post](https://tech.yahoo.com/transportation/articles/future-made-china-ubtech-robotics-093000541.html) (2025-01-01)
- [UBTECH (primary)](https://www.ubtech.com/)
- [Zeekr](https://www.zeekr.com/news/ubtech-humanoid-zeekr-factory)
- [primary/credible](https://www.szns.gov.cn/english/business/industrialnews/content/post_11486409.html)
- [Walker S Lite (re-verified primary source)](https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-s)
- [NEURA Robotics](https://neura-robotics.com/products/4ne1/) (2026-01-07)
- [Humanoid.guide](https://humanoid.guide/product/4ne-1/) (2026-01-07)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/neura-robotics-launches-latest-cognitive-robots-neuraverse-ecosystem/)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/10/neura-robotics-funding-ai-humanoid-robots.html) (2026-06-10)
- [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/04/humanoid-robot-maker-neura-robotics-reportedly-raising-1-2b-funding/) (2026-03-04)
- [NEURA Robotics (official)](https://neura-robotics.com/neura-robotics-secures-euro-120-million-series-b/)
- [NEURA Robotics (Business Wire)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115046478/en/NEURA-Robotics-Secures-120-Million-in-Series-B-Funding-to-Propel-Cognitive-and-Humanoid-Robotics-Vision)
- [NEURA Robotics (official)](https://neura-robotics.com/strategic-collaboration-with-sap-and-nvidia/)
- [SAP News](https://news.sap.com/2025/06/neura-robotics-sap-nvidia-future-of-physical-ai/)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/automatica-2025-neura-robotics-unveils-3rd-generation-4ne1-humanoid)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/neura-robotics-reportedly-secures-1-billion-from-tether-to-scale-humanoid-vision)
- [Tech Funding News](https://techfundingnews.com/neura-robotics-1b-tether-humanoid/)
- [NEURA Robotics (official)](https://neura-robotics.com/neura-robotics-launches-technological-revolution/)
- [NEURA Robotics](https://neura-robotics.com/record-series-c/) (2026-06-10)
- [Humanoid robot CASBOT 01 released in Beijing](https://english.news.cn/20241114/cb9038ff4d484c899c82b5dc8976f9a4/c.html)
- [CASBOT Humanoid Robot - Industrial-Grade General-Purpose Robot](https://www.robotsasia.com/Casbot.htm)
- [CASBOT](https://www.casbot.com/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/us-gatsby-humanoid-robot-clean-apartment)
- [Gatsby Robotics (official)](https://gatsby.bot/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/frishberg)
- [https://humanoid.guide/product/gene-01/](https://humanoid.guide/product/gene-01/)
- [https://gbionics.ai/](https://gbionics.ai/)
- [https://www.fincantieri.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026/fincantieri-and-generative-bionics-launch-an-industrial-partnership-to-develop-a-humanoid-welding-robot-for-shipyards](https://www.fincantieri.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026/fincantieri-and-generative-bionics-launch-an-industrial-partnership-to-develop-a-humanoid-welding-robot-for-shipyards)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/from-icub-to-humanoids-generative-bionics-raises-81m/)
- [Weave Robotics](https://weaverobotics.com/isaac-0)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/weave-robotics)
- [New Atlas](https://newatlas.com/robotics/weave-robotics-isaac-laundry-robot/)
- [A3 / Association for Advancing Automation](https://www.automate.org/a3-news/weave-robotics-isaac-0-shipping)
- [Reddit r/robotics](https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/)
- [KTVU FOX 2](https://www.ktvu.com/)
- [YouTube / Weave Robotics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weave-isaac0-launch)
- [Weave Robotics](https://weaverobotics.com)
- [Association for Advancing Automation (A3)](https://www.automate.org/a3-news/interview-weave-robotics-ceo-kaan-dogrusoz)
- [Yicai Global](https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-embodied-ai-startup-magiclab-bags-usd206-million-in-angel-funds-report-says)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robot-nails-martial-arts-moves)
- [Gasgoo](https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/icv/seeds-magiclab-officially-announces-500-million-yuan-new-funding-2031616054575349761)
- [Humanoids.wiki](https://www.humanoids.wiki/p/magiclab-dreame)
- [MagicLab (official)](https://www.magiclab.top/en/human)
- [MagicLab (official)](https://www.magiclab.top/en/)
- [https://www.massrobotics.org/tutor-intelligence-builds-data-factory-to-train-robot-ai-in-the-real-world/](https://www.massrobotics.org/tutor-intelligence-builds-data-factory-to-train-robot-ai-in-the-real-world/)
