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A humanoid robot passed an eight-hour factory shift at Siemens’ Erlangen plant

Siemens, Nvidia, and UK robotics startup Humanoid have successfully deployed an AI-powered wheeled humanoid robot in live logistics operations at a Siemens electronics factory in Germany. The HMND 01 Alpha completed over eight hours of autonomous tote-handling at 60 moves per hour with a pick-and-place success rate above 90%, and was integrated directly into Siemens’ […]

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A humanoid robot just beat the human half-marathon world record by seven minutes in Beijing

A humanoid robot named Lightning completed the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes. The robot, built by Shenzhen Honor Smart Technology Development Co., navigated the 21-kilometre course autonomously, without remote control, using multi-sensor fusion and real-time decision-making algorithms. A second Lightning unit, […]

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Tesla’s China chief calls Shanghai factory a ‘golden key’ to mass-producing humanoid robots

In short: Tesla’s China president Wang Hao has described the Shanghai Gigafactory as a “golden key” to mass-producing Optimus humanoid robots, the first time a Tesla executive has publicly linked the factory to robotics manufacturing. The plant delivered 851,000 EVs in 2025, and Tesla has deployed over 1,000 Gen 3 Optimus units across its own […]

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Accenture bets on General Robotics to unify factory AI across robot brands

In short: Accenture Ventures has invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform provides a unified AI intelligence layer across 40+ robots from different manufacturers including FANUC, Flexiv, and Ghost Robotics. The deal extends Accenture’s physical AI strategy alongside its NVIDIA-powered Physical AI Orchestrator and prior investments in Sanctuary AI and Schaeffler humanoid robotics partnerships. Accenture […]

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Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is offering $18M to hire a chief AI scientist

UBTech’s salary range for Chief Scientist of Embodied Intelligence runs from $2.2M to $18M. The Shenzhen company’s humanoid robot revenue grew twenty-fold last year. Bloomberg calls the offer unusual even by Chinese standards. Chinese humanoid robotics company UBTech has posted a global recruitment notice for a Chief Scientist of Embodied Intelligence, offering an annual salary […]

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Decathlon doubles warehouse output with Exotec’s climbing robots across seven European sites

The world’s largest sporting goods retailer has turned seven of its European warehouses over to robots, and the early results suggest the machines are earning their keep. Decathlon announced on Tuesday that its partnership with Exotec, a French warehouse robotics company, has delivered what it calls significant productivity gains across sites in France, the United […]

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Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its approachable humanoid Sprout

The deal, Amazon’s second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company’s portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to research and development partners. Terms were not disclosed. The race to put a humanoid robot in every home has a new entrant. Amazon has acquired Fauna […]

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