Robotics Industry News

Hong Kong's tech index plans expansion with AI and robotics themes

Hong Kong's main tech stock index plans to include 20 more companies as well as artificial intelligence and robotics themes to reflect changes in the industry, the firm compiling it has said. Launched in 2020, the Hang Seng Tech Index tracks the 30…

What is Unitree and why are China's humanoid robot makers racing to list?

Chinese robot maker Unitree has priced its Shanghai initial public offering at 150.80 yuan per share, seeking to raise 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) in a deal that would see it become the first mainland-listed humanoid robot manufacturer. SCROLL…

Best robot mowers of 2026: Expert tested

Robot mowers are battery-powered, autonomous lawn mowers, making them a sustainable alternative to traditional gas-powered models. Much like robot vacuums, robot lawn mowers autonomously navigate around the ground, cutting grass as they go. They…

Are humanoid robots ready to scrub your kitchen and take out the trash? Not quite.

Sick of cleaning your home? One company wants to let you offload the task to a humanoid robot. For $30 an hour, some San Francisco residents can now hire a robot to clean their home. Tau Robotics, an engineering company that builds AI technology to…

Why the US government is trying to ban this Chinese dancing robot - video explainer

The Federal Communications Commission on 28 July announced a ban on humanoid robots from China including the popular Unitree G1 model. The Guardian's technology journalist Nick Robins-Early explains the recent popularity of these trending robots…

Ukrainian troops are buying war robots from their digital marketplace in record numbers

Ukrainian troops are rushing to a digital weapons marketplace to buy record numbers of ground robots, reflecting the surging popularity of these combat machines on the battlefield. Brave1, the Ukrainian state-backed innovation platform, said on…

A Goat-Headed Robot With a Chainsaw Is Actually a Great Idea

The first time I saw Threehalves, I did a double take. Seven feet tall, four-legged, with a horned goat head and glowing eyes, it looks less like a piece of modern engineering and more like something conjured from ancient mythology. It's the kind…

Robots Could Build Massive Metamaterial Radars in Orbit

Tracking the debris orbiting at high velocity in space is only going to get harder over time. We have ground-based radar systems, such as the Space Fence, designed to detect pieces down to around 10 cm. But finding objects smaller than that, which…

Chinese Companies Are Winning The Humanoid Robot Sales Battle. Here's Why That Doesn't Matter Yet

In data from Smart Analytics Group, it's clear that Agibot and Unitree own the global humanoid robot market, at least for today. Global humanoid robot shipments jumped 272% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, reaching 19,100 units, according…

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once - he'll explain why at Disrupt 2026

Building a company is hard. But building one that also designs, manufactures, and delivers hardware at scale, from a factory floor, with supply chain concerns galore is another order of difficulty. And Rivian's CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at…

Robot vacuums are getting banned in the United States - here's what you need to know

Robots are having a moment with the federal government — and it's not all positive. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced a ban on foreign-made advanced mobile robots, a category that covers a ton of different types…

China's Unitree Robotics IPO 5,526 Times Oversubscribed By Retail Investors

Unitree Robotics' initial public offering was heavily oversubscribed (5,526 times) by retail investors as China's first publicly traded humanoid robotics company prepares to enter the public markets. The IPO will help usher in physical AI to the…

This New Open-Weight AI Model Is Built for Video and Robots

While tech leaders continue to debate the merits and pitfalls of open-weight AI models, developers aren't slowing down. LTX on Tuesday released the newest version of its open world model, called LTX-2.5. LTX-2.5 is an open world model, which is…

How long does it take to build a robot in China? In Shenzhen's Robot Valley, it can be done in half an hour

A display of humanoid fighting robots at robotic firm EngineAI's intelligent manufacturing base in Robot Valley in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province on August 5. Photo: Li Xuanmin/GT The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan called for…

China dominates global humanoid robot market in H1 2026