- [Robotics Tomorrow](https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2025/12/01/tutor-intelligence-raises-34-million-series-a-to-scale-its-ai-powered-fleet-of-warehouse-robot-workers/25849/)
- [https://tutorintelligence.com/](https://tutorintelligence.com/)
- [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zeroth-robotics-launches-into-the-us-with-debut-lineup-of-interactive-ai-robots-for-consumer-and-commercial-buyers-302652162.html)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/alibaba-affiliate-ant-group-enters-the-humanoid-robot-market-with-12-deals.html) (2026-07-01)
- [Apptronik](https://apptronik.com/company/press-releases) (2025-01-01)
- [https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/procuction-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html](https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/procuction-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html)
- [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apptronik-and-mercedes-benz-enter-commercial-agreement-that-will-pilot-apptroniks-apollo-humanoid-robot-in-mercedes-benz-manufacturing-facilities-302089972.html](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apptronik-and-mercedes-benz-enter-commercial-agreement-that-will-pilot-apptroniks-apollo-humanoid-robot-in-mercedes-benz-manufacturing-facilities-302089972.html)
- [https://www.heise.de/en/news/Humanoid-robots-Mercedes-Benz-invests-millions-in-Apptronik-10320691.html](https://www.heise.de/en/news/Humanoid-robots-Mercedes-Benz-invests-millions-in-Apptronik-10320691.html)
- [https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/mercedes-benz-apptronik-humanoid-robots-apollo-manufacturing/710958/](https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/mercedes-benz-apptronik-humanoid-robots-apollo-manufacturing/710958/)
- [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/apptronik-launches-robot-training-hub-unveils-apollo-2-humanoid-robot-2026-06-30/)
- [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/06/30/apptronik-announces-robot-park-a-90000-square-foot-humanoid-data-factory-teases-new-robot/)
- [Apptronik](https://apptronik.com/) (2026-01-01)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apptronik) (2026-01-01)
- [Apptronik (GlobeNewswire)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/11/3236352/0/en/Apptronik-Closes-Over-935-Million-Series-A-with-New-520-Million-Extension-Round.html)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/apptronik-raises-520-million-at-5-billion-valuation-for-apollo-robot.html)
- [Apptronik (GlobeNewswire)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/02/13/3025687/0/en/Apptronik-Raises-350-Million-to-Scale-Production-of-AI-Powered-Humanoid-Robots-and-Meet-Significant-Customer-Demand.html)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/apptroniks-humanoid-robots-take-the-first-steps-toward-building-themselves/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/15/mercedes-begins-piloting-apptronik-humanoid-robots/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/apptronik-partners-google-deepmind-advance-humanoid-robots-ai/)
- [Automation World](https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/news/55250885/apptronik-and-google-deepmind-robotics-partner-on-humanoid-robots)
- [Industrial Equipment News](https://www.ien.com/product-development/article/22933262/apptronik-raises-350-million-to-scale-humanoid-robot-production)
- [Global Times](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1338913.shtml) (2025-07-24)
- [China Daily](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/25/WS6882e633a310ad07b5d91f03.html) (2025-07-25)
- [CGTN](https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-07-23/Two-Chinese-teams-sweep-1-2-in-adult-size-at-Robo-Cup-Humanoid-League-1FeWW0KezmM/p.html) (2025-07-23)
- [Humanoid.guide](https://humanoid.guide/product/booster-t1/) (2025-06-17)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026) (2026-01-07)
- [Booster Robotics (official)](https://www.booster.tech/)
- [Booster Robotics (official)](https://www.booster.tech/about-us/)
- [Booster Robotics (official)](https://www.booster.tech/booster-k1/)
- [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-07-25/chinas-booster-robotics-lands-new-funding-as-it-hits-a-winning-streak-102344904.html)
- [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/china/bumbling-game-robot-soccer-was-breakthrough-embodied-ai-rcna215780)
- [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/02/china/china-humanoid-robot-sports-intl-hnk-dst)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/booster-robotics-launches-k1-robocup-champion-platform)
- [People's Daily](https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0818/c90000-20353835.html)
