The changelog

Boston Dynamics Atlas — KED Global reports Boston Dynamics has finalised a Korean-led Atlas supplier line-up (Hyundai Mobis) and asked suppliers to prepare for purchase orders covering 10,000 units. Source

Realbotix Echo — Echo line opens for pre-order from USD 11,950 with delivery in 2H 2027. Source

Agility Digit — Commercial update: GXO expansion, three unnamed manufacturing customers, AGCO pilot, pipeline of 30+ prospects. Source

Agile ONE — Compact ONE SN unveiled at Nvidia GTC Berlin; 1,000 to 2,000 compact units targeted for 2027. Source

1X NEO — Startup Fortune reports early-access shipments but notes no independently verified delivery outside 1X's early-access programme. Source

Apptronik Apollo — Google DeepMind reports Gemini 4 Argon video-to-sim-to-real transfer to Apollo (single outlet, company-described). Source

Tesla Optimus — Tesla Q3 2026: Optimus production starts at Fremont; Musk: 20,000 per week by end of 2027. Source

Agility Digit — S-4 registration declared effective. Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — Further CNY 1 billion reported at CNY 15 billion valuation. Source

XPeng IRON — At a Paris event He Xiaopeng gives timeline: mass production end-2026, deliveries H1 2027, European rollout H2 2027. Source

Kawasaki Kaleido 9 — Report (Nikkei Asia via Humanoids Daily): Kaleido to adopt Noetra physical AI, deployment targeted as early as 2030. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — New four-finger, 13-DOF hand for Atlas announced, described as designed for mass manufacturing. Source

Booster T2 — Generation Robots lists T2 from EUR 27,060 (out of stock); K1 from EUR 9,000 (out of stock); used T1 at EUR 31,200. Source

LimX Oli — Oli EDU on sale at Funduino GmbH (Germany) for EUR 84,999 incl. VAT and at US resellers. Source

Unitree H1 / H1-2 — Unitree page lists H1 and H1-2 with specs but no public price; ordering via sales. Source

Fourier GR-3 — GR-3 listed on RBTX (igus) with 3-week delivery; no price displayed. Source

Dexmate Vega 1 Pro — Shop lists Vega 1 Pro at USD 75,000 with a four-week lead time and a Jetson AGX Thor computer. Source

NEURA 4NE1 Mini — NEURA's product page says availability 'expected in 2026' with no month; stair navigation still in development. Source

Figure 03 — Figure posts 'F.02 Decommission' (Figure 02 fleet retired). Source

GENE.01 — MoU signed with Eni. Source

Mirokai — Outsight and Enchanted Tools announce a situational-awareness partnership aimed at hospitals and airports. Source

Tesla Optimus — Electrek/The Information: several hundred units per week, hand assembly problems, V3 demo not yet held. Source

Agility Digit — Digit 5 unveiled: unfenced cooperative-safe design, 90 minutes runtime with 9 minute charge, more than US$300M committed multi-year orders. Source

Persona AI — SEC Form D shows about USD 65.4M sold toward a planned USD 142M offering from 46 investors. Source

XPeng IRON — Dedicated IRON production line commissioned; first assembled unit walks off the line (over 80% of core processes automated, per XPeng). Source

Xiaomi Humanoid — Humanoid shown at Xiaomi's IFA 2026 booth in Berlin (first overseas appearance); Xiaomi Auto announces Europe entry for 2027. Source

Wandercraft Calvin — Bloomberg: Wandercraft seeks about EUR 100M at EUR 750M pre-money valuation. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — RMAC opens at Hyundai Metaplant America (Georgia) as Atlas training and integration centre. Source

Unitree R1 — Funduino lists R1 at EUR 9,996; monsterdealz reports delivery from 2026-12-31. Source

Humanoid HMND 01 — CEO states more than 34,000 non-binding preorders (about US$2.4B pipeline). Source

LimX Oli — Confidential Hong Kong IPO filing reported (Caixin); overseas orders said to exceed half of total. Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — Lumo-2 household world model demonstrated at World Robot Conference, Beijing. Source

Unitree G1 — Unitree debuts on Shanghai STAR Market at IPO price CNY 150.8; closes first day up about 460%. Source

Unitree H2 — Unitree lists on the Shanghai STAR Market. Source

Unitree R1 — Unitree lists on the Shanghai STAR Market. Source

Xiaomi Humanoid — New-generation humanoid (1.7 m, 66 kg, 66 DoF) shown to the public at World Robot Conference, Beijing; 90.2% nut-loading success over 3 h at 76 s takt. Source

