Humanoids

Agility Robotics Expects $465M Gross Capital Raise Ahead of SPAC Closing

Agility Robotics, a humanoid robotics company, and Churchill Capital Corp XI, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, said in a joint announcement on October 30, 2026, that Agility's gross capital raise in connection with their proposed business combination and related financings is expected to be approximately $465 million before transaction expenses. The companies said the…

Read as Announced, not audited: round sizes come from the company, and a raise is capital in, not revenue or deployments.

Unite.AI · 1d ago

Agility Robotics

Humanoid robot achieves 85% success rate in real-life trial with AGIBOT’s GO-3 model

Chinese robotics company AGIBOT has unveiled GO-3 Preview, an embodied AI model designed to help...

Read as Benchmark wins are on curated tasks; generalisation to unseen objects and environments is the open question.

Interesting Engineering · 1d ago

2026 Robotics Handbook looks at humanoids, AI, and design choices

The 2026 Robotics Handbook examines design choices behind dexterous manipulation, humanoid robots, and construction automation.

The Robot Report · 2d ago

110 humanoid robots dance in perfect sync to set Guinness World Record in China

China has set a Guinness World Records title after 110 humanoid robots performed synchronized dance...

Interesting Engineering · 3d ago

Your Robot’s Safety Functions Already Work. What If the Input Lies?

This article is brought to you by VicOne. A mobile robot slows for someone in a hallway. A collaborative arm eases its movement as a worker approaches. A humanoid pauses to let a person pass. Each response depends on information about the robot or its surroundings: a distance reading, a position estimate, or a stop signal. But what happens when one of those inputs is wrong, and the robot still…

IEEE Spectrum · 4d ago

Robot maker delivers 10,000th force-controlled arm and puts five humanoids to work

A Chinese robotics firm has delivered its 10,000th humanoid force-controlled robotic arm, marking a milestone...

Interesting Engineering · 4d ago

Sterling Anderson doesn’t think humanoid robots should be building cars

Sterling Anderson, General Motors’ chief product officer, delivers a speech during the brand's annual technology event in New York on October 21st, 2026. Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images | AFP via Getty Images At a splashy event in New York City last week, General Motors unveiled its new tech roadmap centered on AI-driven vehicle development, advanced battery tech, high-powered car…

The Verge · 4d ago

Companion humanoid robots combine lifelike silicone skin with 39 degrees of freedom

Realbotix is putting a hefty price tag on physical AI companionship, with its new Echo...

Interesting Engineering · 5d ago

Agility and GXO Logistics plan expanded deployment of Digit humanoid

GXO Logistics, which has tested humanoid robots from multiple companies, will deploy Agility's Digit at two more sites.

The Robot Report · 5d ago

Humanoid robot tackles ladders and obstacles with 92.5% simulation success

Researchers at ETH Zurich and collaborators developed a control approach that lets a humanoid robot...

Interesting Engineering · 5d ago

Toyota is betting $6.4 billion a year on humanoid robots and factory automation

Toyota wants to turn itself into a global robotics company, and it's betting on humanoid robots and factory automation to get there. The article Toyota is betting $6.4 billion a year on humanoid robots and factory automation appeared first on The Decoder.

Read as Pilot scale is the number that matters: how many units, how many hours, and how often a human intervenes.

The Decoder · 5d ago

Wearable system captures human activity data for robot training

Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a body shape that resembles that of humans, could tackle various chores and everyday manual tasks. To successfully complete these tasks, however, the robots should be able to reliably coordinate their movements, posture and how they touch or grasp different objects.

TechXplore · 7d ago

Video Friday: Quadruped Robot Solves Giant Rubik’s Cube by Itself

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. CoRL 2026: 9–12 November 2026, AUSTIN Humanoids 2026: 6–9 December 2026, SANTA CLARA, CA Enjoy today’s videos! A quadruped robot autonomously solves a…

Read as Demo footage is a best take unless stated otherwise — the questions are teleoperation, cuts, retries, and speed.

IEEE Spectrum · 8d ago