- [Tesla AI and Optimus page](https://www.tesla.com/AI)
- [From EVs to Robotics: Tesla Targets 10M Optimus Units with New Texas Plant](https://www.therobotreport.com/from-evs-to-robotics-tesla-targets-10m-optimus-units-with-new-texas-plant/)
- [Tesla Optimus — Working at Tesla (official, September 2024)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpraXaw7dyc)
- [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/we-robot) (2026-01-01)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)) (2026-01-01)
- [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-optimus-production-fremont-model-sx-line/) (2026-04-22)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tesla-optimus-robot)
- [CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/business/tesla-bot-robot)
- [InsideEVs](https://insideevs.com/news/613692/tesla-humanoid-robot-ai-day-2022/)
- [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2023/12/12/tesla-unveils-optimus-gen-2-next-generation-humanoid-robot/)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics-experts-tesla-bot-optimus)
- [SEC EDGAR (Tesla filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000110465925101876/tm252289d41_defa14a.htm)
- [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-14/tesla-s-optimus-robots-were-remotely-operated-at-cybercab-event)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/tesla-optimus-bots-were-controlled-by-humans-during-the-we-robot-event/)
- [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2024/10/13/elon-musk-tesla-optimus-robot-tele-operated-robotaxi/)
- [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/musk-admits-no-optimus-robots-are-doing-useful-work-at-tesla-after-claiming-otherwise/)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/teslas-optimus-hit-by-chinas-rare-earth-restrictions-says-musk.html)
- [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2025/06/09/milan-kovac-tesla-optimus/)
- [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/tesla-optimus-robotics-vp-is-leaving-the-company.html)
- [Transportation & Auto News \| TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-halts-freeway-rides-after-robotaxis-struggle-in-construction-zones/) (2026-05-21T22:15:00.000Z)
- [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-robotaxi-austin-14-crashes-nhtsa/) (2026-02-17)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/tesla-reveals-two-robotaxi-crashes-involving-teleoperators/) (2026-05-15)
- [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2026/05/26/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-shrinking-not-growing/) (2026-05-26)
- [Electrek](https://electrek.co/2026/04/18/tesla-robotaxi-launches-dallas-houston-small-geofences/) (2026-04-18)
- [Transportation & Auto News \| TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/waymo-dominates-texas-autonomous-vehicle-registrations-as-tesla-trails-behind/) (2026-05-29T00:14:35.000Z)
- [California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)](https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/licensing/transportation-licensing-and-analysis-branch/autonomous-vehicle-programs/autonomous-vehicle-program-permits-issued)
- [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-28/tesla-reveals-its-texas-robotaxi-fleet-is-dwarfed-by-waymo-s)
- [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/engineai-launches-shenzhen-intelligent-manufacturing-061900615.html) (2025-01-01)
- [EngineAI](https://www.engineai.com.cn/) (2026-01-01)
- [GitHub (jk4e)](https://github.com/jk4e/list-ai-humanoid-robots) (2026-01-01)
- [Humanoid Specs](https://humanoidspecs.com/robots/engineai-se01) (2026-01-15)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/engineai-humanoid-robot-impresses-with-quick-recovery) (2026-02-23)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/) (2024-12-27)
- [EngineAI (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/engineai-launches-shenzhen-intelligent-manufacturing-base-as-first-batch-of-t800-humanoid-robots-roll-off-the-production-line-to-begin-mass-delivery-302785384.html)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-raises-nearly-140m-developing-legged-humanoid-robots/)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/engineai-secures-200-million-series-b-as-manufacturing-giant-luxshare-joins-the-cap-table)
- [DealStreetAsia](https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/engineai-funding-449971)
