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Beijing-based Galbot has previewed the ET1, its first bipedal humanoid robot, ahead of WRC 2026, marking a significant expansion beyond the company’s existing wheeled robotic platforms.
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UBTECH Robotics reported a sharp acceleration in its humanoid robotics business during the first half of 2026, with full-size humanoids emerging as the company’s largest growth engine.
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Generalist has raised nearly $200 million in additional funding, lifting the robotics AI startup’s valuation to $3 billion just months after its previous financing.
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SoftBank is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in 1X Technologies at a $6 billion valuation, a deal that could give the Japanese investment group control of one of the most prominent companies developing humanoid robots for the home.
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Pollen Robotics has opened pre-orders for Microduck, a 25cm bipedal robot designed as an accessible platform for reinforcement learning and sim-to-real robotics development.
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Asimov is preparing to ship the first production batch of its Asimov 1, an open-source humanoid kit designed to give developers and researchers access to a full-scale robotics platform at a significantly lower cost.
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Born in the trenches of DARPA's hardest autonomy challenges and NASA JPL's Mars programs, FieldAI has crossed the $2B mark in 18 months without shipping a single robot. It wants to be the operating intelligence for every machine in motion.
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Inside the data advantage, technical moat, and market timing behind Sunday’s most closely watched home robot.
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