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Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.

Figure and Nscale are partnering to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, providing the massive computing power needed to train Figure’s Helix AI models and accelerate the development of advanced humanoid robots.

Figure has signed a multi-year partnership with Nscale that could deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs to support the development of its Helix AI models and humanoid robots.

Galbot has unveiled ET1, its first bipedal humanoid robot.

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, bringing one of the largest open AI development platforms under the world’s dominant AI chipmaker.

OpenAI plans to build its own humanoid robot, with CEO Sam Altman confirming the company’s hardware ambitions now extend to both humanoids and other robotic form factors.

Skild AI has introduced S1, a new robot foundation model designed to learn previously unseen tasks from a single video demonstration without fine-tuning.

Xiaomi has brought its humanoid robot to IFA 2026 in Berlin, giving the company’s robotics program one of its most prominent showcases outside China.

Recent breakthroughs in humanoid robotics are showing remarkable improvements in speed and mobility, but the industry's biggest challenge remains making robots reliable enough for real-world work.