- [Maginative](https://www.maginative.com/article/a-viral-video-of-engineais-se01-robot-walking-puts-chinese-robotics-firm-in-spotlight/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/watch-se01-humanoid-robot-walk)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinas-first-humanoid-robot-frontflip)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/engineai-joins-the-manufacturing-race-one-humanoid-every-15-minutes-at-new-shenzhen-base)
- [China Daily HK](https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/603216)
- [PAL Robotics — TALOS product page listing research institution partners including LAAS-CNRS](https://pal-robotics.com/robots/talos/)
- [IEEE RAS 2017 — 'TALOS: A new humanoid research platform targeted for industrial applications' (Stasse et al., LAAS-CNRS team)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8246947)
- [PAL Robotics (official)](https://pal-robotics.com/robot/talos/)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/talos-humanoid-now-available-from-pal-robotics)
- [HAL / IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2017](https://hal.science/hal-01485519v1/file/iros-talos.pdf)
- [CNRS News](https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/pyrene-a-new-humanoid-robot)
- [IEEE Xplore](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9659380/)
- [IEEE Robots Guide](https://robotsguide.com/robots/talos)
- [PAL Robotics (official)](https://pal-robotics.com/news/robots-on-the-move-pal-robotics-brings-tiago-pro-and-kangaroo-to-asia/)
- [PAL Robotics (official)](https://pal-robotics.com/blog/kangaroo-robot-from-prototype-to-your-trusted-research-companion/)
- [PAL Robotics (official)](https://pal-robotics.com/blog/kangaroo-robot-free-walking-thanks-to-the-latest-developments-in-software-and-hardware/)
- [Robotics 24/7](https://www.robotics247.com/article/automatica-2025-pal-robotics-to-demonstrate-humanoid-embodied-ai)
- [Automated Warehouse](https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/pal-robotics-launches-tiago-omni-mobile-manipulation-robot/)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/tiago-robot-pal-robotics-ready-two-armed-tasks/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/pal-robotics-kangaroo-humanoid)
- [PAL Robotics (official)](https://pal-robotics.com/blog/how-pal-robotics-powers-eu-research-projects-adrf-2025/)
- [Advanced Navigation](https://www.advancednavigation.com/case-studies/advancing-humanoid-robots-pal-robotics-strides-forward-with-orientus/)
- [Automated Warehouse](https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/pal-robotics-tiago-pro-mobile-manipulator/)
- [Pudu Robotics](https://www.pudurobotics.com/news/pudu-robotics-raises-150-million-exceeds-1-5-billion-valuation) (2020-01-01)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/pudu-d9-humanoid-robot-launched/)
- [Pudu (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pudu-robotics-unveils-pudu-d9-a-full-sized-humanoid-robot-driving-commercially-viable-embodied-intelligence-302336109.html)
- [Pudu (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pudu-embodied-unveils-the-next-generation-pudu-d7-opening-a-new-chapter-for-industrial-semi-humanoid-robotics-302786976.html)
- [Robotics Business News](https://roboticsbusinessnews.com/news/10/3043/pudu-robotics-launches-pudu-d7-semi-humanoid-robot-for-intelligent-industrial-automation.html)
- [Mike Kalil](https://mikekalil.com/blog/the-rise-of-robotera/) (2025-10-01)
- [Humanoid.guide](https://humanoid.guide/product/robotera-l7/) (2025-07-26)
- [RobotEra (official)](https://www.robotera.com/en/robotics/L7.html)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/robotera-gets-series-a-funding-partners-unido-embodied-intelligence/)
- [Crunchbase News](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-defense-aerospace-ai-fintech/)
- [arXiv (IROS 2024)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04436) (2024-03-07)
- [GitHub / Carnegie Mellon University LeCAR Lab](https://github.com/LeCAR-Lab/human2humanoid) (2024-03-07)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/human-to-humanoid-teleoperation) (2024-03-10)
- [Unitree Robotics](https://www.unitree.com/h1) (2026-01-01)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/leju-raises-200m-humanoid-production-unitree-unveils-h2-robot/) (2025-10-25)
- [New Atlas](https://newatlas.com/robotics/unitree-h1-backflip/) (2024-01-18)
- [GIGAZINE](https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240314-unitree-h1-world-fastest-humanoid-robot/)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/unitree-world-record-fastest-humanoid-robot)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robot-reaches-record-sprint)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-robot-exploit)
- [Unitree Robotics (official)](https://www.unitree.com/en/h1) (2023-08-15)