NEURA 4NE1 — Humanoid Reality Index rates 4NE-1 'demoing' with zero verified deployment/pilot events (third-party tracker). Source

1X NEO — SoftBank reportedly in talks to take majority stake at about US$6B valuation (single-source report). Source

Unitree G1 — US FCC adds foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to the Covered List; Unitree says G1 was authorized before the cutoff. Source

Unitree H2 — US FCC Covered List extended to foreign-produced advanced robotic devices; Unitree says H2 was authorized earlier. Source

Unitree R1 — US FCC Covered List extended to foreign-produced advanced robotic devices; Unitree says R1 was authorized earlier. Source

GENE.01 — Company describes GENE.01 as a fully functional smart-skin platform; Synapticon named for European actuator supply. Source

Figure 03 — Unconfirmed secondhand report of the 1,000th BotQ robot (Runtimewire; no company statement). Source

AgiBot X2 — AgiBot reportedly starts Hong Kong IPO process (sponsors CICC, CITIC Securities and Morgan Stanley reported by Reuters/SCMP in 2025; start date 2026-07-24 per a single secondary report citing Securities Times; no filing found). Source

XPeng IRON — Reported to be in small-batch trial production at the Guangzhou factory; stores from 2027. Source

EngineAI T800 — First batch from the Zhengzhou line reported ready to ship; batch size not given. Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — UBTECH announces delivery of its 1,000th Walker S2 and a partnership with Siemens Digital Industries Software. Source

Foundation Phantom MK-1 — Partnership with AMD announced for chips in the Phantom MK-2 (reported by Reuters). Source

Humanoid HMND 01 — US$152M Series A at US$1.35B valuation; described as Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn. Source

Xiaomi Humanoid — Xiaomi reports a 98% task-success rate on a flexible automotive production line; trade press notes this does not yet mean large-scale deployment. Source

LimX Oli — Pre-IPO round of about USD 200M closes at RMB 15 billion post-money. Source

AgiBot G2 — G2 receives China Robot Certification; TUV Rheinland issues EU CE certification and certifications for US market access. Source

AgiBot X2 — AgiBot reports certifications for X2 covering several regions (specific standards not stated). Source

AgiBot A2 — AgiBot reports certification of the A2 for China, Europe and the US (specific certificates not named). Source

Tesla Optimus — Musk posts photo at Fremont Optimus line; a second Optimus factory at Giga Texas is reported as under construction, with volume production targeted for summer 2027 (per Teslarati; Tesla has not confirmed a date in a primary document). Source

Booster T2 — T2 officially launched and available for purchase through dealers. Source

Clone Alpha — Robozaps review: no orderable price, no open checkout, no evidenced shipment, no footage of the Protoclone walking. Source

Figure 03 — Figure: 'F.03 arrives at BMW' (BMW announced deployment 2026-06-25). Source

Apptronik Apollo — Apollo 2 (bipedal and wheeled variants) and 90,000 sq ft Robot Park in Austin announced; Apollo 3 named as the commercial product. Source

AgiBot G2 — Livestreamed tablet inspection trial results published (17,000+ tablets, 99.99%). Source

Agility Digit — Agility announces merger with SPAC Churchill Capital Corp XI (projected US$620M raise at US$2.5B valuation). Source

Robot Era STAR1 / L7 — Humanoid.guide (citing Pandaily) reports STAR1 robots sorting parcels at SF Express and PoC at China Post. Source

Galbot G1 — abc Inc. (Japan) takes delivery of one G1. Source

Sanctuary Phoenix — Sanctuary reports 99.5%+ success at 2.54 s cycle on wire plugging for an unnamed Tier 1 automotive supplier and shifts to a hardware-agnostic approach on existing industrial robots. Source

Mirokai — Commercial Mirokai officially launched at the company's Paris Urban Factory; next generation shown at VivaTech. Source

Hexagon AEON — Hexagon reports AEON has begun production tasks at BMW Plant Leipzig. Source

NEURA 4NE1 — Series C of up to US$1.4B announced (Tether-led). Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — T1 deliveries begin. Source

