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RoboticsFigure Retires Its Battle-Scarred F.02 Humanoids After 30,000 BMWs
Figure AI is retiring its F.02 humanoids after an 11-month BMW deployment that helped build over 30,000 X3s and loaded 90,000 sheet-metal parts.
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RoboticsBaidu's Apollo Go Brings China's Robotaxi to London Roads
Baidu's Apollo Go has begun robotaxi road testing in London with both Uber and Freenow by Lyft, the first time a Chinese autonomous vehicle has run in the UK capital.
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RoboticsBYD Unveils Its First Humanoid Robot, Extending EV Tech into Embodied AI
BYD debuts its first humanoid robot in early August, joining a wave of Chinese automakers turning EV batteries, motors and AI into embodied machines.
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RoboticsAgility Robotics Races to Nasdaq in $2.5B Deal, a Humanoid First
Agility Robotics is set to become the first US-listed pure-play humanoid company via a $2.5B SPAC merger, as its Digit robot logs 65,000+ hours of real work.
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RoboticsChina's UBTech Puts Humanoids to Work at a Border Crossing — and in Homes
UBTech won a $37M contract to deploy Walker S2 humanoids at a China-Vietnam border crossing while its lifelike U1 consumer robot drew 13,000 orders.
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RoboticsIndependent Study Finds Waymo Robotaxis Crash 68% Less Than Humans
An independent IIHS study of 50 million driverless miles found Waymo robotaxis had 68% fewer police-reportable crashes per mile than human drivers.
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RoboticsHyundai Buys Out SoftBank to Take Full Control of Boston Dynamics
Hyundai will buy SoftBank's remaining 10% of Boston Dynamics for about $325M, taking full ownership as it prepares to deploy Atlas humanoids in its plants.
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Robotics1X Gives Its NEO Home Robot Hands That Rival Human Dexterity
1X unveiled a 25-degree-of-freedom tendon-driven hand for its NEO home humanoid, and says it will ship on the first units delivered in 2026.
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RoboticsTesla Optimus: The Gap Between the Hype and the Assembly Line
After Tesla's Q2 2026 results, the reality of Optimus humanoid production still trails the rhetoric — even as Figure, Agility and 1X post more verifiable deployment numbers.
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RoboticsUnitree Nears $618M STAR Market IPO at Nearly $6B Valuation
Unitree is finalizing pricing for a Shanghai STAR Market debut to raise about $618M at a roughly $6B valuation, a landmark listing for humanoid robotics.
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RoboticsHyundai Moves to Full Ownership of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank Exits
SoftBank has exercised its put option on Boston Dynamics, clearing the way for Hyundai to take full ownership of the humanoid robotics pioneer.
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RoboticsHyundai Moves to Full Ownership of Boston Dynamics
SoftBank exercises its put option and Hyundai moves to full ownership of Boston Dynamics, clearing the IPO deadline that once loomed over the robot maker.
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RoboticsUnitree Wins Approval for $618M Shanghai Humanoid Robot IPO
China's Unitree cleared its STAR Market IPO to raise about $618 million, offering a rare look at a profitable humanoid robot maker as the sector consolidates.