- [AGIBOT via PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agibot-a2-joins-alexander-wang-at-the-met-gala-embodied-ai-makes-historic-fashion-debut-302762969.html) (2026-05-05)
- [Interesting Engineering](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/agibot-a2-makes-history-at-met-gala) (2026-05-06)
- [Robots International](https://www.robotsinternational.com/Agibot.htm) (2026-01-01)
- [AgiBot (official)](https://www.agibot.com/about_Zhiyuan)
- [The Robot Report](https://www.therobotreport.com/agibot-rolls-out-10000th-humanoid-robot/)
- [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3332229/rising-china-robotics-star-agibot-restructures-potential-bid-join-ipo-race)
- [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317741/robot-maker-agibot-seeks-stake-shanghai-listed-firm-potential-back-door-listing-move)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgiBot)
- [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/20250527/e383c991c5fa447aba23cb4da64febaa/c.html) (2025-05-27)
- [China Robot News](https://chinarobotnews.com/leju-robotics-outlines-3-stage-expansion-plan-for-humanoid-robots) (2025-05-15)
- [Leju Robotics](https://www.lejurobot.com/en) (2026-01-01)
- [Sacra](https://sacra.com/c/leju-robotics/) (2026-01-01)
- [CnEVPost](https://cnevpost.com/2024/07/06/nio-validating-humanoid-robot-harmonyos-at-factory/)
- [CnEVPost](https://cnevpost.com/2025/03/13/robots-working-as-quality-inspectors-nio-f2-plant/)
- [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/chinese-humanoid-robot-maker-raises-200-million-ahead-of-ipo)
- [DealStreetAsia](https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/humanoid-robot-maker-leju-raises-funding-460790)
- [Gasgoo Auto News](https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/icv/schaeffler-leju-robotics-team-up-to-accelerate-humanoid-deployment-in-china-2028869198883684352)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/10/22/chinese-humanoid-robot-maker-leju-robot-secures-207-million-in-pre-ipo-funding/95727/)
- [Robotics & Automation News](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/11/03/leju-robots-humanoid-makes-history-as-torchbearer-at-chinas-15th-national-games/96156/)
- [People's Daily](https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/1103/c90000-20385430.html)
- [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/20250419/550e46bed67c46228e7e2c5513073f37/c.html) (2025-04-19)
- [TechEBlog](https://www.techeblog.com/humanoid-robot-half-marathon-beijing-tiangong-ultra/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/robots-run-a-half-marathon-slowly/)
- [The State Council of the PRC (gov.cn)](https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202411/13/content_WS673406e2c6d0868f4e8ece33.html)
- [Open X-Humanoid (official repo)](https://github.com/Open-X-Humanoid/TienKung-Lab)
- [XPENG (official press release)](https://www.xpeng.com/news/019a56f54fe99a2a0a8d8a0282e402b7) (2025-11-05)
- [CnEVPost](https://cnevpost.com/2025/11/05/xpeng-unveils-next-gen-iron-humanoid-robot/) (2025-11-05)
- [XPeng](https://www.xpeng.com/) (2026-01-01)
- [Humanoids Daily](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/xpeng-targets-2026-for-autonomous-humanoid-robot-iron-mass-production) (2025-11-24)
- [Humanoid.guide](https://humanoid.guide/product/iron/) (2025-11-05)
- [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3331958/big-reveal-xpeng-founder-unzips-humanoid-robot-prove-its-not-human)
- [CnEVPost](https://cnevpost.com/2025/11/06/xpengs-iron-humanoid-robot-looks-so-real/)
- [People's Daily](https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/1106/c90000-20387556.html)
- [Gasgoo](https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/xpeng-to-build-full-chain-humanoid-robot-mass-production-base-in-guangzhou-2026901200610291712)
- [SEC EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001810997/000119312525303892/d935523dex991.htm)
- [SEC EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001810997/000119312525170938/d902596dex991.htm)
- [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/tech/robot-stuns-crowd-after-shocking-onstage-reveal)
- [KrASIA](https://kr-asia.com/was-there-a-person-inside-xpengs-robot-ceo-debunks-rumors-onstage-to-viral-disbelief)
- [Astribot](https://www.astribot.com/en) (2026-01-01)
- [Humanoid Press](https://humanoid.press/database/database-astribot-s1/) (2026-01-01)
- [Robots International](https://www.robotsinternational.com/Astribot.htm) (2026-01-01)
- [Stardust Intelligence](https://astribot.com)
- [Wikipedia / Aldebaran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nao_(robot))
- [SoftBank Robotics](https://www.softbankrobotics.com/)

