Humanoid Daily
Humanoid (almost) Daily: roundups of the biggest humanoid robot stories, from funding and launches to deployments, by HumanoidMegaHub editor John Koetsier.
Washington targets robot imports, Agility goes public, $20 billion valuation, and home insurance for humanoids
Oct 30, 2026Samsung robots for surgery, UK's biggest seed round, Boston Dynamics employee revolt, and hello BlackBerry!
Oct 27, 2026Killer hacked robots, Optimus in production, NVIDIA's platform wins, micro-factories staffed by robots, and more!
Oct 22, 2026More Humanoid Daily
The $400 humanoid, Digit the forklift, Germany's robot gyms, and 6 chip companies focusing on humanoid robots
Today in Humanoid Daily ... a new $400 humanoid powered by a smartphone, Digit 5 is the forklift of humanoids, Germany's robot billionaire is building robot gyms, China unveils a 13-foot humanoid robot that lifts half a ton, and the number of the day is 6 ... 6 chip companies focusing on robots.
Google one-shots humanoid training, Tesla gives robots skin, Faraday launches $2,490 humanoids, and more!
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Google one-shots robot training with Apptronik's Apollo humanoid robot, factory workers can now vibe-code robots, Galbot expands its 200 robot stores to Hong Kong, Agility goes public, Faraday launches $2,490 humanoids, Tesla develops touch-sensitive robot skin, we get a new humanoid designed to fight loneliness, and the number of the day is 10,000!
Humanoid is a state of mind: Matter Venture Partners’ Haomiao Huang on robots worth building
BYD goes big in humanoid robots with 4,000 engineers, NVIDIA makes robots smarter, and much more
Today in Humanoid Daily ... BYD reportedly has 4,000 engineers (!!!!) building humanoids, NVIDIA gives robots longer memories for vastly better physical AI, SafeWorld raises $12M for robot safety, Italy launches a factory humanoid named Luca, Denmark puts humanoids on the night shift, and the number of the day is $40.
New NVIDIA investment in Figure? And, Japan's $6B physical AI bet, Agility Robots shares unit economics, and much more!
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Japan bets $6 billion on physical AI, Amazon’s Alexa chief takes over Boston Dynamics, Korea runs massive humanoid logistics test, Agility holds its first-ever investor day, and Minerva says: don't kill workers, send Roger. Also, the number of the day is $1 billion from NVIDIA ... for Figure?
Hexagon's path to 1,000 humanoids at Schaeffler runs on two metrics and a set of wheels
Hello Panasonic, Telsa cuts Optimus' memory budget, and Munich takes center stage
Today in Humanoid (almost) Daily ... Panasonic joins the humanoid race,Tesla trims Optimus memory because RAM is costly and rare these days, US VCs tour China’s robot factories and Munich gets another robotics unicorn AND a big partnership. Plus, the number of the day is 250,000.
General Robotics CEO: we're wasting billions on physical AI chasing the wrong layer
New IDC data: humanoid robot shipments up 432% year over year, jobs for robots, and much more ...
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Singapore puts humanoids on the police beat, Korea wants 200,000 robots by 2030, the U.S. Army and Ukraine push robots toward military use, robots are moving into hospitals and homes, and today's number of the day is 25,000. As in ... shipped robots, up 432% year over year.
Agility Robotics CEO on how Digit 5 fixes "islands of automation"
Tesla third-generation Optimus robot leaked, Saudi Arabia's all-in on humanoid robots, and more ...
In this Humanoid Daily: the Tesla Gen 3 Optimus design leaks, humanoid robots are breaking into mainstream entertainment, and Japan is exploring military support roles for humanoids. Plus, 80% of humanoid robots are being designed for industrial use, while Saudi Arabia could deploy up to 10,000 robots over five years through a major new partnership.
A humanoid robot fights a man, Unitree's new $6,500 hand, Figure does some homework, Faraday launches 9 new robots, and more ...
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Unitree launches a new (and good!) hand, Boston Dynamics opens an Atlas factory training ground, Figure's humanoid enters 30 homes it had never seen. Faraday Future launches 9 new robots, a human fights a humanoid robot in a cage and loses ... and the number of the day is 7,000.
Inside BOT: What RoboStrategy is buying in the emerging $10 trillion robot economy
Tesla ramping Optimus production, D-Robotics wants to be the NVIDIA of China, and 13,361 people ordered a home robot
Hello Digit 5, Foundation goes to war in Ukraine, and a new Chinese factory is pumping out 1 humanoid every 10 minutes
Today in Humanoid Daily: Agility's Digit 5 kills the safety cage, military humanoids are no longer hypothetical, Unitree G1+ gets six big upgrades, Atlas heads to Europe, but the IPO doesn't, the number of the day is 1 humanoid every 10 minutes ... AND ALSO ... today we are launching HumanoidMegaHub out of beta!
Robot ambulances, robot protests, and China says the US is now copying them
From robot olympics to factory floor
Forget Laundry. This VC Wants a Robot That Does Her Skincare
Samsung accelerates its humanoid robot program, and China looks at humanoids for war
Today in Humanoid Daily: Samsung races toward a humanoid robot, aiming to launch at CES 2027, China explores robots for war Agility Robotic’s finances go public, humanoids spread into real markets, there's a new robot that draws blood, and the number of the day is 26 million ... as in 26 million humanoids a year.
Hello OpenAI, Europe gets 2 humanoid robot production lines, and everyone needs a humanoid
Today in Humanoid Daily ... OpenAI is building humanoids as CEO Sam Altman confirmed it himself, humanoids get warehouse jobs, Europe starts humanoid mass production in several locations, World Labs gives robots a world model, Zeroth opens up humanoid development, and we get predictions that humanoids could dwarf the car market and possibly even number one billion in a decade.
The robot economy is getting real: NVIDIA, China, LG, and robots building houses
The race to own physical AI: hello Softbank, a16z, Korea, Washington, and Germany
Figure's billion-dollar bet, and the company that won the robot Olympics
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Figure makes a massive billion-dollar bet on video training data, Agibot tops the robot medal table, what the Robot Games showed about today's robots, Japan builds a humanoid supply chain, Germany gets another humanoid challenger, and the number of the day is 45%
What the Robot Games are teaching us about the state of the humanoid robots
Humanoid robot shipments up 300% in first half of 2026, and there's another IPO coming
Hello $1,688 American humanoid robot ... and hello $50 billion for physical AI!
Today in Humanoid Daily: there's a brand-new $1,688 (!!!) American home humanoid from Nori Robotics, a humanoid robotic company with a Trump investor is pitching humanoids for U.S. border patrol, China is using humanoids as traffic cops, and the number of the day is $47.4 billion.
Humanoid games, robots fighting in San Francisco, and bulldozers with brains
Over 2000 robots in this year's Humanoid Games!
Today in Humanoid Daily: The humanoid games are going to be massive this year. Are robots going to be an energy problem for the future? There's a new robot hand that stretches three and a half times farther than ours. Robot soccer is back, baby. And we have two numbers of the day. One is 18,000, and the second one is 8,000.
My name is John Koetsier, and this is Humanoid Daily for HumanoidMegaHub.com.
China's massive humanoid robot lead is misleading. Here's why
China owns 97% of the humanoid robot market. Here’s why the rest of the world doesn’t need to be worried … yet. Today in Humanoid Daily ...
China dominates humanoid robot shipment, robots are starting to do real work, shipments are not the same as winning ... and the number of the day is actually 2 numbers … 97% and 75%