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Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.

Rainbow Robotics has stopped exporting its RB-Y1 humanoid robot to the United States following new Federal Communications Commission restrictions on foreign-produced advanced robotic devices.

Realbotix LLC has entered into an unsecured bridge loan facility of up to $5 million from Onconetix as the companies continue working toward their previously announced acquisition.

Boston Dynamics is unlikely to pursue an initial public offering in 2027 as the company remains unprofitable and has yet to deploy its Atlas humanoid robots at scale, according to a senior Hyundai Motor Group executive speaking to Reuters.

Chinese embodied AI startup Xieyue Intelligence has completed an Angel+ financing worth several hundred million yuan, less than a year after it was founded.

Samsung Medical Center will demonstrate two humanoid surgical assistant robots working alongside a human surgeon, testing instrument handling, endoscope operation, tissue retraction and other operating-room tasks in a simulated environment.

UBTECH has started production at a new robotics factory in Liuzhou, China, designed for annual output of more than 10,000 robots.

Humanoid robots are getting faster, smarter, and cheaper to build. But for businesses, technical capability is only half the equation. The real test is whether these machines can generate enough productivity to justify their total cost.

Chinese humanoid robotics company Kinetix AI has raised more than RMB 500 million, or over $70 million, across an Angel+ financing series.