Galbot G1 — Counterpoint ranks Galbot third by humanoid shipments in H1 2026 with more than 1,100 units (about 5% share), behind AgiBot and Unitree. Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — Series B: cumulative financing over CNY 1 billion in three rounds within three months, valuation above CNY 10 billion (company-reported via 36Kr/Gasgoo). Source

EngineAI T800 — Reported confidential Hong Kong IPO filing. Source

EngineAI T800 — Shenzhen Honghualing base opens; first T800 batch off the line, framed as start of mass delivery (some sources say 2026-05-22). Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — T1 launched from CNY 89,900. Source

Figure 03 — Commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands announced (starting at Reno). Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — Hyundai Motor Group investor presentation: plans to deploy about 25,000 Atlas robots in its plants from 2028 and a 30,000-unit annual capacity by 2028. Source

Leju Kuavo — ChiNext IPO application accepted; first under the 'fourth set of standards'. Source

Kepler K2 Bumblebee — Kelin announces plan to take a 51% controlling stake in Kepler for up to CNY 300 million more. Source

Robot Era STAR1 / L7 — Reports that thousand-unit deliveries to Chinese logistics centers begin in Q2 2026. Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — Hitachi partnership and plant tests reported. Source

Humanoid HMND 01 — Binding commercial agreement with Schaeffler for a four-digit number of wheeled units by 2032 (date varies 13-21 May across sources); Bosch named contract manufacturer. Source

Booster T2 — First public demonstration of the T2 (penalty shoot-out) at the end of May. Source

1X NEO — Hayward, California factory begins full-scale production (58,000 sq ft, designed for 10,000 units in year one); robots go to internal R&D and home testing; first-year run reportedly sold out in five days. Source

Figure 03 — Figure reports more than 350 Figure 03 built, from 1 per day to 1 per hour in under 120 days, >80% first-pass yield. Source

Unitree G1 — JAL announces two-year G1 ground-handling pilot at Haneda. Source

Robot Era STAR1 / L7 — Robot Era raises more than USD 200 million in a round led by SF Express. Source

Hexagon AEON — Hexagon and Schaeffler announce at least 1,000 AEON by 2032. Source

Agile ONE — Agile ONE shown at Hannover Messe 2026; Chancellor Merz visits Agile Robots in Hanover the same week; Bavarian production still being set up. Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — UBTECH names Terra Robotics exclusive distributor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Terra buys dozens of units. Source

Humanoid HMND 01 — Siemens/Humanoid report HMND 01 Alpha met targets in Erlangen test. Source

AgiBot G2 — AgiBot says multiple G2 robots are integrated into Longcheer's live tablet lines. Source

EngineAI T800 — USD 200M Series B closes, valuation above RMB 10 billion. Source

UniX AI Wanda 2.0 / Panther — Panther (third generation) global deliveries announced; household deployment video released. Source

Tesla Optimus — Q1 2026 call: V3 unveil moved closer to production start; initial volume 'quite slow'. Source

Unitree R1 — R1 offered to international buyers via AliExpress; US deliveries reported from about 2026-06-30. Source

Booster T2 — Booster Robotics reported to have raised nearly CNY 1 billion. Source

Foundation Phantom MK-1 — Company discloses about US$24M in US military research contracts (partly contested). Source

Clone Alpha — Co-founder reiterates the roughly USD 20,000 price at the Abundance Summit (secondary report). Source

AgiBot X2 — AgiBot announces its 10,000th robot built (an Expedition A3, not an X2). Source

Leju Kuavo — Foshan production line opens, stated capacity about 10,000 units per year. Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — Rossmann pilot starts at Burgwedel. Source

Robot Era STAR1 / L7 — Company announces CNY 1 billion strategic round (valuation above CNY 10 billion), cumulative orders above CNY 500 million, and named customers including Samsung, Geely, Renault, Lenovo, Haier and TCL (for its products in general; the roles of these customers are not specified). Source

Kawasaki Kaleido 9 — Kawasaki publishes an overview of Kaleido 9 goals: autonomous walking with obstacle avoidance and LiDAR localisation, remote takeover when autonomy is insufficient. Source

Sunday Memo — Series B of USD 165M at USD 1.15B valuation led by Coatue; beta deliveries said to begin 'in just months'. Source

Galbot G1 — CGTN reports G1 operating in a Haidian District drugstore. Source

Wandercraft Calvin — Renault futuREady plan: 350 Calvin humanoids across French and Spanish plants by end of 2027. Source

