Humanoid robot hype report: Week of October 26, 2026

Figure AI climbed three spots to No. 1 and rose 15 points to 80 amid funding buzz, with Physical Intelligence discussing a $1 billion raise at nearly $20 billion.

Unitree held No. 2 with an unchanged buzz score of 80 as third-quarter revenue jumped nearly 70%, even as profit fell 17.4%.

Agility Robotics’ $465 million SPAC deal ahead of Nov. 5 Nasdaq debut fuels buzz, while its score fell 4 points to 76 and rank slipped two spots to No. 3.

Neura Robotics held #4 (was #3) in the hot tier on coverage of "Humanoid developer Agility now expects to raise $465M in SPAC deal".

After Gemini 4 Argon used human video to teach Apollo to sink seven consecutive cornhole shots, Apptronik held at No. 5 and its score fell six points to 59.

Xpeng held #6 (was #6) in the hot tier on coverage of "Boston Dynamics Employee Petition Against ICE Robot Deal Tests Its Ethical Guardrails".

Faraday Future held #7 (was #8) in the hot tier on coverage of "Humanoid developer Agility now expects to raise $465M in SPAC deal".

Sereact held #8 (was #9) in the hot tier on coverage of "Otto and Sereact plan returns robots with human quality checks".

Boston Dynamics climbed two spots to No. 9 as workers protested partner Radeco’s plan to adapt four Spot robot dogs for ICE enforcement.

Hyundai climbed three spots to No. 10 as Mobis sold its lamp business for about $449 million, began Atlas actuator prototype production, and plans to double robotics staff.