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Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Mech-Mind Robotics reported RMB 237.3 million ($35.4 million) in revenue for the first half of 2026, up 54.7% year over year, in its first financial results since listing in Hong Kong earlier this month.
Robotico
Around 7,000 humanoids were sold in 2025 compared with 603,000 conventional industrial robot installations. The gap shows how early humanoid commercialization remains—and why deployments, utilization and repeat customer orders may matter more than production targets.
i-Robot
AgiBot has produced its 20,000th robot, reaching the manufacturing milestone with an A3 Ultra humanoid delivered to Chimelong Group on September 24.
Robotico
Skild AI has introduced a self-play post-training method for its S1 robotics foundation model, using more than 140 years of accumulated simulated soccer experience before transferring the resulting policy to a physical humanoid.
Robotico
AgiBot is preparing to deploy more than 300 robots across Chimelong Spaceship Park in Hengqin, Zhuhai, creating one of the largest concentrated public deployments of embodied robots announced to date.
Robotico
Qualcomm has agreed to acquire robotics software company PickNik, bringing the team behind the open-source MoveIt manipulation framework into its growing Physical AI business. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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The Japanese government is preparing to begin research into the use of AI-powered humanoid robots by the country’s Self-Defense Forces, with initial applications focused on base security, logistics and other support operations, according to Kyodo News.
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Cognex has agreed to acquire RealSense for approximately $500 million in cash, adding one of the robotics industry’s most widely used 3D perception platforms to its machine-vision business.
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