Dobot Atom — Dobot says Atom has officially entered mass production and ships worldwide. Source

Noble Machines Moby — Noble Machines emerges from stealth, announcing shipment and deployment of its general-purpose robots. Source

Xiaomi Humanoid — CEO Lei Jun announces humanoid trial operations in Xiaomi's car factory; large-scale rollout within five years. Source

MenteeBot — Third-party profile still counts no verified commercial deployment or named pilot. Source

Hexagon AEON — BMW announces AEON for Plant Leipzig, its first humanoid integration in German production. Source

AgiBot G2 — G2 shown in Munich at German market entry; Minth as European sales agent. Source

AgiBot X2 — German market entry event in Munich; Minth Group named strategic partner and sales agent for Europe. Source

AgiBot A2 — German market entry in Munich with A2 series; Minth Group as sales agent for Europe. Source

NEURA 4NE1 Mini — Reservations reported with deliveries slated for April 2026, starting price EUR 19,999. Source

Apptronik Apollo — US$520M Series A-X raised (total Series A above US$935M); Google DeepMind named strategic partner. Source

GENE.01 — Four-year partnership with Fincantieri for a humanoid welding robot announced. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — CEO Robert Playter announces departure (effective 2026-02-27); CFO Amanda McMaster becomes interim CEO. Source

Reflex Robotics wheeled humanoid — Reflex announces a manufacturing plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, promising over 2,000 jobs. Source

Dobot Atom — Dobot announces mass production and delivery of a third batch (batch size not stated). Source

LimX Oli — USD 200M Series B announced. Source

Agility Digit — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada commercial agreement following pilot. Source

Foundation Phantom MK-1 — Company says two Phantom MK-1 robots were sent to Ukraine for logistics pilot demonstrations (disputed). Source

AgiBot X2 — AgiBot European debut event in Milan with its full lineup. Source

AgiBot A2 — A2 shown at AgiBot's European debut in Milan. Source

Tesla Optimus — Tesla announces ending Model S and X production to convert Fremont lines to Optimus. Source

Figure 03 — Helix 02 full-body autonomy model introduced. Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — Airbus buys Walker S2 units; UBTECH shares rise as much as 8% in Hong Kong. Source

Humanoid HMND 01 — Siemens and Humanoid announce a proof of concept at Erlangen (date per registry). Source

Booster K1 — Booster reports a funding round of over CNY 100 million led by IDG Capital; says more than 700 robots shipped to over 200 customers worldwide. Source

EngineAI T800 — Global commercial debut at CES 2026; first shipments announced for mid-2026. Source

Fourier GR-3 — GR-3 shown at CES 2026, first US appearance. Source

Realbotix Echo — CES 2026: three finished full-body models (Aria, Melody, David) shown; heise reports busts from USD 20,000 and robots from USD 95,000. Source

GENE.01 — GENE.01 unveiled at AMD's CES 2026 keynote. Source

MenteeBot — Mobileye announces acquisition of Mentee for about USD 900M at CES 2026; MenteeBot 3.0 shown. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — Product version of electric Atlas unveiled at CES (Hyundai media day); production starts at Boston HQ; all 2026 deployments committed to Hyundai RMAC and Google DeepMind. Source

NEURA 4NE1 — CES 2026: 4NE1 Gen 3.5 and Mini shown; reservations at EUR 98,000 open. Source

UniX AI Wanda 2.0 / Panther — Wanda 2.0 and 3.0 shown at CES 2026. Source

Ameca — Ameca acts as ambassador at the 18th European Space Conference. Source

Noetix N2 — At CES 2026 Noetix announces a timetable for a first 1,000-unit overseas delivery, targeted for Q2 2026; buyer and product unclear in reports. Source

NEURA 4NE1 Mini — 4NE1 Mini shown at CES 2026; reservations open. Source

Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 — Company says it is preparing an industrial dual-arm successor, RB-Y2 (Korean guide; not verified from a primary source). Source

Kepler K2 Bumblebee — Hangzhou Kelin buys a 9.43% stake for CNY 100 million. Source

Galbot G1 — Galbot announces a round above USD 300 million at about USD 3 billion valuation (total about USD 800 million). Source

1X NEO — Non-binding partnership with EQT for up to 10,000 humanoids across its portfolio 2026-2030. Source

EngineAI T800 — Production T800 unveiled; JD.com pre-orders open at RMB 180,000 to 360,000. Source

