Humanoid safety architectures split between proprietary and sovereign tracks
Two developments in a single week expose a defining tension in humanoid robotics: the machines are heading into warehouses and disaster zones faster than any unified safety standard can govern them, forcing individual companies and governme…
Boston Dynamics' Atlas hand doubles DOF to 13, targets 25,000-unit Hyundai deployment
Boston Dynamics' redesigned four-fingered hand for Atlas now carries 13 degrees of freedom, nearly doubling the previous seven-DOF design, with the company's parent Hyundai Motor Group planning to deploy approximately 25,000 Atlas units acr…
Kodiak taps PrePass to wire driverless trucks into roadside enforcement
Kodiak has formalized a partnership with PrePass to feed pre-trip inspection data from its autonomous trucks directly to law-enforcement officers at roadside inspection sites, a compliance layer the company frames as central to its safety c…
China holds 78% of global humanoid robot shipments as volume jumps 432% in H1 2026
Global humanoid robot shipments reached nearly 25,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 432.1% year over year, with China accounting for 77.9% of global volume at more than 19,000 units, according to IDC . AgiBot overtook Unitree Robotics…
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RANKED · 5 THIS DAYXPeng centers humanoid robots, G9L SUV in global push at Paris Motor Show
XPeng is placing its humanoid robots and the next-generation G9L SUV at the center of its global expansion strategy, with both set to appear at the 2026 Paris Motor Show . The company plans to showcase what it calls its "Physical AI Lineup…