## Common questions

### What is the most advanced humanoid robot right now?

There is no single most advanced humanoid, and DEPLOY does not name one. Advancement splits across measures. On DEPLOY's record, a few models have reached production stage, Agility Robotics' Digit has the most deployments including the most operating now, and only a handful are verified to run autonomously rather than by teleoperation. Each figure is scoped to what is verified on DEPLOY and dated, and the scorecard on this page shows where every model stands.

### What is the most realistic humanoid robot?

Realism is usually a claim about a demo video, so DEPLOY reports the verified operating posture instead. Many lifelike humanoid demonstrations are teleoperated or disclose no autonomy at all, meaning a person is driving rather than the robot deciding. On DEPLOY's record only a handful of humanoids are classified as running autonomously, and the scorecard labels each model's autonomy posture as autonomous, supervised, teleoperated, or not disclosed, so you can weigh a realistic-looking demo against what is actually verified.

### What is the most powerful humanoid robot?

Power depends on the spec you mean, payload, degrees of freedom, or runtime, and DEPLOY does not rank a single most powerful model because the verified spec coverage varies from model to model. What the record does hold is each model's maturity, deployments, and autonomy posture, dated and sourced. The scorecard on this page lets you compare humanoids on those verified measures rather than on a headline spec that is often a vendor claim.

### What is the newest humanoid robot in 2026?

New humanoids are announced almost every month, and DEPLOY tracks more than a hundred humanoid models with new ones added as they are verified. Newest is not the same as most advanced: many recent reveals are at research or prototype stage with no deployment on record. The scorecard on this page sorts by verified maturity and deployments rather than announcement date, so a brand new reveal does not outrank a model that is actually operating.

### Which humanoid robot is closest to mass production?

A few humanoids have reached production stage on DEPLOY's maturity ladder, the furthest rung, but that is a claim about manufacturing readiness rather than proof that large numbers have shipped. DEPLOY holds no independently verified units-in-field count for most humanoids, so the record does not confirm any single model as mass produced. The scorecard shows which models reached production stage and which have deployments, each dated and sourced, so you can see the gap between a production claim and a fielded fleet.

## Keep reading

- [Which physical-AI companies are worth the most? Valuations ranked.](/valuations.md): Comparisons
- [What AI actually drives each robot? AI stacks compared](/ai-stacks.md): Comparisons
- [Which company is the leader in humanoid robotics?](/which-company-leads-humanoid-robotics.md): Comparisons
- [What robotic company did Nvidia invest in?](/what-robotic-company-did-nvidia-invest-in.md): Comparisons
- [All verified answers](/answers.md): Every standing question DEPLOY tracks.
- [Are humanoid robots actually autonomous or teleoperated?](/humanoid-robot-autonomy-verified.md): The autonomy posture of each humanoid, verified vs claimed.

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