GENE.01 — EUR 70M funding round closes, led by CDP Venture Capital. Source

Kawasaki Kaleido 9 — Kaleido 9 shown at iREX 2025, Tokyo, with remote-operated disaster-rescue demonstration. Source

Agile ONE — Acquisition of large parts of Thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering announced. Source

Agile ONE — Agile ONE announced in Munich; series production promised for early 2026 in Bavaria. Source

Sunday Memo — Sunday Robotics formally launches Memo, a household chores robot. Source

Figure 02 — Figure publishes the 11-month BMW results and announces the retirement of Figure 02 following the release of Figure 03. Source

Leju Kuavo — Kuavo 5 unveiled (biped; 5-W wheeled variant). Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — Walker S2 begins mass production and delivery; Walker-series orders above CNY 800 million. Source

XPeng IRON — IRON unveiled at XPeng AI Day, Guangzhou; mass production targeted for end of 2026. Source

K-Scale K-Bot — CEO Benjamin Bolte tells customers the company has under a month of runway, cancels all K-Bot pre-orders, refunds deposits and releases K-Bot and Zeroth Bot IP (hardware CERN-OHL-S-2.0, software MIT). Source

NEURA 4NE1 — Schaeffler and NEURA announce humanoid technology partnership (components and deployment by 2035). Source

NAO / Pepper — Maxtronics (Maxvision's French subsidiary) announces continued NAO6 distribution, development and support, per Wikipedia. Source

1X NEO — NEO pre-orders open: US$20,000 or US$499/month, US$200 deposit; US deliveries promised for 2026. Source

Tesla Optimus — Q3 2025 deck: first-generation Optimus production lines being installed; Musk: unveil of V3 'probably in Q1' 2026. Source

Leju Kuavo — Pre-IPO round of RMB 1.5 billion (about USD 207M). Source

Unitree H2 — H2 announced: 180-182 cm, 70 kg, 31 DoF. Source

Figure 03 — Figure 03 unveiled; BotQ first-generation line stated at up to 12,000 robots per year. Source

AgiBot G2 — G2 reported as part of a factory deal at Longcheer (initially reported as nearly 1,000 units; later reports describe a smaller phased rollout). Source

Booster K1 — K1 went on sale on Tmall, JD.com and overseas channels; first batch of full-payment orders sold out in 20 minutes and over 1,000 units were signed with dealers. Source

Mirokai — Miroki piloted at Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport Terminal 1. Source

Noetix N2 — Noetix launches the cheaper Bumi at RMB 9,998 after a new funding round. Source

Kepler K2 Bumblebee — Kepler announces start of mass production at CNY 248,000, with framework agreements for several thousand units. Source

K-Scale K-Bot — First K-Bot Founder's Edition units delivered; second batch sold out. Source

Figure 03 — Series C of more than US$1 billion at US$39 billion post-money valuation. Source

Unitree G1 — UniPwn exploit (Go2, B2, G1, H1) and Alias Robotics paper report root-level Bluetooth takeover and telemetry to China-based servers; Unitree said most fixes were done. Source

UBTECH Walker S2 — UBTECH announces a record CNY 250 million Walker S2 order. Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — S-series reportedly reaches thousand-unit order scale (shipments undisclosed). Source

EngineAI T800 — T800 prototype shown at World Robot Conference, Beijing (185 cm, 85 kg, differs from production model). Source

Fourier GR-3 — GR-3 Care-bot unveiled in Beijing; price reported above RMB 200,000, B2B focus. Series E of about RMB 800M reported. Source

Noetix N2 — N2 wins medals (two gold, one silver) at Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, per press reports. Source

LimX Oli — Oli launched from RMB 158,000 (about USD 21,800); pre-orders open. Source

Unitree R1 — R1 introduced via a one-minute video; starting price USD 5,900 / CNY 39,999; preorders without a shipping date. Source

Galbot G1 — China Daily reports G1 pharmacy robots running in more than 10 Beijing pharmacies. Source

igus Iggy Rob — US and trade-press launch coverage quotes EUR 47,999 (about USD 54,500) and the 'test before invest' programme. Source

Dobot Atom — Global delivery launch in Nagoya, Japan; first batch delivered at the event, with integrator ASKA Corporation. Source

Hexagon AEON — AEON launched at Hexagon LIVE Global with Schaeffler and Pilatus as pilot partners. Source

