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UCLA's open-source PhoneBot uses an Android phone for sensing and computing in a 48 cm biped that its researchers say costs about $400 without the phone.
Unitree's H2-X teaser shows martial arts and staged rescue scenes; outlets note it released few specifications and it is unclear how autonomous the demos were.
Figure CEO Brett Adcock said a Figure 03 robot walked 348 miles over nine days on a treadmill; outlets note power and interruption details are unclear.
NEURA says its 4NE1 Gen 4 humanoid is 20% lighter and being readied for series production; it launched at the new TUM RoboGym near Munich Airport.
Generative Bionics says it will build a three-site Physical AI Data Factory network, starting with a 5,000 m² Italian hub due by Q4 2027, using AMD compute.
AiMOGA Robotics says it has opened global pre-orders for Mobo, a 0.9-metre home companion humanoid with 22 degrees of freedom; no price was announced.
UBTech, Anyverse Dynamics and other Chinese firms are pursuing trials in South Korea as Seoul proposes 3.1 trillion won for physical AI, Korea Times reports.
Unitree's Wang Xingxing said on 22 Oct 2026 the firm is developing "Rehearsal", a loop for robots to write code, test it in simulation and improve (SCMP).
Elon Musk said on Tesla's Q3 2026 earnings call that Tesla expects to start delivering Optimus robots to outside customers around the end of 2027, according to Electrek.
Føtex, part of Salling Group, has started a multi-year pilot with HIVE Robots to train humanoid robots to restock shelves after closing time, ESM Magazine reports.
UC Berkeley researchers report that SuperMimic matched a baseline humanoid motion tracker that trained for seven days on 128 GPUs, using three hours on one GPU.
At GTC Berlin on 21 October 2026, NVIDIA announced additions to its Isaac robotics platform and Agile Robots announced the Agile ONE SN reference humanoid, according to NVIDIA.
Schaeffler says its new Taicang, China factory uses six humanoids to assemble joint modules, including actuators, for other humanoid robots.
Eka Robotics said on 20 October 2026 it raised a $150 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and F-Prime; SiliconANGLE reports a $1.45 billion valuation.
A Chinese ministry official said China expects over 100,000 humanoids built in 2026, per China's SCIO; first national standards apply from April 2027.
A Korean regulatory-sandbox committee granted Robros an exemption so 20 of its humanoid robots can work near people at four companies' sites, Seoul Economic Daily reports.
San Francisco start-up Minerva Humanoids said on 6 October 2026 it has raised about $10 million in pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst, according to its press release.