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Importance:LaunchHumanoid lab assistant

Tactus AI Debuts Humanoid Lab Assistant Elsie at ADLM 2026

Tactus AI introduced Elsie, an autonomous humanoid robot designed to assist at clinical laboratory benches, during the 2026 Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine event. Source: newswise.com

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AMD Challenges Nvidia in the Race for Humanoid Robot Chips

Robotics company Foundation announced its new MK-2 Phantom humanoid robots will run on AMD Ryzen chips instead of Nvidia hardware. The move signals growing competition for Nvidia, which currently dominates the AI chip market for robotics. Source: forbes.com

Importance:NewsHumanoid funding

Humanoid Raises $152 Million At $1.35 Billion Valuation: Europe’s Newest Robot Unicorn

Europe has a new unicorn. It's the humanoid robot company Humanoid, which just raised a $152M series A. Source: forbes.com

Importance:Newsrobotics funding

Robotics startup Humanoid raises $152 million Series A round at $1.35 billion valuation

UK-based robotics startup Humanoid said on Tuesday it raised $152 million in a Series A funding round ​at a post-money valuation of $1.35 billion,... Source: reuters.com

Importance:Newseducation

NY school to introduce first humanoid robot in US classroom — and vows ‘Sally’ will never replace teachers

Rural NY school district on Seneca Nation land will roll out an AI-powered robot in K-12 classrooms this fall -- among the first in the US to bring a... Source: nypost.com

Importance:Newssports

AGIBOT X2 Series Showcases Embodied AI at the World Cup, Marking a Historic Sports Companion Debut

AGIBOT unveiled its X2 humanoid robot as footballer Duckens Nazon's World Cup companion, marking embodied AI's debut in a major global sporting event. Source: natlawreview.com

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A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War

The CEO of Foundation Future Industries, which counts the president's son as its chief strategy adviser, tells WIRED it's exploring some “kinetic things.” Source: wired.com

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New York school district to deploy humanoid robot in classrooms this fall

A New York school district is bringing a humanoid robot into the classroom this fall to serve as a teacher assistant and support STEM education and AI... Source: foxnews.com

Importance:Newsindustrial_application

We Just Had The First Humanoid Robot Strike Ever

Hyundai wants to use its Boston Dynamics Atlas robots in car-making factories. Workers aren't so sure ... and the union is taking action. Source: forbes.com

Importance:LaunchRobot Hardware

Nvidia's Next Step: 'Robot Brains' and AI Computers That Don't Need the Internet

NvidiaNvidia has unveiled the 'Jetson T3k' and 'Jetson T2000,' new compact computers designed to run AI on humanoid robots and autonomous equipment. Source: invenglobal.com

Importance:Launchhumanoid robots

Booster Robotics Unveils Booster T2, Its Flagship Humanoid Platform for Embodied AI Development

Santa Clara, California--(Newsfile Corp. - July 13, 2026) - Booster Robotics officially launched Booster T2 (www.booster.tech/booster-t2/), its flagship... Source: newsfilecorp.com

Importance:Launchembodied AI data

X Square Robot Launches Embodied AI Data Collection Platform Quanxta Zero Series

Chinese humanoid robot maker X Square Robot launched a software-and-hardware platform designed to help collect, process and use data for embodied AI models. Source: theaiinsider.tech

Importance:Launchhumanoid robotics

NVIDIA and Hugging Face bring new models and frameworks to LeRobot

The Isaac GR00T platform helps robotics developers scale humanoid data collection and simulation-based training to develop, validate, and deploy policies on... Source: therobotreport.com

Importance:Newshumanoid robot

Ex-Tesla engineer plans AI robot to replace European retirees in workforce

The humanoid robot, called "Northstar," will be used in manufacturing plants, logistics warehouses, and homes. Source: washingtonexaminer.com

Importance:Newsrobot development

Develop Humanoid Robot Policies End-to-End with NVIDIA Isaac GR00T | NVIDIA Technical Blog

As more teams move from humanoid robot bring-up to task-specific skill development, the need for repeatable development workflows is growing. Source: developer.nvidia.com

Importance:Newshumanoid robot deployment

BMW Group deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version

NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ BMW Group is doubling down on its deployment of Figure.AI's humanoid robots. The automaker last week announced that, following its ... Source: moomoo.com

Importance:NewsHumanoid robots / China vs US robotics

Etzioni on AI: Elon Musk promised humanoid robots, but China delivered

While American tech giants are valued for the anticipation of perfect prototypes, Chinese manufacturers are winning the robotics race by getting paid for... Source: geekwire.com

Importance:NewsEmbodied AI / Robot Hands

China wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands

Race to develop 'embodied AI' focuses on creating dextrous hands to transform humanoid robots from gimmicks into useful products. Source: theguardian.com

Importance:Newsgesture recognition technology

Humanoid AI Robot Demonstrates World-First Gesture Technology

A humanoid AI robot under development in Japan demonstrated what its developer described as a world-first gesture-recognition technology during a studio... Source: newsonjapan.com

Importance:NewsFigure 03 logistics

BMW Deploys Figure 03 Humanoid in Plant Spartanburg Logistics

BMW Group said on **June 25, 2026** that **Figure 03** humanoid robots will begin a logistics sequencing use case at **Plant Spartanburg**, after a Figure... Source: letsdatascience.com