Wandercraft Calvin — Renault takes minority stake; Calvin shown, built in 40 days from exoskeleton components. Source

Tesla Optimus — Program head Milan Kovac leaves; production reportedly paused for a redesign. Source

Persona AI — Persona AI announces USD 27M oversubscribed pre-seed round. Source

Persona AI — MOU signed with HD KSOE, HD Hyundai Robotics and Vazil in Houston. Source

AgiBot X2 — Lingxi X2 announced; AgiBot targets mass production in 2026; price range CNY 100,000-400,000 reported. Source

Ameca — Generation 3 shown at ICRA 2025. Source

Foundation Phantom MK-1 — TechCrunch reports ex-Synapse CEO seeking to raise US$100M for humanoid venture. Source

igus Iggy Rob — igus introduces Iggy Rob, its first humanoid, built on the ReBeL cobot arm and ReBeL Move base. Source

Reachy 2 — Hugging Face announces the acquisition of Pollen Robotics and says it will sell Reachy 2; Hugging Face reports hundreds of units across more than 20 countries. Source

Kepler K2 Bumblebee — K2 shown in testing at the SAIC-GM plant in Shanghai; public debut at ICRA 2025 followed. Source

Noetix N2 — N2 finishes second in the Beijing humanoid half-marathon (reported time 3h37). Source

Reflex Robotics wheeled humanoid — Reflex appears in GXO's multi-vendor humanoid trials, alongside Locus Robotics bots. Source

UBTECH Walker S1 — Walker S1 reported as first humanoid working at an Audi plant (Audi-FAW NEV, Changchun). Source

Apptronik Apollo — Mercedes-Benz takes stake in Apptronik; single-digit number of Apollo in test at Berlin and Kecskemet. Source

Dobot Atom — Atom unveiled; pre-sales open at CNY 199,000 (about USD 27,500); mass production targeted for mid-2025. Source

Apptronik Apollo — Jabil named as manufacturing partner; Apptronik targets 2026 for first commercial units. Source

Unitree G1 — G1 listed on JD.com at CNY 99,000, then quickly removed from the listing. Source

K-Scale K-Bot — Seed round of about USD 4M at roughly USD 50M valuation reported (secondary source). Source

Tesla Optimus — Musk targets 5,000-10,000 Optimus in 2025. Source

Leju Kuavo — 100th full-size humanoid delivered to BAIC Off-Road. Source

Figure 03 — Figure states goal of 100,000 robots over four years (as relayed by trade press). Source

UBTECH Walker S1 — UBTECH announces Foxconn partnership and plans for 500-1,000 Walker S units in 2025. Source

Reachy 2 — Shown at CES 2025 and put on sale for USD 70,000. Source

UniX AI Wanda 2.0 / Panther — UniX AI says it reached mass production in 2025 and delivers over 100 units per month across its products (company claim). Source

Dexmate Vega 1 Pro — Dexmate opens pre-orders for the Vega mobile humanoid (secondary sources quote about USD 90,000 and a USD 999 deposit for the earlier configuration). Source

Clone Alpha — Clone Robotics opens pre-orders for the first 279 Clone Alpha units at about USD 20,000 (secondary reports). Source

PAL Kangaroo / TALOS — Kangaroo PRO with two arms released. Source

NAO / Pepper — Aldebaran files for insolvency (heise: mid-February 2025; Wikipedia: receivership in June 2025); technology assets and IP for Pepper and NAO later bought by Maxvision (reported July 2025). Source

Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 — Samsung Electronics becomes the largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics (about 35%), per Korean reports. Source

Sanctuary Phoenix — Gen 8 released with wheeled base and miniaturised hydraulic hands (some sources say 2025-01). Source

Mirokai — Institut du Cancer de Montpellier and Enchanted Tools announce a radiotherapy companion-robot project. Source

UBTECH Walker S1 — Walker S1 launched. Source

Wandercraft Calvin — First contact between Renault and Wandercraft (Cap Digital conference, 2024-10-01). Source

Reachy 2 — Reachy 2 presented publicly by Pollen Robotics. Source

Reflex Robotics wheeled humanoid — GXO announces a pilot with Reflex Robotics under a robots-as-a-service agreement. Source

Fourier GR-3 — GR-2 (175 cm, 63 kg, 53 DoF) unveiled. Source

PAL Kangaroo / TALOS — Kangaroo announced as available for purchase; TU Wien receives the first unit. Source

Figure 02 — BMW announces a successful test of Figure's humanoids at Plant Spartanburg. Source

GENE.01 — Generative Bionics founded as an IIT spin-off. Source

Agility Digit — Multi-year agreement with GXO begins (Georgia). Source

Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 — Pre-orders open for RB-Y1 at USD 80,000 (research) / USD 120,000 (commercial); shipping to start in October 2024. Source

Unitree G1 — G1 unveiled with a starting price of USD 16,000 (CNY 99,000). Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — Boston Dynamics retires the hydraulic Atlas; an electric Atlas is revealed on 2024-04-17. Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — S1 dual-arm household robot released. Source

Sanctuary Phoenix — Phoenix Gen 7 announced; strategic relationship with Magna announced (2024-04-11). Source

Agility Digit — Peggy Johnson named CEO; RoboFab announced with capability of more than 10,000 robots per year. Source

Sanctuary Phoenix — Funding round of about USD 75M reported. Source

Foundation Phantom MK-1 — Foundation founded by Sankaet Pathak in San Francisco. Source

Leju Kuavo — First Kuavo humanoid unveiled. Source

Unitree H1 / H1-2 — Unitree unveils the H1, its first humanoid, with a target price under USD 90,000. Source

EngineAI T800 — EngineAI founded in Shenzhen by Zhao Tongyang. Source

Fourier GR-3 — GR-1 humanoid unveiled at WAIC Shanghai; small batches to universities and AI firms. Source

Xiaomi Humanoid — Xiaomi shows its first humanoid, CyberOne (21 DoF), as a demo; never sold. Source

NAO / Pepper — Company sold to United Robotics Group and renamed Aldebaran again. Source

Kawasaki Kaleido 9 — 7th-generation Kaleido presented (80 kg, 4 km/h walking, tethered demonstrations); also Friends and BEX robots. Source

Honda ASIMO — ASIMO's last active appearance; retirement announced. Source

LimX Oli — LimX Dynamics founded in Shenzhen. Source

Ameca — First public demonstration at CES 2022. Source

Astribot S1 / T1 — Astribot (Stardust Intelligence) founded. Source

MenteeBot — Mentee Robotics founded by Amnon Shashua, Lior Wolf and Shai Shalev-Shwartz. Source

Ameca — First Ameca video published after development began in February 2021. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — Parkour video with two Atlas robots; specs released: 1.5 m, 85 kg. Source

Tesla Optimus — Tesla Bot announced at AI Day (concept, prototype promised for 2022). Source

PAL Kangaroo / TALOS — Kangaroo launched as a legged-locomotion research platform. Source

NAO / Pepper — SoftBank pauses Pepper production (reported 2021-06); about 27,000 units built; about half of 330 French robotics jobs cut. Source

Honda ASIMO — Honda announces it will stop ASIMO development and production, to focus on more practical applications. Source

NAO / Pepper — NAO6 introduced. Source

Agile ONE — Agile Robots founded as a DLR spin-off. Source

Sanctuary Phoenix — Sanctuary AI founded in Vancouver. Source

Toyota T-HR3 — T-HR3 unveiled in Toyota City; shown at the International Robot Exhibition 2017 (Tokyo Big Sight, 29 Nov-2 Dec). Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — Video of Atlas jumping on boxes and performing a backflip. Source

PAL Kangaroo / TALOS — TALOS introduced as PAL's high-performance humanoid. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — New Atlas version released in video: 150 cm, 80 kg. Source

Leju Kuavo — Leju founded in Harbin; moved to Shenzhen in 2016. Source

Kawasaki Kaleido 9 — Kawasaki starts the Robust Humanoid Platform programme that became Kaleido. Source

Boston Dynamics Atlas — Hydraulic Atlas unveiled, developed with funding and oversight from DARPA. Source

PAL Kangaroo / TALOS — REEM-C released for research and HRI. Source

PAL Kangaroo / TALOS — REEM unveiled. Source

Honda ASIMO — Latest generation: 57 DoF, 9 km/h running. Source

NAO / Pepper — First production NAO (RoboCup Edition) released; NAO replaces Aibo in the RoboCup Standard Platform League. Source

NAO / Pepper — Aldebaran Robotics founded by Bruno Maisonnier. Source

Honda ASIMO — First US appearance, ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell. Source

Honda ASIMO — ASIMO unveiled by Honda. Source